not they achieve that goal.Party: A group of player characters (and perhaps some Campaign: A series of sessions strung together with anNPC allies). 18 You used to act in a traveling theater, and they remember you fondly (as do people in the places you visited). who was in dire need. 5 You have no memory of anything that happened to you before the age of 18. 3. You still die if all yourthrough your gruff exterior to the person you stat Pools are 0.really are. 5 Your parents were missionaries, so you spent much of your young life traveling to exotic places. Its safe to assume that theyve Edge (your choice).already got some experience under their belt. Your parent (or a parental/mentor figure) got you involved to give you something to do and maybe teach you some sense. 4. This means youre physicalbut also probably knowledgeable. In fact, others might see you aspersonable, friendly, and even helpful. This gives him a SpeedEdge of 1. Abuse and torture,for example, can strip away compassion for otherliving beings. Because youre quick, you canyour home and your life behind. Afterward, on your nextinformation related to the mission, having heard regular turn, any action you take is hindered.you were an expert. You convinced one of the other PCs to tellyou what they were doing. creatures, aliens, mutants, automatons, animate plants, and so on. The ones you choose from will probably depend on the setting and genre of your game. Some people call it a "rules-light" system, but it has all the power and sophistication of games that are much more . noun who verbs. Youve got that special something that draws Inability, page 207 others to you. Being Strong alsomodern campaign. It includes a complete adventure and pregenerated charactersso you can jump right into a game. Espionage? If a special abilityexplained in the ability description. Just Desserts: When the GM gives another player an experience point to award to someone EMPATHIC for a GM intrusion, that player cannot give it to you. encounter. Pull out some can run with the Cypher System. Helpful: Whenever you help another character, 2. You get activating a device (that you already understand) Armor from wearing physical armor (such as a to erect a force field. Serendipitous Landmark: Just when it seems like the path is lost (or you are), a trail marker,EXPLORER a landmark, or simply the way the terrain or corridor bends, rises, or falls away suggests toFantasy/Fairy tale: Explorer, adventurer, delver, you the best path forward, at least from this mystery seeker point.Modern/Horror/Romance: athlete, explorer, Weak Strain: The poison or disease turns adventurer, drifter, detective, scholar, out not to be as debilitating or deadly as it first spelunker, trailblazer, investigative reporter seemed, and inflicts only half the damage that it would have otherwise.Science fiction: Explorer, adventurer, wanderer, planetary specialist, xenobiologistSuperhero/Post-Apocalyptic: adventurer, crimefighterYou are a person of action and physical ability,fearlessly facing the unknown. I pulled the contents of that In some ways, this book is a companion book together from the Cypher System games volume to a book that I wrote called Your Best that existed at the timeNumenera and The Game Ever. So it occurred to us, what if gamers want to use the system for fantasy, horror, or something else? In fact, you enjoy sowing surprises, just to see what will happen. Using one of wish.these abilities is an action unto itself, and theend of the abilitys description says ActionSKILLS probably best to run it past the GM first, but in general, the most important thing is to choose skills that areSometimes your character gains training in a specific skill appropriate to your character.or task. 9For more information such as knocking down your foe, stunning them, Short distance is anything greater than on special rolls and or taking an extra action. It includes prowess are all folded into this one stat. This has the dual benefit of increasing the players narrative engagement and keeping the mechanical work of running the game off the GMs plate. Skill: Youre trained in all tasks involving 2. Conceptually, it is the reverse Old Friend: A comrade in arms from your player per session. There is a reward involved, and you need manner.the money. For example, they might know that for sneaking around, infiltrating places they dont their science fiction game, they want a type belong, and deceiving others. Youre doomed it, or you deny the truth to others or to yourself. once per action. 16 Youre part owner of a local bar, where youre something of a whiz in creating specialty cocktails. Each ability you have counts as a separate skillone of these areas (interacting might include deceiving, for this purpose. 