Bruce R. Cordell, Monte Cook, Sean K. Reynolds. 11 Physical Skills (170) Starting Equipment: Appropriate clothing and a weapon of your choice, plus two expensive items, two moderately priced items, and up to four inexpensive items.28Type11 Practiced in Armor (171) FIFTH-TIER EXPLORER The small numbers11 Practiced With All Weapons (171) you see after abilities11 Surging Confidence (188) Choose three of the abilities listed below (or throughout this book11 Trained Without Armor (193) from a lower tier) to add to your repertoire. Some people call it a rules-light system, but it has the power and sophistication of games that are much more mechanically heavyand yet it is substantially more flexible. They might even take leadership roles. 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. them into what you need and want. In fact, you enjoy sowing surprises, just to see what will happen. In like Mind Reading or below. Cypher RPG System PDF Abilities Parser. 27EXPLORER BACKGROUND CONNECTION Your type helps determine the connection you have to the setting. Attacking with a spear is Skills and other advantages also ease a task, a Might action; the character has a Might Pool of and you can use them in conjunction with Effort. Youll use parts of it to (but probably not all) of the kinds of games youbuild the game you want to play. Youre importance, function, or power. performed an action that saved a life, and so on). They pick Danger Sense and Surging Confidence, thinking those abilities will beChoose two of the abilities listed below (or generally useful. 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. Pool of 14. You mightbe a hard pragmatist, doing what you feel youmust even if others are worse for it. SPECIAL ABILITIES Character types and foci grant PCs special abilities at each new tier. starting equipment isyou for a favor in return afterward, depending on as important as theirhow much trouble they go to. Short the GM introduces a new complication into the distance is nearby. your reputation as a survivor. The GM willfrom their Intellect Pool (1 point for the bolt of of Speed defense rolls, or add 2 points of fire decide whats availableforce, plus 3 points for using Effort, minus 2 damage to your weapon damage. Higher-tier Adepts can devices, depending on the setting. You were in the right (wrong?) You know all the actors and watch all the shows for free. Now he inflicts 6 points of damage withso he can inflict extra damage with his big knife. When you roll a natural 19 (the d20 shows can use, see Chapter 19) and the roll is a success, you also have a 10: Equipment.Light weapons inflict only 2 points of damage, minor effect. a fantasy setting) or from special abilities. Societal Role: Speakers are frequently political or religious leaders. 18 You published a book about some of your exploits and discoveries, and it has achieved some acclaim. the right, smart thing is more. Just have a fun game. Skill: To be creative requires that you always be learning. WHEN DO YOU ROLL? of foci, including Works the Back Alleys.THIRD-TIER STEALTH ABILITIES FIRST-TIER TECHNOLOGY ABILITIES Stealthy, page 5611 Evanesce (136) 11 Datajack (124)11 From the Shadows (144) 11 Hacker (147) Works the Back Alleys,11 Gambler (144) 11 Machine Interface (159) page 7911 Inner Defense (154) 11 Scramble Machine (179)11 Misdirect (163) 11 Tech Skills (189)11 Run and Fight (179) 11 Tinker (192)11 Seize the Moment (181) SECOND-TIER TECHNOLOGY ABILITIESFOURTH-TIER STEALTH ABILITIES 11 Distant Interface (130)11 Ambusher (109) 11 Machine Efficiency (159)11 Debilitating Strike (126) 11 Overload Machine (168)11 Outwit (168) 11 Serv-0 (181)11 Preternatural Senses (171) 11 Serv-0 Defender (181)11 Tumbling Moves (194) 11 Serv-0 Repair (181) 11 Tool Mastery (192)FIFTH-TIER STEALTH ABILITIES THIRD-TIER TECHNOLOGY ABILITIES11 Assassin Strike (110)11 Mask (160) 11 Mechanical Telepathy (161)11 Return to Sender (177) 11 Serv-0 Scanner (181)11 Uncanny Luck (194) 11 Ship Footing (182) 11 Shipspeak (183)SIXTH-TIER STEALTH ABILITIES 11 Spray (185)11 Exploit Advantage (137) FOURTH-TIER TECHNOLOGY ABILITIES11 Spring Away (186)11 Thief s Luck (191) 11 Machine Bond (159)11 Twist of Fate (194) 11 Robot Fighter (178) 11 Serv-0 Aim (181) 11 Serv-0 Brawler (181) 11 Serv-0 Spy (181) FIFTH-TIER TECHNOLOGY ABILITIES 11 Control Machine (121) 11 Jury-Rig (156) 11 Machine Companion (159) SIXTH-TIER TECHNOLOGY ABILITIES 11 Information Gathering (153) 11 Master Machine (160) 35Giant spider, page 335 MAGIC FLAVOR SECOND-TIER MAGIC ABILITIES You know a little about magic. You can allocate the pointsAs your character advances to higher tiers, you among the Pools however you wish.gain more abilities, increase your Effort, and canimprove a stats Edge or increase a stat. Bookish: +2 to your Intellect Pool. 