CY_BORG Core Rules

A Nano-infested doomsday RPG about cybernetic misfits and punks raging against a relentless corporate hell. ———— The world is ending. ⸐ Again and again and again and again and again a̶n̴͗d̵̥͒ ̸̎ă̶ġ̸a̵̢͗i̶͙̓n̸̡̔ ă̵̢̫̥̺̻̞n̵͔̽̿̏̓͋͠͝d̴̢̪̟͊ ̵̡̺̖̰̯͖̞̓̑̐̈́̍̋a̶̤̘̖͗͐̀̔̚̚g̴̛͇̻̦̻͇̲̈́̏à̷̩̫͒ḯ̷̡̱̀̀̀͠ṇ̶̦̔͜. ▶ Constantly in flux; shifting, d̵̃is̴to̴rt̷in̶g̷, always reborn as something worse. Destruction by ecological catastrophes, the fallout of history's belligerence; by modern man-made Miseries or the blood spilled by the reckless machine of capitalist supremacy. Mankind's greatest ability truly is to destroy itself in creative ways. Designer demise, consumer-customized death, endlessly on repeat. ▶ Poisonous space rocks, nuclear weapons, cyclical revolutions, warring nations, warring corporations, warring neighbors; pandemics, tsunamis, volcanoes. In between it all: direct person-machine interfaces, tactical neural implants, and bacteria from outer space hijacking intercellular nanorobotics. And the sky is full of ads. ▶ Everyone is interfaced/injected/in̴fe̴cted̶/infested with something. Everyone wants something from everyone else. Everyone is a liar and a cheat. Everyone wants more creds. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Welcome to the year 20X3. Welcome to the City of Y!̸͆̅̌”̶͌̉#̸͇̞̻̌̚”̶̨̻̘̇̉̊͆̈́͒̌̆̓̕͜#̶̖̣̘̻͖̥͕̙̀̃̈́́̄̕̕͜͠2̶̧̻̺̝̥̮̣̒͒̂͐͐̍́́͘̕̕4̴̿̌’̷̛̙͍̠̙̿ The Cy. ———— CY\_BORG is a complete rules-light, rage-heavy tabletop roleplaying game based on and compatible with MÖRK BORG. Easy to play, easy to hack. In it you’ll find: A drive-by description of the megacity Cy after the Incident: from its rotting slums where gangs, cults and military corporations wage war, to the blinding scraper forests, neon cathedrals and holo-shimmering arcologies of Central and the toxic industrial hell zones shrouding it all in poisonous (but CYstainable PlanetTM Certified) death smog. Quick and dirty character creation where the roll of the dice determines who your punk is, what they’re capable of and who they owe money to. d66 Miserable Headlines making the rounds on the news and feeds with varying regularity, each one heralding chaos and destruction wracking the city until the cataclysmic conclusion seven headlines in. A minimal, simple system designed to stay out of the way and to be easily modded and customized. Rulings before rules. MÖRK BORG at its core, with a few tweaks and updates. Optional rules and tables: Add tactical crunch to your violence with combat mods for cover, suppressive fire and more. Six classes for your class war, including the Forsaken Gang-Goon, the Shunned Nanomancer and the Renegade Cyberslasher. Tables adding depth and character to your punk, such as Style, Quirks and Current Obsession. Random Generators facilitating near-endless play: missions, locations, corporations, cults and npcs populating the accelerating apocalypse. Equipment (of varying legality) like guns and specialized ammo booster plug-ins, intelligent body armor, cybertech, decks fitted with custom Apps, and almost-controllable Nano powers with their latent infestations. 25+ foes to fight. From the countless soldiers of the SecCorps and gangs to corrupted Nanophreaks, soulless drones and cydroids, state-of-the-art combat vehicles and the ethereal, digital apparitions classified as Ghosts. The introductory heist Lucky Flight Takedown. Scope and infiltrate the Lucky Flight Casino, clear the debt data and/or shut the whole operation down. Should be a quick and easy job, right? Front Cover PLAY ASSETS d66 Names d66 Pocket lint d12 Weather d10 Infested items Title Page The Messed-up World They Left Us 01_CY Cy Intro CITY MAP THE ENEMY Locations Central Ports G0 The Industries Bookmark 14 On Water The Hills The Inbetweens Beyond Cy The Net MISERABLE HEADLINES 1.x 2.x 3.x 4.x 5.x 6.x #0x0 02_SYSTEM Character Creation Abilities Tests Classes 01_Shunned Nanomancer 02_Burned Hacker 03_Discharged Corp Killer 04_Orphaned Gearhead 05_Renegade Cyberslasher 06_Forsaken Gang-Goon Optional PC/NPC Tables Style Feature Wants Quirk Current Obsession Starting Weapons Armor Debt EQUIPMENT Transport Housing Other Services Food Weapons for Sale Single-Use Booster Mods Drugs Cybertech Apps Backlashes Nano Powers Infestations Glitches Hit Points Battered Dead Cy-Rage Emergency Body Modification Combat Optional Combat Mods Time Rest First Impressions Morale Self-Improvement and Radical Transformation (aka leveling up) 03_FOES Guards & Goons Generic SecOp or Gang-Goon United Citadel Security Operative Virid Viper Roadrunner Cy-Raging Menace Grey-CERT Corp Assassin/Special Forces Heir of Kergoz NanoGoon Drones Crawler Flyer Stinger Turret Enhanced Beasts Worg vamp Krok Cydroids Skulker Vindicator Doppel Nano Phreaks Headhunter Blighthusk Whitetail Bloated Combat Vehicles Armored Car MilCorp Gunship Mech Ghost 04_DATA NPC Tables Style Feature Role Obsession Quirk Wants Mission Generator 01_Contact 02_Patron 03_Reward 04_The Job 05_The Target 06_Location 07_Geo 08_Security 09_Complication Location Features Corporation Generator Cult Generator d100 City Events d20 Net Events Admin Control LUCKY FLIGHT TAKEDOWN The Job Lucky Flight Casino Map Random Encounters NPCs Casino Patrons Casino Floor 01_Entrance 02_Stage and Slots 03_Cards 04_Hologames 05_Restrooms 06_Staff Entrance Second Floor 07_VIP and Balcony 08_Office Space 09_Vaska's Office 10_Tech Bookmark 150 Basement 12_Sec Office 13_Locker Room 14_Green Room 15_Maintenance 16_Power Core Rendezvous with Charlie Bringing back Batu Corp Index ACGS Alliansen Inc. AST Cynergy Water & Power Co Fideistic Transformation Gravf/Mellberg/Tosk Heirs of Kergoz Kaytell Makers Royal West Shipping Co Spectral FT Banks & Holdings TG Labs Tulles & deVerte United Citadel Security Virid Vipers INDEX The City The Corps and Cults The Opposition The System SYSTEM REFERENCE Abilities and tests Getting into trouble Glitches Nano Apps Combat Equipment Injury, malfunction and death Back Cover Cyberpunk fiction tends to focus too much on flashy tech and not enough on the dystopia, but Cy_Borg, a new tabletop RPG by Christian Sahlen, has absolutely no problem dragging your shiny character straight through the mud. The game welcomes you to a world that’s been ground down by capitalism-driven ecological disasters, mysterious infections rumored to be from outer space, and warring corporations looking to use chromed-out punks like yourself as expendable fodder to settle their violent rivalries. The city of Cy is one that’s immediately hostile to you, but it makes for one of the most compellingly vicious cyberpunk RPGs on the market.