![]() A slender ungulate with “antlers” that are metallic discs emitting paralyzing beams. ![]() A synthetic octopodal creature that telekinetically hurls large items at the PCs.To quickly create a memorable bad guy, roll on the random cypher table in Numenera and have the bad guy do that as “their thing.” When the fight’s done, the PCs will be able to scavenge the matching cypher from their corpse. Now that you know what a cypher is, here’s the tip: A cannister dispensing foam that transforms metal into a substance as brittle as glass.A metal amulet that surrounds the user in a field of absolute blackness.A set of goggles that can be used to perceive out-of-phase creatures and objects.A disk-like device that shoots out paralyzing beams.A metallic nodule that can be attached to an item, allowing one to telekinetically manipulate it with a paired rubber glove.I’ve talked about cyphers at greater length in Numenera: Identifying Items, but the core concept is that they let the PCs do something cool once and then they’re cycled out for another cypher. Often the utility of these items as perceived by the PCs will be only tangentially related to the item’s original function the ultra-tech equivalent of ripping a laser out of a CD player and using to signal your squad mates. In Numenera cyphers are one-use items scavenged from the ruined technology of an elder age.
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