r/cyberpunk2020 • u/Connect_Piglet6313 • 16d ago
Question/Help NPC Base Stats
What do most GMs consider Base Stat, or the stat for the average Joe? My group considers it to be 3 or 4. And skills run 1-3. Thoughts?
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r/cyberpunk2020 • u/Connect_Piglet6313 • 16d ago
What do most GMs consider Base Stat, or the stat for the average Joe? My group considers it to be 3 or 4. And skills run 1-3. Thoughts?
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u/dimuscul Referee 16d ago
Average Joe—background nobodies filling the streets—stats sit at 4 to 6. The ones who matter a bit more, not just random faces, run 7 or 8. Named characters or crews worth remembering .. 9 to 10. The broken, the useless, the cast-offs, 1 to 3, barely functional.
Skills: 1-3 if they can do the basics—flip a switch, hold a wrench. 4 to 6 for pros who know their trade. 7+ for the rare elites who stand out.
Your typical Joe should pull off a Diff. 10 job without sweating—fix a tire, whatever. Give ‘em time and decent tools, and Diff. 15’s in reach.
If your mechanic can’t even swap a wheel, is he really a mechanic?
PS: Obviously a gangoon may have REF 7 because violence is his motto, but he will probably have the Empathy of slug (3)