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Cyberpunk

2020

Master

Skill Guide

Collated by Dana Jorgensen

The

Well, here it is, another one of my "great projects". It's no Neo-City Sourcebook, this. As every referee

does, I've made many personal references over the years to make things more efficient. We got a bit of help

in the form of the weapons guide that RTG produced, but a lot of work was saved when I discovered Andrew

James' Cyberpunk 2020 Reference Book at Node 16 (http://ajames.force9.co.uk/). It was a bright little

project resulting in a huge index that consolidated quite a bit of material from a wide array of books and

magazines. Now, if he would just start integrating web-based material into his assorted PDF lists…

Unfortunately, there was one hole remaining with the skills. Everything else in the CP2020 Reference

Book provides enough data to run with, but for skills, you still had to flip through dozens of books and pray

you could remember where each skill was written. This particular document seeks to alleviate that small

problem, by collecting all the skills and descriptions into a single convenient reference. I'll eventually convert

it into a more complete skill reference by including skills from other Interlock products like Mekton, as well as

skills gathered from a multitude of Fuzion game books, as well as material from an assortment of websites.

This file will just be full of all sorts of tasty goodness… J

Let's start of with the stats, since even those are widespread through the various books. To start

things off, Cyberpunk 2020 has 9 stats, to which we will add the various extras that appeared in other

Cyberpunk books, various Fuzion games, and Mekton. This stuff will be pretty much verbatim, and you'll see

why Cyberpunk 2020 became a min-maxing powermonger's paradise. Just look at all the advice on what

roles should have the highest scores of each stat…

Statistics

Intelligence (INT): This is a measure of your

problem solving ability; figuring out problems,

noticing things, remembering information. Almost

every character type needs a high intelligence,

with netrunners and corporates requiring the

highest of all.

into your favor. Your luck represents how many

points you may use each game to influence the

outcome of a critical event. To use luck, you may

add any or all of the points of Luck a character

has to a critical die roll (declaring your intention to

use Luck before the roll is made) until all your

luck stat is used up. Luck is always restored at

the end of each game session.

Reflexes (REF): This is a combined index,

covering not only your basic dextrerity, but also

how your level of physical coordination will affect

feats of driving, piloting, fighting, and athletics.

Characters who intend to engage in a great deal

of combat (such as solos, nomads, and

rockerboys) should always invest in the highest

possible reflexes.

Attractiveness (ATTR): This is how good

looking you are. In Cyberpunk, it's not enough to

be good - you have to look good while you're

doing it (attitude is everything). Attractiveness is

especially important to Medias and Rockerboys,

as being good-looking is also part of the job.

Cool (COOL or CL): This index measures how

well a character steands up under stress, fear,

pressure, pain and torture. In determining your

willingness to fight on despite wounds or your

fighting ability under fire, Cool is essential. It is

also a measure of how "together" your character

is and how tough he appears to others.

Rockerboys and fixers should always have high

cool, with solos and nomads having the highest

cool of all.

Movement Allowance (MA): This is an index of

how fast your character can run (important in

combat situations). The higher your Movement

Allowance, the more distance you can cover in a

turn.

Run: To determine how far your

character can run in a single combat

round (@3.2 seconds), multiply your MA

by 3. The character can run three times

this distance (a total of 9 times your MA)

in a full 10 second turn.

Technical Ability (TECH): This is an index of

how well you relate to hardware and other

tehcnically oriented things. In Cyberpunk, the

ability to use and repair technology is of

paramount importance - Tech will be the stat

used when fixing repairing, or attempting to use

unfamiliar tech. While all characters should have

a decent tech stat, potential techies should

always opt for the highest possible score in this

area.

Leap: To determine how far your

character can leap (from a running

start), divide your run by 4. Why didn't

they just say Leap is 3/4 of your MA?

Empathy: This stat represents how well you

relate to other living things - a measure of

charisma and sympathetic emotions. In a world of

alienated, future-shocked survivors, the ability to

be "human" can no longer be taken for granted.

Empathy is critical when leading, convincing,

Luck (LUCK or LK): This is the intangible

"something" that throws the balance of events

seducing, or perceiving emotional undercurrents.

Empathy is also a measure of how close he/she

is to the line between feeling human being and

cold blooded psychotic monster.

