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Safety tools for Cyberpunk RED

A quick, practical safety toolkit for horror/bleak play. Cyberpunk RED GMing works when jobs have clear objectives, heat, and consequences. Make the city react.

Checklist

  • Define objective + payout + what goes wrong if they fail.
  • Add a clock: police response, corp escalation, rival crew.
  • Use environments: cover, chokepoints, security layers.
  • Make cyberware/Humanity and reputation matter over time.
Common pitfalls
  • Jobs with no meaningful consequence
  • Loot focus without narrative cost
  • Pure combat without leverage
Combat cheat sheet
Quick lookup during play.
Common mistakes
Avoid repeated slowdowns.

Keep sessions moving

Use quick pages, then get back to the scene.