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Cyberpunk
odd situations
- Encounters -
[1] In a bar 3
[2] In a poor district 3
[3] In an industrial district 4
[4] In the sewers 5
[5] In a rich district 5
[6] In a mall 6
[7] In a capsule hotel 7
[8] On the roofs 7
[9] In the Cyberspace 8
[10] In the HQ of a megacorp 9
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[1] In a bar A gang has “booked” the place for
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the birthday of their boss.
A man with a cybernetic arm
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playing pool and drinking beer. A completely drunk person about
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to have their credits stolen.
A crazy-eyed man selling illegal
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or defective implants. Salarymen having a drinking
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party to celebrate a contract.
An old cop drinking away his
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dead teammates and infidel wife. The place is trashed since a recent
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vendetta against the owner.
A cyberspace addicted decker
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looking for any job. A stealth chopper pilot reading
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their next mission order.
A well dressed man named
5 Johnson offering a contract too
[2] In a poor district
good to be true.
Dancing holograms of the latest What remains of a man whose
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fashionable pop idol. augmentations have been stolen.
Loud music making the place A knocked over trash can full of
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rather hard to spy on. rotting body parts.
The place is silent but people are A credstick on the ground set up
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15 dancing to music of their choice as a trap by local thugs.
coming from their ear implant.
11 A flying robot scanning people
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ID, looking for wanted criminals. distribution plant.
A noodle shop used as a cover by An illegal car race taking place
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yakuza for their weapon traffic. between two refinery.
A crime scene being investigated A man who just has been shot is
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by polices officers and a detective. bleeding on the ground.
Stranges fumes coming out the Workers on strike menaced by
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drains of this street. armed corporate guards.
Tags on the walls tags marking A man carrying huge crates with
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the street's belonging to a gang. the help of an exoskeleton.
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[4] In the sewers stick and other delicacies.
Foul smelling waste water falls A lost drunk man needs help to
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from a hole in the ceiling. go back to his house.
Four mutated turtles and a rat Some kind of sect performing the
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eating what remains of a pizza. initiation of new members.
This part of the sewer is trapped A man getting kicked out of a
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by laser-activated turrets. private club by a bouncer.
A crate full of empty alcohol An impressive number of people
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bottles. waiting in front of a nightclub.
A brick sticking out of a wall, Someone in the party is mistaken
9 4 for a famous idol and hysterical
hiding a bag of filled syringes.
fans start running after them.
An urchin starts following the
10 Someone throws trash on the
PCs and imitating them.
5 ground and a robot instantly
Alligators hiding in the sewage, comes out of nowhere to clean it.
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waiting for an opening to strike.
Augmented cops are patrolling
12 This part of the sewers is flooded. 6
the area, relaxed.
A voice coming out of speakers Cameras can be spotted in every
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ordering the party to turn back. corner of this place.
Lots of worrying red little eyes A robotic hostess inviting
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shining in the dark. passerby in a maid cafe.
A padlocked door leading to the Ads for the latest fad can be seen
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metro tunnels. on every screen in the street.
16 A hooded man selling rats on a
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Someone approaches one of the A robot vacuum cleaner makes
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PCs to ask them their number. someone fall and spill their drink.
A dead end full of cats that seem A fast food restaurant closed over
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to be attracted by something. strong hygiene violations.
The sector is locked because of an A shop selling synthetic pets and
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android that has gone rogue. hardware to take care of them.
The streets are empty because the Teenagers getting in trouble
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martial law has been declared. 11 while playing an augmented
reality game.
A new augmentation clinic is
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being built by nanobots. A man is yelling at his employees
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because of some petty reason.
People talking of the upcoming
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visit of the Techno-Pope™. An in-line skating gang going
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through the place in a flash.
A famous actor gets out of their
20 luxurious car, accompanied by A group of gothic people hanging
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lots of escorts and bodyguards. out near a fountain.
A middle-aged man in a suit
[6] In a mall 15
working at a café terrace.
A lost child is crying after their Someone asking passerby to sign
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mommy. their petition.
An attractive stand selling soy The whole place is held hostage
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milk ice cream. by an armed and modified gang.
An amusement arcade, full of A dance contest where you can
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3 classic video games, which is the win fashionable clothes.
den of a well known decker.
19 A woman trying to make her two
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children stop crying. Someone is searching something
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important that he lost.