12 Your greatest discovery to date was stolen by your arch-rival. The GM gives her addition, you can replace one of your lower-tier a potion that acts as a short-range teleporter, a abilities with a different one from a lower tier. System Rulebook. Again, this can supplement your existing game, or it can be used check out the rules for Insights (page 216) to stretch the system into any genre you wish when youre finished with your current and the optional genre campaign. But perhaps 2. Theyre worth the extra work. chooses a baseball bat that hell use in a pinch.He puts 3 of his additional points into his Might He keeps it in the trunk of his car.Pool and 3 into his Speed Pool; his stat Poolsare now Might 13, Speed 13, and Intellect 8. Not all of a descriptors offerings are help you, and want to be your friend. In addition, you can replace repertoire. You lack the otherwise create narratives that enthrall other willpower and resolve to stand fast in the face of people with your vision. The Cypher System is a slick, simple, generic game engine. Listening to Skill: You are naturally inventive. that, an Adept could be a charlatan mimicking Advantageous Malfunction: A device being such abilities with tricks used against you malfunctions. You may Skill: You are trained in deception. determine your characters place in the world Select a new type-based ability from your tier and relationship with other people in the setting. Roll a d20 or choose from the following list to determine a specific fact about your background that provides a connection to the rest of the world. You dont have a lot of stamina. You keep theobject close at hand and pull it out to help youremember better times. This character will be11 Obstacle Running (167) a hardy soul who explores alien worlds. Many special abilities grant a character theoption to perform an action that they couldnt Some abilities specify a duration, but you cannormally do, such as projecting rays of cold or always end one of your own abilities anytime youattacking multiple foes at once. If a creature attacks a character, to carve a hole in a wall, you make a d20 roll. GRACEFUL You have a perfect sense of balance, moving and speaking with grace and beauty. Higher-tier Adepts can devices, depending on the setting. Charles M. Ryan has written or contributed to titles in nearly every class of tabletop gameboard games, card games, trading card games, miniature games, and roleplaying gamesover a 25-year career in the game industry. Or a Charming Speaker who Bears a Halo of Fire. retaining trivial knowledge. Immediate distance is right Rolling a natural 1 is always bad. positive character modifications. Resilient, page 54 Edge: A player can start with an Edge of 1 in A Speaker normally starts with two cyphers, whichever stat they wish. You just knew you had to come along.to a special or weird ability they have. Discoveries are interestingthat foe. Against your better judgment, you joined the other PCs because you saw that they were in danger. Enter your email address to receive email updates when a new article is created on Monte Cook Games. (If he had chosen Physical Skills, page 170WARRIOR EXAMPLE jumping as one of his physical skills, the Strong descriptor would have made him specialized inRay wants to create a Warrior character for a jumping instead of trained.) In fact, she begins to develop a backstory that involves FIFTH-TIER ADEPT graceful, lithe movements that she incorporates into her spells. 3. Bookish: +2 to your Intellect Pool. They can be used inability comes from another source (such as aby the GM to tailor a type to better fit the genre descriptor or a disease or disability arising fromor setting, or by a player and a GM to tweak a actions or conditions in the game).character to fit a concept.MODIFYING TYPE ASPECTSThe following aspects of the four character typescan be modified at character creation. Someone asked you to join up with the other PCs. The Cypher System is flexible. Youll find that fit those settings perfectly. following list of options, choose how you became table. You feel the tugging on your heart, the with. Enablers either is modified, and theyll Sometimes the point cost for an ability has a function constantly (such as being able to wear let the players know.+ sign after the number. Weapons that are particularly them, or something similar. someone in his company who was once a friend but went rogue. digging through a library, data bank, news Skill: Youre trained in stealth-based tasks. Youre nearly certain the PCs will fail without 3. experience youre after.You have all the freedom in the world (manyworlds, actually). Chapter 10: Equipment. Your charismatic ways helped get one of since.the PCs out of a difficult spot a long time ago,and they always ask you to join them on new BRASHadventures. You had a piece of information that the Maybe you have a notebook where you write (probably earning them other PCs needed to make their plans. DriveThruRPG.com - Core Rulebooks | PDF | Cypher System - The Largest RPG Download Store! They might even take leadership roles. In fact, because the core what anyone else might think is appropriate mechanics of the Cypher System are so simple, for the genre. Your body is perfectly suited to dance, and you use that advantage in combat to dodge blows. Normally, a characterThe rules in this section are more advanced can have only one inability unless the additionaland always involve the GM. Enter your email address and we'll shoot you an email every time a new article is posted on the Monte Cook Games website. (Just as in a sentence, the noun Reduce the cost for wearing armor. 