CY_BORG RPG Core Rulebook

Description

A Nano-infested doomsday RPG about cybernetic misfits and punks raging against a relentless corporate hell.

The world is ending.

Again and again and again and again and again and ain nd ag.

Constantly in flux;shifting, distorting, always reborn as something worse. Destruction by ecological catastrophes, the fallout of history’s belligerence; by modern man-madeMiseriesor the blood spilled by the reckless machine of capitalist supremacy. Mankind’s greatest ability truly is to destroy itself in creative ways.Designer demise, consumer-customized death,endlessly on repeat.

Poisonous space rocks, nuclear weapons, cyclical revolutions, warring nations, warring corporations, warring neighbors; pandemics, tsunamis, volcanoes.In between it all: direct person-machine interfaces, tactical neural implants, and bacteria from outer space hijacking intercellular nanorobotics.And the sky is full of ads.

Everyone is interfaced/injected/infected/infestedwith something. Everyone wants something from everyone else. Everyone is a liar and a cheat.Everyone wants more creds.

Welcome to the year 20X3.

Welcome to the City of Y!##24

The Cy.

CY_BORGis a complete rules-light, rage-heavy tabletop roleplaying game based on and compatible withMRK BORG. Easy to play, easy to hack.

In it youll find:

• A drive-by description of the megacity Cy after the Incident:from its rotting slums where gangs, cults and military corporations wage war, to the blinding scraper forests, neon cathedrals and holo-shimmering arcologies of Central and the toxic industrial hell zones shrouding it all in poisonous(but CYstainable Planet Certified)death smog.

• Quick and dirty character creationwhere the roll of the dice determines who your punk is, what theyre capable of and who they owe money to.

• d66 Miserable Headlinesmaking the rounds on the news and feeds with varying regularity, each one heralding chaos and destruction wracking the city until the cataclysmic conclusion seven headlines in.

• A minimal, simple systemdesigned to stay out of the way and to be easily modded and customized. Rulings before rules.MRK BORGat its core, with a few tweaks and updates.

• Optional rules and tables:Add tactical crunch to your violence withcombat modsfor cover, suppressive fire and more.Six classesfor your class war, including theForsaken Gang-Goon, theShunned Nanomancerand theRenegade Cyberslasher.Tablesadding depth and character to your punk, such asStyle, QuirksandCurrent Obsession.

• Random Generatorsfacilitating near-endless play: missions, locations, corporations, cults and npcs populating the accelerating apocalypse.

• Equipment(of varying legality) like guns and specialized ammo booster plug-ins, intelligent body armor, cybertech, decks fitted with custom Apps, and almost-controllable Nano powers with their latent infestations.

• 25+ foes to fight. From the countless soldiers of the SecCorps and gangs to corrupted Nanophreaks, soulless drones and cydroids, state-of-the-art combat vehicles and the ethereal, digital apparitions classified as Ghosts.

• The introductory heistLucky Flight Takedown. Scope and infiltrate the Lucky Flight Casino, clear the debt data and/or shut the whole operation down. Should be a quick and easy job, right?

CY_BORG is created by Christian Sahln and Johan Nohr of Stockholm Kartell.