A rich and young heir showing
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off his money around. The PCs are invited by a cute girl
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to a rave party on the docks.
[7] In a capsule hotel
A couple having a heated
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discussion about fidelity.
A foul smell is coming from a
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capsule; it’s a rotting dead body. From a small window, someone
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is throwing things out.
A “room” is secretly used as an
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item cache by mercenaries. Drunk students, who missed the
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last train, trying to rent rooms.
A ran away teenager living by
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themselves. Tired paramedics evacuating a
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convulsing and drooling person.
A man causing a ruckus trying to
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enter the women’s section. A repairman trying to fix the
20 ventilation system using his
Corporate soldiers looking for multitool arm.
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people without an ID card.
Kids running and jumping [8] On the roofs
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everywhere, playing tag.
Some mercenaries are chasing the
A woman is crying because she’s 1
7 person they have to capture.
stuck here for a whole month.
A reflection alerts the PCs of an
The place has no vacancies 2
ambushed shooter on a roof.
8 because public transportation
services are shut down. A man jumps between the top of
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two skyscrapers, defying gravity.
A family of three has no choice
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but to live in an only capsule. A powerful telescope can be used
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to observe a spatial station.
This place was built inside an old
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private atomic bunker. Smog so thick you have to be
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careful where you step foot.
The building is quarantined and
11 people wear masks because of an A modified man jumps off the
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outbreak of a contagious disease. roof to land on a moving metro.
An old lady owns the place and From here, the name of the
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makes sure the place is very clean. 7 megacorp which bought the
Moon can be read on its surface.
Strict weapon controls are done
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since the last incident. 8 Clothes drying on a washing line.
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A woman sitting on the edge of credits if sold to the right person.
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the roof, lost in her thoughts.
A playful AI following and
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A decker jacked to his console making jokes to curious deckers.
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and unaware of the real world.
A trap forcing people to play a
An in-line skating gang tagging 6 chess game where the winner
11 their symbol before going away gets to keep their life.
while doing sick tricks.
A virus infecting augmentations
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A container arranged as a stealthy of uninvited visitors.
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operation base by mercenaries.
Another decker is trying to force
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A tied man about to be beheaded this security lock.
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by a street samurai.
A security software taking the
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A stealthy shopper taking off appearance of a dragon.
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after dropping its passenger.
This part of the cyberspace is
A penthouse has a huge breach of 10 maze-like; one should be careful
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security due to an air vent. not to have his mind trapped.
An urban ninja doing their usual For a few seconds, the flow of
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parkour and strength training. data stops completely.
Someone spying on their crush A virtual fortress built by little
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with the use of a drone. 13 geniuses to protect them against
the corporate world.
Geodesic metal structures made
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by a trending street artist. Rumors circulating about the real
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identity of an idol.
A lush garden maintained by
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monks to feed their monastery. A severe bug preventing people
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to disconnect or even connect.
[9] In the Cyberspace
To access sensitive data, one has
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to win a neon colored bike race.
1 A blinking ghost calling for help.
A digital life form has developed
Popup ads circling the party 17
2 and lives in the Cyberspace.
which has to fight its way out.
Pictures of a famous singer, as
Glitches making it very difficult 18 well as his songs, seem to appear
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to move between nodes. everywhere and on everything.
4 A data cluster worth a big pile of
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Another user tries to start up a A tied journalist crew being
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scam involving a Ponzi scheme. interrogated by corporate guards.
A shrine has been modelized by A man who was plotting to go to
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fanatics of a particular idol. 14 another corporation is leaving in
multiple garbage bags.
[10] In the HQ of a megacorp
The building is under alert and all
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Remains of a secret cloning possible intrusion.
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program which ended badly.
Mercenaries infiltrating the place
A room full of shaved people all 16
2 badly disguised as cleaning ladies.
linked to a supercomputer.
A propaganda clip being shot to
Elite corporation soldiers 17
boast the merits of the corp.
3 equipped with cutting edge
augmentations and weaponry. All coffee machines are broken
18 and employees are experiencing
A flood of interchangeable suit severe withdrawal symptoms.
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wearing employees.
An employee is being escorted to
Lifts have stopped working and 19
5 take “early retirement”.
stairs must be used.
A party is organised by the CEO
The CEO of the corp doing a 20 to celebrate the purchase of a
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motivational speech on screens. rival corporation.
Old archives dating from the time
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people still used paper.
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