Neon Koi

2–4 players
Difficulty 3 of 3
Not recommended under 16
Available in: Français, English, Español, Deutsch, Italiano

In the flooded arcologies of Neo-Osaka, a stolen koi carries a corporation's secrets in its scales. Everyone wants it back.

The rulebook at a glance

d6 dice pool
4 attributes
Heat

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Campaign
Scales
2 sessions · chases, infiltration, loyalty
Cost: 2 Dice for the whole table

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By the Icotale team

The world

PlaceNeo-OsakaA half-sunken megacity, where people get around by boat between the towers.
PlaceThe Dōtonbori Floating MarketBarges, neon lights, noodles and illegal chips.
PlaceShiokaze TowerThe corporation’s headquarters, dry and shining above the water.
FactionShiokaze BiotechThe corporation that hid its secrets inside a fish, for lack of a better safe.
FactionThe CarpsA gang of fishermen who stole the koi without knowing what it carries.
CharacterMadame IbukiA fixer at the floating market: she buys everything and sells nothing but trouble.
CharacterTaroThe kid who feeds the koi in a bathtub, and who refuses to give it back.

The rulebook

Resolving actions

Roll as many d6 as the attribute, plus 1 for each suitable implant or program.
Every 5 or 6 is a success: one for a simple action, two for a hard one.
No successes and at least one 1: the network spots you.

Initiative : Reflexes + 1d6

Attributes

Chrome CHR: Strength, implants, close combat.
Reflexes REF: Shooting, jet-ski piloting, dodging.
Code COD: Hacking, decrypting, diving into the network.
Street STR: Contacts, bluffing, black market.

Special rules

Heat: Every complication adds one point of Heat to the team. At 5, the Shiokaze corporation sends its cleaners; Heat drops when the team lies low for a whole night.
The Scales: Each of the koi’s scales holds a fragment of data. Reading one (a hard Code roll) reveals one of the corporation’s secrets, and raises Heat by 1.

Character creation

Each attribute starts at 1: spread 8 extra points, up to 5 per attribute · no reroll

Origins

Flooded slums: Born with your feet in the water; +1 to Street.
Ex-corpo employee: Fired, and holding a grudge; +1 to Code.
Fishing family: Knows every canal; +1 to Reflexes.

Vocations

Netrunner: Cable in the back of the neck, cold coffee.
Mercenary: Chrome arm and a flexible code of honour.
Fixer: Knows someone who knows someone.
Pilot: Jet-skis, drones, and the water as a playground.

Derived values

Hit points: 3 + Chrome
Defense: Reflexes
Initiative: Reflexes + 1d6

Starting equipment

A compact pistol
A waterproof suit
A wrist terminal

Veils

Topics kept off screen: the Narrator never shows or describes them.

sexual violence
body horror