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| If you choose [[:Jobs:Chromer#Chromer]] as your starting [[:Jobs|Job]] during [[:Character:Character Creation]], gain the following bonuses:\\ | If you choose [[:Jobs:Chromer#Chromer]] as your starting [[:Jobs|Job]] during [[:Character:Character Creation]], gain the following bonuses:\\ |
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| **[[:Ratings:health|Health]] Bonus**: 10\\ | **[[:Ratings:Health|Health]] Bonus**: 10\\ |
| **[[:Ratings:mana|Mana]] Bonus**: 5\\ | **[[:Ratings:Mana|Mana]] Bonus**: 5\\ |
| **[[:Ratings:health|Strain]] Bonus**: 10\\ | **[[:Ratings:Strain|Strain]] Bonus**: 10\\ |
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| **[[Game_Mechanics:Proficiencies|Proficiencies]]**: Gain **2** [[:Game Mechanics:Proficiencies]] from the following:\\ | **[[Game_Mechanics:Proficiencies|Proficiencies]]**: Gain **2** [[:Game Mechanics:Proficiencies]] from the following:\\ |
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| ===== Abilities ===== | |
| ===== Starter Abilities ===== | ===== Starter Abilities ===== |
| ==== Unsettling Nature ==== | ==== Unsettling Nature ==== |
| [[:Traits|Trait]]\\ | [[:Traits|Trait]]\\ |
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| You add your current [[:Game Mechanics:Bonus Die]] from your [[:Jobs:Chromer#Cyberware Affinity]] ability to [[:Ratings:Swagger]] [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Test|Tests]].\\ | You add your current [[:Game Mechanics:Bonus Die]] from your [[:Jobs:Chromer#Cyberware Affinity]] ability to [[:Ratings:Swagger]] [[:Game_Mechanics:Test|Tests]].\\ |
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| In addition, if you have a [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Physiology:Technological Physiology|Technolgical]] [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Physiology]], then you may add your [[:Game Mechanics:Bonus Die]] from [[:Jobs:Chromer#Cyberware Affinity]] to [[:Game Mechanics:Panic]] [[:Game_Mechanics:Definitions:Test|Tests]] you inflict.\\ | In addition, if you have a [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Physiology:Technological Physiology|Technolgical]] [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Physiology]], then you may add your [[:Game Mechanics:Bonus Die]] from [[:Jobs:Chromer#Cyberware Affinity]] to [[:Game Mechanics:Panic]] [[:Game_Mechanics:Test|Tests]] you inflict.\\ |
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| **Please Note**: If you spend 10 or more [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]] on [[:Cyberware]], then you gain the [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Physiology:Technological Physiology|Technolgical]] [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Physiology]], in addition to any pre-existing [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Physiology]|Physiologies]] you may have. | **Please Note**: If you spend 10 or more [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]] on [[:Cyberware]], then you gain the [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Physiology:Technological Physiology|Technolgical]] [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Physiology]], in addition to any pre-existing [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Physiology]|Physiologies]] you may have. |
| You gain 10 [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]]. | You gain 10 [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]]. |
| ==== Chrome Addiction ==== | ==== Chrome Addiction ==== |
| //For most people, cyberware is just a tool or a style choice. Even many Chromers maintain a genuinely healthy relationship with their implants, following medical timelines, seeing their Chop Docs, Shrinks, and Life Coaches, and integrating new upgrades with care. But some slide past augmentation into obsession. It stops being about fixing a body that never fit, or building the version of themselves they always imagined, and becomes a compulsive need for change itself. They chase the next implant, the next surgery, the next hit of mechanical identity, ignoring every medical recommendation along the way. Bridges burn. Therapy stops. Savings evaporate. Family heirlooms go missing. These “Chrome Junkies” will do anything — anything — to afford their next replacement part. They’re not the majority, but they’re the cautionary image most people think of when they hear “Chromer,” a tragic reminder that the line between evolution and obsession can get razor-thin.