Jesse R – after our conversation last night now I need to do cyberpunk using this rules set.
For cybernetic upgrades I’m thinking you get 2 mods which can be drawn from the vehicle upgrades list. Boosters would be cybernetic legs that let you jump real high. Maybe a neural implant that let’s you make Access rolls using interface “wirelessly”. Armored or plated is titanium bone grafts.
When you enter the matrix so to speak you get data points to represent downloading software packages (I know Kung fu). Or this could represent a skill chip implant when not in the matrix.
What do you think?
really like it. A lot. The one thing is getting data points doesn’t happen easily (I think I got a total of one last night, but I was having crap rolls). I’d think using them to accomplish things in the matrix would be the way to go. Each data point allows for an attack against ICE, or cracking a database, etc. I’d posit that the Class of your cyberdeck gives you a default number of data points when you first jack in so the decker doesn’t have to hope for the best.
Interesting
I think you should make them their own Asset list, but start them at like class 2 or something. So there’s no class 0 or 1 mod.
Aaron Griffin Can you expand? As in starting items?
I don’t see a problem with starting with something, but class also affects acquisition.
Aaron Griffin good idea
A PbtA game for cyberpunk came out, called THE SPRAWL. Do you want to borrow concepts from that, or not? How does space opera change things?
Pierre Savoie We had talked about that. Reading through it now and (just my initial thoughts) is that the mission-based system seems very one-shot’ish as opposed to episodic. Was looking at The Veil and it looks really cool, but almost more transhuman-focused (not that that’s bad, just not “pure” cyberpunk. One of the nice things about UW is that it’s adaptable to a lot of different types of Sci-Fi settings.
Chalice In Chains – To add to the default data point discussion, Interface could also give the decker an automatic data point when they log in. That could be because someone with a 0 Interface just doesn’t have the experience to get around more than in a passing way and someone with a -1 would be like my grandparents: What’s this Innertubes thing I keep hearing about? Get off my lawn.
Jesse R agreed. I’m looking into it. Also an upgraded deck could grant the data point