I'm a new DM just getting into Running RED for my friends, and netrunning has been the most confusing thing for me, so thanks for the tips!

I run a warhammer 40k rpg with a mechanicus player. This video has given me the ability to elevate his role beyond a door opener epair man. Thank you

My only concern with Netrunning in Red is that I feel it can get very repetitive. The Data Fortresses in 2020 were a little better for making unique runs. The main solution I'm thinking for crafting netruns as a GM is to have some of the architectures be crafted to look like certain locations like a dungeon or cave and have the Demons and Black Ice be designed to fit these environments. I'm specifically planning on an architecture created by a mad Netrunner made to look like the Minotaur's Maze!

As far as rules for multiple black ice programs, it states that the cost to install more than one black ice in a room is the amount of black ice in a room multiplied by the cost of the black ice. For example, if you wanted a giant, a dragon, and a sabretooth in the same room, it would cost 9000 eb. This is because there are 3 programs and each one has a base cost of 1000 eb, which means each one costs 3000 eb. So, if your GM is a psycho, it also means your enemy is extremely wealthy. Also, black ice in a cyberdeck can also be used against other black ice if they are designed to be anti-program. Do remember that black ice are expensive, and having them destroyed permanently by an enemy program. However, some black ice can also destroy programs in the architecture instead of just derezzing them, meaning they don't reset. For some wealthy netrunners, this causes a unique type of deck-swapping strategy as you can jack in and out without having all the ice reset, letting you utilize multiple cyberdecks. In the Midnight with the Upload DLC, this can be doubled down on with the Raven Microcyb Phoenix, which can save and restore destroyed black ice, which is something that could not be achieved before, even with the backup drive, which explicitly restricted such a thing. Jack in with an expensive Black Ice deck to wreck the programs permanently, and then pop out, swap to a specialized cyberdeck when you need to brute-force passwords, control nodes, and so on.

Throw Rache Bartmoss himself at my Netrunner? That might just be one of the coolest ideas I've heard. Homebrewing those nasty R.A.B.B.I.D.S. gonna be so much fun. Oh and on behalf of all the Runners out there: "Are you insane?!?"

Probably been said before but the levels in Inception are also a nice way of depicting the Net imho :)

Just in time! One of my players is wanting to multiclass from medtech into netrunner.

I always liked the idea of playing a net runner in 2020 but it just didn’t work so well in our campaign’s so I just ran solo’s

Dude, thank you sooo much for making these vids, I'm beginning a campaign in a couple weeks and even though I read the book from cover to cover, I was still so uncertain about things, but now I feel a lot more confident. Thanks man!

Awesome! I'm super clear now as it's an area that has traditionally been NPC turf only.

The elevator description is good, though I can't help but picture it like the data forts/servers from the CCG.

Great summary, thanks!

Great as Always mate 💪 this is Epic !

hey, its two years after you posted this video and just wanted to let you know that its still very helpful. thank you so much!

Awesome breakdown - thanks!

Amazing vid Jon. Your channel has once again proved to be a priceless asset to me.

Thanks for walking me through this! I've been playing for a couple months and definitely have missed a few of these nuances and tips.

Really helpful! The only thing I think unmentioned was how each Floor of an Architecture can hold up to 3 Black ICE, as stated by JGray in the Discord. Would be a nightmare to enter a floor and find 3 Hellhounds D:

I think that is the best tutorial video i ever seen

You are the 🐐 choom you helped me hella with all yo cyberpunk vids 💪🏽

Thanks for the explanation. I´ll play my first round of Cyberpunk this week and this made the Netrunner much more clear to me.

Thanks mate - this was useful.

Thank you for explaining this in a way that makes playing a netrunner build actually sound fun and useful. Great breakdown.

Just in time planning for session 2 with my Netrunner the fantastic breakdown I was looking for all day today !!

Very cool, thank you Jon Jon!

Always helpful! Keep it up Jon Jon!

This is such a great source of information thanks Jon!

As always thanks bud really helped out!

Hey man, I'm Brazilian and I'm soon going to start a Cyberpunk Red campaign with my friends and your video helped me a lot to understand Netruning. Thank you very much. Very good video!