// \\ | //For most people, cyberware is just a tool or a style choice. Even many Chromers maintain a genuinely healthy relationship with their implants, following medical timelines, seeing their Chop Docs, Shrinks, and Life Coaches, and integrating new upgrades with care. But some slide past augmentation into obsession. It stops being about fixing a body that never fit, or building the version of themselves they always imagined, and becomes a compulsive need for change itself. They chase the next implant, the next surgery, the next hit of mechanical identity, ignoring every medical recommendation along the way. Bridges burn. Therapy stops. Savings evaporate. Family heirlooms go missing. These “Chrome Junkies” will do anything... anything... to afford their next replacement part. They’re not the majority, but they’re the cautionary image most people think of when they hear “Chromer,” a tragic reminder that the line between evolution and obsession can get razor-thin.// \\ |
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| <wrap preview>[[:Traits|Trait]]</wrap>.\\ | <wrap preview>[[:Traits|Trait]]</wrap>.\\ |
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| If you haven't [Installed], [Augmented] or swapped a piece of [[:Cyberware]] this [[:Game_Mechanics:Cycles|Cycle]], you suffer the effects of the [[:Game_Mechanics:Advantage_and_Disadvantage#Disadvantage]] <wrap preview>[[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Property]]</wrap> to all [[:Game_Mechanics:Save|Saves]] you perform. If you would already be under the effect of the [[:Game_Mechanics:Advantage_and_Disadvantage#Disadvantage]] <wrap preview>[[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Property]]</wrap>, then you suffer the effects of the [Unreliable] <wrap preview>[[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Property]]</wrap> instead. | If you haven't installed, [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Augmenting|Augmented]] or swapped a piece of [[:Cyberware]] this [Cycle], you suffer the [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Property:Disadvantage]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Property]], [[Game Mechanics:Upgrading Or Downgrading:Upgrading Properties|Upgrading]], to all [[:Game_Mechanics:Check|Checks]], [[:Game Mechanics:Attack|Attacks]] or [[:Game Mechanics:Save|Saves]] you perform. |
| ===== Job Abilities ===== | ===== Job Abilities ===== |
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| [[:Traits|Trait]].\\ | [[:Traits|Trait]].\\ |
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| You gain a D4 [[:Game Mechanics:Bonus Die]] to any [[:Game_Mechanics:Check|Checks]], [[:Game_Mechanics:Attacks]] or [[:Game Mechanics:Save|Saves]] you perform that involve [[:Cyberware]] or are using your [[:Cyberware]].\\ | You gain a D4 [[:Game Mechanics:Bonus Die]] to any [[:Game_Mechanics:Check|Checks]], [[:Game Mechanics:Attack|Attacks]] or [[:Game Mechanics:Save|Saves]] you perform that involve [[:Cyberware]] or are using your [[:Cyberware]].\\ |
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| At [[:Jobs:Chromer#Chromer] ranks 3, 5, 7 & 9, you [[:Game Mechanics:Upgrading or Downgrading:Upgrading Dice|Upgrade]] the [[:Game Mechanics:Bonus Die]] to a D6, D8, D10 & D12, respectively. | At [[:Jobs:Chromer#Chromer] ranks 3, 5, 7 & 9, you [[:Game Mechanics:Upgrading or Downgrading:Upgrading Dice|Upgrade]] the [[:Game Mechanics:Bonus Die]] to a D6, D8, D10 & D12, respectively. |
| [[:Traits|Trait]].\\ | [[:Traits|Trait]].\\ |
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| You gain a [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Job Die]]. A [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Job Die]] is a [[Game Mechanics:Bonus Die]] that is added to [[Game Mechanics:Check|Checks]] or [[Game Mechanics:Save|Saves]] that you are [[Game Mechanics:Proficiencies|Proficient]] or [[Game Mechanics:Resistances|Resistant]] in, respectively. Your [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Job Die]] is a D4.\\ | You gain a [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Job Die]]. A [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Job Die]] is a [[Game Mechanics:Bonus Die]] that is added to [[Game Mechanics:Check|Checks]], [[Game Mechanics:Attack|Attacks]] or [[Game Mechanics:Save|Saves]] that you are [[Game Mechanics:Proficiencies|Proficient]] or [[Game Mechanics:Resistances|Resistant]] in, respectively. Your [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Job Die]] is a D4.\\ |
