Hope Reborn
GM
Anthony Paul is a storyteller, genre fiction writer, and a Game Master of six years. Through countless online and in-person games, he has striven to build communities through a commitment to imagination and teamwork.
Genre Fiction (Science Fiction/Fantasy) is a craft he believes is capable of allowing people to explore the real world through fantastical parallels and informed character decisions. Every player can bring their unique perspective of the world into the game, leading into incredible character decisions and new narrative possibilities.
Expect games with Anthony to include mixes of roleplay, combat, exploration, and intrigue; he is willing to bend the rules of a system if it means having impactful, interesting (and hilarious!) game moments.
Availability
Wednesdays and Thursdays
System
Theme
Cyberpunk!
Gameplay
Players unite as friends and coworkers against the unceasing march of neoliberal capitalist regimes and against harmful local institutions, but also cut deals and make trades in order to survive. Players will get their hands dirty and explore complicated moral decision making. They aren't heroes of the realm or titantic mechs of steel; they're the little guys, powerful in their trades but vulnerable to the reigning powers that control everything.
Summary
Experience a near-future dystopia full of cybernetic madness, action-movie set pieces, noir level intrigue and cyber-schadenfreude. Become an Edgerunner—a half-merc half-gangster who uses guns, connections, cars or hacks to get ahead—and take on rival crews, vicious gangs, and your resident corporate overlords.
In the neon and chrome streets of Night City, nothing ever comes free. But what if there was a way to change that? The underground Edgerunner scene is full of he-said she-saids ‘bout a way for you to get anything you could possibly dream of, no strings attached.
Well, someone believes in them, and they’re paying good money to whoever can find it first. Would you be a gonk to believe these folk tales, or leave your ticket to the good life on the table? Or maybe you should have listened when the city told you that dreams shouldn’t come true.
Character Creation
Players will have the choice of in-person Roll20, the Cyberpunk RED companion mobile app, or physical character sheets as part of methods of play.
Safety Tools
The Cyberpunk setting traditionally contains themes, depictions, and parodies of mental illness, violence, and sexual content. Players will fill out an online Lines and Veils sheet during character creation in order to best create a version of Cyberpunk most comfortable to them and accurate to the goals they set in-game.
Content Warnings
These topics/themes are at least somewhat likely to appear in this campaign. You'll have the opportunity to communicate lines and veils in your registration form. Please let us know if any of these won't work for you in a game!
- Body horror
- Violence and gore
- Mentions of and allusions to sexual and nude content
- Mental illness (Cyberpsychosis)
- Medical trauma
- Surgery
- Needles