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Hypercorps 2099 is a Kickstarter-funded project that would not have been possible without the support of over 150 fantastic people that pledged to make it a reality.

Steven CaronJames LewisMark Engelhardt (RPGCrossing)Ian Winchester (.com)Ryan York (Weekend Anime)Remi Fayomi (Eshu of 9ja)Michael Schell (Kodyax)Matthew Wilk (Evangelist)Randy RayStephen StrohmingerRobert RoeschenthalerAmy DepazosDarkwhiteMatthew StantonPaul RyanOld StevoGeoffRhelDavid MullinsKimberly BurgessChris ZankDavid A. NolanKeith E. HartmanMatt DelonyJamie Van LengenJames McTeagueStormkittenRichard G. VujsEric NielsenDarren StengelChris NehringJoe SchmiedeskampChachiFelix Shafi rAdam MatherlyTom BitherMichael SmithSerena NelsonBen WalklateJohannes LuberStephen McFaddenMartin BlakeEdward TortorielloTerry HelmanMichael J. BenenskyCoinneach Uasal

Timothy Snow James Broomfi eld Jason M. Batchelor

Anthony MarconiJason Alain McLainJared StricklandCaelestis DesignsChris Von WahldeSimmy SimsPedion Modular Battlefi eldsHelmuth PumpleDave HarrisonBuzzqwSteven LordWilliam WaltersLeo JenicekGreg ChapinBrad RussellNicholasCeleste DeuelGene D.Steven WarbleWayne ClemmerMark BenfeleAllison DanielsRich FrostDaniel Joseph MelloDavidMichael FeldhusenDaniel WolfJoseph EvensonLarry HetrickJames RiveraGregorio Munoz IIIAustin StanleyJames CarpioBernie RominskiMichael G. TownsendSean PagliaruloWilliam D. Sharpe IIIJason DandyElexious CummingsE-SabbathDave Van DomelenJason SperberClayton CulwellGalihadZach BertramMike CowlesPatrick TrappRobert BellScott F. CouchmanChristopher SigmundJesperRyan KentTom Foster

SnakeDustinKibatsunaChris VolcheckJames YakuraBilwarHenry MurdyRyan H.Jona LittlerNeil MahoneyJason BroadleySean PattiAnnette BeatwellMich HandChris Le ClaireLouis Porter Jr.Cecil MayeTrip the Space ParasiteEnd Transmission GamesCelondonChris StewartJeremy KearRolland TherrienAndrew MoretonOliver von SpreckelsenB’omarr PunkWilliam AshleyNick PaterTaiga BrenermanRussel VentimegliaJeff BeckerAntony LarrickMark BarrJustin BurdettChris CappettaDarren MorrisseyToni HoffmanKelly MylerJonathan G. NelsonBrian TaitRich HowardBlackLily42Jinnapat TreejaronwiwatAndrew PayneMichael McCarthyRachel VenturaIndi MartinScott GladsteinEric BloatSavannah BroadwayLuis LozaStephanie ConnorsSam Eckels

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Author & Lead Designer Mike MylerDesigner Rich HowardProject Manager Mike MylerWriters Savannah Broadway, Luis Loza, Michael McCarthyLead Editor Michael McCarthyAssistant Editor Mike MylerCover Artist Claudio PozasContributors Steven Caron, Remi Fayomi, James Lewis, Randy Ray, Michael Schell, Stephen Strohminger, Matthew WilkInterior Artists Nathanael Batchelor, Bob Greyvenstein, Michael Jaecks, Rollin Kunz, Mike Myler, Claudio Pozas, Sara Shijo, Naiche WashburneStock Artists Jacob Blackmon, Claudio Casini, Kristen Collins, Storn Cook, Rick Hershey, Peter Szabo Gabor, Jesus Garcia Lopez, Widodo Pangarso, JE Shields, Ade Smith, Thomas Sorresso, Dean Spencer, Shaman’s Stock Art, The Forge Studios, Rob Torno, Rian Trost, Applied Vectors, Alexey Vinokurov and David Sharrock, Maciej Zagorski, Ed Bourelle (www.bourellearts.com)Layout Artist Mike MylerGraphic Artists Justin Andrew Mason, Mike MylerCartography Mike MylerPublisher Jason NelsonExecutive Partner Neil SpicerBusiness Director Rachel VenturaPlaytesters Steve Caron, Eric Chenier, Jessica Deuel, Michael McCarthy, Mick Hand, Ted Morgan, Matthew Wilk, David Young, Kenneth ZikeSpecial Thanks Clinton J. Boomer, Stephanie Connors, Mick Hand, Richard Kunz