Clear, concise and questions we all have answers to to finally be able to put netrunning on a bigger scale in our campaigns! Thank you so much, JonJon! Also, who(in this video, esp) does your outro music? Love it.

Your awesome and awesome video be safe out there

Awesome 👍. Next Sat is my first day as a GM for Red and I'm really excited for it and hoping at least one if my 4 players will take Netrunner!

Thank you for this

Awesome mate

brah, you helped out a lot.. i am planning to run a short Cyberpunk Campaign, and Netrunning is the beast that scares me the most. :D but between your video, rule book, and NET Architecture generator, i think i ll manage. :D

Great, thank you!

TY for explaining this stuff man! (Love the Babies' Hollerin' in the Background!! hahah),.....12 gauge, Solo.. :)

A+ on the art and presentation!

I have not played in or ran a cyberpunk game yet but I plan to dm one some time this year and find your videos very helpful. I think that I will experiment with net architecture layout when it is a more complex system. Rather than an elevator, I am imagining it along the lines of a traditional D&d dungeon with the centre being the end. This would permit multiple entry points that other netrunners could jack in from to try and stop you and would give optional paths that could bypass difficult ICE obstacles through potentially useless connected systems or could be dead ends. I dont know how viable this is but it really makes for the netrunner needing to find the correct data in the system for their objective in my opinion. I am also going for more of a 2070s feel for my group so a little extra complexity if the netrunner is connected remotely. Remote connection will also be great if they forget to cloak!

Great vid. I was thinking of playing a Netrunner and more experienced players cautioned me against it. With this level of understanding, I feel a lot more confident.

Great & immensely helpful videos, JonJon. I never would have known about RED without them! What a gift--Thank you Cyberpunk Red needs more Creators like you and more publicity; by my reckoning, everyone that plays TTRPGs should be playing this

19:11 Oh, you can't use any program twice a turn. So yeah, you really might want to take two Swords (which is an option in the Method 2 character creation).

Netrunning is one of the coolest things about the game.

Might be irrelevant or a rule change, but Attack Programs are an exception. They are Activated when making an Attack and, once used, automatically Deactivate themselves. So you could in theory make two attacks with your sword.

Thanks for this, I couldn't vizualize the space

As a note, there can be more than one access point on an Architecture so just because you destroyed one doesn't mean you got all of them (however, I feel like that Netrunners who have fully explored the architecture or gotten to the top floor should known how many there are/where they are).

Have you done a GM tips and tricks Netrunning video? I am having a tough time knowing what architecture to build and how some programs actually work against the net runner or program or both.

Story lore = The rules within that specific society

Hi JJ, your content for your videos has been so helpful. I was a little daunted at first by trying to play a netrunner, but now, I am excited by the prospect thanks to your great video. I do have some questions thou: 1. When making any of the various Interface rolls, such as leaving a virus or cloak, can the netrunner increase the effect by using LUCK? If they can, then depending on how high they roll, this may take it out of the reach of any NPC, unless it was a 'unique' one, as they don't have LUCK. 2. Can multiple netrunners work together at the same time (a virtual party), and go through the Net architecture together? If yes, then when they encounter Black ICE, would it attack one of them only or would they both get attacked? Thanks again.

Branches can add variety I think: One architecture with multiple branches, that loop to the main branch and / or end in dead ends. Also, each access point in the building could let you jack-in from a diffrent branch, and at different levels (jack in from the lobby vs from the director's office). Also, what's the name of the music you play as the outro/credit of the video? It's super cool and I'd like to use it in hacking scenes in my campaign!

Sitting here with CP Red and CP 2020 books... not sure about Netrunning... ah the irony of me finding this vid on the net and watching it instead of opening the books haha.

Quick question, would it not be better to make multiple different Cyberdecks for different scenarios, and what would it cost to swap to another cyberdeck. Like would you need to jack out to use another deck? for example make an exploration deck to figure out what's in architect, then switching to a defensive one if you find a demon, or go all out with an offensive based Cyberdeck.

Question....can a Tech write programs? Or maybe BlackICE and Demons? I like the idea of a "conjurer" multiclass with netrunner that crafts his own programs.

