Cyberpunk 2020 in HERO

[Lord Liaden]

Recently while cruising the Old Post Archives, I came across a thread from several years ago started by our long-missing comrade Thorsten Gresser, aka Der Rote Baron! In preparation for running a Cyberpunk 2020 campaign, the Baron had converted all the cyberware, bioware, weapons and armor from the CP2020 core book to 5E HERO stats, and was offering to email the files to any other interested HERO gamers.

Unfortunately I lack current contact information for Thorsten - AFAICT he isn't even on our Members List any more. :( OTOH several people who posted to that thread requesting the files are still regular posters here, and one such classy gent, Sketchpad, still had his copies and has generously sent them to me. :hail:

I've decided to put the Baron's excellent work here for all of us to share. I'm confident that Thorsten wouldn't mind this, as he was quite free in sending them out (at least twenty copies at his last word), and his comments on that post imply that it was only space considerations that kept him from putting them directly on those (pre attachment-capable) discussion boards.

Below you'll find an attached ZIP file with this material. There are two separate files, one with cyberware and bioware (the larger of the two), the other with weapons and armor, all with Active and Real Point costs and monetary price (in euros). To accomodate as many viewers as possible, I've archived them in three different formats. The first is the original Wordpad documents. The second format is a WPD file, which is for a Windows word processor; any such program should be able to open it. I find this a clearer and easier to read format for these files than Wordpad, and it's still fully editable. I also added HTML versions, which are easier to read as well.

In his discussion board thread the Baron asked for comments about his work, and several people responded very constructively; I've included those comments as a separate Wordpad document, should you find them useful.

Any questions, comments or problems you may have with these files, feel free to post them here or PM me, and I'll see what I can do. I hope you enjoy them. :)

[SuperPheemy]

Cool. Thanks. My USB Flash drive crashed a couple of weeks ago and I lost all my Cyberware HD files. This will go a long way to helping recreate them. And if you're still out there Baron... Danke!

[lloydmperrin]

Greeting o great and powerful converter of systems...and I thought that I loved the Hero System. well to the point, I tried to download the 2020 conversion and instead of a zip got a blip, can you send one directly to me at lloydmperrin@yahoo.com or via the herogames chat board?, thanks a bunch
abnormal 8- (5pts.)
Lloyd

[Brother Jim]

worked for me, thanks LL !!!!!

[Lord Liaden]

Greeting o great and powerful converter of systems...and I thought that I loved the Hero System. well to the point, I tried to download the 2020 conversion and instead of a zip got a blip, can you send one directly to me at lloydmperrin@yahoo.com or via the herogames chat board?, thanks a bunch
abnormal 8- (5pts.)
Lloyd

Only if you promise to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. :sneaky:

Sorry your unZIPper got stuck. ;) The files are already on their way to your e-mail address. Let me know if you have any trouble viewing them.

[SiberiaSix]

Greeting my good sir. I tried to download the 2020 conversion no luck, can you send one directly to me at postmaster@gaelicroyal.plus.com, thank you.

[Lord Liaden]

Greeting my good sir. I tried to download the 2020 conversion no luck, can you send one directly to me at postmaster@gaelicroyal.plus.com, thank you.

Sadly, I cannot. :( I couldn't unzip the attached files either - apparently they've become corrupted. And I didn't save the originals.

Hopefully some kind soul who did successfully download them will see this and supply you. :hail:

[Savinien]

Your wish...

[hancock.tom]

Sav, my computer thinks that one's corrupted too.

[Savinien]

I don't know why... The files all work fine...

[Lord Liaden]

Is it possible that the latest discussion board software for attachments doesn't work well with some operating systems? I know my creaky ol' Windows 98 SE hasn't always been happy with the last upgrade. :(

[Savinien]

Here are doc files as opposed to .zip.

[Savinien]

Now, nobody wants it?

No respect, I tell you. No respect!

[Lord Liaden]

I hereby officially offer you respect. And thanks. And Rep. :)

[Savinien]

Rep is meaningless!

(but appreciated)

[TheQuestionMan]

Rep is meaningless!

(but appreciated)

True, but I'll give you some anyway. MUHWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

I did not download it cause I already got it. So there ;)

Respectfully

QM

P.S.: You have given out too much Reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later.

[WillieWanka]

Took me forever and a day to find this.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!

Much appreciation being thrown at you.

[GreatMarklar]

You guys rock! Been looking for this stuff for a looooong time!

[clsage]

Cool. Thanks. My USB Flash drive crashed a couple of weeks ago and I lost all my Cyberware HD files. This will go a long way to helping recreate them. And if you're still out there Baron... Danke!

As an additional source for cyberware and related (even tho' it's not 2020 stuff) you might want to take a gander at:

http://www.starherofandom.com/h_shadowrun/index.php

The bioware, cyberware, etc are broken down into separate sections, making any sort of "mix and match" easy to accompish.

-Carl-

[Lord Liaden]

For online resources, I also recommend our board colleague Killer Shrike's HERO cyberpunk campaign sourcebook, MetaCyber (http://www.killershrike.com/metacyber/MetaCyber.aspx).

[Savinien]

Wow. Who opened up this old can of worms?

[Scion Zane]

WHAT WHAT cyber punk 2020 converted to hero
(holding chest)
Cough cough Blasphemy I say how dare ye thats so sacrilege you heathens should be burned at the stake !!!

Just kiding way to go LOL good job hehe

[ghost-angel]

WHAT WHAT cyber punk 2020 converted to hero
(holding chest)
Cough cough Blasphemy I say how dare ye thats so sacrilege you heathens should be burned at the stake !!!

Yeah, why convert such a horrible system when you can scratch build a much more interesting one natively...

[Susano]

Or, you can wait for Kazei 5 second edition.

[Shadow]

Speaking of Kazei 5 do you have a site for it???

if not
will it be PDF only or will there be a print format
is there a cover preview or content preview available??


Thanks
Shadow

[Susano]

Blackwyrm is developing a site.

It will be print and PDF. As for previews... nothing yet.

[Lord Liaden]

If you're unfamiliar with the world of Kazei Five, Michael does have samples from the First Edition of the sourcebook, and his campaign using it, here (http://surbrook.devermore.net/worldbooks/kazei5/kazei5.html) on his marvelous website. That would at least give you a sense of what it's like.

[The_Patriot]

Inceptum Terminus: Chronicles of the New Confederation will have a complete cybernetic list for use with the Hero System.

[Susano]

If you're unfamiliar with the world of Kazei Five, Michael does have samples from the First Edition of the sourcebook, and his campaign using it, here (http://surbrook.devermore.net/worldbooks/kazei5/kazei5.html) on his marvelous website. That would at least give you a sense of what it's like.

The samples have been pulled, and the site will get a redesign once I see what Blackwyrm has done. However, the PBEM section has a lot of background stuff as well as an image gallery that should help give an idea for what the setting is like.

[Lord Liaden]

Well, your website page also still has 4E character write-ups, maps, and a little background info. Much better than nothing. :)

[Susano]

Well, your website page also still has 4E character write-ups, maps, and a little background info. Much better than nothing. :)

There is that.