The Personals

Now, let's take a look at what's inside your punk's head (besides the cybernetics). For each table, you'll be rolling either 1d10 or 1d6 to determine a piece of your Characters history, their style, or their outlook on the world. In some cases you'll be called on to make multiple rolls on the same table. If at any point you roll something you don't think fits with your Character you can feel free to choose an option instead.

Cultural Origins

The Cyberpunk world is multicultural and multinational. You either learn to deal with all kinds of people from all over a fractured and chaotic world, or you die the first time you look side-eye at the wrong person. Where you come from determines your native language. In RED, we assume everyone speaks Streetslang, the pidgin that has evolved to be used by almost everyone in the Dark Future, but you probably also have another primary tongue you learned at your mother's knee. After rolling to determine your general cultural region, choose one of the languages from the list adjacent to your cultural region. You begin with 4 points in that Language Skill. There are hundreds of languages spoken around the world but for our purposes here we've listed the most commonly spoken languages in each region during the Time of the Red. If you want your Character to speak a language that isn't represented you can go ahead and choose that language instead of one of the listed languages.

Your Motivations and Relationships

Your Personality

This is what you're like as a person. Are you the kind of Character that stands away from the pack, aloof and calculating? A party animal who loves to get messed up? The stable and competent professional who always has a plan?

Dress and Personal Style

In Cyberpunk, what you look like is (to The Street) a snapshot of who you are. Your clothes, hairstyles and even personal touches can determine how people will relate to you, for good or for bad. Remember: an Exec wearing Street Casual, a rainbow mohawk, and ritual scars is probably not going to get that promotion they wanted. Note that your clothing style is more about the style of clothes you favor, not the individual items. You could wear a tailored business suit jacket, a rawhide fringed Nomad jacket, a high-tech light collared urban flash jacket, or even a torn and ripped leather jacket with gang colors all over the back. Each one is the same item of clothing (jacket), but defined by the style of jacket your Character favors.