400 PART 6 BACK MATTER INDEX 401 CHARACTER CREATION WALKTHROUGH 404 CHARACTER SHEETS & PREGENS 405 KICKSTARTER BACKERS 424
ADVENTURES 401 Actions Admin Ammunition Antique Weapons Area Attacks Armor Rating/Points Armor, Types & Costs Asset Attack Attack Modifiers Baphomet Belly Hound Benefits Beyonder Black Cab Bliss (Drug) Blundersnatcher Blurbflies, Actions & Control Combat Damage & Repair Hacking Models & Cost Modification & Upgrades Modules Boa Conscriptor Bonuses Boomer (Drug) Boron Branch Mangler Burst-Fire Called Shots Can't Be Mithered Character Advancement Character creation walkthrough Cherry Stoner (Drug) Choke (Drug) Climbing Combat Condom Rose Constable Alan Usher Controls Blurbs Cooperative Actions/Tasks Cortex Jammers (Drug) Cover Craves the Fix Cypher Cypher Limit Dagonite Damage, Ambient Direct Lasting 137 68 105 102 146 99,139 98-100,109 132 137-138 143-147 299 299-300 16-17 300 108,123 361 301 68,110 111 68,111-112 113 113-115 112 112 301 10 361 302 302 147 See: Attack Modifiers 67 157 404 363 363 149 19, 137-147, 295 248, 362 343-344 68 150 363 143-144 69 12, 358-375 169-170, 358 303 140 138 141-142, 158-159 NPCs Permanent Special Track Trading for Effect Types Das Uberdog Death Debilitated Defend (Action) Delves Deeper Dermal Plating Descriptor (Mode) Difficulty Disable/Operate Device Distance Disturbs the Peace Dodo DogMan DogManVurt DogShadow Doomer Dreamsnake Drip-Feed Account Driving/Piloting Drug addiction Dual-Wielding Dunce (VurtShadowDogMan) Edge Effort Enabler Encounter Encumbrance Erasure Snake Experience Points Explorer Falling Fayo-Fayo Feather Rules, Black Blue Bootleg Hybrid Pink Silver Yellow Feathers, Lucid Fetish (Drug) Fire (Damage from) Fire Modes Firearm Flake (RoboShadowDogMan) Flame Weapon 140 158-159 143 141 160 140, 161 345 141, 159, 290 141 148-149 71 99-100 20-43 131-132 151 135 72 82-83 24 34 26 303-304 304 108, 363 152-153 163 72 37 15 15, 132-133 17-18 137 139-140 304-305 12, 154-157, 162-163 44 140 305 168 167 171 168-169 167 169 168 171 363-364 140 147 See: Weapons, Ranged 38 102 INDEX 401
Flaunt Worm Float (RoboShadowVurtMan) Focus Frank Scenario Game Cat Genetics Ghost Cat GM Intrusion Goes Mad-Dog Gorsedd Grape Stoner (Drug) Grasp Guarding (Action) Gumbo YaYa Has Done Time Haze (Drug) Healing Health, Blurbflies NPCs Vehicles Hits the Jam Hobart Value Hobart's Constant Housing Costs Hronir Hyperprocesses Icarus Wing Illumination Inability (Skills) Inchovy Initial Cost Initiative Inpho-beam Insight Intellect Is a Lab Rat Is a Lucky Bleeder Is Idolized Jabberwalker Jazir Malik Jerk Out Jobs Jumping Keeps it Raw Keeps the Faith King Jaz Knock Back Knock Down Kukulkan Lemon Stoner (Drug) Life, the Universe and Everything Limbo 305-306 39 17, 66-96 348 182-183 20-21 306 12, 134 74 307 364 See: Cypher Limit 149 348 75 365 149, See Also: Recovery Rolls 111 140 118 76 163-165 164 108 308 76 349 145 20 308 135 137 176, 294 153-154 14 73 77 78 309 See: King Jaz 84, 170 96 149-150 79 80 175 134 134 324 366 42 200-201 Liquidates Lives Life as a Dodo Lock-Picking Looking/Listening Lucid Blue feathers Major/Minor Effect Makes it Their Problem Mathemagician/Mathemagick Mechanism of Exchange Mechsuit Melee Melee Weapons Metavurt Might Miniatures Minocentre Miskel Mode Money Movement Moving Targets Naga Naga Antivenom Napalm Filters (Drug) Navigation Roll Neural Link Never Jerks Out NPCs Objects, Attacks on Personal Data Feather (PDF) Pitch Worm Plays to Win Plugs In Point-Blank Range Pool Practiced Prone Position Pure Dog Pure Human Pure Robo Pure Shadow Pure Vurt Pure Vurt Flesh Questing Beast (Creature) Questing Beast (Feather Series) Range Ranged Weapons in Close Combat Recovery Roll Retrying After Failure RoboDog RoboDogMan RoboDogShadow RoboMan 81 82 151 150 366-367 134, 161 83 48-55 163-165 127 See: Combat 101 172 14 161-162 312-313 165 See: Descriptor (Mode) 98 147-148 146 313 368 368 136, 292-293 43, 86, 120 84 143, 146 147 107 314 85 86 144 15 100 144 144 22 21 23 22 24 315-316 265-269 144-145, 161 144-145 142-143 134 26 32 34 27 INDEX 402