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| If you gain an additional instance of this [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]], and you already have a [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Job Die]], you do not gain another; it is [[Game Mechanics:Upgrading Or Downgrading:Upgrade]] instead.\\ | If you gain an additional instance of this [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]], and you already have a [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Job Die]], you do not gain another; it is [[Game Mechanics:Upgrading Or Downgrading:Upgrade|Upgraded]] instead.\\ |
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| At [[:Jobs:Chromer#Chromer]] rank 4, 6, 8 & 10, you gain an additional instance of this [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]]. | At [[:Jobs:Chromer#Chromer]] rank 4, 6, 8 & 10, you gain an additional instance of this [[Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]]. |
| **Please Note**: You can select any of the above options, not just the ones listed on the [[:Jobs:Ace#Starting Package]], so long as you are not already [[:Game Mechanics:Proficiencies|Proficiency]] in it.\\ | **Please Note**: You can select any of the above options, not just the ones listed on the [[:Jobs:Ace#Starting Package]], so long as you are not already [[:Game Mechanics:Proficiencies|Proficiency]] in it.\\ |
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| At [[:Jobs:Ace#Ace]] rank 5, 7 & 9, you gain an additional instance of this [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]]. | At [[:Jobs:Chromer#Chromer]] rank 5, 7 & 9, you gain an additional instance of this [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]]. |
| ==== Cyborg ==== | ==== Cyborg ==== |
| //The term “’Borg” gets tossed around loosely — usually at anyone with shiny chrome showing — but real Chop Docs know better. Cyberware doesn’t have to gleam; some of the most heavily augmented beings in the Federation look like perfectly ordinary elves, orcs, or humans from the outside. But a true cyborg? That’s different. That’s when a Chromer starts replacing the core of themselves, their processing centers, their sensory hubs, even portions of their brain, with cybernetic substrates. It opens the door to levels of augmentation no baseline nervous system could ever support, allowing them to stack on upgrades far beyond normal tolerance. But integration at that depth always comes with a cost. Maybe it’s subtle personality drift, maybe it’s emotional flatness, maybe it’s a sliver of soul shaved away with every neural lattice installed. Ask them about it, though, and they’ll swear nothing’s missing — because whatever they lost, the chrome gave them something else in return.//\\ | //The term “’Borg” gets tossed around loosely, usually at anyone with a bit of shiny chrome showing, but real Chop Docs know better. Cyberware doesn’t have to gleam; some of the most heavily augmented beings in the Federation look like perfectly ordinary elves, orcs, or humans from the outside. But a true cyborg? That’s different. That’s when a Chromer starts replacing the core of themselves, their processing centers, their sensory hubs, even portions of their brain, with cybernetic substrates. It opens the door to levels of augmentation no baseline nervous system could ever support, allowing them to stack on upgrades far beyond normal tolerance. But integration at that depth always comes with a cost. Maybe it’s subtle personality drift, maybe it’s emotional flatness, maybe it’s a sliver of soul shaved away with every neural lattice installed. Ask them about it, though, and they’ll swear nothing’s missing because whatever they lost, the chrome gave them something else in return.//\\ |
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| <wrap preview>[[:Traits|Trait]]</wrap>.\\ | [[:Traits|Trait]].\\ |
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| You double your [[:Ratings:Cyberware_Hard_Points|Hardpoints]].\\ | You double your [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]].\\ |
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| This includes the [[:Ratings:Cyberware_Hard_Points|Hardpoints]] from <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Brawn]]</wrap> and [Panache] as well as any additional [[:Ratings:Cyberware_Hard_Points|Hardpoints]] provided by your [Chromer] [Traits].\\ | This includes the [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]] from [[:Stats:Brawn]] and [[:Stats:Panache]] as well as any additional [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]] provided by your [[:Jobs:Chromer#Chromer]] [[:Traits]].\\ |
