Cyberpunk Sunday 8-17-25

 

Football hooligans to be sprayed by police with DNA tagging mist. 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/08/06/football-hooligans-to-be-sprayed-by-police-with-dna-tagging/

Surveillance company Flock now using AI to report us to police if it thinks our movement patterns are "suspicious". 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/08/06/football-hooligans-to-be-sprayed-by-police-with-dna-tagging/

Inner Voice Vol 1 Issue 6 (incomplete)

 

While digging through an old external looking for issue four of the old ezine "Inner Voice" that I used to do I found something else. A very incomplete beginnings of issue six. Not much there it was all in Word format and just had three articles put in so far. Plus placeholders for stuff. So I switched it over in pdf format as it was and put it up on the shop portion of my Ko-Fi page. It's free for anyone who drops me a bit of support over there. Along with all the other previous issues (except issue four which I seem to have lost forever) and a few other things like my old FreeForm rules I was once working on. 

Really thinking of trying to start Inner Voice back up again. But I don't know if I really want to. If I do it will simple layout via Libra Office and put straight into pdf. Nothing fancy at all. The first few issues would probably just be a collection of various stuff I have up on my blog.

If I do this I will, of course, make a blog post about it. 

Roll A D10 - Horrible things to find

 

How about another Roll A D10 for horror stuff? Sounds great to me. This time it's about something horrible that you could come across. It's really not going to be a good time is it?

Horrible things to find in a bowling alley locker.

1 – Bowling ball bag with a decayed human head inside.

2 – A collection of zip lock baggies containing human fingers.

3 – Dried up mask made from a human face.

4 – Trap that sprays Sulfuric Acid in a mist onto who ever opened the locker.

5 – List of missing persons and a map with various X marks drawn in remote locations.

6 – A collection of cassette tapes containing the screams of children in pain.

7 – Handbag full of human scalps that are only a few years old at most.

8 – A completely full, and very fragile, colostomy bag.

9 – Backpack filled with dried and almost mummified small animal heads.

10 – Notepad containing the name, address, and personal information of the person who found it.

If you like this and other posts I've made please consider supporting me over on Ko-Fi.

Six Pack - Blood Magic Spells

 

Here are six spell ideas for those who use blood magic. All of them presented without system mechanics. Some of them not so very nice. But then who is ever very nice when it comes to horror?

Six spells for blood magic

Wings of Gore – Small thin cuts along the casters ribs and towards the upper back and spine. Allowing a thin sheen of blood to ooze through which then peel back to become wings enabling the caster to fly.

Internal Torture – Dropping your own blood onto the open wound of the victim. You can then cause your blood to create immense pain inside of their body as it flows through it. Emulates anything from intense burning or cold to the sensation of razors running along their insides.

Scab Armor – The blood mage smears their body down with blood. After a minute it hardens and dries into a thick scab like covering. Acts as armor and doesn’t slow the wearer down in any fashion. After ah hour or two it begins to flake off and peel away.

Poisons in the Blood – Makes casters own blood toxic and poisonous to others. Great for spreading on sharp melee weapons or for simply dropping a bit into someones drink.

Bath of Elizabeth – The caster soaks themselves in the blood of another for an hour as it dries and sticks to them. When peeled away it has reduced their age by a full year. But the older they get the more blood that is required.

Cold Hearted – The caster obtains a sample of the victims blood and then freezes it after a ritual. That target then has their core body temperature slowly drop over the course of a few hours and turn into full blown hypothermia and then finally dies.

If you like these ideas and want to see more please consider supporting me over on Ko-Fi.

Six Pack - Netrunner and Techie shops

 

Been a while since I've cracked open a new six pack. So today I'm giving you one out of the Cyberpunk vein of things. So here are six tailored for a couple of specific class/role types.  

Six shops of interest for Techies and Netrunners

1 –The Glitch Shop. Sellers of overstock and returned high tech items. Malfunctioning cyberdecks, tech scanners with bad ports, last years IR goggles that were massively over produced. All sorts of stuff like that. A parts persons dream location.