Thank you JonJonTheWise, your videos are of great help to me. This one in particupar is an amazing concise rundown to netrunning. There is only one thing I didn't understand reading the rulebook and watching your video : How meeting another netrunner works. Do netrunners see eachother only when they are acting on the same level of a net arch, or they are discovered with the scan action? Things like that.

Hey that's me! Awesome video! This helped clear up so much information for me and I look forward to passing it onto my players. Quick ninja edit: If your runner fails to create a virus, do they just have to spend another 2 net actions to try again?

Just to make sure, there is option to have multiple access points to the same Net architecture, right?

Destroying access points can be quite nasty if you cleared the building and reached the final floor of the net. Leave a virus that triggers the defences when your nemies come back to reclaim it, then destroy all access points so that they cant even attempt to jack in.

New GM here and I've been doing netrunning a bit wrong. I was wondering where do I find stats like Speed for the player. Maybe I missed it in the vid but it says opposing rolls and I couldn't find what speed stat to use for the player. Also, great guide, thank you very much for this.

Netrunners when I tell them to use a computer normally instead of jacking their brain directly into the architecture with the "Mega demon brain sizzler 9000+1 virus"

So scenario-wise would like a physical building that's like 5 floors have an access point on floor 2 and floor 5 that lead to the same NET architecture? So like an enemy NET runner could be accesaesing it from the top floor while you are accessing from floor 2? Am I understanding this correctly. And what about branching. How does that work?

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I know this vid is a year old, but I thought I’d leave this here for anyone just getting into the game like myself. According to the rule book in the jumpstart kit, you can’t have multiple copies of the same program loaded into your cyberdeck at once, and you can’t use the same copy of an individual program multiple times during the same turn, (activating, deactivating, and reactivating as jon describes) This could be different in the core book or been errata’d at some point. Regardless, stay safe out there chooms!

Hey quick question, since interface takes 3 seconds, does that mean that all the battles in the infrastructure happen only in 3 seconds in reality as well? Thanks for the vid halfway through it now c:

Hey. The node you gotta be within 6m off. Is it like a specific thing, like the nets modem or is it just anything connected. Like a turret or security pad? Also it's wireless I take it?

Can you have multible netrunners on your team that can work together? I imagin that would be pretty cool.

are there quick hacks in Red like in 2077? like contagion or overheat that you can use in meat space?

Black ice that target programs will also attack other black ice The dragon is the basically the perfect anti black ice program

On Architecture Reset: if you go in with two netrunners and one leaves while the other stays, does the architecture reset or not until both leave?

I am a little confused on the "leaving a virus." So if you beat the DV that the gm gives you, a netrunner can't overcome/fix it? But if you fail the DV, you still leave the program? I thought failing the DV determines whether or not you create the virus in the architecture.

is there a place were i can find some examples?

Mike had to figure out what LAN was before LAN parties existed 🤣 I feel like so much of the net lore is just down to 'Pondsmith didn't want corpos on the internet' but had no idea to think; Yeah, most corporations just don't have online servers. Those who do are exposed. Irl lore works fine for this setting too 😂

How do you calculate how mutch interface you have

This is really good about netrunning in a net architecture, but what can a netrunner do in meatspace? Can they shut off a solos smart gun? Can they shut off someone's cyberleg so they get an advantage during a chase?

Me listening to how TT mechanics are played knowing damn well I'll never be able to utilize this knowledge: 😀

I’m new to the channel… I’m currently reading and about to get a group together for CP2020, do you have a guide on Netrunning for the 2020 version?

A question: why would I get copies of a program like sword, if attacker programs deactivate automatically after activating?

hi ! Is it possible to hack and shutdown the cybertech of an enemy within the 6 meter range ?

The thing I am most confused about with netrunners is the progression. Do they have to move through meatspace in order to enter different levels in the net architecture?

Do you happen to have a guide to the 2020 version? 😊

Sooo...net-running reminds me alot of the Yu-Gi-Oh cartoon. "Draw your last pathetic program, Yugi." "My Grandpa's cyberdeck has no pathetic programs, Kaiba." Funny concept, i can see bullshitting around with it, really making shit up about how your programs look in game. Maybe making custom ones to fit a deck theme."

Ive not been running cyberpunk red long and i have one question about demons. They know immediately if theyve got a runner in the NET but my question is, will they know where the runner is in meet space as they hack?

