Cyberpsychosis

For more about the lore of Cyberpsychosis, see this page.

MAIN RULE: Mechanically, symptoms of Cyberpsychosis begin manifesting once the player's Cyberpsychosis Tracker exceeds their Humanity (=WILL+EMP). Upon this occurrence, players roll a d10. If the result is higher than 5, Cyberpsychosis Symptoms occurs.

The severity of the symptom is proportional to this result: higher values indicate worse symptoms like Cy-rage, while lower values may be something as simple as a nosebleed.

Lowering

• decays naturally over time (1d6/week)
• decreased through the usage of Omega Blockers, a type of drug
• decreased by going to Humanity Therapy
  • 1d6/session or 3d6/week or 4d6/session in case of emergency therapy procedures
• decreased by having humane interactions like talking to a loved one, relaxing, eating a good meal, experiencing love etc.
• decreased when processing trauma through a Flashback scene
• decreased quickly & cheaply by Wireheading

Increasing

Oftentimes, you'll find yourself pushed over the edge not by the usage of Rules/CPRED/Cyberware/Cyberware as outlined in the Main Rule, but through the experience of trauma, mental afflictions or drugs.

• using Rules/CPRED/Cyberware/Cyberware, increased by +Quality
• installing certain Rules/CPRED/Cyberware/Cyberware increased by +Quality[^24]
• taking Rules/CPRED/Drugs/Drugs and experiencing dehumanizing symptoms (like Paranoia for SynthCoke)
• experiencing incredibly stressful/traumatic situations, like war, betrayal, losing a limb, losing a loved one etc.