Body Type Modifier: Not all people

take damage the same way. For

example, it takes a lot more damage to

stop Arnold the Terminator than it does

to stop Arnold the Nerd. This is reflected

by the Body Type Modifier, a special

bonus used by your character to reduce

the effects of the damage. The body

type modifier is subtracted from any

damage your character takes in combat.

Humanity: This is a measure of the toll

that cybernetics take on your ability to

relate to other living things. Multiply your

EMP by 10 to determine how many

humanity points you have. Remember,

for every 10 humanity points you lose,

you will automatically lose 1 point of

EMP. This can have a serious effect on

any empathy based skills, as well as

forcing you to the edge of cybernetic-

induced psychosis.

Damage Modifier: As with taking

damage, each character will differ in the

amount of damage dealt out. This

damage is added to whatever is rolled

for hand-to-hand or melee attacks.

Body Type (BOD or BT): Strenght endurance

and constitution are all based upon the

character's body type. Body type determines how

much damage you can soak up in wounds, how

much you can lift or carry, how well you recover

from shock, and how much extra damage you

cause with physical attacks. Body type is

important to all character types, but to solos,

nomads, and rockerboys most of all.

Psyche (PSY): This stat reflects the character's

spiritual strength. Roll an extra 1d10 during

character generation for this stat. As with other

stats, the minimum is 2 and the maximum is 10

(16 for creatures such as vampires).

Psyche points are used to power

psychic powers. PSY recovers naturally at a rate

of 1 point every 2 hours of rest or 1 point every

six hours of activity up to the character's base

PSY.

Lift & Carry: You may carry 10 time

your body type in kilograms. You may

also dead lift 40 times your body type in

kilograms.

When a character's PSY reaches 2, he

will feel weak. When PSY reaches 1, the

character will feel ill, making all checks at -2. At

PSY 0, the character will fall unconscious until

back to PSY 1, either through natural or psychic

healing.

Body Type Body Type Modifier Damage Modifier

2 -0 -2

3-4 -1 -1

5-7 -2 0

8-9 -3 +1

10 -4 +2

11-12 -5 +4

13-14 -6 +6

15-16 -7 +8

17-18 -8 +10

19-20 -9 +12

Optional Non-RTG Ranges in shaded cells.

Psyche directly translates into

Mekton Empire's Psionic Potential.

Also, like Psi Potential, the character's

Psyche limits the number of psychic

power categories. Characters may not

have psychic powers if their PSY score

is less than 5. Only one category is

open for PSY 5-7, two categories as

PST 8, three at PSY 9, and all four at

PSY 10 or higher. The categories are

Telepathy, ESP, Psychokinesis, and

Body Control.

If a GM does not wish to bring

an extra stat into the game to handle psychic

powers, simply use Luck in its place. The

reasoning behind this is that Luck is the only

"unexplained" aspect of Cyberpunk. It could be

argued that Luck is simply an unconscious use of

psychic pwera to help you out at crucial times.

In this case, Luck points can still be

used, but points spent will weaken psychic

powers and vice versa. For simplicity's sake, a

character is allowed their total Luck to burn on

rolls or for use of their powers.

Stun Save: When you take damage in

Cyberpunk, or have been exposed to

knockout drugs, you need to make a

stun save. If you fail, you will

automatically be knocked out of combat

and be unable to recover until you make

a successful stun save in a following

combat turn. You may make one save

each turn until you succeed.

Death Save: When you have been

mortally wounded, or when you have

encountered certain poisons, you will

need to make a death save. On a failed

roll, you're Body Bank fodder.

Dedication (DED): This is a new stat measuring

a character's dedication to a particular ideology,

philosophy or belief system. It is rated just like a

normal stat, except it can range from 1 to 10, and

the player selects the level rather than rolling

dice. The player also selects the belief system his

character is dedicated to. Optionally, the player

can be forced to roll dice and develop a

dedication or several for the character. This can

add to the personality of the character.

There can also be more than one

dedication in the character's life, of varying

degrees, with all of them recorded on the

character sheet. However, each dedication must

be of a different level from one another (i.e. no

ties) and from the particular belief system a

dedication score is related to. When making a

dedication check, the specified dedication must

be used, not necessarily the highest.

