Cyberpunk: in the time of The Thread

what role you thinking of rolling?
	Rockerboy
	Solo
	Netrunner
	Tech
	Media
	Lawman
	Exec
	Fixer
	Nomad
	Medtech

Control Volume: Dec 31, 2008

Im planning a campaign and my plan is to just chop off half the cyberpsychosis mechanics. No empathy reduction for skill checks, no "roll 2d6 for ptsd", no enforcement of psychopath symptoms. Im keeping the therapy mechanic and cyberware limits but Im just going to handwave it away as physical therapy or something, all the players know its only staying in as a game balancing mechanic anyways and that crap isnt going to be the focus of this or any campaign, so its not a big deal if things arent entirely coherent on that front.

Im going to compensate by encouraging my players to be callous psychotic dickheads anyways

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Control Volume: Dec 31, 2008

DeathSandwich posted:

Also keep in mind that unless you're explictly buying borgware or you're starting with like 3 humanity baseline or you've got 8 different quick release cyberarms or something it's actually quite hard to hit that psycho point and you have options to walk it back.

The way I view it, the humanity isn't just about the 'going above and beyond human potential', it's the fact that society is so hosed up and bad that you need to do this to survive and the isolating and dehumanizing impact that would have on you. It's one thing to have a literal hand cannon, it's another to know that you are purposely removing a part of your body to get said hand cannon as a matter of life and death and that it is going to be used.

On the other hand, installing a med scanner on your already-existing cyber arm is equivalent to having PTSD. Your character may have been barely keeping it together but now that they can diagnose the common cold, theyve realized the only effective vaccination is murder

# ¿ Jan 8, 2021 23:18

Control Volume: Dec 31, 2008

The final punishment for tanking your humanity is relinquishing control of the character to the GM, so not really

# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 00:43

Control Volume: Dec 31, 2008

Are there any 2020 books that focus on cyberware? Im not planning on doing conversions, just looking for ideas for npcs

# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 16:35

Control Volume: Dec 31, 2008

SkyeAuroline posted:

Not a direct answer, but found a reference list for all the cyberware for 2020 that might help you focus down on specific books based on what interests you. Just name and location, though, no info in the index.

The reference list is probably more what Im looking for lol. Thanks

# ¿ Jan 9, 2021 17:03