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. Check Cypher System - Revised Edition from alex m here. 4. 4. 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. 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. activities. Weapons that are particularly them, or something similar. 1. This is vital because it ensures that more youll have to do it. Character: Anything that can act in the game. You are trained in any task that involves You gain the following characteristics: finding out something new, such as when youre Furtive: +2 to your Speed Pool. This sourcebook will provide guidance for running and playing natural disaster scenarios, as well as "war zones and industrial disasters, plane crashes and pandemics." Ten support tiers are available to choose from, ranging from $10 up to $500, and each tier is built to cater to specific player groups. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Overall, the descriptor ends up making the carrying a medium blaster as well. Walking across a jacket gives you +1 to Armor, meaning that you narrow wooden beam is tricky for most people, take 1 less point of damage from attacks. One of the other PCs invited you, hearing of doesnt always mean your trustworthiness. Special Abilities: Choose four of the abilities Adept abilities require atlisted below. Make a late pledge now! Listening to Skill: You are naturally inventive. Know What to Do: You can act immediately, 1. Your exile might be the result of a social Energetic: +2 to your Speed Pool.gaffeperhaps you shamed your family or a Skill: You are trained in running.friend, or you embarrassed yourself in front of Fast: You can move a short distance and stillyour peers, an authority, or someone you respect. Rarely, youll need to roll a number between determine the level of 1 and 100 (often called a d100 or d% roll), which you can do by rolling a d20 twice, using the last cyphers (page 377). ( click for PDF) The Strange is the new RPG from Monte Cook Games. persons emotions as if they were tangible Initial Link to the Starting Adventure: From the things, sensations that lightly brush against your following list of options, choose how you became mind. 12 Your family owns a large vineyard nearby known to all for its fine wine and fair business dealings. And thats it! time. However, no starting stat Pool page 155first-tier abilities with Interaction Skills (deceiving should be higher than 20.and persuasion). Its less flashy and dramatic thansupernatural powers or the ability to hack apartmultiple foes, but sometimes expertise orknow-how is the real solution to a problem. a minor effect could mean that you perform the choice; a Cypher System action with particular grace. Skill: You are trained in all Intellect defense 2. Mary rounds out her points of Speed. While preparing for their games, and at the game table, Cypher System GMs spend their time and mental energy thinking up exciting and creative adventures, settings, encounters, twists, NPCs, and creatureswhile spending only mere minutes on numbers and stats. The Cypher System focuses on narrative, unleashing the creativity of the GM and players. your mind. Some of thesepieces and give them a try. If a task is hindered, it increases thethe Game, for a more in-depth treatment. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes. The constant bombardment of emotions 3. Its why youre people call you bold and brave, but those youvehere. If you have a d10 (a ten-sided die), you can use it instead of the d20 to roll numbers between 1 and 100.12Part 1CHARACTERSChapter 4: CREATING YOUR CHARACTER 14Chapter 5: TYPE 20Chapter 6: FLAVOR 34Chapter 7: DESCRIPTOR 38Chapter 8: FOCUS 60Chapter 9: ABILITIES 95Chapter 10: EQUIPMENT 201Chapter 4 CREATING YOUR CHARACTER Speed could be thought This chapter explains how to create characters Might governs actions from forcing doors of as Speed/Agility to play in a Cypher System game. A colleague requested that you take part ininformation or digging through old books to find the mission as a favor.lore. This chapter offers a few more Science fiction: security officer, warrior, trooper, Predation, have highly specific names for each type that might be more soldier, merc specific types designed to appropriate to various genres. Or a Charming Speaker who Bears a Halo of Fire. destroy it or teleport everyone to the other side. Probably not.player might have to roll to see if the character XP to another player and justify the gift (perhaps That kind of needlessslips, trips, or stumbles as the result of moving the other player had a good idea, told a funny joke, specificity only slowsso far so quickly. In in Armor, reasoning that the character wearsaddition, you can replace one of your lower-tier high-tech medium armor when exploring.abilities with a different one from a lower tier. The National Security Agency ( NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). They brought you to your current 1. Maybe you have a mutantgoing on around you. The PCs were looking for someone else, 2. changes the way those characters go about every Descriptors, page 59 action. 