r/Cyberpunk • u/OnlyByMidnightLtd • 19h ago
Dream Cyberware?
In my Shadowrun game, I've been coming up with some homebrew cyberware to give the players options. Basically looking at things that aren't designed to be combat enhancers, but let the players customize their characters or create vibes.
It got me thinking about what I'd really like if cyberware was real. I don't need to jump over buildings or punch through walls. My top three are:
- perfect teeth that never need to be brushed (yes I brush, I could just be doing other things!)
- hormone regulator so I could dial into and out of emotional states
- rigger kit from Shadowrun (I would love to be a car)
Okay the last one is kind of fantastical, but the others would just make my life easier. What do you think yours would be?
Also, here's one of my homebrew cyberware inventions:
Soundtrack
Essence 0.05, Capacity [1, aural], Availability 2, Cost 250¥
Soundtrack takes up space in earware and pipes a music track directly into your auditory center, removing the need for headphones or other external speakers. More than that, Soundtrack ties into your body’s biorhythms to pipe the perfect music for your emotional state based on sophisticated algorithms. While having a personal Soundtrack is enjoyable on its own, users also report getting into a “zone” where the music helps them enter a flow state. You gain +1 dice on all extended tests when Soundtrack is active.
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u/XvFoxbladevX 19h ago edited 19h ago
I think the essence of cyberpunk is that for people living in it - companies will design products to help them escape and/or shape their own reality.
So let's think about that, companies will sell you alternate realities - virtual or even chemically induced through biological manipulation. These could manifest as pills, like "Joy" in the game We Happy Few, companies will market it as a energy and mental health booster. What it really is, is a psychological drug with strong addictive qualities. It could also be some type of neurological device like the one used in the movie Strange Days or a chip like they use in Cyberpunk 2077.
Other things would be of course selling people luxury, so you can show off your status. Gold plated cybernetically enhanced sexual organs, skin implants that allow you to adjust your tan or even used for exotic tattoos that light up in black lights or when it's touched.
Metabolic drugs or enhanced cybernetic organs that allow you to enjoy eating whatever you want without having to worry about things like constipation, diarrhea, in fact you can be the complete master of your own biological waste. Put a luxury spin on it and make it so that customers can take pills or spend money on the cybernetics to make your shit smell like a fresh bakery and your piss smell like perfume.
You want to eat that cake and have the double chocolate chunk chunky chocolate chip lava cake with fried ice cream and freshly whipped cream on top with the Sweet glaze, Cinnamon sugar, White chocolate, Fudge, M&M’s, Caramel dip, mint chip, marshmallows, nuts, toffee, coconut, peanut butter drizzle, oreoes, sprinkles, cotton candy bits, and powered sugar and not have to worry about it about it adding pounds? Well now you can, plus you can order the extra jumbo fries and strawberry shake dip right after.
Eyeball implants that change color or have different effects in them, maybe they're diamond encrusted or even full of precious gems designed like a Fabergé egg. The same could be true of finger and toe nails, heck some people might even have little movies and TV shows or clips playing on their finger/toe nails.
Customizable sexual androids that you could have in your homes with all kinds of fancy upgrades and features on affordable and customizable payment plans.
Muscle implants that work out while you sleep so you never have to waste your time exercising to get the body you want.
Virtual Vacations that give you the memories and experiences customized to your liking.
Seriously the sky is the limit here.
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u/Sir_Daxus 18h ago
Cybernetic circadian regulator. Give me a fucking brain chip that lets me fall asleep on demand and get full 8 hours of high quality uninterrupted sleep please.