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Talsorian Games, Inc., Cyberpunk is a registered trademark of CD Projekt Red S.A. All rights reserved under the Universal Copyrights Convention.  \nAll situations, governments, and people herein are fictional. Any similarities portrayed herein without satiric intent are strictly coincidental.  \nLISTEN UP! TO JONJONTHEWISE  \nListen up, chooms!  \nIf you’ve visited my YouTube channel, you know I love Cyberpunk RED.  \nI love Cyberpunk RED because it provides us to explore the many complicated facets of what makes us human. We learn more about ourselves as we make decisions for a person we fabricated by spending points, rolling dice, and consulting a book. Our characters mean so much to us because they are an extension of ourselves. We walk in their shoes and observe how they grow into a survivor of the Dark Future. Our games provide a front-row seat to the theater of our mind.  \nBeing a Gamemaster in the Dark Future can seem like a daunting task. Your decisions can impact the game for many sessions to come, and you feel a special responsibility to “do it right.” Sometimes being a GM means you play the rules as written, and other times you may be required to interpret the rules in ways the rules didn’t forsee. That’s part of the finesse of being a Gamemaster.  \nYou may have ideas about creating variations to the existing rules during your gameplay and campaign preparations. Making and changing the rules is a normal part of gaming, colloquially named homebrew. It isn’t just allowed but encouraged as a way to customize the game to the unique variables represented by your gaming group.  \nWhile homebrewing can improve your experience, it can also result in unintended consequences to the balance and playability of your game. It is a fine line requiring careful consideration. In this guide, I’m offering some of my own personal homebrew ideas. I’ve found they improve my table’s gameplay experiences while minimizing the overall impact of the consequences of my changes to the game at large.  \nWhen it comes to homebrew at my table, these are my guidelines.  \n1. Know and play the rules as written first. You can’t change the rules if you don’t know them. I know the Mayor of Balancetown personally, and he’s worked very hard in tuning them.  \n2. Apply a soft change to the rules. Big changes have big consequences. Small changes minimize the impact on the game as a whole, making them easier to incorporate into play.  \n3. After seeing your homebrew implemented, reflect on its impact on your game. Determine if you need to pull back or double down. If necessary, be ready to scrap the homebrew entirely.  \n4. Remember, this is supposed to be fun.  \nWe’re at the end of this transmission, and I have to run. I have a date with Zigurrat, and Microtech isn’t too happy about it. You have everything you need. Now it’s time to do what you do best.  \nJonJonTheWise  \n[https://www.youtube.com/@JonJonTheWise](https://www.youtube.com/@JonJonTheWise)  \n2  \nJonJon’s been kind enough to illustrate his wise council with examples from his actual table. You’ll know you’ve run into one of JonJon’s examples because it will be italicized, in quotes, and next to picture of his friendly face!  \nLISTEN UP! TO JONJONTHEWISE  \nJonJonTheWise’s GM Advice  \n j o n j o n t h e w i s e s g m a d v i c e   \nNeed some help plotting your game? Here’s some advice from one of the best Cyberpunk RED GMs around.  \nOn Making a Cyberpunk pLOt  \nIn my experience, the best Cyberpunk plots involve your Players’ backstories. So, being familiar with your Player Character’s Lifepath is always beneficial. Scour their Lifepath and look for nuggets of inspiration to inject into your plot.  \nNeed a bad guy? Look at their enemies. Need an ally? Look at their friends ","cbCaigJxMiphlJvw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigJxMiphlJvw","pdf",1254170,8,"English","# JonJonTheWise’s GM Advice\n## On Making a Cyberpunk pLOt\n## On starting a sessiOn With styLe","[{\"question\":\"What is the guide’s core approach to using homebrew rules in Cyberpunk RED?\",\"answer\":\"Know and play the rules as written first, apply only soft changes, and then reflect on how the changes affect balance and playability. Be ready to scrap the homebrew if needed.\"},{\"question\":\"How should a GM build a Cyberpunk plot using player information?\",\"answer\":\"Use players’ backstories and Lifepaths as inspiration. 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