sladethesniper

I am VERY pleased at this news.

-STS

The way we have done it in the past is for everyone to make stats for everyone, except themselves...and then take the average value.  That was actually pretty good in our group of 5 players.

-STS

I have a geographically dispersed group so there are some players that are FtF with books and dice, and the other players are on Hangouts.  It is...not optimal.  I prefer FtF, but since a gaming group  is not something that just happens, you have to take the good with the bad.

-STS

So, the key to success would be to have an original setting that is engaging, the system to not be bad (but being good is not that important) and to support the game with several books a year over the life of the game.

-STS

This is why I really love the community on this board.

-STS

I did send it...don't know if it got uploaded yet.

I can just send you a copy via email if you want.  PM me.

-STS

When you get this up and running, I'd be more than happy to help out with your survey.

-STS

I have a copy of it in pdf and as a doc.  I will PM you and see if I can attach it there or can try to upload it myself.

-STS

When you get this finished, please post it!  I would love to see what you come up with

-STS

Saw there's Mongoose OGL cyberpunk pdf on sale for $2.00 on Drivethru for a short time only.

 yeah, I just bought all of the OGL Mongoose stuff...thanks for the tip!

-STS

Mixed race parties are much more a setting issue than a rules issue...there are no rules issue for not having mixed race parties.  

-STS

Yeah, I kind of agree with just letting them pick their skills, although I would allow things like Native Language (learning grammar is fun), Use Technology (for all the tech kids have), Bluff (kids lie...), Mathematics (STEM careers), Basic Science (of you could make them take Biology, Chemistry and/or Physics), Popular/Geek Culture (because kids care about these things), Play Musical Instrument (band nerds), Athletics (they play a sport), Manipulation (for those kids that can get away with anything), Fashion (for the popular kids), Home Economics (Home Ec), Basic Mechanics (shop class), Intimidate (for the tough guys and girls), Streetwise (for the street rats)...and of course you could justify pretty much any skill depending on background.

I would limit these skills to a max of 40%

-STS

I was actually curious about this myself recently. I was looking for damn near anything that had a space or cyberpunk setting I could lift from. I was playing too much Shadowrun on the PC lately. I think I'll be purchasing several PDF's of other sci-fi / cyberpunk games in the near future and examining if the mechanics are worth lifting or if you should just pull setting stuff from it and just use BGB character creation. Would anyone be interested in me posting my results?

I would enjoy seeing what you were able to find and convert.

-STS

There is also the old Cyberspace game from ICE.  From what I recall, the skills work on a d100 base.  The stats are also based on a 1-100 scale, but you can just divide by 5 and call it good.

The system is pretty robust and the critical strike tables were pretty awesome.

It would make an easy BRP baseline for a cyberpunk game...

-STS 

While I like all of the ideas presented so far, the issue of collateral damage is still there. Superhero vs Supervillain fights can occur in BRP, but there will be hundreds, if not thousands of bystanders killed and wounded. The funny thing is that if you handwave away the lethality of superheroes, it either makes them very susceptible to regular mundane weapons, or makes regular people exceptionally hardy. I simply ignore convention and allow super powers to be very lethal.

-STS

I would think that the biggest issue is the lethality of BRP, which is the only thing the game doesn't do well (handling cosmic powers non-lethally, which is the norm in a 4-color comic-verse).  

-STS

Actually, I'm not really recommending it, just that I am more familiar with it.  Sorry if it sounded that way.

In the downloads portion of the forums there are some things there that might be of some use for you  this one.

Also, there is a really good BRP sci-fi kit bash that one of the forum guys here (soltakss I think) did up.  You may want to PM him and see if he still has it...

-STS 

Yes, I create characters in Cyberpunk then transfer them over...same with D20 or World of Darkness.  I have found that making a character in system X keeps the flavor of the setting even when the game is run in system Y.  I use BRP as my rule set for all my games that I run...even though I build PCs and NPCs in various other settings, then just transfer them over.  

There is something of the setting that is brought across when you make a character in one setting and run them in BRP.  That is one of the reasons that I love using the system, it allows for easy ports of settings into the rules set...but that is really what BRP is...a rules set, not a setting, thus it is easy to just bring what you like into BRP.

As for netrunning stuff, are you using Cyberpunk 2020 or do you have Shadowrun?

If you are using Cyberpunk, the special ability of Interface would be that in BRP as well...just multiply it by 10% as a skill or leave it as a 1-10 scale if you want to keep all netrunning stuff as is in CP 2020.

