The human mind is nothing more than digital code –Digital Human Freight– saved and stored in a Cortical Stack, advanced technology that allows you to “re-sleeve” your entire consciousness into a new body. In the official Altered Carbon role playing game based on the hit Netflix series, wear any body you can afford, transmit your mind across the cosmos in an instant, and, if you’ve got the credits and political cachet, re-sleeve time and again for centuries, accumulating enough wealth and power over the millennia to become the societal equivalent of an immortal god. Included inside the Core Rulebook, you’ll find: Rules to play Archetypes ranging from Socialites to Soldiers. Explore the expansive metropolis Bay City in both its criminal Underground, and vaunted Aerium world of the immortal meths. A highly customizable Trait and tech system. Storytelling-focused rules, that help create dramatic tension inside of combat and intrigue outside combat. The means in which to transfer your characters digital consciousness into a new sleeve should they come to a tragic end. Opponents ranging from unhinged augmented thugs to cunning and manipulative political adversaries. With the prize of immortality at your fingers, the question is, what price will you pay for it? What stories will you tell? Your neon-drenched adventures await!
