The House Rules

Character Creation

For the 2056 setting, I'm imposing some restrictions / limits / bars on the 2090-based IZ rules

Races :

• Androids : are part of IZ/2056, unavailable for PCs at this time. Really just advanced droids.
• Bioroids: do not exist / unavailable for PCs
• Cyborg (full conversion): are part of IZ/2056, unavailable for PCs at this time. look up "Chrome Fever".
• Humans: Well Known / Available to Play
• Humans 2.0: Well Known / Available to Play
• Simulcra (AKA "Replicants") are part of IZ/2056, and call them "Rumor-Yes, Exotic-Rare"; unavailable for PCs.
• Hybrids (AKA "Chimera") do not exist; unavailable for PCs.

Archetypes:

• Agents: part of IZ/2056, and call them "Rumor-Yes, Exotic-Rare"; unavailable for PCs.
• Bounty Hunters: Well Known / Available to Play
• Cybermonks: part of IZ/2056, and call them "Rumor-Yes, Exotic-Rare"; unavailable for PCs.
• Drone Jockeys: Well Known / Available to Play
• Ganger: Well Known / Available to Play
• Grifter: Well Known / Available to Play
• Hacker: Well Known / Available to Play
• Idol: Well Known / Available to Play
• Investigative Journalist: Well Known / Available to Play
• Patch Man: Well Known / Available to Play
• Ronin: Well Known / Available to Play
• Sector Cop: Well Known / Unvailable to Play
• Smuggler: Well Known / Available to Play
• Ex-Solder: Well Known / Available to Play
• Street-Rat: Well Known / Available to Play
• Zeeks (AKA "Psychers") are part of IZ/2056, and call them "Rumor-Yes, Exotic-Rare"; unavailable for PCs.

Other Rules

Chrome Fever

According to IZ/2090, the Strain you take from installing Cyberwear targets your Vigor stat. This means that enough Chrome on the body will literally kill you, if your rolls are bad.
In IZ/2056, the "Chrome Fever" mechanic allows the player to opt to use their Spirit stat instead. "Lethal Fatigue" is replaced with symptoms of Chrome Fever ; paranoia, megalomania, narcissism, excessive violence, etc. Essentially, every time you get stressed out / in combat, whatever, you make a Spirit roll. You fail the roll, you've got to do something way out of proportion to the situation.
Critical Fail? I decide what happens, and who it happens to.

Skill Specialization

Specialization is "OFF" by default.  All characters roll skills normally.  Characters can declare a skill to have a specialization at no cost;  they cannot change it after that point.  Specialization gives an Environmental bonus of +1 to all rolls related to the specialty.

Occupations

Pro Card Shark

Per Advance: 250CR X Smarts + 200CR x 1d4 winnings
Perk: Roll Gambling Skill in any scene that starts in a bar with a card table. Successful, they gain 250CR or +1 on a single Trait Roll

Pro Mechanic

Per Advance: 3500CR + 200CR x 1d4 custom work
Perk: Your character has a garage or workshop. +2 Repair to rolls on work done in your shop by you. In any scene that involves a vehicle leaving the Garage, a Raise on a Repair Skill roll gives the vehicle 1 Bennie to affect any single roll related to the vehicle.

City Trappings

INDUSTRIAL ZONE

+1 For Outgoing Netrunning Difficulty +2 For Incoming Netrunning Difficulty +1 For Outgoing Tracking-Urban Difficulty +2 For Incoming Tracking-Urban Difficulty -2 For Streetwise Rolls unless Survival(Urban)