RoboManShad RoboManVurt RoboShad RoboShadowVurt RoboVurt RoboVurtDog Round Runs the Ginnels Scraps Like a Scally Securivurt Shadow (Mode) Shadow Powers Shadow Slug ShadowDogMan ShadowMan ShadowManVurt ShadowVurt ShadowVurtDog Shows Them All Shugazir Skill Skyjelly Slim Sandman Sonic Grenade Sonic Jingles Spanner (RoboShadowVurtDog) Speaker Special Abilities, Dog Focus Human Mathemagician Robo Shadow Speaker Vurt Warrior Explorer Special Rolls Specialized (Skills) Speed (PC Stat) Squid (RoboVurtDogMan) Stats Stealth Step (Task Difficulty) Stone Balloon Stun-stick Stunner (Pistol/Riot) Subscription Hormones Surprise Swap Swimming Takes the Reins 36 36 31 37 31 35 131, 137 87 88 172 22 43 316-317 33 28 32 31 35 89 317 18, 132 319 319 370 370-371 39 55 41 See: specific Focus, 66-96 42 48-55 43 43 56-59 42 60-64 45-48 133 132 14 40 14 151-152 132 320 102 104 372 144 See: Mechanisms of Exchange 145-146, 152 90 Takshaka Task Difficulty, Determination Modification Table Task Stat Determination Tasks Terrain (Rough/Difficult) Thermofish (Creature) ThermoFish (Feather) Thundersleyar Tools Tops Gears Tracks Marks Trained Travel Turn Type U-Type ShadowMan Unarmed Combat Unspeakable Uplink Port Vehicles, Armor Chases/Racing Combat Damage General Stats Repairs Retail Models Upgrades (Accessories & Modifications) Visibility Vurt (Mode) Vurt Cartography VurtDog Vurtlag VurtMan Wait (Action) Warrior Water (Movement/Combat) Weapons, Damage Types Flame vs Antique Improvised Melee Melee Ranged Upgrades (Attachments & Modifications) Willow Whisperer Works for the City Works the Room XCab (Nu-Xcabs) 323 131-132 132 8, 132 131 130-132 148 320 261-263 320 106-107 92 93 132 135-136 131 44-65 28 139 321 43, 86 119 153 153 118-119 118 119-120 121-128 120-121 145 24 246 27 170 29 148 59 145-146, 152 101 102 101 101-102 102-104 105-106 321-322 93 95 109, 123 INDEX 403
THE MODE DESCRIPTOR, TYPE, AND FOCUS ARE WHAT COMPLETE THE SENTENCE AT THE TOP OF YOUR CHARACTER SHEET. THIS SENTENCE IS THE BASIS OF YOUR PC. CHOOSE YOUR MODE DESCRIPTOR This first step in the process is where you decide what your PC is, physically. Mode Descriptor indicates not only their genetic makeup, but also the the traits and aptitudes they were born with. Add the various benefits, skills, inabilities or bonus pool points granted in each Mode Descriptor. Tier 1 mode special abilities will be available as well. Your PC might also gain additional equipment. Lastly, you’ll choose from a list of 4 possible initial links to the starting adventure, or come up with your own. CHOOSE YOUR TYPE Here you have the basic core of your PC, the part that has nothing to do with their genetics or their job. Type is where you’ll get your Pool starting values. Fill in those values. All PCs get an additional 6 points to divide among the Pools however you’d like. Distribute these points now. Also, your mode descriptor might also have already added a few additional points. If so, add them to the appropriate starting Pool. Now your Stat