Playing the Cyberpunk TTRPG is increasingly confusing
DM: "Yes, the troubleshooters can easily track you if you carry your powered-on equipment through the orange zone."
P1: "Dang, we should have left our smartphones at home."
DM: "THEY'RE CALLED CYBERDECKS!"
P2: "What's the range of these tracking sensors?"
DM: "Uhm, I forgot which chapter this is in..."
P3: "Just CTRL+F it in the PDF I sent you to your cyberdeck"
DM: "THEY'RE CALLED SMARTPHONES!"
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Well, at least it's not Shadowrun. I don't think I could handle getting trolled by an actual troll.
Bad news: Cyberpunk smartphones are called Agents, and they all have LLMs in them.
Unrealistic news: they work really well and make everyone happy.
Commlinks? 😅