Cyberpunk Contacts Random Generator

An NPC Contact Generator for use with Chromatic Shadows and other cyberpunk games. Randomly create character contacts, allies or any other interesting NPCs the characters might interact with.

• Roll for Characteristics (Gender/ Appearance/ Disposition)
• Roll 1d6 to determine NPC Faction
• Roll on appropriate subtable(s) to determine Faction details.
• Roll 1d20 to determine the Thing They Want
• Roll 1d20 to determine The Thing They Are Hiding.

Characteristics

Gender

1. Androgynous
2. Female
3. Male

Appearance (roll 3 times, re-roll any repeats). If two options, flip a coin.

1. Bald/ exceptionally long hair
2. Tattooed
3. Conspicuous cyber enhancements
4. Beauty enhancers
5. Odd body modifications
6. Exotic hair style/ color
7. Exotic eyes (size/ color/ pupil shape, etc)
8. Artificial skin coloration/ patterning
9. Strange pet/ personal drone
10. Absorbed in AR
11. AR augmented appearance (cartoon eyes, animal face, etc)
12. Eating food
13. Carrying a large package
14. Respiration device
15. Smoking incessantly
16. Custom surgical mask
17. Abnormally tall or short
18. Abnormally thin/ obese
19. Strikingly beautiful/ ugly
20. disheveled/ tidy

Disposition (Roll for primary & secondary disposition)

1. Calm
2. Angry
3. Distracted
4. Distrustful
5. Sleepy
6. Playful
7. Sarcastic
8. Cruel
9. Impatient
10. Generous
11. Gentle
12. Self-depricating
13. Anxious
14. Depressed
15. Focused
16. Judgmental
17. Domineering
18. Aloof
19. Smug
20. Horny

Faction List

1. Megacorp
2. Crime Syndicate
3. Street Gang
4. Security Force
5. Private Sector
6. Media

Megacorp

1. Electronics/ Computers
2. Matrix architecture
3. Military/ Weapons
4. Science/ Genetics Research
5. Transportation/ Space/ Satellites/ Orbital Habitats
6. Pharmaceuticals
7. Cybernetics
8. Automatic Manufacturing/ Distribution
9. Drones/ Vehicles
10. Neurotech
11. Media
12. AR Service Provider

Crime Syndicate

1. Yakuza
2. Mafia
3. Triad
4.  Seulpa Ring

Criminal Activities

1. Protection Racket
2. Drug Trafficking
3. Human Trafficking
4. Prostitution
5. Theft
6. Murder
7. Black Market Electronics
8. Organ Legging
9. Weapons Dealing
10. Kidnapping
11. Illicit stims
12. Extortion

Security

1. Private Security Firm
2. Military
3. Police
4. Private Investigation Firm
5. Intelligence Bureau
6. Secret Ops
7. Anti-terrorist officer
8. Matrix security spider

Public Sector

1. Desk bureaucrat
2. Utility worker
3. Social worker
4. Highways and roads
5. Emergency Responder
6. Ranking government official
7. Disease Control agent
8. Environmental agent
9. Doctor/ nurse/ paramedic
10.  Vermin control

Private Sector

1. Club/ Restaurant/ Bar
2. Charity Organization
3. Religious Organization
4. Real Estate Development
5. Museums/ Galleries/ Fashion/ Arts
6. Retail Business
7. Policlub
8. Sex worker
9. Tech Industy
10. Banks/ Finance

 Media

1. Sim Stim Celebrity
2. News Anchor
3. Matrix Influencer
4. Musician
5. Sports Star
6. Stim pornography
7. Journalist
8. Artist

Things People Want

1. To advance their position/ upward mobility
2. Wealth/ Power
3. Creative recognition
4. To get out of a relationship
5. Revenge
6. To make things the way they were
7. Sex/ Love/ Romance
8. A cure for a disease
9. To help someone in need
10. To be beautiful
11. To be admired
12. To get out of the spotlight
13. To scrub the record
14. To make the system pay
15. To change careers
16. A baby or child
17. Reunited with family/ children/ spouse
18. To set the record straight
19. To get out of a sticky situation
20. To find out something about their past

Things People Want to Hide

1. History of violence/ murder/ abuse
2. A terrible disease
3. A disability/ deformity/ injury
4. Lying about identity
5. Drug addiction
6. gender/ sexuality/ race
7. Criminal past
8. Responsible for the death of a spouse/ child/ innocent
9. Fallen from grace
10. Harmed someone through gross incompetence/ negligence
11. Served jail time
12. Ratted out friends/ allies for a break
13. War crimes
14. Indulges in petty crime for kicks
15. Sexual indulgences/ fetishes
16. Extremist views
17. Complicit in a major crime
18. Being leveraged/ extorted/ threatened
19. Actively threatening/ extorting/ leveraging another
20. Harming someone to help another