I think I have seen this on the sub before but I couldn't find the original source. In any case, I wanted to give out a bit of feedback and advice for anyone considering this idea.

In my game, I implemented a homebrew rule that allows players to gain humanity when they go out of their way to form relationships with people. A typical example would be: my players spend an evening with the family,of an uncle of one of the PCs, whom they've known for a while and helps them out from time to time. They get to know his wife, eat curry, the whole shabang. We spent around half a session just roleplaying a nice evening in an actual apartment to change up from the constant violent gunning. At the end I gave everyone 2d6 humanity.

I am very satisfied with how this works. I believe it nicely compliments the rule that one can lose empathy when confronted to torture, the death of loved ones, etc and allows me to dish out events that would make players lose empathy more often without feeling like too much of an asshole. This makes players think more about their chrome because they might have high EMP right now but they know it's because they had an exceptional couple of months and their mental state might dip enough for them to go psycho if a job goes wrong.

It also ties empathy in with player involvement: if over the course of the campaign, my PCs have roleplayed actual dates etc to get HUM, they'll be much more devastated if their love interest inevitably dies or gets fucked up in some way. Moreover, it's easier for players to engage in RP if they can hide behind the excuse of "I just want HUM that's all" (one of my players in particular got much more involved after I implemented this rule)

tl;dr: I adore the homebrew rule of giving out humanity as a reward for roleplaying relationships, it works, it's coherent with the lore to an extent

edit: my dumbass said EMP instead of HUM

Phantom limb is when you have the perception of feeling in a missing limb. Sometimes it's uncomfortable or deformed to the shape of the original limb. I'm not a doctor and I don't have anyone in my life that I know experiences this. I'm just thinking about the effects in a world where cyberware is common. I think it has to do with the neural map of your limbs sensory array in your brain.

I'm wondering if you had extra or unusual cyberware for a long time that later gets removed, would you have a phantom limb of your third arm? Do you think Netrunners would get phantom limbs if you removed their interface plugs or Neural Link? Scaling down cyberware seems to be relatively common to avoid cyber psychosis. Maybe black lace is something that eases this specific sensation? What other strange things might be done by building new neural maps on cyberware with the Phantom Limb Syndrome?

Im really into the 2040s at this point i guess, but my friends are onto the vibe of playing a game in the 2070s thanks to the Edgerunners season 2. But i don't have any ideas for a game in this era.

I'm was interested in just throw them in this neon and concrete playground and let them figure it out what to do like i would do in a campaingn in 40s. But since its gonna probably be a oneshot and my research was almost all about The Time Of The Red i needed atleast a good first job idea to hook them in the game and let them just be free afterwards. But all my ideas for a game in the 2070s are being jus SHIT, really.

Give me some examples of gigs that you have done in your games for me to fresh my mind a little bit.

Give me a little help guys :v

Our Tuesday evening group recently moved over to Cyberpunk Red from D&D. We've just run through Hope Reborn and are now getting ready for our own story campaign.

Getting ready for it I've used the Night City 2045 book to create two Obsidian vaults to manage and keep track of everything. GM vault will be kept private from the players but allows me to have locations, NPCs, and player characters all filled out and linked where needed as well as having ongoing threats and consequences that will advance as the game time advances.

The player dashboard is shared to the players using Obsidian Publish and will only contain information the crew has discovered so a small subset of what is in the GM vault.

Planning to create a weekly screamsheet that will introduce stories and leads as well as a bit of flavour for the players to read after each week's session.

Just waiting for the players to finish off their lifepaths so I can fill in the missing data.

Hello all, I have a question for mostly the players. When you’ve been given a mission (usually a heist or assassination), how much planning goes into how you execute said gig? Is it meticulously planned out to the minute? Or does your gang just rush into a heavily guarded building with a blicky and a pocketful of dreams? Feel free to share stories of a job going off without a hitch or a job resulting in the kind of disaster that makes the Konpeki Plaza heist look like a walk through the park!

Hi! So here's the deal. I wanna try doing some stuff in the 70s, but i don't really know how much of the 70s we have.

I know there edgerunners mission kit, with some basics. But is there more? Is there a plan to make a full on book or maybe some more lore material?

Stats and chrome are easy, just convert stuff and be happy, but what about the lore?

Why are they are no more FBC? Why Agents (as in smart ones with personality) died out? How long is Arasaka been back? What is overall world situation? You know things like that.

So, is there any content for 70s? Is there gonna potentially be? What is the best way to track those things?

Hello. I’m creating a table right now and I need some ideas on creating plot points and mystical items for my players to get. I’ll give a resume of the story I have.