Dedications can be to religions, cults,

philosophies, organizations, countries, and even

corporations or individuals. Note that a character

can only have one dedication at 9 or higher. Also,

a character could be dedicated to an ideal, such

as peace, which would result in a true pacifist.

Cyberpunk 2020 Special Abilities

ACPA Combat Sense (Power Armor Trooper)(3):

This skill is a variety of Vehicle Zen. While in ACPA,

a PA trooper uses ACPA Sense as a modifier for

Awareness/Notice and Initiative rolls, as well as

using it like a normal REF skill for maneuvering and

moving in the armor. It also counts as Dodge &

Escape for PA troopers in their armor! Its practically

useless outside of ACPA; a PA trooper only gets 1/2

(round down) this skill to use as Combat Sense

when not in ACPA. Don't go thinking you're a solo.

his Authority, there's a good chance he'll get nailed

by the people he's trying to confront. The higher

your Authority, the more able you are to face down

criminals, particularly high level mobsters and

officials. Authority is applied to your Cool stat.

Barter (Ridgerunner): The Ridgerunner is an

enterprising individual, and as such, he can usually

turn up some Euro with whatever junk he stole,

stripped or found beneath the waves. The Barter

skill enables the Ridgerunner to know who to go to

for the best prices or trades, what's a hot commodity

and how to turn the trash he may be holding into

enough Euro to finance his next outing.

At Level +3, the Ridgerunner can haggle

well and knows some big players, though he has yet

to properly establish his own network. At Level +6

the Ridgerunner is good enough to know what's

worth taking or leaving behind just by looking at it;

he is well recognized and sought after to run

missions and has a list of contacts and sources to

use. At Level +9, the Ridgerunner can strip the

plastic insulation off a few wires and make enough

euro off of it to rebuild his ship's engines. At this

level he has at least one contact that he knows or

has heard of in every port around the world, and is

good enough to get into trade deals with them,

usually on the better side of the bargain.

Administrator Resources ([Government]

Administrator): Like Corps, the Administrator

special ability is Resources, only in this case, the

skill represents the resources made available to you

by the government for which you work. Even a small

country has access to materials and funds far

beyond most private groups. Admin resources is

also your ability to call in government help as long

as national interests are at stake. Abuse it and lose

it.

Aircraft Sense (Aerojock)(3): This is a variety of

Vehicle Zen. A pilot may use up to half his Aircraft

Sense (rounded down) as a skill modifier for aerial

maneuvers. The full skill level is added to

Awareness/Notice and Initiative rolls while in the

aircraft. It only counts as half (round down) when

making Awareness/Notice and Initiative rolls out of

aircraft.

Brotherhood (Space Pilot): The fraternity of space

pilots is a tightly knit fraternity of tough,

exceptionally skilled people. Space pilots can

always call upon another pilot buddy to help them

out, much as nomads can call upon members and

resources of the Family.

Authority (Cops): The ability to intimidate or control

others through your position as a lawman. This

attribute represents the Cop's ability to call on the

forces of the Law and Government to get what he

wants. Cops can use Authority to question suspects,

arrest wrongdoers, and defend innocents. Backed

by the power of Authority, a cop can arrest, detain,

confiscate and enter nearly anywhere, as long as he

has the proper arrestor search warrants to back his

play. However, authority is only as good as the guy

holding the badge-if the cop appears uncertain of

Chameleon (Spy): Chameleon is the special ability

of the spy. Chameleon gives the spy the ability to

assume two possible cover roles to an extent that

will confound almost all inspection. Chameleon is

more than the disguise skill in that it allows the spy

to emulate the special abilities of his cover roles at a

reduced level. The spy may pick two cover abilities

best suited to his theater of operations and mission

requirements. The level of the cover identity special

abilities is equal to the spy's Chameleon skill divided

by two for the primary cover and divided by three for

the secondary cover. Round up in both instances.

Example: A spy must assume the identity

of a netrunner, backup role of techie, and he has

Chameleon 7. The spy then has Interface 4 (7/2 =

3.5, rounded up to 4) and Jury Rig 3 (7/3 = 2.3,

rounded up to 3). This system limits the spy's

abilities in his cover role special abilities, but allows

him enough latitude to operate without detection for

long periods of time.

