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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- This is my deep dive into the Cyberpunk Red RPG character creation process. I walk through all my best tips and advice for creating your character in the time of the red. I include an example of my character, Freya Li!
Most artwork is from the Cyberpunk Red RPG Core Book (not sponsored): talsorianstore.com/collection...
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:03 3 Methods
03:22 Pick a Role
08:40 Run Your Lifepath
12:06 Buy Your STATS
15:16 Calculate Derived Statistics
15:49 Set Your Skills
18:41 Buy Your Stuff
23:19 Commissioned Character Art
Freya Li Commissioned Art was made by Olly Alfher:
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Hey! Amazing video, it was amazing to be able to develop the character with you, so fun! 😆
It was fantastic working with you. Thank you so much for helping me bring Freya Li to life!
As someone getting into Cyberpunk red for the first time I appreciate being able to putting videos like this on as I read the manual.
So I did character creation yesterday, and my DM was super accommodating for my endgame concept and my willingness to build to it, not expecting it entirely.
Long story short, a German Netrunner went into a decade and a half of solitude, building a schematic for a full chrome conversion. His wife was a casualty of a turf war, and while his children survived, his Son blames him, and his Daughter understands that he couldn't do anything to help and doesn't fault him in the slightest.
His endgame goal is to become a cybernetic werewolf with an on board, anti personelle Cyberdeck to act as a neigh indestructible guard dog for his children and their estate. Strangely, he has made no friends and made no enemies in his line of work. I'm beyond excited to play him!
Just wrapped up a Call of Cthulhu campaign and am taking the very earliest steps preparing to run a Cyberpunk Red one later this year. The core book (while thorough) is a lot to take onboard so this kind of summary is super useful. Thank you!
Nice, that's exciting! Do you know yet what the CPR campaign will be about?
@@XPLovecat Still a way off on that front; maybe helping protect a smaller company from extortion/threats by a much bigger one. Something simple while I've still got the training wheels on! I've a few stub ideas but figured I'd get my head around more of the game systems and more detailed lore before I start planning in earnest. Once again, thanks for the helpful videos!
Thanks for this. A buddy is running a campaign and invited me to join. I want to learn beforehand to speed things up. Appreciate the info..
I'm coming from D&D and your videos are being super helpful ^^
Hi Max, I'm glad to hear it, thanks for watching!
Congrats on hitting 1K! You deserve that and many, many more. :)
Thanks Seamus, I appreciate the support!
Love all of your videos on Cyberpunk Red! Very helpful and helps me navigate the book
yay! I'm so glad you find them helpful. Thank you for watching.
This was really helpful dive into the world. How it works and how to create character. Thank you.
Funny thing is CP Red is a more thematically organized CP 2020 book so that once you are immersed in it, you semi intuitively know where things are in the book that you need.
I recommend for players looking to start is to begin building their characters as a group - establishing some preknowledge of each other and the social dynamics - and then depending on how experienced players are, start the first session immediately after the first player finishes their character and the player and GM have had time to clarify details. Ideally the first player is the one with the least experience so you can warm them up to the RPG, the setting, and get them comfortable with their character.
Now this is freaking awesome! Can’t wait to get into this game 😎
Really enjoy the format and presentation. Well done! Very helpful too!
I couldn't find it anywhere but if you have it I'd love to see live use of the netrunning deck. Doesn't seem to be any vids about so far.
Thank you, I'm so glad you found it helpful. I love your idea to review the netrunning deck and show it used. I will add that to my list for the near future.
so useful, thanks!
This video was very helpful, thank you for making this. Just know you are very appreciated
Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad they're helpful!
I haven't played Cyberpunk Red, but I love character creation in earlier versions. The Life Path system really works well.
The lifepath was a lot of fun to go through. Especially when you roll for enemies and tragic love affairs, it helps bring the character to life in the context of the setting!
Thanks for posting this! I'm trying to get into the game, and I have yet to buy the book. But I got some great info out of this!
I'm so glad it was helpful, thanks for watching!
Good video, thank you
Great video Thanks!
great vid thanks for the help
Thank you for walking me through the character creation. My friend group is starting a campaign and invited me but they have way more knowledge and exposure than I do and I hate to bother them all the time for info. Appreciate this video greatly.
