Generators · Genesys + Shadow of the Beanstalk

Build the city yourself

4 designers
Quick adversary

Build new table content from Genesys Core / EPG guidance and Shadow of the Beanstalk examples. Full equipment list: Equipment browser. Need a mook in 5 seconds? Quick adversary generator.

Weapon designer

Start blank or clone a SotB profile, then tune stats. Live checks use Core “Create an Item” bands (damage by skill, Crit, qualities, encumbrance) and approximate price from Table III.1–2.

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Clone SotB weapon

Identity

Name

Category Restricted (R)

Models / branding (optional) Description / special rules

Combat profile

Skill Range

Damage +Brawn damage Critical

Carry & market

Encumbrance Hard points Rarity (1–10)

Price mode Price ₡

Item qualities

How qualities work (Genesys Core)

Active qualities usually need Advantage Advantage on a successful hit (unless noted). Passive qualities are always on.
Prefer 0–3 qualities (4 max). Too many and the profile is hard to resolve at the table.
Ratings matter: duration qualities, soak ignore, dice, and “deadliness” all scale with the number.
Use drawbacks (Cumbersome, Unwieldy, Inaccurate, Limited Ammo, Prepare, Slow-Firing, Inferior) to pay for power.
Do not stack Pierce and Breach. Breach is basically vehicle-scale.

Click a quality for full rules + design notes from the Core Create-an-Item section, then add it.

On this weapon — set ratings here; coach updates live. Prefer ≤3.

Live profile

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Balance coach

Core design principles

A light pistol should not rival a rocket launcher — match skill class to damage band (Light < Heavy < Gunnery).
Power without cost breaks tables: add Cumbersome, Unwieldy, Inaccurate, Limited Ammo, Prepare, Slow-Firing, Restricted, high rarity/price, or lower Crit.
Do not stack Pierce and Breach; pick one soak-bypass approach.
Prefer ≤3 item qualities so players can resolve attacks quickly.
Damage listed is base damage only — successful hits usually deal ~1–2 more from Success symbols.
Melee “+” damage scales with Brawn; keep listed ratings conservative.
Hard points (SotB): customization budget. Core default suggestion ≈ ceil(enc/2) when not listed.
Price from Table III.1–2 is a starting estimate — compare to SotB peers and adjust for narrative rarity.

Guidance from Genesys Core GM Toolkit (Create an Item). Price is a starting point — compare peers and adjust for story.

Step-by-step editor using Genesys Expanded Player’s Guide packages. Need zero decisions? Use the Quick adversary generator instead. To reskin a book NPC (lore + one talent + swap the gun), start with Clone existing. Store it via Admin → Catalog → Adversaries → From JSON.

Step 1

Build a host for a Network run (SotB Chapter 3): security from Table 3–1, sub-systems, stacked ice from Table 3–4, a sysop and a few twists. Send it to one of your tables and it shows up with the tracker cards — players see the map fill in as you open branches and drop ice. Rules: Rules → Network.

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Generate a whole city for the solo Netrun campaign: districts from Old Town to the Beanstalk base, hosts from the Server builder's generator, hub boards the runner has to find, secret prize servers and a stack of jobs. Save it, then move a runner in from Netrun → Runner.

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Name seed

Quick labels for NPCs / products — not a full character.

Style

Quick NPC

A name, a stat line from the SotB adversaries, and a quirk, a want and a secret.

Mission seed

Hook + escalation + climax from SotB adventure builder lists.