So, my long-running DnD game is coming to a close, and I'm really feeling like running something Cyberpunk, and I need a good system for it. I'm thinking that the plot will focus on the PCs as a group of mercenaries hired off the books by the government/po

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Cyberpunk TTRPGs 02/29/16 (Mon) 18:20:00 No.222488

So, my long-running DnD game is coming to a close, and I'm really feeling like running something Cyberpunk, and I need a good system for it. I'm thinking that the plot will focus on the PCs as a group of mercenaries hired off the books by the government/police to take down various crime rings, while still profiting off of their own schemes. I think I want the world to look like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, especially the Hong Kong area.

The things I'm looking for:

Fluid combat

More fluff than crunch (Coming off of over-crunchy 4e)

Rules for cybernetic implants and such

A game meant for long-term play. We play once a week, and our campaigns still last 1-2 years.

Also, while looking for a pic for this thread, found http://www.artofmitch.com/characters/

Good place for cyberpunk character art

Anonymous 02/29/16 (Mon) 20:20:06 No.222504

When it comes to modern and post-modern environments, GURPS is king

Anonymous 02/29/16 (Mon) 20:25:03 No.222505

>>222504

Dude, OP said

>More fluff than crunch (Coming off of over-crunchy 4e)

GURPS will make his head explode.

Anonymous 02/29/16 (Mon) 20:28:40 No.222506

>>222504

Not op, but he said low-crunch. Not exactly gurps territory. Admittedly though, other than maybe some homebrew, it is the best. You can just set aside a few papers with rules on shit, and cut out unnecessary crunch by doing things like not requiring a roll for simple actions and focusing more on the planning and espionage before possible combat.

But seriously, gurps is best for literally these sorts of games, and it's only crunch-heavy when you let it be.

Cyberpunk TTRPGs 03/01/16 (Tue) 01:20:15 No.222575

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>>222504

>>222506

"GURPS isn't crunchy if you get rid of half the rules"

Any other suggestions?

Anonymous 03/01/16 (Tue) 02:34:46 No.222595

>>222575

You know that GURPS is deliberately designed for only a selection of the rules it provides to ever be actively in play at once, right? That's a big idea of the Universal part of its name.

Anonymous 03/01/16 (Tue) 02:48:06 No.222597

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>>222595

>>222575

kek

>"GURPS isn't crunchy if you get rid of half the rules"

Very few people would play GURPS with even close to half the rules.

Anonymous 03/01/16 (Tue) 14:28:13 No.222704

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>>222488

>Fluid combat

>More fluff than crunch (Coming off of over-crunchy 4e)

>Rules for cybernetic implants and such

I assume that you are familiar with Cyberpunk 2020?

It is the natural choice if you don't want GURPS.

Aside from Cyberpunk 2020, you could try D6, but that doesn't have a lot of fluff.

TORG has insane crunch and insane fluff.

RIFTS might be an option, or some kind of Palladium Cyberninja/Superspies game.

Anonymous 03/01/16 (Tue) 15:27:47 No.222709

>>222704

>I assume that you are familiar with Cyberpunk 2020?

This. If you want Cyberpunk with no extra added bullshit, this is the way to go.

Anonymous 03/01/16 (Tue) 18:06:20 No.222729

>>222709

>>222704

I looked into Cyberpunk 2020. I don't know how I feel about the Netrunning system, and the book is cheesy as hell, but it's not a bad choice.

Anonymous 03/01/16 (Tue) 23:08:19 No.222777

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Savage Worlds.

Anonymous 03/02/16 (Wed) 13:43:48 No.222947

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>>222777

That GET.

Anonymous 03/02/16 (Wed) 15:16:33 No.222958

>>222488

You can try Covert Ops with The Neumann Protocol.

Cyberpunk TTRPGs 03/02/16 (Wed) 18:10:39 No.222975

>>222777

Looking at Savage Worlds: Interface Zero. I think this is what I'll end up running.

Anonymous 03/02/16 (Wed) 18:45:50 No.222981

>>222488

>TTRPG

>had to google it

>I remember times when nobody knew what is RPG

>I remember when vidya were called cRPG (computer RPG)

>now there is entire generation of TBBT fags who wants to play only DnD cuz "Bazinga!"

>they call real rpgs pnp or TTRPG

>they call it on forums dedicated to normal RPGs and other traditional games

I'm really to old for this shit. Can someone kill me?

Cyberpunk TTRPGs 03/02/16 (Wed) 18:55:33 No.222984

>>222981

Are you actually getting pissed that non-basement dwellers are playing tabletops and people added a couple letters? Jesus.

Anonymous 03/03/16 (Thu) 11:01:48 No.223176

>>222488

Call of The Void plus the prosthetics from Song of Swords could actually do it. Song of Swords is the 'main' book, with COTV being a scifi/dieselpunk spinoff. But the main book has rules for prosthetics.

Call of The Void itself is only like 40 pages, is pretty realistic without being too crunchy or slow to play. And it's even less if you want to avoid the rules for ship combat and magic.

https://boards.4chan.org/tg/thread/45707014/song-of-swords-rome-has-conquered

Anonymous 03/03/16 (Thu) 11:13:35 No.223183

>>222729

>I don't know how I feel about the Netrunning system

>>222709 here, and while I'll gladly shill Cyberpunk 2020 I do believe Netrunning should die in a fire. If you run a game tell your players that Netrunning has been turned into a skill roll. Or just don't allow Netrunners and build the campaign accordingly.

Anonymous 03/03/16 (Thu) 13:35:24 No.223203

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>>223183

> just don't allow Netrunners and build the campaign accordingly.

Just make a campaign about drug-addicted cyborgs with mohawk haircuts.

The hardest part will be finding enough 1980s synthpop for background music.

I'm so old that I can't distinguish my cyberpunk nostalgia from my 1980s nostalgia.

Anonymous 03/03/16 (Thu) 15:11:00 No.223213

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>>223203

No, wait.

I've got a better idea.

I'll start my own ruleset - the best since Dungeons & Dragons.

And I will call it - Mohawks and Mullets.

Anonymous 03/03/16 (Thu) 16:06:38 No.223219

>>222984

>Are you actually getting pissed that non-basement dwellers are playing tabletops and people added a couple letters? Jesus.

Yes, because hipsters and normies have been fucking up D&D since 4e came out and it started showing up on every fucking TV show that Felicia Dyke was on.

Anonymous 03/03/16 (Thu) 20:07:23 No.223270

>>223219

I agree with you in that hipsters and plebs have been ruining tabletop, but you know, DnD was always pretty shit.

Anonymous 03/03/16 (Thu) 21:23:05 No.223287

>>223219

>since 4ED

Found the 3.5 fag

Anonymous 03/04/16 (Fri) 19:16:30 No.223491

>>223287

I'm not saying 4ed was shit I'm saying 4ed was when hipsters started entering things. It wasn't 4ed's fault.

Anonymous 03/04/16 (Fri) 19:20:12 No.223493

>>223287

>Found the 3.5 fag

Found the AD&D fag.

Anonymous 03/06/16 (Sun) 04:04:05 No.223849

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Bionic street gangs.

Anonymous 03/07/16 (Mon) 10:27:07 No.224198

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>>222504

Oh lovely the GURPS cult is here.

Look people, you want something different use OVA. It's simple but with just enough crunch to prevent it from going full Fate.

It's like if BESM was a Time Lord and regenerated after that disaster 3rd Edition and went back to it's roots… and made itself better.

Anonymous 03/07/16 (Mon) 11:14:39 No.224201

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>>224198

But does OVA have rules for when street samurai characters go into amphetamine withdrawal?