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Back in 2024 I ran a Cyberpunk RED campaign. I was inspired by things like The Last of Us and Fallout, so I really wanted to lean into the post-apocalyptic side of things. The setting was in 2070's, so I decided to create a 5th Corporate War. But I also decided to make it a zomby apocalypse in a way.

I did just that by introducing a new McGuffin: Bio-Adapting Chrome. Meant to overcome cyberpsychosis and be almost indistinguishable from meat, and also meant to be able to adapt under the user's preferences. However, something went wrong. The chrome triggered a cyberpsychosis-like state of high alert, treating everything around as a threat and turning its host into a living weapon. It would take over its hosts brain, limbs and other body parts, slowly replacing them one by one. A hand becomes a rifle, another grows sharp claws. And in this state any food will suffice — might as well eat humans.

From a technical standpoint, this "virus" spreads through a bite. Victim must make a WILL saving throw and if they fail, they receive a 4d10 humanity loss, 5d6 physical damage and the process of succumbing to the "virus" will begin. First step is relatively kind: the infected enters a state of bliss, in which they do not feel emotional pain, sadness, anger or anything like that. That's their brain slowly turning off. Then they enter the cyberpsycho phase. If they're not stopped in the next 24 hours, the virus takes hold, making them borderline unstoppable.

Of course, there is more to it. If a person has intelligence of 8 or higher, they can control themselves, like higher vampires. However, if your intelligence is lower... You're not in control anymore. You can still see, hear and feel everything.

Gameplay-wise, the Cybernecrosis-infected has a few cool things: Claws, a ROF 2 light melee weapon that deals 3d6 damage through the Brawling skill; Fangs, a ROF 1 melee weapon that activates the virus spread through, again, brawling; Subdermal Armor, Level Damper, a Pop-Out Ranged Weapon, and a set of cybereyes.

In my campaign, the corporation that created the thing, The Morrow, put it in various cyberware items they produced, and one day they just hit a button that triggered the outbreak. Their cyberware was everywhere, and when they triggered the outbreak there was no way out.

Do with this information what you will! I think it's a pretty cool extreme homebrew idea

Hi! I'm Sasha, 22 years old. I was born in Russia to a Ukrainian mother, and left the country as soon as I turned 18 because I didn't want anything to do with it. Since then I was looking for a way to reconnect with my heritage: making friends from Ukraine, learning some phrases (although the process was hard due to me having to manage a life alone, three jobs and all that stuff) and learning Ukrainian history and culture. I'm fluent in English, but sometimes I crave being a part of Ukrainian communities (such as Metro and the Witcher), and I also want to try and get a citizenship in the future, because I have proof of my mom being born in Ukraine.

Yesterday, after the Gamescom ONL I was very disappointed in the russian-speaking community's reaction to CDPR not releasing a russian voiceover for the new Witcher 3 expansion, and that was the last straw for me. I wanna learn this beautiful fucking language and forget about russian, so I'm looking for any videos, materials, books or courses that might help me. Слава Україні!

every car feels different. the sound design is amazing. cars actually gain momentum going downhill. the longer you floor it, the longer your car will drive by itself. and the best part? i’m playing on ps5, and it’s by far the best use of adaptive triggers i’ve seen in my life

georgia, as well as a few other countries used to be a part of the russian playstation store, but after russia launched a full scale invasion in ukraine (slava ukraini, btw), georgia as well as a few other countries have lost their access to the store. this is why georgians and citizens of georgia rely so much on physical games and gift cards, or services that allow to create an account in countries like turkey and poland.

by shutting down the physical market, sony playstation effectively cuts off georgia, kazakhstan, belarus from being able to buy new videogames. and moreover, they still don’t allow to change your region.