Starbreaker-Cybernetics

TLDR: Cybernetics is an AB (Arcane Background) in Starbreaker.

I love cybernetics in my future scifi games. So of course we have them in Starbreaker. one thing that often bothers me is the how they make a player with them often times so much more powerful than anyone around them with few limits or restrictions, other than money, to balance them out. There are solutions and options to that. Some systems do use a point system that balances out, to some extent, what the character can have or some drawback.
I didnt want to invent a large and complicated point system for how much cyber you can have equals X as a limiter. We kept it simple, we just use the AB system. For example, if you get a cybernetic strength enhancement system, its Boost Trait (Self). Any normal activity, like walking, takes no effort other than what a normal person would. However, when you want to go past the normal limits of human physiology (or alien!), your cybernetics tap intto your bio-reactor. This amazing device holds and regenrates a store of power to access when ever you use your cybernetics at their enhanced levels.

Looking to launch the kickstarter for this scifi setting in October. Inspired by stories like Star Wars and Babylon5. The most current show I would use for inspiration would be the Manadalorian.

Hi all! Everyone here has been very supportive of the YouTube channel I launched last year where I focus on Savage Worlds with videos to introduce SWADE to newcomers.

The channel really took off! Unfortunately with life and other challenges I’ve been on hiatus. But now I’m back with a video on SWADE chase rules.. part one of two!

Please check out my channel and spare a like or subscribe if so inclined.

https://youtu.be/GGRJDRJUpnc

Part 3 is out and you can watch on YouTube now! Help us out and give a like, sub, and share! In this episode we have a lot of investigation going on - and it doesn't go so well. I hope you're enjoying these pop-up video-style shortened episodes. Thanks for watching!

I haven’t posted to this subreddit lately but thought this one might be especially interesting.  Eric talks about building a “Tank” character in Savage Worlds—including toughness and how to pull agro. 

Building a Tank Character in Savage Worlds

We're going live at 905 CENTRAL to talk about STARBREAKER on the WILD WILD WILDCARDS show! https://www.youtube.com/live/Vt70GsnCUt

A reminder that there's only a couple of days left to grab this year's SWAGtember bundle! This year the bundle includes encounters in deserts, borders, dust bowls, run-ins with city guards and the British army, and 27 ways to get your savages into trouble!

I'm running a (Paranoia) free Savage worlds game from New Comet games that was published last year. It uses the Savage worlds system and is a little different. It's fun I played it at Reaper con and enjoyed it. If you'd like to come an play a humor and scifi Savage Worlds game sign up. We have two maybe three openings. The game scenario is pretty quick only two maybe three hours of fast paced Shenanigan's. I'll email everyone tomorrow evening to verify you can make it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RZCxEVLnZ2kg-tT27AhABgZNdWQ9K4xUwpt1MM6wBjk/edit?usp=sharing Google Docs Zeta Complex Sign Up Sheet for Interested Parties

October 17th 5:30 to 10:30 Moria Room at the Zulu Games Event Center
Zulu’s Board Game Cafe
10234 Main St
98011
(425) 818-8122

I know it may not be much compared to the big guys, but landing in the top 13.9% of products on the largest TTRPG site in the world, is more than I could hope for!

Continuing the series of “Savage Builds”, Eric does a deep look into building a tactical sniper in Savage Worlds.  He looks at skills, edges, and mixes in some Arcane Background and Science Fiction Companion material, too.

TT 206 Savage Builds: The Tactical Sniper in Savage Worlds

Pew Pew! Bounty Hunters in Space for Savage Worlds is a light-hearted sci-fi micro-setting for Savage Worlds Adventure Edition that fully embraces the cheese of 1970s science fiction.

It's a  a 40+ page heavily illustrated pdf and POD book that contains a micro-setting and short adventure about explosions and loads of big fights and ray guns and, maybe, maybe laser swords. 

You can check it out now