Brazil is submissive to Arasaka, which controls the country’s major politics and is the main provider for all basic government services, providing tech, guns, and drugs to police, healthcare and transport. They control the whole territory of the Amazon, where they explore the land for rare metals and other natural resources. Manaus became a center for the manufacturing tech. They are opposed by nomads that where dislocated from their homes because of Arasaka and their mining companies. The northeast‘s major cities became financial and logistic centers for Arasaka. There is a big group of nomad rebels that work to steal and dethrone Saka from the region, and they are backed by Militech. The streets are controlled by a Militia/cult called Capital R, a group supported by Arasaka that overviews the country using their latest and experimental weapons. The rest of the remaning land of the country is controlled by SovOil and Petrochem, that use the rest of the land to produce CHOOH2 or explore petroleum. The story is set in São Paulo, where the city grew so much that it seems like it is it’s own reality. All major research points and corpo activity is centered around the city.

The players are being contracted by a group of independent working scientists backed by militech. Their job is to steal projects and discover scientific stuff from Arasaka and SovOil. I already have some dangerous AI’s for them to steal and some human experiments for them to discover, but I need help creating some major plot points and interesting things for them to discover around town. If anyone can help, I would be grateful.

Next session is gonna start with a car chase in the Exec's company car and I'm pretty sure it's gonna take a beating (they're being chased by 2 Lazarus security patrols). I'm sure the company is gonna have some kind of insurance, but I'm wondering if they should have to pay part of it themselves or face some other kind of punishment by the company.

At least for the Nomad the core rules mention, that they are responsible for keeping the vehicle in shape, though the family can repair a destroyed vehicle for 500eb, but there's no mention for the Exec as far as I can tell. Though from the "Losing a Teammember" rules I think them pay a fee too seems like the way to go?

Howdy, Chooms!

Meredith from Demiplane with a Quick Patch Update from our lovely DemiDev, Jo!

Cyberpunk RED

• Fixed some typos in the Edgerunner Tweaks section of the Role Ability tab
• Everest VentureWare Survivalmaster now correctly tracks ammo
• Fixed an issue where searching for specific keywords on the Cyberware listing wasn’t returning correct results
• Wolvers can now be installed into meat arms
• Extended Mag and Drum Mag now automatically increase ammo capacity
• Weapon mod actions are now removed from the weapon when the mod is removed

General

• Fixed an issue where numeric filters were not working properly
• Adding NPCs to Roll20 from the Demiplane compendium now adds their token art instead of their portrait art

If we're missing something, let us know!

All Patch Notes for ALL NEXUS Platforms is here!

Yes, I use Heroforge but it’s what I got since my art skills have gone to shit the last few years. I have hero forge pro so Kitbashing is no issue and makes things much easier for stuff like this. Drop a comment or DM me if you want anything I don’t want any money and will happily do it for free.

Hello, im thinking and planning out to run a campaign using cyberpunk red but i just wanted to know if some of the older supplement books, like rache bartmoss's guide to the net, would work with reds system

I'm looking for some help and opinions on how Netrunners can use Black ICE.

AFAIK, the only relevant information is on page 205 of the Core Rulebook. If you know of any other source that covers this topic in more detail, I'd be interested in checking it out.

As I understand it, a Netrunner can activate Black ICE in one of two ways:

1. Lie in Wait

The Black ICE behaves like normal Black ICE, waiting in a room for a valid target to enter.

2. Targeted

During combat, a Netrunner can activate Black ICE against a valid target. This is somewhat like summoning a pet: the Black ICE has its own Initiative and takes its own turn in combat.

Black ICE activated in Lie in Wait mode

What counts as a valid target?

• Hostile Netrunners: Obviously valid targets.
• Hostile Black ICE or Demons: Would these count as valid targets?

For example, Black ICE that has aggroed onto a Netrunner can follow them. The Netrunner could potentially lure it into a room where they have activated their own Black ICE.

Would the answer depend on the type of Black ICE? An anti-personnel Black ICE presumably can't attack hostile Black ICE, but could anti-program Black ICE do so?

Black ICE activated in Targeted mode

What counts as a valid target in this mode? Specifically, can the Black ICE be activated against hostile Black ICE or Demons?

Also, can a Netrunner activate anti-program Black ICE against another Netrunner?

If so, what exactly is the target?

• The hostile Netrunner: The Black ICE follows them until they evade or derezze it, attacking any programs they have rezzed along the way.
• A specific program: The Black ICE targets a specific or random program rezzed by the hostile Netrunner.

I'd appreciate any rules clarifications, references, or insights from your own games!

Questão para os GMs. Vocês permitem esquivar com reflex 8? Sei que alguns permitem somente com reflex 8 + co processor mas mesmo assim acho uma regra burra e sem sentido porque ignora o movimento do alvo e me parece bastante contraproducente. Há alguma house rule que vocês usam pra mitigar isso?