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| **Example**: Xxoitxxi, a rank 10 [Chromer] with 6 <wrap preview>[[:Stats:Brawn]]</wrap> and 4 Panache, providing 10 [[:Ratings:Cyberware_Hard_Points|Hardpoints]], an additional 10 [[:Ratings:Cyberware_Hard_Points|Hardpoints]] from their [Built Different] [Ability] and an additional 10 [[:Ratings:Cyberware_Hard_Points|Hardpoints]] from their [More Machine Than Man] [Ability] for a [Total] of 30 [[:Ratings:Cyberware_Hard_Points|Hardpoints]]. Once you factor in the [Cyborg] [Ability], Xxoitixxi would have 60 [[:Ratings:Cyberware_Hard_Points|Hardpoints]]. | **Example**: Xxoitxxi, a rank 10 [[:Jobs:Chromer#Chromer]] with 6 [[:Stats:Brawn]] and 4 [[Stats:Panache]], providing 10 [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]], an additional 10 [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]] from their [[:Jobs:Chromer#Built Different]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]] and an additional 10 [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]] from their [[:Jobs:Chromer#More Machine Than Man]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]] for a [Total] of 30 [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]]. Once you factor in the [[:Jobs:Chromer#Cyborg]] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability]], Xxoitixxi would have 60 [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]]. |
| ==== More Machine Than Man ==== | ==== More Machine Than Man ==== |
| //Only a handful of beings in the entire Federation ever make it this far — mostly because the process is expensive, dangerous, and kills almost everyone who attempts it. But for the rare Chromer who refuses to stop, who keeps upgrading long after body and sanity should’ve given out, something strange begins to happen. The line between organism and construct blurs. Flesh gives way to plating, blood to coolant, nerves to fiber-optic wiring, and eventually even the brain is swapped for a synthetic processor, custom engineered to mimic the original mind. Some incorporate full vehicular components, becoming walking engines of war, closer to a battle tank or a combat mech than anything recognizably biological. At this stage, they’re no longer cyborgs in any traditional sense. They’re engineered entities wearing the last traces of their former selves like a signature. And if they survive the transformation, they stand as technological marvels — living machines built by their own relentless will.// \\ | //Only a handful of beings in the entire Federation ever make it this far, mostly because the process is expensive, dangerous, and kills almost everyone who attempts it. But for the rare Chromer who refuses to stop, who keeps upgrading long after body and sanity should’ve given out, something strange begins to happen. The line between organism and construct blurs. Flesh gives way to plating, blood to coolant, nerves to fiber-optic wiring, and eventually even the brain is swapped for a synthetic processor, custom engineered to mimic the original mind. Some incorporate full vehicular components, becoming walking engines of war, closer to a battle tank or a combat mech than anything recognizably biological. At this stage, they’re no longer cyborgs in any traditional sense. They’re engineered entities wearing the last traces of their former selves like a signature. And if they survive the transformation, they stand as technological marvels, living machines built by their own relentless will.// \\ |
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| <wrap preview>[[:Traits|Trait]]</wrap>.\\ | [[:Traits|Trait]].\\ |
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| You gain 10 [[:Ratings:Cyberware_Hard_Points|Hardpoints]].\\ | You gain 10 [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]].\\ |
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| In addition, you gain an additional [Dermal], [Arm] and [Core] [Cyberware] slot.\\ | In addition, you gain an additional [[:Cyberware#Slots|Dermal]], [[:Cyberware#Slots|Arm]] and [[:Cyberware#Slots|Core]] [[:Cyberware]] slot.\\ |
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| Furthermore, you also count as a [Vehicle] in addition to a [Character], as [Appropriate], for the purposes of [Abilities], <wrap preview>[[:Items]]</wrap> and [Cyberware]. This means you can be affected, positive and negative, by effects that only affect [Vehicles].\\ | Furthermore, you count as if you have the [Vehicle] [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Entity|Entity Type]], as [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Appropriate]], for the purposes of [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ability|Abilities]], [[:Items]] and [[:Cyberware]]. This means you can be affected, positive and negative, by effects that only affect [Vehicles].\\ |