When a spy achieves Chameleon 10, he or

she may pick a third cover identity and role. Like the

second cover special ability, the third is at

Chameleon divided by three. When a third cover

role is gained, the spy should construct a history for

the cover.

While Chameleon is primarily used to

represent training in specific roles, it also means an

ability to blend into any situation or culture easily.

This is more than just a Disguise skill, use it with

Persuasion while trying to seem inconspicuous or

with Fast Talk to convince someone you belong in

that zone, on that vehicle, in that office, etc. It also

represents ability at assuming another persona

when acting as a mole with artificial behavior,

mannerisms and so on. Thus it acts like a Social or

Performance skill as well. Chipware can certainly

make this job easier, but can be exposed rather

easily. This special ability may be all that stands

between you and a firing squad.

channeling, etc) they display their full ability. In

these situations, their skills are boosted by the level

of their charismatic leadership.

Combat Sense (Solos): This ability is based on the

Solo's constant training and professionalism.

Combat Sense allows the Solo to perceive danger,

notice traps, and have an almost unearthly ability to

avoid harm. Your Combat Sense gives you a bonus

on both your Awareness skill and your Initiative

equal to your level in the Combat Sense skill.

Combat Sense Specialization (Military

Specialists): All combat senses are equal; some

are just more equal than others. A combat pilot has

a wonderful grasp of 3-D maneuvering and tactics; a

power armor pilot has lightning reflexes and the

ability to read his suit's sensor data, interpret and

integrate it in a combat situation without effort; a

tank crewman can maneuver, identify and select

valid targets, lay the gun, and fire on the move

without thinking about it; an astronaut EVAT is more

like a pilot than a grunt. Take any grunt and drop

him in one of those positions - while he might have

the training to handle routine operations, he's

nowhere near the equal of a specialist. Likewise,

take a specialist and slap him into a different

speciality, or the firefights grunts excel at, and he

lags. After all, how many "Top Guns" are good pilots

and ground soldiers? This variant on the normal

combat sense makes the special ability much more

deadly than normal, but also puts restrictions on

specializations.

This specialization is illustrated by the

Special Abilities of Vehicle Zen and Aircraft Sense.

Any further combat sense specializations will work

in the same fashion as those two examples.

Charismatic Leadership (Rockers): This skill

allows the Rocker to sway crowds equal to his level

squared times 200. This ability (added to your Cool

stat) allows the Rockerboy to control, incite and

charm large number of people through his or her

performance skills. When under the Rocker's

control, this group can easily be persuaded to act on

his suggestions; for example, a Rocker could

convince a concert crowd to riot in the streets or

attack a heavily fortified police line. Charismatic

Leadership will only work with groups of ten or more

people as it is primarily a mob leadership ability.

The higher your Charismatic Leadership, the larger

a crowd you can control and the more direct and

complex the instructions you can get them to follow.

For example, a Level +3 Leadership could incite a

nightclub crowd to get rowdy. A Level +5 or+6 could

provoke a concert crowd of thousands to trash a

neighborhood, if the area wasn't too far from the

hall. At Level +9, and higher, you have the same

sort of mesmeric ability as an Adolph Hitler-you can

raise armies, start movements, and destroy nations.

Con (Con Men): The ability to separate a fool from

his money, convince a mark to buy the drinks for

hours, or goad someone into buying worthless

trinkets. Con can be countered by Streetwise, since

the more familiarity one has with the Streets, the

more likely one is to recognize a scam when he

sees one. For this reason, grifters prefer to choose

out-of-towners (bennies) as their marks because a

smooth operator (a gato) has a good chance of

smelling a sting and turning on the hustler. Con

Men, more than any other type of street operator,

use a lot of slang. Another aspect of Con is that it is

more than just a Persuasion/Lie skill. It is used to

create a real-time illusion that draws the mark in,

and if successful, should end with the mark thanking

the con man for taking his money. This special

ability is used only for the actual execution of the

sting, the planning of profitable scams that will

actually work is up to the character's player. COOL

based.

Charismatic Leadership (Shaman): The Shaman

is a Rocker variant. They use charismatic

leadership, but only at half power normally. In

religious situations (festival, ceremony, oracle,

Counsel (Nomad Shamans): Counsel is the ability

to argue, speak, and influence that is similar to a

rocker's ability. Counsel may be viewed as a cross

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