Social+Cultural Keywords for the Cyberpunkera

[Der_Renegat]

This is my try for cyberpunkera keywords:


Cyberpunkera keyword:
citizen of [land]
drive [vehicle]
general education
know [city]
media influenced
read and write [language]
(school education)
use (inter) net
use common technology
use local transport

Corporate:
companyman, corporate-parketiquette, know [corporate-park], know contract, live in the safety of the corporate-park,

Metroplex:
know area, life in the plex, speak cityspeak, stay alert, the plex is a tough place, walk in crowd

Arcology:
(big brother is watching you), know [arcology], know rules of [arco], understand arcologies, used to a confined place

Refinement + Ressourcezone:
being bored, ([hobby]), know area, know surrounding, predict weather, relation to [workmates]

Spacecolony:
(spacesuit), disciplined, etiquette of [station], fit, know [station],
know importance of stationsecurity, member of [station], speak [language] (several), survive in space, tales of space, used to confined spaces, zero-g-maneuver,

Nomadic Homeless:
customs of [group], drive [vehicle], find fuel, member of [group],
repair [vehicle], speak cityspeak, survival


all the best

Christian

[Bryan_T]

Those look fine as far as they go, but you are missing the relationships and personality traits!  I really find that those are what add life to a keyword, and which of them the characters use, and how they define the relationships, usually speaks volumes.

Also one suggestionf for the arcology dwellers, something like "double speak" or "finesse surveillance"....basically the fine art of doing or saying one things while making it look like something else on surveillance.  A skill I think they would grow up with.

Finally a question, is the first list something that everyone gets?  Or was it distinct form the other words?  

--Bryan

[Der_Renegat]

Those look fine as far as they go, but you are missing the relationships and personality traits! I really find that those are what add life to a keyword, and which of them the characters use, and how they define the relationships, usually speaks volumes.

I agree, maybe i will add them later. At the moment i think its more fun when every player can make that up on their own.

Also one suggestion for the arcology dwellers, something like "double speak" or "finesse surveillance"....basically the fine art of doing or saying one things while making it look like something else on surveillance. A skill I think they would grow up with.

Not sure what you are up to here. I guess an arcology is not that surveilled. Its not a prison...people live there because they decided to do so. Because it gives them advantages.
I can think of several arcologies:
a corporate arco
a refugee for pro environment people
a religious or other specialised, wealthy group of people

Finally a question, is the first list something that everyone gets? Or was it distinct form the other words?

The first one is what everybody gets - the modern era keyword.
The other ones are like social classes - the: where do you come from?

[Der_Renegat]

Added personality traits and relationships. Its pretty dystopian ;-)
I hope i translated everything...adjectives can be tricky....

general modern Cyberpunk Keyword:
citizen of [land], drive [vehicle], general education, know [city], media influenced, read and write [language], school education, use (inter) net, use common technology, use local transport

Corporate:
companyman, corporate-parketiquette, know [corporate-park], know contract, live in the safety of the corporate-park
typical Personality Traits: average, believes in authority, capitalistic, dependentegoistical, hierarchic, indoctrinated, proud being a companyman,
typical Relationships: to neighbours

Metroplex:
know area, life in the plex, speak cityspeak, stay alert, the plex is a tough place, walk in crowd
typical Personality Traits: aggressive, alienated, apathetic, disillusioned, distrustful, dull, egoistical, reckless, tense, wary
typical Relationships: to neighbours

Arcology:
(big brother is watching you), know [arcology], know rules of [arco], understand arcologies, used to a confined place
typical Personality Traits:

„good arco“: eccentric, elitarian, idealitic[/list:u]

„bad arco“: dependent, lightly neurotic, oddball, paranoid, tense, touchy[/list:u]

typical Relationships: to arcoinhabitants

Refinement + Ressourcezone:
being bored, ([hobby]), know area, know surrounding, predict weather, relation to [workmates]
typical Personality Traits: dulled, hard working, realistic
typical Relationships: to commuter, to inhabitants of zone, to supplier

Spacecolony:
(spacesuit), etiquette of [station], fit, know [station], know importance of stationsecurity, member of [station], speak [language] (several), survive in space, tales of space, zero-g-maneuver
typical Personality Traits: considerate, disciplined, stay cool, tactful, thoughtful
typical Relationships: to [station], to stationinhabitants

Nomadic Homeless:
customs of [group], drive [vehicle], find fuel, member of [group], repair [vehicle], speak cityspeak, survival
typical Personality Traits: freedom-loving, proud
typical Relationships: to group