How do you determine the interface rank for a starting character?

Starts at 2:15

Great video! Very useful! Couple of questions: 1. If you run Pathfinder and see that there's ICE ahead, can you run Slide and bypass them altogether or are you forced to land on their "floor" before you can try? 2. If there are multiple ICE on a floor, do you run Slide once for all? If not, can Slide be run more than once per turn? 3. Since movement in an Architecture is not really measured, do Demons instantly attack you when they auto detect your netrunner? Do they have to be on a specific "floor" of the architecture to run Control on, let's say, auto turrets or cams or can they be anywhere?

I know I'm late to the punch here but just a quick correction I noticed from what you said at 18:58 "Multiple Copies of the Same Program" Your example here isn't quite correct just because Attack Programs are unique in their Activation/Deactivation; an Attack Program Deactivates itself upon use, this means a Netrunner may use a singular Net Action to Activate Sword and once the attack is made Sword will then Deactivate itself without using a Net Action. This interacts with the ability to have multiple copies of the same program by allowing you to install 2 copies of Sword and thereby make 2 attacks with the Sword program in a single round of combat as otherwise you may only activate a program once per round of combat. Other programs will behave differently when multiple copies are installed like with the Booster Program Speedy Gonzalves which with 2 copies can be activated twice to double it's speed increase or in the case of a Defense Software like Armor a second copy installed in your Cyberdeck allows you to have a backup of this program you may activate should the first be destroyed as this Software can only be activated once per Netrun. I hope this helps anyone who finds my comment, Netrunning is by far the most complicated part of Cyberpunk RED and I'm still learning myself so if there are any errors in what I've said here please reply so any future onlookers (and myself) can all learn together! My reference for this information is Page 201 in the Core Rulebook and the following pages which detail each programs unique interactions with this feature!

Yeah so im kinda confuse here, i can acess the entire net in one acess point or i have to FISICALLY move to one to another????

I literally just gave up as I was watching this video. I'm just going to write the mechanics to add quick hacks like in 77.

It actually makes sense for security that important NOT be connected to the internet, like nuclear power plants and dam controls. We seem to be really stupid, with foreign powers being able to shutdown our power grids and disrupt other things that have no business being on the internet. At worst they should be on a LAN (Local Area Network). The internet was and is a bunch of LANs connected together. Hackers in the old days had to either get on the property or call in with a modem to anther modem and then explore the LAN via different methods. So, in a way Cyberpunk Red has taken the way computer networks are backwards. It should also be what we're doing now and in the future. There are things that have no business connected to the internet.

So, you didn’t go over (really) hacking into other people’s cyberware. Basically, one of the cyberlimb options is called Hardened Shielding. It’s effects are that it grants said cyberlimb immunity to both EMP effects as well as non-Black ICE programs. Doesn’t that mean that if I, as a Netrunner, can use Control or antipersonnel progs to affect the boosterganger with a cyberarm if they don’t have Hardened Shielding installed? Like, can I make this boosterganger punch his buddy or shoot at an ally, or maybe cause the battery 🔋 in the cyberarm to basically send some electrical feedback into him, having the effect of whatever antipersonnel prog I’ve got in my C-deck.

I don't see how a startup netrunner can run anything beyond a simple architecture because their resources are too limited and none of their stats directly benefit their hacking abilities, so a runner with Int 2 is the same as one with Int 8.Love the system but this part seems underdone. Good vid though.

Can a netrunner boot up programs before jacking in?

I have a problem My master think: Netrunning out of combat is a problem because the others players will be doing nothing... How to solve?

Sadly, this sounds needlessly complicated compared to the netrunning in the Cyberpunk 2077 videogame.

no ass hacking like in the game.Sad but logical

I have a hard time taking advice from someone who didn't catch that you go down through the levels not up. Why would the top level be called the Bottom?

ur intros are a bit too long ...

So I was wondering if there's anyway to runa netrunner tat focuses on 2077 quickhacks. I know they don't exist in CP red, but is there any way to get a similar effect? I'm thinking of a solo netrunner, but my main worry for our session, is that it seems like netrunning can make the game very unfun for everyone else, since it's basically splitting the party. (I am very new to this )