Looking that Net chapter in CP2020 2nd Ed, a lot of stuff is just based on REF (which in BRP would be DEX)

All of the other stuff (data walls, memory units, security, etc.) is based off a 1-10 scale, so you could just use that as a stand alone part of the game (keeping it using a 1-10 scale with the BRP stat being /2 if you need to do stat+ability/skill stuff).  All the relevant stuff is on page 151-153 of the 2nd Ed CP2020 rulebook...and can be easily kept as is...since Netrunning has always had the feel of a minigame anyway (which is why I just go with the hacking instead of netrunning schtick).

If you are using Shadowrun...um...yeah...I love the setting, but I pretty much despise the rules.  The netrunning chapter is big, unwieldy and I have never actually read through it in 2nd, 3rd or the new (5th?) edition.  Can't help you much, but the following may be of some use:

Shadowrun to BRP

Logic                                      INT

Intuition                               WIS

Charisma                             CHA

Willpower                           POW

Strength                              STR

Body                                      CON

Agility/Reflexes                                highest or average becomes DEX

                                                SPD is not converted (use 11)

                                                EDU is not converted (use background to determine)

“Street Level” PCs  are just poor

“Prime Runner” PCs are just well equipped

Stat range is 1 to 6 for humans

Skill range is 1 to 10 for humans

Stats conversion

1              8

2              10

3              12

4              14

5              16

6              18

7              20

8              22

9              24

10           26

Skill rating conversion

1              10%

2              20%

3              30%

4              40%

5              50%

6              60%

7              70%

8              80%

9              90%

10           100%

11           110%

12           120%

Damage ratings

Number x type = damage

Light = x 1

Medium = x 1.5

Serious = x 2

Deadly = x 2.5

Armor Ratings

Ballistic x 5 = SP

Impact x 5 = SP

-STS

Well, there are a few rules systems for D20 that are easily portable to BRP...both a Shadowrun and a Cyberpunk version. I have both versions if you are interested.

The biggest issue is capturing the "flavor" of the setting.

The hardest part is whether or not to have netrunning be some hallucinogenic consensual reality or whether to deal with it as simply as hacking as per Walter Jon Williams in Hardwired.  I prefer the "Hardwired" model.

I have found that using Cyberpunk character generation to be easily portable to BRP...

Cyberpunk Stat x 2 = BRP Stat

Attractiveness   = Charisma

Body                      = Constitution and Strength

Cool                       = Wisdom

Reflexes              = Dexterity

Move                    = Speed

Tech                      = Becomes a skill

Empathy              = Charisma (HC is based of Wisdom for Sanity tho)

Luck                       = Turn it into action points or something

STR is the “exception stat”  use the STR stat in Fuzion to find the mass in Kg/lbs able to lift at a particular STR and then modify that stat (square root of that number = STR in BRP)

“Technically”

1 DC = 1d6 of Fuzion Damage

1 Kill = 84 points of Fuzion Damage (equal to DC 14…)

For Cyberpunk 1 damage = 1 BRP damage

1 SDP = 10 BRP damage                

1 point of Humanity = 1 point of Sanity

The lifepath is an excellent way to boost characters from basic starting abilities without much difficulty...just change every +1 into a +10%.

That is what I do.  Hope it helps out.

-STS

Perhaps some of the Innsmouth women have a  'siren of the sea' glamour to disguise themselves with, much like the Serpent-men can take on human form.

 And that just made it in my game!

-STS

Does the lucky winner get to become breeding stock?  So that way, they have to win, then kill the Deep One that burbles up from the deep to get his lovin' on?

-STS

Will she get glue on gills, teal body paint and kinda bug eyed contacts?

-STS

"And you will going undercover as a contestant in the Miss Innsmouth beauty pageant..."

Ouch....

-STS

It's not historical, it's "classic" 

-STS

I like the concept, and have written them up as CoC characters previously.  I love the concept, and late 70's, early 80's cop/PI shows always make me happy, but I like the idea, especially cameos/crossovers, because what could be cooler than going to Hawaii and doing a Hawaii 5-0 session, meeting up with Magnum PI, heading to San Diego and doing a buddy PI episode with Simon and Simon, not to mention Kojak, Starsky and Hutch, CHiPs, Baretta, Hart to Hart, Remington Steele and Stingray.  For more grit you can have them help out the Equalizer or head to Miami to work with Detectives Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs...

I have also done Scooby Doo...

...and yesterday while out running, I was listening to the song "Pepper," and thought that the people in that song would make for a very interesting, if deeply flawed characters. Marky (football player rapist?), Sharon (bi-sexual), Sharice (lesbian), Mikey (facial scar), Bobby (racist), Tommy (pianist, 1 leg, and suicidal) and Paulie (has a limp)...