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[OOC] Cyberpunk RED - The Network Plague [PBP]
cj iwakura
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It's the ninth decade of the 21st century. The corporate wars are finally coming to an end. The numerous megacorps of the era have decided it's more in their interests to profit from collective bargaining agreements than to continue waging war with other. It's bad for PR. Besides, they have bigger problems than each other.
Up until now, Netwatch had been winning the war against the long-dormant DataKrash virus. Piece by piece, day by day, the network was slowly becoming more accessible. First to only the most elite agents, then less knowledgeable subordinates, and, after much oversight and peer view, the casual populace at large.
Then all their progress got brought to a crashing halt.
Murmurs of a ghost in the machine. Specters in the back of a netrunner's peripheral vision. Connections going dark, and unable to be resumed.
Those in the know say this is beyond anything that even the most high-end BlackICE could pull off.
As if this weren't bad enough, the problems didn't stop with netrunning. First it was thought to be a barrier meant to keep prying eyes away from delving too deep into the lost reaches of the network.
What's become most alarming is that the phenomenon is spreading out to affect a wider radius. Casual users accessing brain dances, news feeds, social media; all of them reporting recurring blackouts, connectivity issues, and in select cases, personal injury.
Whatever is happening, it's spreading. A rogue AI? An evolving virus? An elite netrunner spreading chaos in their wake?
The Megacorps are of a rare accord in one thing: it has to be stopped, and Arasaka is willing to pay dearly for anyone willing to step up to the plate.
Supposedly they have a line to a solution, but it's not anything remotely aboveboard. They're deliberately going to ground to find the right team.
Word on the street is that their fixers are ready and waiting for that group to come along. All you have to do is answer their call.
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Ideally a good 2-4 person team would be good for the campaign. I think it would be easier and more fluid to run the game in real time(i.e. discord or whatnot), but I'm open to PBP if the majority prefer it.
(Edit: PBP it shall be.)
You should have access to the Cyberpunk RED book for character creation. Anything from expansions is up to my discretion.
If you don't have the book(s), read on for the abridged version, or feel free to ask me for help:
(I also found a helpful spreadsheet here that may help.)
Character Creation Basics
Role:
Rockerboy(re: Johnny Silverhand, musicians and rebels), Solos(mercenaries, or... well, Solo), Netrunners(hackers), Techs(mechanics/engineers), Medtechs(Trauma Team, field medics), Medias(Reporters), Execs(corporate types), Lawmen(5-0), Fixers(the ones who make the deals), Nomads(Max Max, wanderers, vagabonds, call them what you will).
Lifepath
Culture (North American, Asian, etc.), Personality, Clothing/Style, Affectations, Motivations/Relationships, Background, Environment, Motivations, etc.
Statistics (62 points, must be <9 or >1, or can be defaulted based on Role
Mental (INT[intelligence], WILL[willpower], COOL[social skills])
Combat (TECH[technique], REF[reflexes])
Fortune (LUCK)
Physical (BODY[size], DEX[dexterity], MOVE[movement])
Skills (86 points, linked to statistics, must be <7 and >1) (p. 82-85) of RED sourcebook for the full list, let me know if you need these)
Awareness, Body, Control, Education, Fighting, Performance, Ranged Weapon, Social, Technique
(Must be level 2: Athletics, Brawling, Concentration, Conversation, Education, First Aid, Human Perception, Language(Slang), Local Expert(Residential Area), Perception, Persuasion, and Stealth.
Gear
Variable by class, or $2,550EB to start.
(Weapons, Armor, Outfits, Cyberware, etc.)
Some of these involve extensive lists of data, so if you need these broken down, feel free to ask or toss me a message for help. It's not as daunting as it looks, honest.
(Not compared to Shadowrun, anyway...)
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That's fine, I'm still learning it myself, so we'll be in the same boat.
I’ll figure out the rules as we go.
In that case, I’m very interested!
So how would I go about creating the Punk part of Cyberpunk and making a Rockerboy?
Rockerboy is for you.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewsheridan.cyberpunk_red_companion&hl=en_US&pli=1
Probably on iOS too, I imagine.
A quick attempt at a character sheet!
Apparently that code is the export?
If not, I’ll be a Bosnian Tech immigrant named Krila to the everyone who needs to know, but Gabriel Gasnik on his passport.
Yep, worked like a charm.
Nice! I’ll read over the rules more and get back to you, but that’s the gist of it.
Yep, just one so far.
Ok kewl. I’m thinking a netrunner.
I think I have the crunch worked out:
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I would put the code here, but it looks like exporting the character exports everything to the cloud via the six character code.
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I guess, here's the code, and we can check whether I've done this okay:
LPUE91
All the fluff attached to that character is subject to change.
But it's largely stat buy and skill buy from that spreadsheet, plus the default Rockerboy inventory + a Medbag.
Anyway, that sort of reflects what I've been thinking about the importance of the stories we tell ourselves recently.
Hopefully the code works: QSA7XW
I will flesh out her background a bit more, but I like the idea of a twenty something wannabe netrunner who runs a side gig as an amateur urban spelunking/parkour influencer by posting vids from her agent.
You two still down? I mean, we have three now, and that'd be a lot, but not like that's stopped me before.
That's almost eerily similar to my Netrunner's story, she's a runaway who's trying to make a name for herself because she's sick of being held back.
Do we have room for a medtech?
Yep, far as I know!
You all know Krila. No one knows who invited Krila into the group. He brought pizza.
More afterward, 2077+ ish.
Maybe a look over to ensure I didn't screw up to bad? I just used presets in the builder.
ok that might change the cyberware then, I saw they had the Edgerunner’s neuroport but it’s honestly probably out of my ebby range
UTMK76
New: NGLCNF
Update edit: put a little bit of info about my contacts on my agent and touched up the bio. I’ll likely flesh it out more as I get better acquainted with her.
WP8XST
I may have struggled with the app somewhat.
Which is why it's Julian Fogg2
Okay, new code J3EFKV
2WED72
(Empathy is reduced by installed cyberware, as Humanity starts at 10*Empathy and as you spend Humanity for cyberware, your Empathy reduces to match)
I will gladly take direction on character creation.
I'm looking to play a medtech that is good at most tech, sling a rifle (heat heist scene please), and does what she can for the poor health care wise.
A disenfranchised trauma team drop out.
Mostly I slowly absorbed stat selections and gear from the pre-constructed templates and then re-entered it all into the detailed character builder with minor modifications.
So mostly I can't help, but I did also get confused with cyberware having the same name as gear, and the Rockerboy also has the cyber audio suite as standard, so the radio scanner and radio communicator stood out to me in your list.
BRB with a new code.