CyberMyth: Vocation and Persona Creation

Vocations

SEC: Socio-Economic Class does not hold as strong an importance CyberMyth as it does in Mythus. It does however determine the persona's Universal K/S area STEEPs, starting money, and number of extra connections.

Starting Money: Unlike Mythus, CyberMyth characters do not start off with a DMI, Net Worth, or Bank Accounts, all they have is Cash on Hand. Bank Accounts can be gained by depositing money and a DMI can be obtained by investing money and/or getting a job, or possible through less savory means. A persona's Net Worth is determined by what is bought is with the starting money, and any money gained after that. Any items that are permanent in nature raise the persona's Net Worth by half their value. These items include cyberware, vehicles, equipment, weapons (but not ammo), and anything else that is of everyday use and is not considered for one or two uses only. Some items retain their full value when figuring Net Worth. These are such things as Bank Accounts, land, housing, art objects, one-of-a-kind electronics or programs, hidden caches of money, and the like.
To determine a characters starting money simple multiply the number in the vocational description area of Starting Money times the persona's SEC. In addition, Nomads gain a bonus of 10,000 BUCs (5,000 BUCs if SEC 3 or lower) that can be used towards the purchase of a single vehicle. If the vehicle is less than this amount, than the remaining money is lost.

Extra Connections: So far it seems that the higher SEC characters will have a big advantage over lower SEC ones. This area will help to even that out. Obviously, higher SEC characters have had better education and the money necessary to survive. Lower SEC characters however just had themselves, and of course, the friends to make sure they made it through the night. To represent this, character of SEC 6 and lower gain extra connections, as per the following chart:

SEC  # of Extra Connections
  1        8
  2        7
  3        6
  4        4
  5        2
  6        1

All of these connection are normal people, not Solos or Netrunners, but can prove to be infallible allies.

Character Creation: The way a persona is made is now totally different than Mythus. A vocation is no longer a set of K/S areas with preset STEEPs. The following is the new rules for creating a character.

Step One: A vocation is chosen, and then SEC is rolled. Determine starting money and extra connections.
Step Two: The vocation is designed, then Attributes are rolled and assigned. Add any age modifiers, and figure out STEEPs.
Step Three: Extra K/S Areas are chosen based on Trait scores and Vocational Trait. Any finishing rolls are made, i.e. Joss, Attractiveness, Handedness, etc. Note: The seventh child table is no longer used.
Step Four: Character quirks and personality are chosen, and history is rolled.
Step Five: Character buys equipment and rolls up connections. The character should now be ready for play.

As for vocations, they are merely guidelines to creating a character. Each vocation will have the following things listed, as detailed below:

(Vocation Name and page in CP)    (Vocation Trait)
(Starting Money)
(Trait Area K/S Areas Required and STEEPs)
(Secondary Area K/S Areas Required and STEEPs)
(Trinary Area K/S Areas Required and STEEPs)

During step two a player must design his character's vocation. Each vocation is given 248 points to distribute between the three Trait K/S areas, each with its own limitations and guidelines. Each vocation has a list of K/S areas that must be chosen, and a minimum Base STEEP for each. The following guidelines hold true for all vocations:

All points are to be spent in 4 point blocks, i.e. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, or 28. The Trait area is allocated 124 points of Base STEEP, and all of these must be spent in that area. These points must first be used to purchase the required K/S areas, and then can be used to pick up any addition ones from the Trait area, under the following guidelines:

Upto 1 K/S at 28 Base STEEP
Upto 2 K/S at 24 Base STEEP (1 if a K/S was chosen at 28)
Upto 4 K/S at 20 Base STEEP (2 if a K/S was chosen at 28)
Upto 8 K/S at 16 Base STEEP
Unlimited number of K/S areas at a Base STEEP of 12, 8, and 4.

The Secondary area is allocated 84 points of Base STEEP, but upto 20 of these may be spent in the Trait area. However, required K/S areas must be purchased first. The following guidelines are given for the Secondary area:

Upto 1 K/S at 24 Base STEEP
Upto 2 K/S at 20 Base STEEP (1 if a K/S was chosen at 24)
Upto 5 K/S at 16 Base STEEP (2 if a K/S was chosen at 24)
Upto 8 K/S at 12 Base STEEP
Unlimited number of K/S areas at a Base STEEP of 8 and 4

The Trinary area is allocated 40 points of Base STEEP, but these points may be spent on the other areas instead, as long as any required K/S areas in this area are bought first. The following list are the guidelines for the trinary area:

Upto 1 K/S at either 20 or 16 Base STEEP
Upto 2 K/S at 12 Base STEEP
Unlimited number of K/S areas at a Base STEEP of 8 and 4

Following these guidelines, the player should come up with a vocation that is acceptable to the GM. Also, it should be noted that the rate of improvement for K/S areas should be as follows:

     Trait area      1:1
     Secondary Area  1:1.5
     Trinary Area    1:2

Vocation Descriptions

For actual descriptions of these vocations refer to the Cyberpunk 2020 rulebook. The following are the descriptions and requirements for each vocation.

