Installing cyberware costs "Humanity." If your Humanity drops too low, your character risks losing their grip on reality and becoming a cyberpsycho. Getting Started

If you played 2020, you remember the horror of the Netrunner mini-game. The GM would run the dungeon for the party, then spend 45 minutes running a separate digital dungeon for the hacker while everyone else ordered pizza.

Netrunners use "Interface" actions to navigate floors of a Datafortress, fighting Black ICE programs that can physically fry their nervous systems. The Economy of Scarcity

Combat in Night City is dangerous. The rules prioritize "Friday Night Firefight" logic, where one bad roll can lead to a lost limb or a trip to the morgue. Armor and Ablation

For decades, Cyberpunk 2020 sat on the throne of gritty, lethal sci-fi RPGs. But let’s be real: the 2020 rules were showing their age. The netrunning system required a second PhD, and the combat, while deadly, moved about as fast as a data terminal from the 80s.