19 You are in a close romantic relationship with someone in local politics.20 Someone out there tries to pose as you, using your identity, often for nefarious ends. STAT EXAMPLES Once a stats Edge reaches 3, you can apply Concussion, page 121 one level of Effort for free. It also reduces the cost of applying Effort one level of Effort.to a roll. Effort: Your Effort is 1. single vast catalog. Focus is what your character does best. However,if one cultist stayed back to fire a pistol, a The GM can also give players XP betweencharacter might have to use their entire action sessions as a reward for making discoveriesto move the short distance required to attack during an adventure. As a first-tier character, their Effort11 Stone Breaker (186) is 1, their Might Edge is 1, and their Speed Edge11 Think Your Way Out (191) and Intellect Edge are 0. It also might provide more Onslaught, page 167you can apply Edge only once per action. However, if you attempt something that The damage dealt by an attack is not has a difficulty of 0, no roll is neededyou determined by a rollits a flat number based on automatically succeed. For example, if youre trained in lying and later gain an The Cypher System has no definitive list of skills. danger. You have grown weary of your isolation.Joining the other PCs gives you a chance tobelong. talented characters.yourself well groomed. customization are provided at the end of this Often it falls on them to protect the other group chapter. You fell in with the wrong crowd, but they Additional Equipment: You have a good luck grew on you. It does matter if the (such as where the kidnappers are keeping theircultist is more than 50 feet (15 m) away because victim or how the PCs repair the starship). The Cypher System is the critically acclaimed, award-winning rules set that drives Numenera and The Strange, and easily adapts to an unlimited range of genres with a game engine that's fast, narrative-focused, and super easy to prep for and GM. The process involves characters, tough characters, and characters understanding the values of three game statistics interested in fighting should focus on Might. When playing an Explorer, you can spend 1 XP to use one of the following player intrusions, For her character arc, Jen chooses Aid a provided the situation is appropriate and the GMFriend. You have an inability with medium always visible as a faintweapons and heavy weapons; your attacks with glimmer surroundingmedium and heavy weapons are hindered. overarching story (or linked stories) with the same player characters. 18 Someone you fought alongside in the military is now the mayor of a nearby town. One of the other PCs invited you, having no from those around you likely takes a toll. Because cyphers are always different, the characters will always have new special powers to try. you take only 1 point of damage. following list of options, choose how you became involved in the first adventure.42CRUEL 3. Youre afraid of what might happen if the other PCs fail. Overall, the descriptor ends up making the carrying a medium blaster as well. 19Chapter 5 TYPE In some roleplaying Character type is the core of your character. An Explorer flavoredwith skills and knowledge could be a fieldscientist. 39Calm is a great CALM You can do this one time, although the ability is descriptor for characters renewed each time you make a recovery roll. a new skill. Thats their true motives or seeing through lies. However, if this happens,Youre quick-witted, thinking well on your 50% of the time, your clumsiness works to yourfeet. might move with the prevailing mood, swinging 4. one of them for your character. Others delight in your outgoing and put in their place might call you puffed up andcharitable nature, and you delight in their arrogant. You know how to use weapons and defend yourself. character tough but a little slow. TM and 2023 Monte Cook Games, LLC. you must purchase one of each kind of benefit (and then advance to the next tier) before youCHARACTER TIERS can purchase the same benefit again. By joining the PCs, you see an opportunityto grow your personal power and status at theexpense of others.GM intrusions, page 408 DISHONORABLE 1. It doesnt matter. Inability, page 207but the GM rules that characters in this Moves Like a Cat,campaign start with only onesomething Cypher Use: If a character gives up the ability page 73creepy relating to their background. The total cost for their action is 2 points let you wear heavy armor, reduce the difficulty for players. However, you have a Speed You can use Edge for a particular stat only Edge of 2, so you subtract that from the cost. d20 Background 1 You were a star high school athlete. Bookmark the permalink. You convinced one of the other PCs to tellhead of a large gang of thieves. She doesnt know how or why, page 245but when activated, the watch allows her to take Weapons: Some types have static first-tiertwice as many actions for three rounds. This is in part due to the elegant, math-free simplicity of the system, and in part because of the players roll all the dice approach, which shares the mechanical burden with the players. You take things at face value and Inability: Any Intellect defense task is hindered. Exploring alien places sometimes turns up strange relics, and Sam figures they might be able to set up a service to reliably transport these items to responsible third parties, rather than allow them to fall into the hands of pirates and rich private collectors. Discover the best professional documents and content resources in AnyFlip Document Base. However, no starting stat Pool page 155first-tier abilities with Interaction Skills (deceiving should be higher than 20.and persuasion). financial hurdles. No one can be as reserved as you are and Any task involving initiative is hindered.make many friends. Free! has a skill is better at completing related tasks Effort, page 15 than a character who lacks the skill. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, [1] [2] and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom. 2. 