Variants on the Combat System in Cyberpunk 2020

Author: M. Thomas a.k.a. Realityhack.

Index

Alternate Damage System

Gun Licence

Armor (Corrects Chrome 4 Armor Costs.)

Alternate Damage System

Please note that in my games we use 2D10 for most rolls including skill rolls and saves. I chose this because it maintains simplicity and game speed while providing a nicer statistical distribution of results. Therefore the numbers presented may have to be altered for your game.

The main problem our group had with the Cyberpunk book system was that characters could throw on some common medium body armor and ignore a hail of 9 and 10mm bullets. This was resulting in unrealistic behavior and hurting role-playing. To remedy this we made two alterations.

First the standard 2020 armor values are multiplied by two-thirds. While this can be a pain to compute it is done before the game so it isn’t a big deal. Continue reading “Variants on the Combat System in Cyberpunk 2020”

TRINITY – A Cyberpunk 2020 Church and Corporation

TRINITY

Author: Gary Astleford

“What’s Trinity? Combine the worst of all the evil televangelist ministries on the planet (estimated net worth on the order of billions), throw in a dash of cutthroat corporate ethics (extraction teams who work for the Lord), mix in Valley Bible Death Camps and razorwire towers, a cruciform data fortress staffed by pro-level born-again netrunners, and you’re starting to hear the word of Jesus Christ. Can you say Amen, brother?”
— Jody Morris, aka Virtue

GM’s NOTES

Trinity originally started out as an enemy in an old campaign I ran based on Queensryche’s Operation: Mindcrime. After that, it became a very vague, yet compelling, presence in my Cyberpunk universe. I’d dismissed it for several years, not thinking anything more of it until the Coke Madness game, which happened sometime in mid-1994.

Most of my ideas for Trinity came from events in the news, including Jim Baker and the PTL. Lots of evangelical types added to my brainstorming. I mean, here you’ve got this completely screwed up society. Modern (ie, 90’s) Christians are thinking that it’s so bad now, the Rapture is coming any day. So what do these people do when things get worse? They can either turn away from faith, or they can grab onto it tighter, like a drowning man on one of those floating hot dogs. Continue reading “TRINITY – A Cyberpunk 2020 Church and Corporation”

Transcon – A Cyberpunk 2020 Corporation

Transcon – Transport at the Speed of Change

TransCon – Trans-Continental Transport Corporation

Headquarters: San Francisco

Regional Offices: New York, Night City, Washington, Los Angeles, Houston, Washington D.C, London, Rome, Toronto, Paris, Hamburg, Helsinki, Prague, Seol, Sub-offices throughout North America and Europe.

Name and Location of major shareholder: Jonathan Demark, San Francisco (11.2% owned)

Employees: Worldwide; 1,200,000

Troops: 5,000 Covert: 50

Background: In 2003 Jonathan Demark, the owner of a private east coast transport company called De-Haul saw that the world was lacking in a single company to transport cargo around the world. The managing of cargo had to be carried out by several small companies, so he formed TransCon. The corporation is dedicated to provide cargo transport efficiently and reliably. Continue reading “Transcon – A Cyberpunk 2020 Corporation”

Information Overload: The Cyberpunk 2020 Net.Book

compiled and edited by Dan Bailey
[and then Karsten deleted all the stuff now found in Chromebook 4. The full version used to be at Dan Baileys Webpage. It seems to be down, so I am rather happy to be able to provide you with a copy. Dan’s a hero!
Please check Credits section of this page.]

Definition:

Information Overload — A psychological condition, characterized by a dazed sort of catatonia, that occurs when the human brain attempts to assimilate too much information at one time.

Content

Cyberware
Equipment
Weapons
Net Stuff
Powered Armor
Powered Armour Gear
Services
‘Punkers Guide to the MSP Metroplex
New Skills
Corporations
Highlanderpunk
Credits Continue reading “Information Overload: The Cyberpunk 2020 Net.Book”

Physical Fix – A Cyberpunk 2020 Corporation

Physical Fix

Author: Kristian de Valle (kris@cxa.com.au)

PHYSICAL FIX – BIKE COURIERS FOR THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

HQ: Los Angles Metroplex Regional Night City, Washington, Tokyo, Seattle, Miami, San Offices: FranciscoResources: Seven AV-7 Machs (one for each office), Six Kundalini Darts (in L.A.) and one Dassault-Mystere STOL Luxury Jet.

Symbol: The name ‘Physical Fix’ in bright red, thick block letters in a square form, bordered top and bottom by thin ‘go faster’ stripes.

Major Partners: Amanda Clayton, situated in L.A. with 51% controlling share. James ‘Jag’ Hound 15% Josie Coriolis 20%

Physical Fix is still a private company, run by the people who put up the money for its initial setup. Fix may do a public float in the next year or so, as business is booming. If so, the employees will be offered the first pick of the shares.

Troops: 350 Covert Operatives: 15

Physical Fix is a fledgling, yet rapidly growing bicycle courier company. With offices in Seattle, the L.A. Metroplex, Washington and Tokyo, they deal with old-school secure data. If the data is not sent via the Net, then nobody is able to intercept it via the net.

