Mobile hacking

I already made a post about this, but thought to make it into a screamsheet too.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tYZP6WCejCjrzJ-2RnmUtsYzxVpPX8Xa/view?usp=sharing

Have fun :P

New vehicle enter the scene

With the new BTU from Arasaka you can drive and walk around showing your prowess. But don't get attacked form the back, as the trooper is quite exposed :P

The idea of this BTU is to be able to mount it as fast as a bike, but be able to carry PA armament around, and even participate in "limited" persecution.

Anyway, here's the link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ygPfoeFyDEwHbRgbsYjo6m1GML8UbhtJ/view?usp=sharing

A new Datafortress example

I made this map to illustrate one of the Datafortress I have in my game notes.

A way to illustrate in a "real" example on how a map will look:

After the 2077 reveal ...

Well, it seems the reveal of Cyberpunk 2077 have been stirring quite a lot of movement on forums and reddits where peace and tranquility was the norm.

I appreciate that.

Which also makes me want to write more again on this blog. Not that I never stopped thinking/playing with the Cyberpunk 2020 ruleset, but time is severely constrained and having a little of it to post here was a bit of a pain.

But well, what can I say ... I'm human and get hyped too ;D

First things first, I will try to update my mini-site with my latest house rules:
http://dimuscul.clon01.net/

I mean, I already have them, the problem is that they are in Spanish and need to translate them.

Also, I my try to post about Netrunning, which is a recurrent thing on me (if you haven't noticed already) as I like it and a been toying a bit on posting on different "stations" and stuff. maybe I will post that on reddit first and see if it get any commentaries before posting it here.

PD: Two fucking years since last post, my goodness.

Watchdogs 2 and Netrunners

Its been a while since last post ... I still have various pending things I want to tackle off.

New equipment ripped from our daily lives (3D printers, drones, wireless connections, etc).

Quick start rules.

Quick character generation.

Crafting rules for cyberdecks and other gadgets.

But today ... what moved me to write was the new Watcgdogs 2. I'm still early in the game, but I already feel like a netrunner hacking around.

The game seems to have quite a few tricks more into it's sleeve. I love the one direction car remote control ...

In one mission I had to steal a car, but the place was crawling with cops. I cleared the zone launching the cop cars into the road, and took the oportunity to steal the car while cops were running around confused.

Priceless.

So later I will try to translate as much as I can from the game into Cyberpunk.

Customizing the characters

I've been brainstorming on a way to do Advantages/Disadvantages or feats or somewhat of that style.

My reasoning is simple ... I want characters to be more unique. For all the things that d20 does wrong, I like the "Feats" concept, in which you can make two identical warriors completely different with their feat list.

Other games does the same with perks or advantages you can chose on the character creation, giving him a special flavor. Which I don't always like because ... that kind of advantages usually can only be acquired during character creation, eliminating some kind of in-game progress.

Luckily - between implants and equipment - Cyberpunk gives plenty of options for customizing your character and make it stand from others. But when you play regularly with "strangers" in public games (or forum play) ... well, characters begin to resemble more and more (mechanically), as they go for the obvious/cliche choices.

However Advantages/Disadvantages have their own problems ... too often they are a simple collection of numbers that only serve to min/max character sheets without really adding any flavor to it.

The tough character is going to make himself tougher, the faster one will accumulate as many initiative modifiers as he can, etc, etc.

Also, a lot of players tend to chose disadvantages carefully, exploiting and planing on making the minor impact possible for the game.

So ... disadvantages? I think I would discard them. Your netrunner lost the leg in a gruesome accident? You're free to do it. Just don't expect something in return.

That leaves me with some sort of advantage/trait system to work with. Maybe something limited like "two traits perks per character".

But I wouldn't like those traits becoming simple numerical bonuses to skills ...  they should be a little more complex and colorful. Numerical advantages tend to be forgotten during play unless a player min/max them unbalancing games.

So ... if you want a greater initiative, put more points into reflexes and buy some boostware, if you want to be a though guy, boost your BOD.

Which make those perks/advantages/traits harder to make :P

So far I failed to make a good list. They always end on the short side ... or uninspired. And, to be fair, if those perks aren't really "game changing" it's a bit of a dumb decision to add complexity to the game for the sake of doing it.

They have to be good enough to justify adding them ...

So, for now, I will continue to circle the idea like a vulture watching it's prey.

Creating an NPC repository

One of the things I would like to do is a PDF with a recollection of NPC for quick characters in a game or during it's preparation.

The idea comes from the Eclipse Phase NPC supplement which has saved me from more of one headache.

For Cyberpunk I could rely on the quick NPC generation from the core rulebook but it make random characters without any logic. And it doesn't even use any of the info on the splatbooks.

My template would be this:

And an example of a quick NPC would be like this:

Ideally I should make various levels of characters ... low level mobs, average opponents/allies, expert ones, etc. ... it's a lot of work, but well. It ain't gonna make itself, right?

Let's see if I have time to do it.

Edit: One year later ... no, I did not have the time :D that's life for you :P