u/edenroz

Hi PVNKs,

I'm running a CY_BORG campaign using several modules, including Clean Break, Down Bad, CVLT OF THE HADRON LAMB, Beyond CY and Lucky Casino.

Next on: spoiler for Clean Break.

My players have just completed Reaper Repo and the first mission of Clean Break. Their next objective is to build Sanny an autonomous body.

The intended route in Clean Break involves interacting with the Crash Kids, and I'm perfectly happy to keep that as one possible solution. However, I'd like to give the players an alternative path rather than making the Crash Kids mandatory.

I'm considering using material from either Down Bad / Tombstown or CVLT OF THE HADRON LAMB to create this alternative.

The idea I'm currently playing with is that the players could acquire a recycled/empty biological body: something that is already autonomous and functional, requiring very little maintenance, rather than a conventional cybernetic body.

I'm not sure which module would be the better fit for this.

For people who have run these modules:

Would Tombstown from Down Bad or CVLT OF THE HADRON LAMB work better as the basis for this alternative route?

I'm not looking to replace the Crash Kids storyline. I'd like the alternative to feel like a legitimate CY_BORG option with its own flavor and consequences, while still fitting naturally into the campaign. We hate railroading at the table.

I'd especially appreciate advice from anyone who has actually run or played these modules, since I don't want to invent connections that would not fit with the story.

Thanks a lot for any reply.

PS: I'm not a native English-speaking person hence I hereby declare that I've used AI to help me in writing this post in order to have better grammar.

I’m struggling and I honestly don’t know if I’m having a trauma response or picking up on something real.

For context, my DDay was 1/8/21, so betrayal trauma is still very real for me and I know I can get triggered by things other people might brush off.

I’ve been with my current girlfriend since November 2024. Recently she sent me a voice message while she was in the car. In the background, I can hear what sounds like a male voice. She told me it was just the radio and that she turned it down, but something about it doesn’t sit right with me.

What’s messing with my head is that the music is very low, but the male voice still seems noticeable. I even worked on the audio a bit myself, and the voice still stands out to me. Now I’m stuck in that awful space of wondering if I’m hearing a radio host/talker from the car speakers, or if there was actually a man in the car with her.

Because of what I went through after DDay, I don’t trust my instincts the way I used to. I can’t tell if this is genuine intuition, hypervigilance, or me trying to protect myself from being blindsided again.

Has anyone else been triggered by something small like this and not known whether to trust themselves? How do you tell the difference between betrayal trauma and actual red flags? And if you were in my position, would you bring it up again or let it go unless something else happens?

I don’t want to become controlling or paranoid, but I also don’t want to ignore something that could matter.