Character Sheets - The Cypher System Guide

Cypher SystemCharacter · page 1

Name Setting Tier Effort Player Experience points (XP)

I am a descriptor type who focus

Stat Pools

Pools are both health and fuel: damage and Effort come out of them. Edge cuts the cost of anything paid from that Pool, Effort included (to a minimum of 0).

Damage Track

HaleAll Pools above 0. No penalties.

ImpairedOne Pool at 0. Effort costs +1 per level; no minor or major effects.

DebilitatedTwo Pools at 0. You can do little but move.

DeadAll three Pools at 0.

Recovery Rolls

1d6 + tier

Restore that many points, split among your Pools.

1 action 10 minutes 1 hour 10 hours

Recovery bonus

Armor & Effort

Armor Speed Effort +/level

Armor subtracts from every hit. Heavier armor makes Speed Effort cost more per level (check your armor and type).

Effort: first level costs 3, each extra level +2. Each level eases the task one step.

Effort Helper

Pool Levels of Effort Ability cost (optional)

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Skills

Skill	Level

Trained eases a task one step, specialized two (the most skills can give). An inability hinders it one step.

Attacks

Weapon / attack	Damage	Range	Modifiers

Description & Personality

Notes

Cypher SystemSpecial Abilities · page 2

Name

I am a…

Special Abilities

Ability	Cost	Effect

Type, focus and descriptor abilities with their full rules text. A cost comes out of the Pool named, less that Pool's Edge; Effort costs extra.

Cypher SystemAdvancement, Gear & Cyphers · page 3

Name

Cypher limit

Cyphers carried0

Type & Focus Abilities by Tier · Advancement

Tier	Type abilities	Focus ability	+4 Pool pts	+1 Edge	+1 Effort	Skill / other

Each advancement costs 4 XP. Buy all four at a tier and you move up to the next tier, gaining new type and focus abilities.

Cyphers

Cypher	Level	Effect

Your type sets your cypher limit (usually 2 or 3 at the start). Carry more and the GM decides what goes wrong.

Artifacts

Artifact	Level	Effect	Depletion

Artifacts are reusable and don't count toward your cypher limit. Roll the depletion die each use; the listed number means it stops working.

Equipment

Money

Oddities

Background

Connection to the Party

Notes

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Worked out for you. A recovery roll is 1d6 + your tier, four a day (1 action, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 10 hours). The damage track follows how many Pools are at 0. The Effort Helper (screen only) prices Effort: 3 points for the first level, 2 for each extra one, +1 per level while Impaired, plus any armor penalty on Speed, minus that Pool's Edge, never below 0. See Stat Pools & Effort, Character Creation, Character Advancement and The Magic of Cyphers; for the Ninth World, Numenera Characters and Cyphers, Oddities & Artifacts.