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What is Cyberpunk?

Cyberpunk is a science-fiction role-playing game created by Mike Pondsmith and R. Talsorian Games that incorporates dystopian elements of mega-corporations run rampant, food and supply shortages and collapsing government, while heavily investing in elements of human augmentation through the use of cyberware. The focus is very much centered around ‘living on the edge’ but provides flexibility with character types that cover all sorts of play styles.

The most recent release in the Cyberpunk RPG series, Cyberpunk Red, takes you to the near future of 2045 where much of the world is recovering from the events of the mid-2020s. After malicious AI viruses destroyed much of the original concept of a connected Internet (or NET), people have transitioned back to local area networks to connect and communicate. Outside of major cities, caravans run by Nomads help keep supply lines running by land, air, and sea.

What are the basics?

Cyberpunk Red uses the “Interlock” system which primarily uses D10s for a combination of statistic + relevant skill + d10 to reach a pre-determined value or result.

These statistics include: Intelligence, Willpower, Cool, Empathy, Technique, Reflexes, Luck, Body, Dexterity, and Movement. Yes, COOL is stat!

Statistics are then tied with a combination of over 50 different skills to form a check, which you roll to beat a difficulty value (DV) or against an opponent’s opposing check. For example:

Max is armed with his shotgun and is engaged in combat with a ganger 15 metres/yards away, presenting a difficulty value (DV) of 20. Max combines his Reflex stat of 7 with a Shoulder Arms skill of 6 for a “base” of 13. On his turn, Max will roll a 1d10 plus his base of 13, to beat the 20 DV.

Cyberpunk Red also uses roles, which represent character classes in the game. There are 10 roles to choose from, which help represent a character’s background or upbringing and define abilities they have which they can use throughout gameplay. These are:

• Rockerboys: Performers, musicians, writers or poets who inspire rebellion. They can use their charisma to inspire followers.
• Solo: Weapons specialists, commonly operating as mercenaries or bodyguards. They have abilities to assist with combat.
• Netrunners: Hackers of the dark future. They can gain access into local networks and use programs to modify, steal or destroy data.
• Techs: All around mechanics and tool-smiths. They can make items as a part of their ability, or upgrade existing items.
• Medtechs: Specialised surgeons or paramedics. Medtechs can use their ability to heal and produce medical supplies.
• Media: As followers of the new NET, Media seek out truth or the latest trends. They can report on current events and stories, and seek out information from reliable sources.
• Exec: Part of the big mega corps, they can hire and utilise employees to perform work for them.
• Lawmen: Enforcers, police and sheriffs. When in trouble, they can use their ability to call for backup.
• Fixers: The organisers and ‘who-to-know’ types. They know how to get access to goods on the street.
• Nomads: The truckies and roadsters of the future. They can call upon their nomad clans for vehicles and upgrades.

How does it perform in Foundry?

With a team of a half-dozen frequent contributors, and many others providing input, feedback, and guidance, the Cyberpunk Red Core system has implemented almost all features needed to run a game.

There are separate actor sheets for characters, NPCs, program, and container types, and inspiration has been taken from the core rule book as much as possible to keep the theme consistent.

As the system makes use of a lot of ranged-based combat, the system supports quick-access rulers to check meter/yard distance and the applicable DV you need to meet.

The cyberpunk universe also focuses on the new NET and Netrunners, so functionality has been implemented to allow for the generation of scenes for Netrunners to be operational during gameplay.

The team has also worked in line with the system’s homebrew policy, which means that a number of compendium packs are included built-in with the system. For new game masters, this vastly speeds up the time to get an initial game up and running. Restrictions on the homebrew policy do mean that you need to create your own actors, such as characters and NPCs. Other than that, the process is fairly straightforward.

If you’d like to learn more about the Cyberpunk Red system, a Getting Started video has been linked below.

The key to making this landing page truly interactive, is the use of a few modules.

• Trigger Happy for clicking on things to activate other things
• Forien’s Quest Log for the quest log system
• Inline Web Viewer for accessing an interactive website through journals
• LootSheetNPC5e for the loot chest if you’re in 5e. It’s available for other systems like Pathfinder2E and 3.5e as well.

Trigger Happy is a powerful module, and if you are not familiar with how to use it, we recommend you start here. Here is a sample of Toldori’s landing page triggers for the Trigger Happy module:

// Click to change the scene
@Token[AndoranMap] @Trigger[click] @Scene[Andoran]

// Click to open character sheet
@Token[YorikCard] @Trigger[click] @Actor[Yorik]
@Token[PartyLoot] @Trigger[click] @Actor[Party's Loot Chest]

// Click to call macro that opens up Forien's Quest Log
@Token[LandingBook] @Trigger[click] @Macro[QuestLog]

// Click to open up journal
@Token[InnerSea] @Trigger[click] @JournalEntry[httpspathfinderwikicom]

// The macro used to open up Forien's Quest Log

QuestLog.render(true);

The key to the creation of triggers is to use the module’s ‘transparent token’ to cover the area of an image you wish to trigger with, then make sure that you toggle the token to be “Invisible” to the players. Combining this with using the “@Trigger[click]” inside the journal entry will create an illusion for your players that they are interacting with things placed on the scene. The transparent token, macros and a helpful README will appear in your compendium after activating the module. Follow the provided instructions (and check youtube for additional helpful videos) and you will be activating things in no time!

Huge thanks to Todori for sharing this fantastic landing page!

This landing page makes use of two modules.

• Parallaxia for the scrolling player images. Additional information on how to use this module can be found here.
• Multilevel Tokens for the teleportation effect. This module also has a great deal of possible uses. Start here.

Cystere.Orling says: I got the scrolling image idea from this post by u/DragonbeardNick and when I asked him how he had the images cycling through what appeared to be an image wider than the screen, he said that it was one long image. For the scrolling I created a tile that was the height of the image I used (using photopea to simply put five separate player images onto one wide image) and the width of the poster. I used the very long image of five as the “fill” image for the tile so when I placed it, it appeared stretched to fit. Then when I selected the tile and activated parallaxia, the image became its actual size and only showed what is currently in view (or in frame), so it appears that it is cycling through.

Check out the modules, pull together some fantastic art, and start creating! See what you can build and post your results in the forum for everyone to see!