Homebrew Rules

Munchkin Manual Annex #4: Cyberpunk


Written by:
Roger Burton-West <ubte30e@ucl.ac.uk>
Sean Desmond <scd@st-and.ac.uk>
Se/an Keane
Shaun Murrant

With changes written in by uplink (uplink@cwis.unomaha.edu).
And more from Mark....Booth <mbb@ukc.ac.uk>
Spelling corrections by Britt (and I know I missed some...)


Favourite character type:


Real Men:                play Solos or Nomads
Real Role-players:       play Fixers or Techies
Loonies:                 play Rockers
                        play Politicians or Pizza-Delivery Men
                        play Royal family poseur gangers
Munchkins:               play Street Samurai or Psionic Vampires
                        play any character with +10 in special ability --
                             usually higher.

Favourite weapon:


Real Men:                use the Militech Advanced Assault Rifle
                        United Nations Colonial marine corps M42 A2
Real Role-players:       use light SMGs
                        use medium autopistols and light SMGs
                        use Glock 30s or Baretta M20-Fs with gun-cams
Loonies:                 use a .22 Gatling
                        use donuts
                        use a buzz hand on a grapple fist as a ranged weapon
Munchkins:               use a  Barrett-Arasaka 20mm cannon, modified
                          for fully automatic fire, with a sawed-off
                          barrel and a cut-down stock to fit under an
                          armoured long coat
                        use the all-new 10mm man-portable railgun or,
                          in a pinch, use an Anti-Matter Rifle
                        have a remote control pad for a lunar rail gun                           or two

Favourite armour:


Real Men:                wear MetalGear
Real Role-players:       wear a light armour jacket
                        wear Lawtech skintight
Loonies:                 wear a t-shirt and ripped jeans
                        wear armored opera cloaks
                        hide in armoured wheelie bins
Munchkins:               get a Dragoon full-body conversion
                        wear ACPA Powered Armor

Favourite cyberware:


Real Men:                like reflex boosts and  smartgun link (is this
                          a trick question?)
Real Role-players:       like interface plugs
                        like inobvious cyberware
Loonies:                 like a forehead-mounted Mr Studd [TM]
                        like the Cyber-Bar
                                            in both legs
Munchkins:               get a HumanityRestoraTron [TM]
                 like the Full Body Conversions, preferably the                           Dragoon model, with full inpatient therapy and
                          really low Humanity Loss rolls
                        like Gemini Full body conversions (so they can
                           fit into their ACPA) and get it fitted at the
                           Scandinavian clinics so they get no humanity
                           loss on average.

Favourite vehicle:


Real Men:                AV-4 with gatling cannon
Real Role-players:       Bicycle
                        Recumbent motorcycles or classic Harleys
Loonies:                 Advertising blimp
                        Pedicabs
                        Cyber scates
Munchkins:               Punknaught with the works, with extra pepperoni
                        AV-9s with full military loads, or                            the M-6 Main Battle Tank

When cornered in a firefight:


Real Men:                take out the REAL big gun and tell them to
                          back off before they get hurt
Real Role-players:       switch sides
                        shout "You have the right to remain silent......."
Loonies:                 click the heels of their combat boots together
                          and say "there's no place like home".
Munchkins:               break their Trauma Team card
                        call in a micro-Orbital strike

Favourite method of B&E:


Real Men:                kick the door down and  wonder where the other
                          PCs have gone
Real Role-players:       look under doormat for keys
                        use their B? tools to casually but stealthily
                          gain entrance
Loonies:                 ring the doorbell
Munchkins:               use the Militech Plastic Explosive Delivery Service
                        use Militech
                        use detcord

Find employment as:


Real Men:                Bodyguard
Real Role-players:       Librarian
                        Fixers, console cowboys
Loonies:                 Quality Control personnel for Second Chance
                          Armour Inc.
                        Rodent Control personnel in Night City
Munchkins:               CEO (at age 15)
                        CEOs of three major megacorps by the time they're
                          twenty
                        set up their own corporation, and are rivals to
                          Arasaka and EBM combined within 2 years.


(Note from the archiver: I'll accept any humurous stuff you have so long as it's been posted and sparked discussion or story-swapping.)


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