Rockerboy (p. 6) Spiritual Trait
Starting Money: 3,350 BUCs

Spiritual K/S Areas  Base STEEP
Charismatism              12+
Magnetism                 12+
Musical Composition       12+
Poetry/Lyrics             12+
Thesbianism                8+
Writing, Creative          4+

Physical K/S Areas   Base STEEP

Music                     16+

Mental K/S Areas     Base STEEP

None

Solo (p. 8) Physical Trait
Starting Money: 4,550 BUCs

Physical K/S Areas   Base STEEP

Combat, (choice)          20+
Combat, (choice)          16+
Combat, (choice)          12+
Combat, (choice)          12+
Survival                  12+
Weapons, Special Skills   12+
Arms & Armor, Modern       4+

Mental K/S Areas     Base STEEP

Demolitions                4+

Spiritual K/S Areas  Base STEEP

Streetwise                 8+
Leadership                 4+

Netrunners (p. 10) Mental Trait
Starting Money: 3,200 BUCs

Mental K/S Areas     Base STEEP

Interface                 20+
Programming               16+
System Knowledge          16+
Combat, Computer          12+
Cyberdeck Design           4+

Spiritual K/S Areas  Base STEEP

Writing, Creative          4+

Physical K/S Areas   Base STEEP

None

Techie (p. 12) Physical Trait
Starting Money: 2,700 BUCs

Physical K/S Areas   Base STEEP

Mechanics                 20+
Any Tech Skill 
 (Aero, AV, Gyro, or Med) 16+
Any Tech Skill
 (Aero, AV, Gyro, or Med) 16+
Smithing/Welding          12+

Mental K/S Areas     Base STEEP

Electronics               12+
Engineering               12+
Physics                   12+

Spiritual K/S Areas  Base STEEP

Jury Rig                  12+

Medtechie (p. 12) Physical Trait
Starting Money: 4,800 BUCs

Physical K/S Areas   Base STEEP

First Aid                 20+
Medical Tech              20+

Mental K/S Areas     Base STEEP

Pharmaceuticals           16+
Toxicology                12+
Medicine, Veterinary       4+

Spiritual K/S Areas  Base STEEP

Medicine, Oriental        12+

Media (p. 14) Spiritual Trait
Starting Money: 3,120 BUCs

Spiritual K/S Areas  Base STEEP

Interview                 20+
Charismatism              16+
Magnetism                 16+
Personal Grooming         12+
Thesbianism               12+
Photography                8+
Leadership                 4+

Mental K/S Areas     Base STEEP

Influence                 16+
Journalism                12+
Foreign Language (choice)  4+

Physical K/S Areas   Base STEEP

Travel                     4+

Cop (P. 16) Physical Trait
Starting Money: 3,020 BUCs

Physical K/S Areas   Base STEEP

Police Work               20+
Surveillance/Security     16+
Combat, Handgun           12+
Combat, (choice)          12+
Criminal Activities        8+

Mental K/S Areas     Base STEEP

Law                       16+
Criminal Activities        8+
Criminology                8+

Spiritual K/S Areas  Base STEEP

Leadership                 4+
Streetwise                 4+

Corporate (p. 18) Mental Trait
Starting Money: 4,350 BUCs

Mental K/S Areas     Base STEEP

Economics/Financing/
 Investing                20+
Business Administration   16+
Influence                 12+
Foreign Language (choice)  4+

Physical K/S Areas   Base STEEP

None

Spiritual K/S Areas  Base STEEP

None

Fixer (p. 20) Mental Trait
Starting Money: 4,050 BUCs

Mental K/S Areas     Base STEEP

Criminal Activities       20+
Current  Events           16+
Deception                 12+
Appraisal                  8+
Rarities                   8+

Physical K/S Areas   Base STEEP

Criminal Activities       20+

Spiritual K/S Areas  Base STEEP

Streetwise                16+

Nomad (p. 22) Physical Trait
Starting Money: 2,050 BUCs (see text above)

Physical K/S Areas   Base STEEP

Driving or Motorcycle     20+
Mechanics                 16+
Combat, (choice)          12+
Combat, (choice)          12+
Travel                     8+
Criminal Activities        4+

Mental K/S Areas     Base STEEP

Criminal Activities        4+

Spiritual K/S Areas  Base STEEP

None