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. 4 You lost one of your parents to alcoholism. Cypher System Rulebook (2nd Edition) By: Monte Cook Games Type: Hardcover Product Line: Cypher System MSRP $69.99 Condition: MINT/New Our Price $54.95 Add to Cart Add to Want List Sell Us Yours Product Info Title Cypher System Rulebook (2nd Edition) Publisher Monte Cook Games Product Line Cypher System Category Role Playing Games Genre Helpful: Whenever you help another character, 2. a task, you can apply Effort. Youve never met the culprit, but youd certainly like to.SPEAKER PLAYER INTRUSIONS SPEAKER STAT POOLSWhen playing a Speaker, you can spend 1 XP Stat Pool Starting Valueto use one of the following player intrusions,provided the situation is appropriate and the GM Might 8agrees. THIRD-TIER MAGIC ABILITIES An Explorer flavored with magic might be 11 Distance Viewing (130) a wizard-hunter, and a Speaker with magical 11 Fire Bloom (140) flavor might be a sorcerer-bard. More often, one adventure is multiple sessions.character, but instead guides the flow of the story and runsall the NPCs.Nonplayer character (NPC): Characters run by the GM. In Trained Withoutaddition, you can replace one of your lower-tier grenade that explodes like a firebomb when Armor, page 193abilities with a different one from a lower tier. Youll and so on. Youll even get the PDF a little early. These were quite popular, both for their settings and for their rules. 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. One of the PCs approached you to learn even if its not your turn. Some people call it a "rules-light" system, but it has all the power and sophistication of games that are much more . You can also create your own fact. But perhaps 2. Theyre more likely in various settings, different methods called flavors to overcome a challenge using force than by are presented in chapter 6 to help slightly tailor other means, and they often take the most the types toward fantasy, science fiction, or other straightforward path toward their goals. when you express a lighthearted, self-deprecating 4. Defense actions to resist mental succeed without you.attacks are hindered. One of the PCs fascinates you, perhaps due 1. Cypher System Rulebook 2e Unknown Binding - January 1, 2019 by Monte Cook Games (Author) 49 ratings The Cypher System is the critically acclaimed game engine that powers any campaign in any genre. Being Strong alsomodern campaign. Discovery is the soul of the Cypher System. 3. 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. 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. These 2. Individual Role: Speakers are smart and charismatic. This is such a fundamental Chapter 7: Descriptor, decision that perhaps the whole group should The more specific details you have about your page 38 be in on it. 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. The Strange - System Cheat Sheet. genres (or to address different character concepts). 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. Long distance is farther off. You might be a Rugged Warrior who Stands Like a Bastion. honor by a parent or a mentor. Heres how it works: 2015 Monte Cook Games, LLC - Site by Bee Zen Web Design, Go to your local game store and ask to place a paid pre-order for the. 8 You were conscripted into military service, but you deserted before long. You suspect that the only hope you have of Sneaky: +4 to your Speed Pool. Inability: Being so receptive to others Skill: You are defense minded, so you are thoughts and moods makes you vulnerable to trained in Speed defense tasks. However most of the book is a straightfoward reprinting of previous rules, types, descriptors, foci, cyphers and monsters. Advanced Explorers: Higher-tier Explorersgain more skills, some combat abilities, and anumber of abilities that allow them to deal withdanger. Complete game rules. That descriptor means she is trained 11 Regeneration (175) in balancing and anything requiring careful 11 Reshape (176) movements, physical performing arts, and Speed 11 Wormhole (200) defense tasks. This is insane. They are on a mission Object damage unexpected complication for a character, of their own and cant stay longer than it takes track, page 116 the player spends 1 XP and presents a to help out, chat for a while after, and perhaps solution to a problem or complication. Download Cypher System Rulebook.pdf Type: PDF Date: October 2019 Size: 17MB Author: Luiz Ricardo This document was uploaded by user and they confirmed that they have the permission to share it. your character is. And the Cypher System gives players amazing narrative engagement, rewarding player-driven subplots and giving players resources to bear on the tasks and situations they most want to succeed at. In from a lower tier) to add to your repertoire. 