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| This includes but is not limited too: | This includes but is not limited too: |
| * You treat [Hull] as [Health]. | * You treat [Hull] as [[:Ratings:Health]]. |
| * You treat [Systems] as [Strain]. | * You treat [Systems] as [[:Ratings:Strain]]. |
| * You treat modifiers to [Malfunction] [Tests] as modifiers to [Injury] [Tests]. | * You treat modifiers to [Malfunction] [[:Game Mechanics:Test|Tests]] as modifiers to [[:Game Mechanics:Injury]] [[:Game Mechanics:Test|Tests]]. |
| * You may work with your [GM] to install [Components] as [Cyberware], as [Appropriate]. You double the [Hardpoint] [Tax] to find the new [Hardpoint] and [Ward] [Tax], while using the original [Hardpoint] [Tax] as the [Mana] [Tax]. [Drag] will reduce your [Speed] and [Systems] [Tax] will reduce your [Strain]. You choose the most [Appropriate] [Cyberware] slot for it to use. It is reasonable to assume that not all [Components] will be applicable for a [Character], so make sure to discuss all changes in this manner with the [Party] first. | * You may work with your [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Game Master|GM]] to install [Components] as [[:Cyberware]], as [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Appropriate]]. You double the [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Hardpoint Tax]] to find the new [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Hardpoint Tax|Hardpoint]] and [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Ward Tax]], while using the original [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Hardpoint Tax]] as the [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Mana Tax]]. [Drag] will reduce your [[:Ratings:Speed]] and [Systems Tax] will reduce your [[:Ratings:Strain]]. You choose the most [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Appropriate]] [[:Cyberware]] slot for it to use. It is reasonable to assume that not all [Components] will be applicable for a [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Character]], so make sure to discuss all changes in this manner with the [Party] first. |
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| **Example**: If Tia Matte, a rank 10 [Chromer], wished to install [Standardised Plating - Armour Reinforcement - Mk. 1]. It has [Drag]: 1, [Hardpoint] [Tax]: 2 and [Systems] [Tax]: 1. Therefore, Tia-Matte would spend 4 [Hardpoints], 4 [Ward], 2 [Mana], 1 [Speed] and 1 [Strain] to gain the 30 [Hull] and 10 [Armour], which would be counted as [Health] and [Armour], respectively. | **Example**: If Tia Matte, a rank 10 [[:Jobs:Chromer#|Chromer]], wished to install [Standardised Plating - Armour Reinforcement - Mk. 1]. It has [Drag]: 1, [[:Game Mechanics:Definitions:Hardpoint Tax]]: 2 and [Systems Tax]: 1. Therefore, Tia-Matte would spend 4 [[:Ratings:Hardpoints]], 4 [[:Ratings:Ward]], 2 [[:Ratings:Mana]], 1 [[:Ratings:Speed]] and 1 [[:Ratings:Strain]] to gain the 30 [Hull] and 10 [Armour], which would be counted as [[:Ratings:Health]] and [[:Ratings:Armour]], respectively. |
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| ===== Changelog ===== | ===== Changelog ===== |
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| __Version 0.5b - Dec 2025__ | Version 0.5 - Nov 2025 |
| * Wording updated. | |
| __Version 0.5 - Nov 2025__ | |
| * **Chrome Addiction** | * **Chrome Addiction** |
| * Now upgrades to Unreliable if already under the effects of Disadvantage. | * Now upgrades to Unreliable if already under the effects of Disadvantage. |
| * **Starting Package** | * **Starting Package** |
| * Addict starting budget changed to 1k/100k. | * Addict starting budget changed to 1k/100k. |
| | Version 0.5b - Dec 2025 |
| | * Wording updated. |
| | Version 0.5c - June 2026 |
| | * Starting Health Bonus reduced to 10 from 15 |
| | * Starting Strain Bonus reduced to 10 from 15 |
| | * Starting Proficiencies increased to 2 |
| | * Starting Proficiency list updated to include Knowledge - Material, Reaction, Sense and Tech |
| | * Addict starting budget changed to 1k/150k |
| | * Chrome Addiction now updated to have the Upgrading Ability |
| | * Chrome Addiction now also effects Checks and Attacks |
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