Pools are complete. Type also determines your Edge stats. Fill those in now. Add any Effort, skills, tier 1 special abilities associated with your type, and/or tier 1 mode special abilities associated with your mode descriptor. Be sure to write down the cost (if any) of any special abilities and to note whether you are trained (T) or specialized (S) in a skill. Cypher Grasp is indicated as well, something that really matters when travelling in the Vurt world where your PC is limited to what they can “take in with them”. When in the real world, this number indicates how many cyphers your PC might walk around with (relatively) safely before drawing attention to themselves. Most types get starting equipment of some kind, like a weapon. Choose those and add them to your sheet. You may get some starting cyphers and/or money as well. Add these to your character sheet. CHOOSE YOUR FOCUS Focus is what your character does, what moves them and pushes them to do what they do. Most foci also grant Tier 1 special abilities to your PC. Add these to your character sheet along with the other special abilities. Additional equipment might also be indicated. You may choose a connection to other PCs in your party or create your own. GET READY TO PLAY List your attacks- While most attacks are determined by your choice of weapon, some special abilities, Types or Foci grant additional damage to unarmed attacks, or grant natural or integrated weapons such as a dog’s teeth or a robo implant. Armor rating is mostly determined by physical armor worn by the character, but certain traits may modify this, regardless of equipment. Fill this in. In the Notes portion of the character sheet, any character information not listed elsewhere can be listed here, including the major and minor effect and GM intrusion suggestions provided by a character’s Focus. Your PC’s initial link to the starting adventure and connections with other PCs can go here as well. If you have anything else you want to keep in mind during the game, put it under Notes. You can fill in your PC’s background bio, and perhaps draw/insert image into the portrait box. Your character sheet is now complete, you’re ready to hit the mad streets of Manchester! NOTE: All characters start out as Tier 1, with an Effort of 1, and with 0 XP. To create a higher tier PC, simply follow the basic progression, starting at Tier 1 1 2 4 3 HOW TO CREATE A VURT PLAYER CHARACTER
We at Ravendesk Games would like to extend special thanks to these people, without whom we never would've created this game. Or else, we would have lost our mind in the process, or done a really bad job. Anyway thanks very much: Pauline Lepera Dulce Ramos Eric Priestley Mark Rickard Jennifer Klinger Jonathan Uttenreither Andrew Mura Omen Wild Adam Gubman Our friends at Monte Cook Games Louis Lepera Gabriella Lepera Louisa Lepera Lethicia Lepera Cheyenne Coles Scribble, canine secretary Peggy Sue and G. Rod, David, and April Pruitt The City of Manchester And most importantly, Jeff Noon And finally, to our beloved backers who are listed on the following pages. DODO TOWN After many hours of walking the lamp-lit boulevards we finally reached a House of Sleep, one of those fabled palaces where eyes might close at last and one world might fade into another. Sadly, the place was closed. A notice in the window said DONE DREAMING. Together we traced our steps back to the town square where all the other lonely refugees were gathered. - Jeff Noon
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