The courier boxes are specially made for the Fix riders. They are EMP-shield, biohazard capable, armored to 40SP and the option is available for a refrigerated version. The boxes do not leave the couriers sight until delivered to the recipient specified in the delivery order. Continue reading “Physical Fix – A Cyberpunk 2020 Corporation”

MultiComp Productions – A Cyberpunk 2020 Corporation

MultiComp Productions

Author: unknown

Headquarters: Brussels, BelgiumRegional Offices: New York, NY; Night City, NorCal; Los Angeles, SoCal; Seattle, WA; Madrid, Spain

Troops: 1200; Total Employees: 95,000; Covert Operatives: 1000

Resources: 5 Private Jets, 5 AV-6’s, 4 Passenger Helicopters, about 150 ground vehicles of various styles.

Symbol: An assasin’s dagger through the letters MCP

History

MCP began in the minds of two corperate spies, Johnathan Finch and Micheal Montgomery. During the First Corperate War, these two men were partners in the game of corperate espionage. They were freelance operatives who would secretly sell their services to those who could afford it. Not once did they fail to come through on a contract.After 2 years of this sort of work, the two men became tired of spying (became too risky), they decided to retire. But not before one last job. Continue reading “MultiComp Productions – A Cyberpunk 2020 Corporation”

A Cyberpunk 2020 Corporation Guide

C’s Corporation Guide Database

From Neon Twilight, modified by me in way not to violate modern day corps namerights.

Welcome to C’s Corporation Guide Database. In this download you will find our 2019 Year in Review, with notes on which Corporations are to watch, and which are to watch out for! 2019 was an interesting year in the Corp Sector, with IBM director Kurt Muller indicted in the tissue resampling scandal in May of 2019, and Tokyo bad boy Tokei accused of murdering his father, the head of Sentai Cybernetics. But 2019 also showed great developments as House Act 21300 passed through EEC Congress January 4th, and Tax Exemption Disclaimer 81/4 was passed unaminously on the Crystal Palace Lunar Province just this November. We are looking forward to another wonderfully unpredictable new year.
– Carlton Hedgeworth & Yukiko Tanaka, C Magazine Finacial Editors (4/08/20)

MAJOR CORPORATIONS Continue reading “A Cyberpunk 2020 Corporation Guide”

Apollo Gen – A Cyberpunk 2020 Corporation

Apollo Gen

Author: unknown

Generating Power to Power a Generation

Apollo Gen – Global Power Generation Corporation

Headquarters: Los Angeles

Regional Offices: San Fransisco, Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, London, Seol, Johanesburg, Sao Paulo, Brazilia, Mexico City. Branch offices across the Americas and Africa.

Generation Facilities: Solar Stations: 16 Orbital, 2 Mexico, 6 North America (NE/AR), 4 Arabia (US Military Zone). Nuclear Stations: 1 South Africa, 6 North America, 12 South America, 1 Korea, 1 Antartica. OTEC Stations: 2 Indian Ocean, 4 Pacific.

Research Facilities: 2 North America (CA/NY), 3 Arabia (US Military Zone), 1 Pacific.

Name and Location of Major Shareholder: Daniel Joteq, Los Angeles (15.5% owned)

Employees: Worldwide; 1,250,000

Troops; 3,500 Covert; 100

Background: In 2007 when nuclear fusion first became a feasible source of power, Daniel Joteq was financial director for the research group that made the break throughs, a government funded team of top scientists and research technicians. Joteq, seeing the potential for domestic generation and the profits it would engender hired a team of freelance edgerunners, such as there were in those days, and, giving them security codes and facility blueprints had them steal the technical details of the research, stored in a single hard drive in the research dome. Continue reading “Apollo Gen – A Cyberpunk 2020 Corporation”

Zaibatsu List Version 1.1

Author: Colin Smith (no link, his site is gone)

The following is an alphabetical list of all of the zaibatsu, governmental, and religious organizations, as well as smaller companies and brand names, mentioned in William Gibson’s “Sprawl Stories.” Hope this is useful to all :) Continue reading “Zaibatsu List Version 1.1”

The Skill 'Intimidation' in Cyberpunk 2020

The Skill ‘Intimidation’ in Cyberpunk 2020

Author: David KNIGHTHAWK Simpson <knighthawk00@hotmail.com>

Intimidation: More Than Quoting Dirty Harry

Ever been to Muscle Beach, watched some of the body builders pump iron and think to yourself, “I wouldn’t want to meet them in a dark alley”? That is intimidation by physical means. Intimidation has a lot of opportunities for use, but too few GM’s take this skill into account during their gaming. Players also seem to underestimate its abilities and benefits. Why waste bullets when you can just scare them away?First, intimidation on its own; intimidating people, not in a face-down situation (which is primarily looks and a contest of wills) is frequently misinterpretted. Think of bullys. They rule through their reputation and intimidation. Initimidation (skill), COOL (stat), BODY (stat), relative size (characteristic), and REP, this combination should be used for mass (as in multiple-person) intimidation. Physical size matters, because instinctually we feel inferior or submissive to something larger than ourselves. (Majority of people think twice when talking to someone significantly taller or larger than themselves, and remember, your characters are SUPPOSED to be people, too.) Continue reading “The Skill 'Intimidation' in Cyberpunk 2020”