Oh yay! So happy to hear your group is playing. Have you started yet? How are you liking it?
@@XPLovecat we haven’t started yet and I haven’t created my character yet 🤣 but I’m sure it will be amazing. Thanks for asking
Glad I found your channel. I'm trying to get into Red after playing 2077
Nice! Let me know if there are specific topics you'd like me to cover
My favourite page (after the Night market appendix) is p.42 which shows every step of character creation!
Yes, that flow chart was super helpful!
Really appreciate this! I'll be GM'ing soon so I'll need a lot of prep. Wish me luck!
My only advice is trust that the players will almost always do something you didn't prepare for so remember, prep. is good but improvisation is king. Good luck 🍀
Great video!
I really love character creation in red, but I have to use a digital character chart because the maths get quite convoluted with every step
Yes, it's a lot to keep track of and the digital version can be super helpful to manage it, thanks for watching!
Amazing character
Ah! So exciting. Have you started playing yet? How is it going?
@@XPLovecat Oh yes, it was really excellent and funny, we finished our first scenario where all PC met :) For next ones, I'll create different scenarios related to their background and motivations :)
@@kervala So happy to hear that!
So cool to see you covering this subject.
I apologize, If I've missed it, but have you ever participated in an actual play?
No actual plays online at the moment but I will make sure to let subscribers know if I ever venture into that side of things. Thanks for watching!
Wish I saw this before we started our campaign lol
The computer program you were typing your stats in. Was that custom made by you or someone else. Or if you buy the game it gives you a link to use?
I've got the cyberpunk red corebook coming, I wanna check it out and learn it, but I know I need other things. Any suggestions as to what add-ons I should also get to help my first campaign run a little more smoothly would be great! Things like the data screen which I know I will need, but other things like the net running deck etc. Etc. Eventually I'll get into mats and minis, but I really wanna be able to run the game smoothly. Also, I'm very open to online groups/community's that play. So suggestions there would be great as well.
Hi Chris, like you mentioned the data screen is really helpful during play. The netrunning deck makes that portion of the game feel more interactive for everyone at the table so it is nice to have, but not necessary. I would recommend you check out the R. Talsorian website as they have a bunch of really great free DLC for the game: rtalsoriangames.com/downloads/
As for playing online, I personally don't do so often, but I have heard good things about the Neon Red discord group. I hope this helps and have fun gaming!
The media didn't shatter my plans in a particular short story. The one who ruined my plans was the rockerboy. The guy schmoozed with the client, sent his groupies to investigate for him (i punished for it by his fans stupidly alerting the mob boss they were investigating; the boss gtfo-ed). Literally half the social encounters i prepared were for naught 😭😭😭
I really hope I can play the table top again some day as I made my characters costume IRL a few years ago and decided to work on it again after the Netflix show came out.
Wow, I love this. Cyberpunk costumes are epic. And the show is pretty phenomenal too!
@@XPLovecat I’ll be posting the costume for a contest I’m in this weekend so I’ll be sure to send you the link on my channel. This year I put a fog machine in it.
@@unsoundfoxly Yes! Please do!
@@XPLovecat I just uploaded it today
I just have the cyberpunk jumpstart and I really liked but I have hear negative things of the core book (specially compared with the cyberpunk 2020 edition). Is that deserved?
There are some confusing parts of the core book, but I think overall it is worth picking up. It adds depth to the lore of the universe, which I appreciate since that is a main focus of the system. This video might help you decide: th-cam.com/video/K_YS4KmlOHs/w-d-xo.html
@@XPLovecat Thanks!
You're invited to our living community over on Discord any time. :)
Do you have the PDF you used?
Yes, here is the link: rtalsoriangames.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/RTG-CPR-CharacterSheet-Fillable.pdf
R. Talsorian Games has a lot of great free DLC on their website as well: rtalsoriangames.com/downloads/
Your so beautiful!!
How does this compare to Shadowrun. Looks like the book is infinitely better organized.
Exec sounds like a great DMPC. You can end up double crossing your players lol
Oh absolutely! Exec is a great role for something like that.
11:11 11:12 just to see things
Thank you! Sorry it got a little jumpy there.
Thanks, the book is so overwhelming and not user friendly compared to D&D. Might've quit the group if you didn't put up this vid!