2 – The Scrapyard Circuit. Resellers of trashed out, repossessed or out of date cyberware. There is no warranty or guarantee for anything here. Buyer beware. But damn you can find that new arm to fix your busted up one if you dig enough.

3 – Bucket of Bytes. Nothing but wall to wall cabinets full of drawers filled with chips. Sometimes the owner knows what he has, sometimes not. But just digging through all the files you may find some gold buried under all the probably junk and malware.

4 – Obsolete and Obscure Tech Exchange (usually just abbreviated OOTE). This is a chain that buys and sells outdated and obscure technology. Much of it has actually gone through a decent virus scan. But when it comes to finding old screens, out of production interface cables and anything else that’s hard to find, this is the place to look.

5 – The New Edge. This is basically a glorified mall store. But they do stock all the latest tools and technology on the commercial market. Even has a decent clearance bin when things sit on the shelves to long. If it’s brand new chances are they have it. Techies shop here often.

6 – Synaptic Drift. The latest in netrunning programs and gear. They also offer a repair service that is 24/7 but at a pretty steep cost. You will not be let down by what they stock, there are no beginner decks in this place.

Horror Gaming - Serial Killer calling card/hallmarks.

 

Sometimes you need a serial killer in your games to make things more interesting. Here is are ten different calling cards and hallmarks to add a bit something more gruesome. Remember the creativity of the kill will make their memory last longer. 

Roll a D10 - What was the serial killers calling card/hallmark?

1 – A blood stained playing card, all taken from the same deck.

2 – Single photograph of the victim taken secretly just days prior to the murder.

3 – The date of death is carved on the victims forehead, to the bone.

4 – All fingers and toes are removed prior to the victims death.

5 – The blood has been drained from the victims and is poured in a spiral around the body.

6 – An object is inserted through the nasal cavity and then used to liquefy the victims brain.

7 – The victim was dragged behind a vehicle on a gravel road prior to death.

8 – Eyelids and lips were removed from the victims body.

9 – The victims suffered several lacerations all over their body that were then sewn up.

10 – The victim suffered a great many stab wounds, each from a different blade.

Remember if you like my posts here you can always show some support over on my Ko-Fi page. Either through a donation or purchasing something from my shop. 

Jaded Gamer Diary - Wizkids the Cheapening

Well at work it's become very noticeable that Wizkids is really going cheap on the packaging for their miniatures now. I noticed, the customers have noticed, it's very jarring it really does look pretty crappy. We first saw it on their absolutely abysmally shitty DnD 50th anniversary figures. But now it's on the regular lines. Here's a shot of one of the old packaged miniatures next to one of the new ones. Front and back. 

First off we'll start with the contents. The miniature is still in there but there is zero attempt at assembly now. They also got rid of the extra little clear base you could mount the figure on. Plus with no back blister bubble it all just rattles around in there package and you can't even get a good view of what the figure looks like. Hell at least back in the day when we had lead mini's in multiple pieces they put a piece of foam in there to hold it all in place. This just looks like a pile of shit in a plastic bubble.

Second is the backing board. The textured blue is gone. The while line at the top so they can make bulk cardboard prints and then add the item name, code and UPC on when they need to. Also the back is completely devoid of any color. You can really tell they are bulk printed now since there is no longer a picture of the painted figure and name on the back. They are all the same now. 

Now the kicker is they did all this to reduce the cost of the production of said miniature. They cut back A LOT on costs with this. The almost complete elimination of color on the cardboard probably saved them a pretty penny. So what does the customer get in return? They raised the prices as well. 

Now I know the prices are going up because of tariffs and there isn't a whole lot they can do about it. But damn. For all the corners they cut you could think they would be able to keep them the same price as before. Ah well. I will say one thing, this cheap ass packaging is hurting sales more than anything. Even more than the price hike. Folks are looking at the jumbled mess and just choosing not to buy it. 

So it's backfired on them in a few ways. 

If you like my posts here please check out my Ko-Fi page and maybe show me some support!