Author & Lead Designer Mike MylerDesigner Rich Howard

Hand, Ted Morgan, Matthew Wilk, David Young, Kenneth ZikeClinton J. Boomer, Stephanie Connors, Mick Hand, Richard Kunz

Stock Art, The Forge Studios, Rob Torno, Rian Trost, Applied Vectors, , Maciej Zagorski,

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Introduction.....................6–18Introduction..........................................6Timeline...............................................7–17Future Lexicon....................................18Chapter 2: A Hyper World.................19–75A Hyper World.....................................19Cleveland 2099...................................20–27 Cleveland (map)..............................20 Ghost Coaster of Cleveland............23 Murderball.......................................25 Murderball Score Fields...............26 Murderball Stadiums....................27Hypernet..............................................28–35 Hypernet Planar Traits.....................29 Scientifi c Wizardry Feat..................30 Darknet............................................32 Datacorps........................................33 Paradise 1.......................................33 Thrillville..........................................34 Veranthea: Life & Death..................34 Xypher.............................................35Kathmandu..........................................36–43 Chi Monasteries..............................38 Cults of Power.................................39 Ecological Conserves......................39 Sacred Template (CR +2)................40 Portals of Kathmandu......................42 Vapors of the Sands........................43Latin America.......................................44–51 Mexico & Central America...............46 Carribean & South America.............48 Bolivar’s Virtue.............................49 PMCs and Revolutionaries..............50 Continental Threats.........................51Lucrum.................................................52–59 Lucrum (settlement).........................52 Under the Hypercorporate Thumb...54 RAUs CR 18..................................56 The City of Lucrum..........................57 New Material: Nanite-Infused..........59Neo York..............................................60–67 Automated Vehicles.........................62 The Rocksworks..............................62 New City, Old Crime.........................63 A Game of CEOs.............................65 Neo York Hypercorporations........65 Neo York (map)................................66Wallachia.............................................68–75 Blood Magic Feat.............................70 Organizations of Interest.................72 Principalities....................................73 Undead in Society............................74 Dungeoneering................................74 Wallachian Castles......................74 Wallachian Tunnels......................75Chapter 3: Organizations..................76–85 Organizations...................................76 Hypercorporations............................78Chapter 4: Operating Cast................86–135 Soldier Corps...................................86–89 DM-1 (Mecha Pilot)......................87 Metronome (Sound Master)...87 Nestarr (Cosmic Warrior)......88 Tsuki (Super Ninja).................88

