Crew Creation

The following rules add depth and a system of shared progression for the PCs.
This sub-system is great for longer campaigns, but is largely irrelevant for shorter games and one-shots.

Introduce these steps after Character Creation, or after the first job. GM Discretion.

Crew Archetype

Regardless of the focus of the game, the player characters are assumed to be part of a team.

In theory, this could be anything, but its recommended to pick something that places the Characters in the position of Underdogs, on the bottom rung of society, with a reason to hate the status quo.

Discuss with the GM and choose a Crew Archetype that you’re excited to explore,
or roll on this list:

Archetypes

If your group is more divided, consider the connections between player characters. What are they to each other?

If its a little vague, or the characters don’t really know each other yet, either write a broad descriptor of what the group currently is (Drifters, Freelancers, Nobodies, etc.).
Do a few more jobs and come back to it.

Playing to the Strengths of your Archetype earns you Status at the end of a job. As your Status increases, your crew gain additional benefits. See Crew Advancement below.

Contacts & Faction Relations

Crew Contacts

Much like individual Characters, the crew have access to Contacts; a network of friends, fixers, and experts.

Starting Contact

The Crew start knowing one shared, close Contact.
One PC might have more of a connection with them than the others, but you all know them well enough to trust them.

Give them a name, an occupation, as well as a detail about how you know them.
Make something up, or roll on the table below.

Faction Relations

The Crew Sheet also tracks relations between the Crew and individual Factions.

Your Faction Relations are represented with a 6-segment clock, which starts half-filled.

At 3/6 segments, your relation is Neutral, and your Rating is 0.
As the clock fills your Rating increases. As the clock empties, your Rating decreases.

This rating, from -3 to +3 add Advantage Dice PLUS or Threat Dice MINUS to checks related to negotiations involving the faction.

Starting Relations

Pick one local faction to have +2 Relation, and another to have -1 Relation with.
Work with the GM to pick these two factions.

Consider what this means for the crew.
Maybe one is a group you’ve worked with before, and the other is group you’ve upset, or owe a favour to.

See Factions for a full list.

Hostility

Hostility represents how likely your enemies are to make a move against you.

Hostility is displayed as three 3-Segment Clocks. For each full clock, your Hostility Rating increases.

Example: The crew have 2 Full Clocks, one at 1/3, the rest empty.
The Crew have a Hostility Rating of 2.

As your Hostility increases, the events and complications you’ll face during downtime become more severe.

Gaining Hostility

Hostility is gained at the end of a job, depending on a number of factors:

Hostility clocks are spent by the GM during Downtime to introduce complications.

At any time between Jobs, usually during Life scenes (See: Life Phase) the GM can choose to spend any number of Full Hostility Clocks to introduce trouble and complications.

The more Clocks spent, the greater the potential complication could be:

• Single-Clock complications are rarely more than threats, or petty acts of vandalism.
• A Three-Clock complication usually means murderous intent.

For Example:

• A Faction the crew have targeted previously come for revenge.
  - The level of response probably depends on how badly they’ve been fucked with, from threats to murderous intent.
• A PCs Rival makes moves to complicate their lives.
  - They might damage their status with a contact, making them unavailable until they make amends.
• A group of corrupt, Cerberus enforcers begin harassing the Crew.
  - What do they want? Bribes? Dirty Work? Maybe nothing right now, but they want to make sure the Crew knows who’s boss.
• A Faction takes sudden interest in the crew.
  - Everywhere they go, they can’t help but feel watched..
• Someone takes advantage of a lack of security to steal something from the Crew.
  - A vehicle, or it’s wheels/engine/stereo.
• The location of the Crew’s safehouse is revealed.
  - Maybe someone is starting to sniff around. Or worse, it’s being raided right now.

• GM Advice: Don’t feel like you need to do this every downtime.
• Introduce these scenes when it is most dramatically appropriate, and/or when it serves to pressure the Crew into action.

Crew Advancement

Much like individual Characters, the Crew as a whole improve over time.
As the Crew become better known, more opportunities will open up to them.

Status & Rank

Status indicates how well known, respected, and feared the Crew are among their clients, allies, and enemies. As it increases, so does your Rank.

Increasing your Rank brings with it access to Advantages (Safehouse, Market Contacts, etc), which might add AdvantagePLUS or ThreatMINUS dice to relevant checks.

The Crew Sheet displays ten, 8-Segment Clocks.
Every point of Status adds one tick to a clock.

Example: The crew have 4 Full Clocks, one at 3/8, the rest empty.
The Crew are Rank 4 (“Connected”)

The number of fully filled clocks represents your Rank. Compare with the table below:

• GM Advice: For shorter, faster campaigns, half the number of clocks required for each Rank.

Gaining Status

Status is gained at the end of a job, depending on a number of factors:

Losing Status

1 tick of Status could be lost as part of a Bane or Major Consequence

• This could represent a public embarrassment or betrayal that damages your reputation.
• You cannot take ticks from filled clocks. Once a clock is full, it is locked in.

Upgrades

In addition to the benefits of Rank, you can commit time, money, and skill toward Upgrades; Features and Benefits that help the entire Crew.

As a note: The Upgrades you choose should make logical sense within the fiction. For example: Regular Clientele requires you to be running some sort of side business.

Crew Features

When your Status Rank increases, pick a new Feature:

The Safehouse

Unlocked at Rank 2, the Crew have access to a shared Safehouse. This can be upgraded to expand its use.

Prior to this, the Crew can still have a place to meet and plan; a public place, an abandoned building, or a backroom in a building owned by a trusted contact. The only implication is that they don’t yet have the means or permission to start making improvements.

When picking a Safehouse, pick a District to operate out of.
Work with the GM to pick an interesting location.

Property

• Property comes with some inherent features. Mix and Re-style these as desired.
  These don’t count toward the Property’s Max Improvements.
• Cost includes setup, supplies, rigging up power, lighting, etc.
• Additionally, feel free to adjust the cost by -50% to +50%, based on the area/district the property is in and other factors.
• You could also waive the cost entirely if the Crew earned it through a job, or from a contact.

Safehouse Improvements

Safehouses can have Improvements up to the Max Improvements limit listed in the table above.

Property Specific Upgrades

• If for any reason you lose access to these Improvements (Moving Property, Destruction, Acts of God), you also lose the benefit you gained from it.

When moving to a new Property, at the GM’s discretion, carry over purchased improvements up to the Max of the new property.

• This should always make sense within the fiction and typically doesn’t include features the original property inherently had, such as the Tenement’s “Gang Territory”, or the Dojo’s “Training Room”