10 Hooks and Rumours for Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.’s Night City

This list has ten hooks and rumours that can be heard about the gangsl of Night City. Whether or not they are true is up to the GameMaster. They can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.

1. One of the favourite pastimes of the Sacred Blades is their practice of “counting coup” which is to leave a red handprint on a rival gang member or NCPD officer without being stopped or caught. It’s rumoured that this same print has been turning up in strange places in Night City, often well-protected ones, and it’s thought that perhaps counting coup has extended into beating security in various places.
2. Random acts of violence inspired by the band Total Anarchy are what the chromer gang known as the Steel Slaughter Slammers are renowned for. However, it’s rumoured that not every act of random violence is truly as random as it might seem; it’s said that if the gang is slipped some money, some of the apparently random violence is instead directed at specific targets.
3. The Bozos are killer clowns with a vicious and lethal sense of fun. It’s rumoured that the gang have been developing new devices, things that look like ordinary toys, but if someone other than a Bozo picks one up, soon show their true colours as lethal objects. It’s said the Bozos have been seeding these devices amongst ordinary items of the type they appear to be, so they can wait for the unknowing victim to start the fun.
4. The Bradi Bunch is a family posergang based on the old vidshow. Their members or runaway or orphaned children, and it’s rumoured that the gang trains these children to get into places where adults could not, in order to help the gang acquire the resources it needs.
5. The Inquisitors are a gang that is at war with every other gang in the city, and others besides, for they believe that cybernetics are evil and seek to destroy it. No-one knows the gang’s home turf, or who leads them, but there are substantial rewards for the information. Some claim, however, that the reason no turf or leader can be identified is that the gang itself is not a gang but a front for a government operation of some kind, and who’s in charge changes regularly.
6. The Kennedys are a posergang centred on the famous Kennedy family of the 20th century. They have no turf and it’s believed that their leader is planning to run for mayor. It’s rumoured that other members of the gang have been laying groundwork, some legal, much not, for this campaign.
7. The Piranhas are a party gang in the Combat Zone whose sole purpose is to have fun, though outsiders are not sure just what the gang defines “fun” as. It’s rumoured that a few people in the Zone have disappeared to end up entertaining the Piranhas at one of their parties.
8. The Red Chrome Legion are militant skinheads who primarily terrorise those that are not like them, which is pretty much everyone, though they notably avoid attacking those who are more powerful. It’s rumoured that the Legion is trying to get its hands on some decent cyberware to really make the chrome part of their name ring true.
9. The Voodoo Boys have been a high priority target for the NCPD for some time, but the police have had little success in dealing with them. It’s rumoured that undercover cops have attempted to infiltrate the gang, and that so far everyone has been sent back in pieces.
10. Warrior Heart are a combat gang found in the Combat Zone, one that fortunately spends most of its time fighting other gangs in order to hone their combat skills. However, it’s rumoured that the gang has been striking out of the Zone recently, not just at gangs bordering it, but anyone else who looks like they might be a challenge, from solos to NCPD officers.

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