4 You were a cop, but you gave it up after encountering corruption on the force. An Explorer with technology flavor Of course, you can might be a starship pilot, and a Speaker flavored flavor a character inSECOND-TIER STEALTH ABILITIES with technology could be a techno-priest. want to see or do. Inability: You have a hard time connecting withothers, understanding their motives, or sharingtheir feelings. page 219. They can open a door called GM intrusion) with a new and unexpected Many rules in this systemand step through. 3. The Cypher System Rulebook releases in early August, but you can reserve your copy nowand get a great deal! a Pool, page 218who has a Might Pool of 16 is stronger (in abasic sense) than a character who has a Might 2. because it governs MIGHT both intelligence and INTELLECT Might defines how strong and durable charisma. page 38POOL A walk-through example of a player Chapter 8: Focus, page 60 creating a character (Warrior Example, Chapter 12: ExperienceYour Pool is the most basic measurement of a Adept Example, Explorer Example, and Points, page 237stat. 13 Your best friend is a teacher or scholar. FIRST-TIER SPEAKER starting skills. Skill: Youre trained in all tasks involving physical performing arts. Thus, the or specialized (very skilled).difficulty of a task can be rated on a scale of 1 to 10. 17 You own a small bar or restaurant. To get more targeted content, please make full-text search by clicking. 14 You and a friend both smoke the same kind of rare, expensive tobacco. 14 Your childhood sweetheart ended up with your best friend (now your ex-best friend). The other PCs earned your trust by helpingyou when you needed it. In any event, an Explorer bravely facesnew challenges and gathers knowledge to sharewith others. 11 Disincentivize (129) 11 Gather Intelligence (144) SIXTH-TIER SPEAKER The vegetative state 11 Impart Ideal (151) created by Shatter 11 Inspiring Ease (154) Choose two of the abilities listed below (or 11 Interaction Skills (155) from a lower tier) to add to your repertoire. What you hold in your hands is a guidebook. 4 While traveling alone, you saved the life of a powerful person. 3. In combat, a minor effect inflicts 3but they ease attack rolls because they are fast additional points of damage with your attack, or, For some people, combatand easy to use. A Guarded Adept who Keeps a Magic Ally. 4. and so on. them with the task at hand. difficulty further: each additional level of Effort eases the task by another step. In the end, shes gracefuland quick, charismatic, and hardier than she Normally, you can have a weakness only in ainitially thought thanks to her drive. Jumpy: +2 to your Speed Pool. Dont worry too much about being a genre purist. So if you want to speak French, thats the same as being trained in biology or swimming. The difficulty of your attack roll depends on how powerful your opponent is. In For her focus, she chooses Leads. High fantasy? 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. You told your friend that nothing couldfollowing list of options, choose how you became scare you, and nothing you saw would changeinvolved in the first adventure. Initial Link to the Starting Adventure: From the Inability: You do not willingly enter dangerous following list of options, choose how you became situations. A Speaker with this flavor might be ateacher.FIRST-TIER SKILLS ANDKNOWLEDGE ABILITIES11 Interaction Skills (155)11 Investigative Skills (155)11 Knowledge Skills (157)11 Physical Skills (170)11 Travel Skills (193)SECOND-TIER SKILLS ANDKNOWLEDGE ABILITIES11 Extra Skill (138)11 Tool Mastery (192)11 Understanding (194)THIRD-TIER SKILLS ANDKNOWLEDGE ABILITIES11 Flex Skill (141)11 Improvise (152) 37Chapter 7 DESCRIPTOR Charming, page 41 Your descriptor defines your characterit any descriptor you wish regardless of your type. Most characters start with a Pool of 9 3. 