Zodiac Defenders…………..............90–94 Sergeant K-9 (Robodog)..............90 Unyielding Torrent (Mobster Martial Artist)..........91 Monkey (Taunting Acrobat)...........92 Rabbit (Lucky Speedster).............93 Big Cheez (Insane Mercenary).....94 Cleveland Gang Leaders..................95–97 Deathslide (Plucky Monk).............95 Faulted Janice (Ex-Rockstar).......96 Sword Empress (Cyber Samurai)..97 Aurora (Holy Warrior)........................98 Biox (Malevolent CEO).....................99 Casey Jones (Mad Mage)................100 Corruption (Troubling Shaman)........101 Deathwing (Human Jet)...................102 Doña Tigresa (Militant Wrestler)......103 Edgar Allan Poe (Mythical Doomsayer)..............104 Enigma (Mystic Investigator)............105 Ennganyar (Hacktivist Operator)......106 Eshu of 9ja (Militant Champion).......107 Evangelist (Deluded Scion)..............108 Everywoman (Oldhat Mercenary)....109 Function (CEO Thief).......................110 Ghost Shot (Undead Gunslinger).....111 King Karrand (Mage Supreme).........112 King Lunar (Deposed Royalty).........113 Kodyax (Nature Warrior)..................114 Lady Atom (Atomic Powerhouse).....115 LANrefn1 (Demonic Hacker)............116 Lucky Mack (Fabled Hitman)............117 Midnight (Enchanting CEO).............118 Mr. Gray/Ms. Grey (Negotiator Oni)........................119 Nevidimy (Invisible Assassin)...........120 Override (Knife Juggler)...................121 Pockets (Robot Controller)...............122 Pop (Murderball Superstar)..............123 Proletariat (Socialist Vigilante).........124 Ramon Benitez (Revolutionary Hero)................125 Scion of Chi (Enlightened Monk)..................126 Siegreich (Super Nazi).....................127 Sniper (Archer Extraordinaire)..........128 Splits (Armored Speedster)..............129 Tomahawk (American Allstar)...........130 Torius (Master of Many Sizes)..........131 Verdant Sorceress (Nature Controller)...................132 Vlad III Dracula (Unholy Nightmare)..................133 W.A.T.S.O.N. & S.H.E.R.L.O.C.K. (UK Legends)...........................134 Wild One (Hacktivist Rebel).............135Chapter 5: Hyper Bestiary..........136-149Abbernaut Template (CR +2)...............136Bodytech Template (CR +1).................136Meganaut Template (CR +2)................136Parallel Template (CR +2)....................136Robotic Template (CR +1)...................136Savant Template (CR +2).....................136Angel Soldaten.....................................137Blaster Deputy......................................137

Dakai.................................................138Doña’s Sentinels..................................139Drone................................................139Hyper Lycanthrope............................140Hyper Vampire...................................141Kawsay Sach’aqa..............................142Lucrum Operative..............................143Mercenary Freelancer.......................143Murderball Bruiser.............................144Murderball Runner..............................144Neo-Offi cer.........................................145Neo-S.W.A.T......................................145Robo-Rex CM...................................146Robodragon......................................147Sec-Jacker........................................148Sec-Ops.............................................148Thought Police..................................149Unbound Proxy CM............................149Chapter 6: Gamemastering......150–161Hyper Skills and Tool Kits..................151New Skills (Law, Technology)............151Operations and You...........................152 Luck and Reputation Checks.........152 Action-Oriented Gaming................153 Are we going to die?......................154 Operations & Objectives................154 Using Existing Material..................155 Security Systems...........................156 Security System Traps..................157Eras of Play........................................158 Demicrisis (1879-1899)..................159 Steambot Template (CR +2)......159 Cold & World Wars (1939–1959)...160 Moderncorps (1999-2019).............161 Agent Template (CR +1)............161Chapter 7: Hyper Classes.........162–168Ballistics Brawler Monk Tradition.......163Cyber Ninja Rogue Archetype...........163Cyber Samurai Martial Archetype.....164Mechwarrior Sorcerous Origin...........164Netjacker Rogue Archetype..............165 Drone Tinkerer Feat.....................166Veloces Monk Tradition.....................167Hyper Backgrounds..........................167Chapter 8: Hyper Equipment....169–175Advanced Craftsmanship..................169Advanced Armor & Weapon Upgrades..169New Material: Arcanosteel.................169Cybernetics.......................................170Gear...................................................171Hyper Firearms..................................174Melee Weapons.................................175Vehicles.............................................175Chapter 9: Hyper Score............176–185Hyper Score......................................177Hyper Flaws.......................................179Hyper Feats.......................................180Hyper Routes....................................181Hyper Abilities....................................182Luck, Reputation, & Wealth Attributes.184 Lucky Bastard Feat......................184OGL...................................................186

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Realizing that her location had been compromised by Viztao whitehats, LANrefn1 pulled the cord out of her hyperjack just in time not to get burned by the viruses drowning her rapidly heating digiboard. Meanwhile the deathbot she’d managed to hack on-site had just been fried by sec-ops hot on the tail of Warp and Cripple Beast—fortunately she had enough time to override a nearby freight elevator and her fellow operators made it to a fl oor of the Highmark Tower with windows. Bending space, Warp sights a distant skyscraper and teleports Cripple Beast and the unconscious, bloodied angel dangling over the ex-murderballer’s shoulder to relative safety on the empty rooftop a few blocks away. Grabbing her go bag and dipping out the fi re exit, LANrefn1 dodges out a back alley just as Viztao drones start cutting through the windows to her old apartment. With the sound of wailing sirens incoming, the netjacker takes a moment to deploy Pain and Panic before making her way to the alternative rendezvous point for pick up…

