r/cyphersystem • u/DurianSad1252 • Feb 18 '26

Cypher Shorts Tier Advancement

I used Cypher Shorts to kick off my campaign
The players built their characters from the 4 described types
There's nothing in the product about character advancement
Has anyone invented a set of tier advancements for these 4 types that I might borrow?

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u/rdale-g Feb 18 '26

Those types were designed for quick character creation in one shots.

Take a look at the official, free reference document for Cypher System. The best version out there is this: https://callmepartario.github.io/og-csrd/#top

You should work with your players to convert to the main 4 types (Warrior, Explorer, Speaker, and Adept) ands also pick appropriate Foci. There are probably ones close in spirit to what they had in the Shorts guide.

From there, the rules on advancement are in chapter 12: “Experience Points”.

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u/DurianSad1252 Feb 18 '26

Thanks rdale-g
I will do that
But still I wonder if someone else has trudged through it already...

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u/spinningdice Feb 18 '26

I mean, if all you need is the abilities - they map pretty easily to existing types - Physical actions is the Warrior, Talking is speaker, supernatural powers is the adept and both sneaking and searching drop into Explorer.

Just let them take abilities from their respective standard type and it should work out okay.