1. Honor, ethics, and 3. The 448-pageCypher 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. might see in their expression. but were thrust into in all manner of academia or other intellectual them, a trope that pursuits, but nothing physical. use is to purchase character benefits. Efforta stat Pool, your Edge for that stat reduces the eases the task by one step. Once you start putting together tweaking things here and there is a breeze. 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. One of the other PCs bullied you into But others dont mind or hand-to-eye coordination is hindered. 11 Matter Cloud (161) 11 Mind Control (162) For her descriptor, Jen chooses Graceful, 11 Projection (172) which adds 2 points to her Speed Pool, bringing 11 Rapid Processing (174) it to 13. You and your friend share discoveries and secrets readily. 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. For example, if the group must get that your character can witch, practitioner, medium, fringe scientist through a locked door, an Adept might be able to do that others cannot. If your Armor reduces the damage from an attack to 0, you If theres no roll, theres no chance for failure. take another action in the same round, or youWhatever the reason, you have left your old life can move a long distance as your action withoutbehind and now strive to make a new one. 11 Retrieve Memories (177) 11 Usurp Cypher (195) 11 Reveal (178) This doesnt make 11 Stasis (186) ADEPT EXAMPLE the character any less powerful or special, but THIRD-TIER ADEPT Jen wants to create an Adepta sorcerer for a it says something about fantasy campaign. They can also try to move GM must award the player 2 XP. You fell in with the wrong crowd, but they Additional Equipment: You have a good luck grew on you. You Skill: You are trained in pleasant social join the other PCs because they offer a way out of interactions. But at the heart of it all is that 1-to-10 scale. Now, hopefully, you can do just how we want to use this kind of book, and that. Use descriptors. This Edge from the total cost of applying Effort. or space opera are fine, but in the end, what is important is the specific setting. In the Cypher System, 17s, 18s, 19s, and 20s offer you slight boosts to your attack rolls, like the chance to stun an enemy or deal extra damage, and 1s give the GM a free 'intrusion': a complication of some kind, rather like the 'compel' mechanic in Fate. 1. Who knows? The PCs goals appear to be honorable and worse, getting them in other ways, however. Stat Pool Starting Value Your characters Might 10 starting equipment is A few player intrusion examples are Speed 10 as important as their provided under each type. There is no setting or broad categories, and we use them in this bookworld here. that theyve gained a 11 Accelerate (108) SPEAKER EXAMPLE measure of protection 11 Blend In (113) against others attempting 11 Discerning Mind (129) Mary wants to create a Speaker for a Lovecraftian 11 Expert Cypher Use (137) horror campaign. A Warrior, for of grenades in a savage firefight, or a blaster example, might be anyone from a knight in shining rifle and powered armor when exploring an alien armor to a cop on the streets to a grizzled cybernetic planet. and GMs will use this book, but more than It can be anything. They can lunge across a players when the GM intrudes on the story (this issmall room to attack a foe. You stumbled into the PCs as they were you out of the blue so you can sort them in an discussing their mission, and they took a liking electronic document. The special options are as follows: of the sentence, thats where well start this discussion. You have to put something number of chapters devoted to genres. Other people are open books to you. This gives the character a bunch of They also heal more quickly and can operate additional skills: searching, listening, climbing, better when injured. You can also choose to To create your character, you build a simple to customize them be knowledgeable in a certain area of lore, such statement that describes them. You are involved in the first adventure. TM and 2023 Monte Cook Games, LLC. lore, knowledge, or understanding is hindered. Advanced Speakers: Higher-tier speakers use their abilities to control and manipulate people as well as aid and nurture their friends. They shared the same basic game engine: the Cypher System. Mary chooses Resilient for her descriptor anddecides that she can probably learn the truth DRAWBACKS AND PENALTIESbehind some of the strange things that shesheard about without feeling too much trauma if In addition to other customization options, aits horrible. Your focus also helps you understand how you relate with the other player characters in your group. 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