Hypercorps 2099 began with a simple notion—creating a world equal parts magical, super, and cyberpunk, one wrought from the planet we’re on right now (unless you’re somewhere other than Earth, in which case I congratulate you). After months of work and playtesting, the Hypercorps 2099 Kickstarter launched and in three weeks our awesome backers funded the project! The slew of development, editing, illustration, and writing that followed was a ride as exciting and action-packed as an operation into a hypercorporate CEO’s secret offi ce, and we’re pleased to be bringing you an amazing book.

Before reading any further, however, there are some folks deserving of special gratitude for their contributions to Hypercorps 2099 and I’d like to take this opportunity to explicitly thank them.

1. The Backers! The amount of effort put into the Kickstarter was pretty considerable but none of it would have mattered in the slightest if it weren’t for the people on the previous page. You’re looking at Hypercorps 2099 because they made it happen.

2. Nathanael Batchelor did the back cover of the book, the full-page illustrations between the pages, and dozens of characters you’ll fi nd throughout the Operating Cast and Hyper Bestiary chapters. He’s continuing to grow as an artist with every piece he does and his talented hand really brings this world to life.

3. Michael McCarthy is the editor of this book, but he’s also a phenomenal right-hand man and played an integral role in formulating the content you’re about to read. I am proud to count him as my friend and peer, and Hypercorps 2099 would have been far less excellent without his acumen and design savvy.

4. Savannah Broadway isn’t just playing her character in the Hypercorps 2099 video, she spent an awful long time putting makeup on us beforehand and did an excellent job juggling design tasks as we invented them for her.

5. Luis Loza bears mentioning if only because of everyone I’ve had the pleasure of working with, none have been as good as Luis. The man is a consummate game designer and writer of a caliber that puts me to shame.

6. Stephanie Connors bears witness to my unreasonable waking hours, suffering my gargoyle-like coun-tenance, all the while encouraging my creative endeavors. Of all the people and factors that led up to the book in your hands, none are as fundamental and important as she is.

7. Clinton Boomer and Legendary Games played a pivotal part in this project! Without Clinton’s inspired feedback and Jason Nelson’s acumen for RPGs, Hypercorps 2099 wouldn’t be what it is.

There are many others who played key roles in the formation of Hypercorps 2099 and to you stalwart, implacable, and not specifi cally mentioned people—thank you. It also comes to me to thank you for looking at this book, and more importantly, to invite you to a world similar to but utterly unlike the one you know today (in a ruleset similar to but not unlike the one you know now). A planet ensconced with magic and indelibly tied to history, an Earth both more and less than what lay beyond your door.

Welcome to Hypercorps 2099. Go get paid.

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Hypercorps 2099 is about high-octane, adrenaline-fi lled missions in a dystopic future where uncar-ing CEOs are the master villains, not the typical quests of medieval adventure in which liches and thieves’ guilds are the culprits (though in a super-powered fantasy future, it’s a good idea never to say never). Operators (the adventurers) are grittier than the typical party—even paladins need to eat—and making a living at the dawn of the 22nd century isn’t always going to be honest or virtuous. There’s a delightful and unique thrill to breaking into a hypercorporate skyscraper to kidnap a captive angel to sell it to another research fi rm, raiding a server underneath the notice of other netjackers to sabotage a fi le, or running into the undead guards of a corporate necromancer after stealing his research from his posh near-suburban mansion. Facing off a robodragon on the dizzying concrete rooftops, besting the overgrown creatures of the untameable wilds, and taking out the sky-car of a competing team of operators while zooming down the hyperway, all with a hyperjacked SMG in your hand, is a formative experience that will open your mind to what this inimitable world has to offer. Just worry about getting the job done, build a good reputation as a reliable operator, and fi ll up your bank accounts with all the bytecoins you can hoard—if you can do that, the future is yours in Hypercorps 2099!

