History MediaNotes / CypherSystem

* ''TabletopGame/StayAlive'': The horror book, with the "Masters of the Night" setting, where vampires walk the world.

* ''TabletopGame/RustAndRedemtion'': The post-apocalypse book, with the "Radio Quiet" setting, where a government software update meant to prevent the Y2K problem [[NiceJobBreakingIt,Hero ended up creating a robot civil war]].

* ''TabletopGame/TheDiamondThrone'': A setting originally published by Monte Cook's for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3rd Edition, currently being adapted to the Cypher System by Here Be Dragons Games.
* ''TabletopGame/OldGodsOfAppalachia'': A Cypher System adaptation of the Podcast/OldGodsOfAppalachia podcast. Upcoming.

* CharacterClassSystem: Four classes in the basic game, although some worlds have variants.

* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: Played 100% straight, as one would expect from a Monte Cook game. At low ranks, warriors can hack enemies apart up close or far away, while adepts have a number of useful-but-not-incredible support powers and some quasi-magical zaps. At high ranks, warriors are terrors in combat and useless everywhere else, while adepts are terrors in combat who can literally move mountains with their minds. Explorers and speakers are stuck between the two, with a broader array of skills than either but not access to the raw power of an adept or combat power of a warrior. And while warrior, to be fully effective, have to split their points between two resource pools, which also count as their hit-points, and speakers and explorers all three, adepts are free to focus their Edge and extra points only on their Intellect, letting the other pools serve as expendable hit-points and nothing else.

* BeyondTheImpossible: While difficulty in the real world normally maxes out at 10, this limit is raised to 15 with the power shift mechanic. Difficulty 11 is labelled impossible, but that label is for regular folks. For superpowered characters, impossible means something different, thanks to power shifts. Each difficulty above 10 is considered one more step beyond impossible. A normal person has no hope in hell of dealing with a threat of level 13, but this is completely possible for an augmech in ''Numenera'', a prodigy in mask-form in ''Unmasked'', or a vampire in ''Stay Alive!''.

* ''TabletopGame/TheOrigin'': Superheroes are just starting to appear, making for a darker, grittier superhero setting. Upcoming.

* ''TabletopGame/FirstResponders'': A book about dealing with real-world disasters such as plane crashes, earthquakes, and pandemics. Upcoming.

* ''TabletopGame/ClaimTheSky'': The superhero book, upcoming.

* ''TabletopGame/TheOrigin''

* ''TabletopGame/TheStarsAreFire'': The science-fiction book, with "The Revel" setting, in which the solar system has been colonized and the beginnings of interstellar travel when Earth is suddenly cut off from the rest of the system by an unknown force.

* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: Played 100% straight, as one would expect from a Monte Cook game. At low ranks, glaives can hack enemies apart up close or far away, while nanos have a number of useful-but-not-incredible support powers and some quasi-magical zaps. At high ranks, glaives are terrors in combat and useless everywhere else, while nano are terrors in combat who can literally move mountains with their minds. Jacks are stuck between the two, with a broader array of skills than either but not access to the raw power of a nano or combat power of a glaive. And while glaives, to be fully effective, have to split their points between two resource pools, which also count as their hit-points, and jacks all three, nanos are free to focus their Edge and extra points only on their Intellect, letting the other pools serve as expendable hit-points and nothing else.

Settings for the Cypher System include:

* ''TabletopGame/TheStrange'': Multigenre dimension-traveling. An early setting, also before the creation of the generic Cypher System.

* ''Literature/{{Vurt}}'': Based on the books by Jeff Noon; Cypher System setting published by Ravendesk Games.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Ptolus}}'': Monte Cook's original setting that was used for playtesting TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons third edition, updated to Cypher System (and D&D fifth edition).

In addition, genre books have been published, each of which also has a mini-setting included:
* ''TabletopGame/{{Godforsaken}}'': The fantasy book, with the titular setting where characters from the Blessed Lands go into the Godforsaken Lands in search of wealth and magic.
* ''TabletopGame/WeAreAllMadHere'': The fairy-tale book, with the "Lost in the Heartwood" setting where people touched by mental health disorders of various sorts fall into fairyland.

* ''Claim the Sky'': The superhero book, upcoming. A separate setting book called ''The Origin'' was unlocked in the same Kickstarter.
* ''First Responders'': A book about dealing with real-world disasters such as plane crashes, earthquakes, and pandemics. Upcoming.

The Cypher System is a UniversalSystem for TabletopRPG games, originally created by Monte Cook for ''TabletopGame/Numenera''. The system is heavily story-based, and is built around the idea that the game master should not in general be rolling dice. The player rolls dice against a target based on the relative levels of their character and the obstacle, as adjusted for equipment and resources spent.