METROPOLIS  

LIFEPATH


Overview
These lifepath tables are organized in the same manner as the standard Cyberpunk 2020 lifepath tables. They should be used in the same order as those in 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Origins and Personal Style

Dress & Personal Style 
Use the standard table on p. 34 of Cyberpunk 2020.

Ethnic Origins
Use the standard table on p. 34 of Cyberpunk 2020.

2. Family Background

Family Ranking (1d10)
Die roll Family Ranking/Origin
1-2 Lower City Homeless
3 Worker Family (indentured servant)
4 Fixer or Mobile Cybershop owner
5 Lower City Small Shopkeeper
6 Crime family
7 Normal working-class
8 Upper City technician
9 Upper City manager
10 Upper City executive
 
Status of Parents (1d10)
Die roll Status
1 - 6 Both are alive and well
7 - 10 Something has happened to one or both
 
What happened to parent(s)? (1d10 for each)
Die roll Situation
1 Died in warfare
2 Died in an accident
3 Murdered (25% chance that you know by whom)
4 Parents do not remember you
5 You never knew your parents
6 in hiding from the corps
7 Left with relatives for safekeeping
8 You were cast out from family
9 Parents gave you up for adoption (forced?)
10 Sold you for money (possibly to clear debt to Joh Fredersen)
 
Family Standing (1d10)
Die roll Status/reputation
1 - 6 Family status in danger (roll for Family Tragedy)
7 - 10 Status is OK (even if one/both of your parents died)
 
Family Tragedy (1d10)
Die roll Status
1 Lost everything through betrayal
2 Lost everything through bad management
3 Family turned to crime, you didn't
4 Family is imprisoned, you escaped
5 Family joined a cult, you didn't
6 Family vanished, only you are left
7 Family killed; only you survived
8 Drifted apart due to misfortune
9 Hereditary feud with rival family or gang
10 You inherited family debt, which must be paid
 
Childhood Environment (1d10)
Die roll Environment
1 In the Lower City, no adult supervision
2 Relatively safe and sheltered
3 with the Gothics or street band
4 Run-down, crime-ridden area (Lower City)
5 Defended Corp Zone in the Upper City
6 In the Lower City with own or adopted family
7 Small village or town far from the city
8 Commercial or technical district
9 In the catacombs
10 In the Worker City

Siblings

Use the standard table on p. 35 of Cyberpunk 2020.

3. Motivations
Use the standard tables on p. 36 of Cyberpunk 2020.

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