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Cyberpunk
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What is Cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and
what it means to be human.
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Good luck!
Thanks chummer, I'll need it!
Don't get brain-burnt! (Am I doing it right, been too long...)
Thanks, I didn't flatline! One of my players couldn't make this week so I improvised a variant on the classic Food Fight intro scenario so that we could familiarize ourselves with the combat without going off on a run sans street samurai. In retrospect I'm not sure I handled recoil penalties correctly, and we slogged through the rulebook looking for some things like "Why does spell Force matter again?" but in the end only one of the players got mildly shot, and the mage manabolted a guy so hard that he totally fried from the inside out, so I'm calling it a success!
That sounds awesome, nice job!