Risks: Instructions v1.0 · 31 Oct 2026

1. Quick start

1. Press Use the Character Generator's Star, or type a quick one.
2. Pick the test the book calls for.
3. Roll for yourself (Roll for me, or type your dice); NPCs roll for themselves.

2. Enhancements and Stims

• Metal Madness check: after every Encounter where you used Enhancements, tick the types you used (Sensory, Physical, Loops) and roll 1d6 for each: 4–5 costs 1 Decreasing Rep d6; a 6 means the Metal Madness test (3d6 against Rep). Results run from "It's all good" through "Not good" and "On the edge" (½d6 every month) to Menace to Society.
• Going Hatter check: the same after Stims, with the Going Hatter test. Its worst result is fatal.
• Remove an Enhanced Body Part: two Metal Madness tests with a Doctor; pass 0 on either and the surgery makes you a Menace to Society.

3. Menace to Society

A Menace to Society has no Voluntary Encounters: instead, twice a month, take a Metal Maniac Encounter (2d6 against the Law Level): an Arrest, Bounty Hunters, or nothing. On a Law Level 1 planet that isn't Gaea Prime's, play normally.

4. Psy

• Meeting a Psy: the Psy Interaction (and, for a DHS-SD Operative, Psy Recognition to confirm and Arrest it).
• Seen using Psy: each NPC who sees you reacts by who they are: a Mover may offer a Job or try to capture you, Exotics, Shakers and Joes call the Police, Criminals try to recruit or capture you. Press Another NPC for the next one.
• Premonition before the Action roll, and the Mental Blast (Psy and Razors), with its Shooting Damage roll.

5. What it remembers

Some results count as worse the next time (a second "Not good" counts as "On the edge"; a second "On the edge" counts as the worst result), and some cost ½d6 Decreasing Rep d6 every month. The tool remembers these for each Star in this browser, so the next test is right. The list at the start shows what's on record.

6. In the Guided Campaign

During any Encounter in the Guided Campaign, press Enhancement / Psy test. The result goes into the Encounter; an Arrest or Confrontation it leads to comes next; a Menace to Society is written in your Notes; and "On the edge" or "A bit paranoid" is charged at the start of every month for you.