18 Your best friend is also an Adept. Why wait when you can just do it Inability: All tasks relating to pleasant social (whatever it is) and get it done? You could also make up more generalprofessional skills, such as baker, sailor, or lumberjack. The four character benefits are as follows.Every character starts the game at the first tier.Tier is a measurement of power, toughness, and Increasing Capabilities: You gain 4 points to addability. If they Hinder, page 207 straightforward at their heart, as all of are specialized in climbing, they turn a difficulty Chapter 11: Rules of gameplay is based around a few core concepts. In Mind can be healed 11 Practiced in Armor (171) addition, you can replace one of your lower-tier by advanced magic or 11 Skill With Defense (183) abilities with a different one from a lower tier. The Strange: The Curious Case of Tom Mallard includes the full rulebook PDF and the starter module, pre-made as a Roll20 . your type and a flavor. 19 You saved the lives of a family when their house burned down. A player can exchange points 33Chapter 6 FLAVOR Chapter 9: Abilities, Flavors are groups of special abilities the In the end, flavor is mostly a tool for the page 95 GM and players can use to alter a character GM to easily create campaign-specific types by type to make it more to their liking or more making a few slight alterations to the four base Unless otherwise noted, appropriate to the genre or setting. They told you not to ask too many questions, and that seemed fine to you. You even talk quickly.accused of a crime you didnt commit and nowmust pay the price for someone elses wicked You gain the following characteristics:deed. When you see the word that must be used in two hands is a heavyarmor with a lowercase a, it refers to any weapon.physical armor you might wear. (Normally, applying of 6. should be limited to making things easier for a player no more than one per character. The 448-page Cypher System Rulebook gives you all the character options, equipment, game rules, special coverage of key genres, creatures, NPCs, and cyphers you need for any game. You instigated the whole thing and Butterfingers: 2 to your Speed Pool.convinced the others to join you. thinking about your personal honor, how best to Inability: Youll try anything once, but quickly maintain it, and how to defend it if challenged. 2. intrusion suggestions, but the GM is the final arbiter of whether the suggested intrusion FIRST-TIER WARRIOR Chapter 9: Abilities, is appropriate for the characters type and page 95 suitable for the situation. This fate might You gain the following characteristics: be yours alone, or you might be dragging along Open Mind: +4 to your Intellect Pool. Discovery is the soul of the Cypher System. Combat Prowess,11 Finishing Blow (140) page 12011 Magnificent Moment (159) Ray still needs to choose a descriptor and a Improved Edge, page 15111 Murderer (165) focus. They brought you to your current 1. A GENREShow-to. The same flexibility that makes Cypher System characters so awesome also makes it easy to customize them to your campaign. It was basically a compilation of all that guide to understanding and enjoying roleplaying game material, plus a lot of suggestions for how games. Special rules and advice for nine specific genres, including fantasy, modern, science-fiction, horror, superheroes, and post-apocalyptic. You convinced one of the other PCs that your intuition is invaluable. Might defense tasks are hindered. mood and disposition. They remain channeling spirits, power-wielder, master, psion, telepath hidden, shadowy figures. Website. difficulty by one step. 14 You were kidnapped as a small child under mysterious circumstances, although you were recovered safely. lore, knowledge, or understanding is hindered. in a book, you can remember a path through aWhen not hitting the road and looking around, set of tunnels that youve explored before.you spend your time with your nose in a book, Initial Link to the Starting Adventure: From thelearning everything you can about the place following list of options, choose how you becameyoure going so you know what to expect when involved in the first adventure.you get there. One of the other PCs bullied you into But others dont mind or hand-to-eye coordination is hindered. WARRIOR games, your character Your type helps determine your characters place in the world and relationship with Fantasy/Fairy tale: Warrior, fighter, swordsman, type might be called other people in the setting. social situations and control them to avoid 1. Although this includes PCs and human NPCs, it also technically includesPlayer: The players who run characters in the game. However, points for the first level of Effort plus 2 points for the additional points are dealt to all targets in the the second level minus 1 point for their Edge). You can pick38DESCRIPTORS Cruel Hideous Mad Descriptor Dishonorable Honorable MechanicalAppealing Doomed Impulsive Mysterious SkepticalBeneficent Empathic Inquisitive Mystical StealthyBrash Exiled Intelligent Naive StrongCalm Fast Intuitive Perceptive Strong-WilledChaotic Foolish Jovial Resilient SwiftCharming Graceful Kind Risk-Taking Tongue-TiedClever Guarded Learned Rugged ToughClumsy Hardy Lucky Sharp-Eyed ViciousCraven VirtuousCreative Weird 2. 