CHANGE YOUR EXPECTATIONSWhile at their core the PCs are much the same—clerics, fi ghters, monks, rogues, and wizards—the environment and the rules around them have changed dramatically. Both the party and their enemies are more lethal, information and technology are more available, transport and travel are dramaticallydifferent, and these all fundamentally alter the balance of the rules. As a result there’s a notable shift in the dynamics of gameplay and you’ll be experiencing Fifth Edition in an entirely new light even after your fi rst session. Players and GMs alike would do well to remember these three things:

1) There’s always something. Even the most careful operators (and hypercorporations) tend to leave some kind of trail or otherwise reveal their presence. 2) It’s the table’s story. Roleplaying games are collaborative storytelling in one way or another. Unlike normal Fifth Edition games the players are expected to take on a more narrative role than usual.3) You may very well die. It’s true! Those extraordinary powers, healing nanites, and guns that plug into your brain are resources your enemies can access as well. Even with the alterations to increase a PCs’ survivability (really consider that term), enough bullets will bring down pretty much anything.

With these tenets in hand, keep an open mind and dive into the future with all the grit, fervor, and intensity you can offer for the operations ahead!

There are bytecoins to be made, prestige to acquire, and power to be won!

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denizens are treated with outright hostility, but even their fairer kin (dwarves, elves, gnomes, and half-lings) are discriinated and ostracized. 1893: Societies that practice ancestor worship—predominantly Native Americans, but also tribal societies in the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Australia, and the roma of Europe—begin to unlock ancestral memories. The government of the United States signs the Dawes Commission into law, but their newfound power inspires the free tribes of the American west to band together. Together they drive settlers out from the Black Hills and then South Dakota entirely; before the end of the century, they negotiate a treaty to become a sovereign state within the United States (Wówičakȟe Oyáŋke or “truth place”) with an unprecedented degree of freedom and power (the Sioux Tribal Council gradually settles into a role as the mystical and spiritual entity in the checks and balances of the federal government). Pockets of other native resistance persist but eventually fall to the rapidly advancing weaponry of the US Army or are absorbed by Wówičakȟe Oyáŋke. Similar developments occur around the world, the most prominent actors being the indigenous peoples of Panama, the Kuna. They halt the construction of the Panama Canal and only allow its completion with the caveat that their people gain a country not unlike the state of Wówičakȟe Oyáŋke to the north, establishing the nation of Galu on the eastern side of the waterway.

1876: The fi rst time traveler survives a journey 200 years into the past generating a subtle ripple effect across the world, causing small tears into other dimensions to appear in remote, rural areas. From them dwarves, elves, gnomes, halfl ings, orcs, and all manner of creatures and races become emissaries that bring magic back to Earth (how it disappeared remains a mystery). With Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States, word of the miraculous happeningsrapidly spread across the globe. Religion becomes more important than ever before as prayers begin to be answered in literal and often dramatic ways—rivalries between divine beliefs burn brighter than ever and bloody theological wars are fought in society’s shadow for more than a century.

Earth Before 1876Magic and monsters are considered nothingbut myth and legend. Though mages and extraordinary creatures continue to walk the Earth, their power wanes dramatically as technology takes root and the oldest belief systems vanish. It isn’t until the tachyon fl ux reaches back two centuries that arcane and divine energies reawaken, growing in power and prominence with each passing century.

1881: Thanks to their innate understanding of magic, some dwarves, elves, and other members of nonhuman races accumulate great wealth that leads to dramatic changes in countries around the world. The term demigrant soon becomes popular as a racial slur to describe these newcomers. With mysti-cal aid, combustion and hydraulic technologies are combined in strange and fantastic ways.

1886: As occult researchers dangerously explore the extremes of dimensional experimentation a series of natural disasters rock the globe. While their abuses of planar energies imbues psychic potential in hu-man and demigrant alike, it does not reach fruition for generations. Yellow journalists of the day use these phenomena to convince the public of the evils of demigrants. The most monstrous otherworldly

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