3 You were inducted into a secret society that claims to hold and protect esoteric knowledge opposing the forces of evil. Before making the roll, In addition, your character might have special they decide to apply a level of Effort to ease the abilities or equipment that allow you to apply attack. If your Armor reduces the damage from an attack to 0, you If theres no roll, theres no chance for failure. 2 Your brother is the lead singer in a really popular band. For of Effort. The Cypher System is the critically acclaimed, award-winning rules set that drives Numenera and The Strange, and easily adapts to an unlimited range of genres with a game engine thats fast, narrative-focused, and super easy to prep for and GM. warhammer40000 .com. 7 You failed disgracefully at your initial studies with your teacher and now proceed on your own. In addition, you can replaceone of your lower-tier abilities with a one of your lower-tier abilities with a one of your lower-tier abilities with adifferent one from a lower tier. This gives addition, you can replace one of your lower-tier her training in social interactions, which again abilities with a different one from a lower tier. Research, Skill: Youre trained in an area of knowledge of influence of yourpreparation, and readiness will help you live long your choice. For their focus, Sam chooses Explores Looking to the descriptor chapter, they choose Dark Places (in this case, weird ruins of alien Hardy, which increases their Might Pool to 17. civilizations). while you were in disguise, recruiting you while believing you were someone else. 11 Far Step (138) Expert Cypher Use: You can bear three cyphers 11 Hedge Magic (149) Chapter 9: Abilities, 11 Magic Training (159) page 95at a time. To help with this, the gladiatorial arena, an AK-47 and a bandolier types are actually general archetypes. Although Cypher seems to be a nice RPG system, their shitty PDF layouting makes me sick when creating characters, specially when choosing their abilities. They can open a door called GM intrusion) with a new and unexpected Many rules in this systemand step through. Every time you roll for a task, roll twice not. Regardless, you are willing to do whatever it takes to get your own way. Youll use parts of it to (but probably not all) of the kinds of games youbuild the game you want to play. You joined the PCs to escape an unpleasant involved in the first adventure. 3 You learned your abilities in the temple of an obscure god. Many actions have a the weapon or attack used. descriptor will remainenough to see everything you want to see and do Skill: Youre trained in all actions that involve at least somewhateverything you want to do. 4. 15 An experiment you conducted in the past went horribly awry. 3. The basic concept of the game looks something like this: You may be familiar with the Fermi Paradox, the mysterious paradox which exists between the fact that conditions for intelligent life appear to be plentiful while intelligent life itself . Begin your adventure! A skill can never decrease a tasks difficultytarget number of 3, but a difficulty 4 task has a by more than two steps.target number of 12. Players and GMs suggestions presented there and gives them a told us that it served those needs well. 11 Terrifying Presence (190) addition, you can replace one of your lower-tier 11 Understanding (194) abilities with a different one from a lower tier. For example, when game doesnt have toMedium weapons inflict 4 points of damage. You can also create your own fact.d20 Background 1 One of your parents was a famous entertainer in their early years and hoped you would excel in the same medium. from confrontations. 11 and a Might Edge of 0. One of the other PCs invited you, but you hesitation. When making character who has an Effort of 3 can apply up to ranged attacks, you may three levels of Effort to reduce a tasks difficulty. For additional point of damage with his chosenhis second ability, he chooses Combat Prowess weapon. Youre impulsive, and it seemed like a good Inability: Living on your own for as long as idea at the time.you have makes you slow to trust others and 4. character trained in a skill treats the difficulty 17You can use flavors of a related task as one step lower than normal. For example, your focus might mean that youretrained in sneaking, in climbing and jumping, or in social Remember that if you gain a skill that youre alreadyinteractions. Another PC recruited you while you were on your best behavior, before realizing how chaotic you were. You have made a few enemies and take upwith the PCs for protection. 14 You and a friend both smoke the same kind of rare, expensive tobacco. Helping, page 226instead. While skulking about, you overheard the While others might take time to study the items other PCs plans and realized you wanted in. You Skill: You are trained in pleasant social join the other PCs because they offer a way out of interactions. 3. In a science fiction setting, a Warrior and foci very nicely. 3. and more. human standard. 1. As a light weapon, medium weapons, and Adepts and Speakersit inflicts 2 points of damage, but attacks with it can use light weapons. the despicable. Also followers from ND/D make an appearance as well. One of the PCs fascinates you, perhaps due 1. their characters develop 2. handnot to make attacks, but as a shield. should not. You cant just sit down and start playing,because the Cypher System Rulebook is not meant Take a look at Part 3: Genres, which has ato be used that way. For points from either your only one level of Effort to a roll. They are a great source of knowledge. 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