Running a session 0 for a technomancer and a decker in a few but confus3d my self with a stat block, so just wanted to confirms a files intuition is just the hosts right. For example if I'm writing this stupid

Jack wants to copy a file he has a computer 3 plus logic 4 so 7 in total and the file has to defend/resist the copy and uses intuition (if it's based of the hosts it's a 3) and is fire wall a 1 so 4 in total. So my question is is this the right equation/ right place to get the numbers

So I'm gathering information for a Denver game, great city, awesome lore, tons of cool plot hooks. I'm reading through Spy Games and they bring up the rebuilding effort at the University of Colorado in Boulder City like 9 times, but I can't for the life of me find information on WHY it closed. If anyone knows what happened to the place I'd love to know before I make something up.

There are classic demons and devils in Shadowrun world?

Hey, I am a relatively new DM who recently completed my first campaign. I was looking for some advice/ideas for house rules that might be beneficial to add to my next game. Most of the problems I had running the game was related to magic, specifically when it came to spirit summoning. Towards the end of the campaign I had issues with creating obstacles for the higher force spirits that our mage was able to summon and bind without having an excessive amount of enemy mages or rocket launchers. I was also looking for advice about how to rebalance how reagents work. I mostly like them in theory but late in the campaign our mage had so many reagents the drain on his spells was practically non existent. Any advice would be appreciated:).

On page 407 of the SR5 core book, the stats for dracoforms are listed. Under the "Armor" section, they have two kinds listed: physical and what I assume to be Mystic. What's the difference between the two, and how do they apply in practice? Does the "H" next to the numbers mean hardened?

Hello all, I am the GM for my group who play primarily on line with 5E and characters/npc's created via hummer.

My two part question to you all (and apologies if it has been raised before), is can you created custom spells in 5th Ed and if so, can these be captured using chummer?

To my recollection, there were guidelines for custom spell creation in the earlier editions, but I haven't dug deep enough to discover if they are still an option for 5e. Any community assistance would be welcome, thanks.

Hi .

No idea if I used the right flair, but..

IS there a consensus of "best" edition? My wife and our old friends are thinking of starting up a game. We haven't played since 1st (maybe 2nd.. can't remember). Started looking things up and realized they're now up to 6th edition.

6e seems to have a lot of detractors (from a very brief search). Still have some of our old 1e/2e books, just curious if any older players recommend a newer version, or if none of them are really worth the upgrade. (Cost isn't a concern, just wondering if any of the rules are looked upon as a gold standard type thing)

I do realize that this is obviously going to be subjective, but would appreciate hearing people's thoughts.

Thanks!

Der Heilige von Bottrop https://youtu.be/s5gRBz0m-wA

Hallo zusammen, hier der Link zu unserem Teaser für das gerade in Produktion befindliche Shadowrun Hörspiel in deutsch.

Hey, here s the link to our teaser for our now producing Shadowrun radio play in german.

Shadowrun - Teaser zum RRP-Hörspiel https://youtu.be/GpUklvIYFWI

Bye from Dexx of Sonarwerk.

I'm trying to understand what the cool uses of AND limits are of this spell.

In the core rule book there is 1 example of how someone would use Animate Substance (metal, plastic, stone, wood). In that example, they use a table in an office environment to block an exit they needed to enter to go down 2 flights of stairs.

Are there other books or places to look for how this spell could be used? The spell itself mentions wheels and if the object has them then it can move faster.

Can anyone point me towards more examples, OR! if you or your players have used this spell in interesting ways?

solved

With the suprathyroid glad would that push someone over their race limit, ive told the player because it doesn't specifically say it does its a no but I wanted to double check with some more experienced players.

I know that normally every good runner has a street name and makes a big secret about his real name. I once had a character who introduced himself with his real name. He once met dwarf rigger who told him his name, because he thought it was good that it is not always such a secretiveness. But back to the topic, what are your best street names? Gladly also from the connections and the whole troupe. Just go for it!

It says they're installed, but if I go to new game, I only have the option of playing the Dragonfall campaign. I would love to play Dead Man's Switch

To All Our Friends at Troglodykes 

I can barely hear the sound of my com ring with the sounds of gunfire from inside the house I'm standing in front of, I look at the ID, the tag reads “Halestorm” I mute the ambient noise of the real world, and take the call.

“Hello Mr Hale, I have to thank you for what you did for us, we really couldn’t have done it without you.” I acknowledge the voice on the other end of the phone. Nathen Hale, the best forensic accountant in the quasi-legal, freelance employment sector.

“I'm happy to have helped. How is our dear Ohimesama, was she enjoying her weekend with her boyfriend?”

I take a step to my left, as a bullet the size of my hand punches through the wall directly in front of where I was standing. Some will question my choice to have large portions of my brain replaced with various early warning systems, all sorts of RADAR, SONAR, and Ultrasound linked to my mind. But anything that keeps me alive can only be a good thing.

“Oh you're good…” I admit reluctantly… “How did you do?”

“A young Mafia solder suddenly starts having sushi delivered to his home, subscribes to a service for South East Asian dramas… you're a bright man, but there are other bright people in this line of work. It’s always healthy to remember that, Mr Dawg”

I grimace in words, that is the issue with deciding on one's nom de guerre before you can drive, it's something that sticks with you for good or bad.

And when you decide that your name will be Krime Dawg, it's mostly for ill.

“So, it sounds like they’re finishing up in the next room. I’ll make sure the payment gets transferred to you within the hour, always appreciate what you do for us, you’re a distinct professional.”

“Always a pleasure, I don’t often enjoy doing side work, but with the shockingly high cost of private shark ownership, one does what one must…”

I have no idea how to respond to that, so I disconnect the call

The sounds of gunfire die down.

One of my… Well for tonight we will call them “Partners” below the hallway. “OK, We’re clear, come on in!”

I open the front door to the home, all that I can see is that are people painted across the hallway

I can still hear some of them making wet, sticky noises.

It should have been, well it would have been… maybe it could have been? More elegant but my employer decided that I should spend the night with two of the … more enthusiastic troubleshooters I have ever been paired with.

The first is Crumb.. As my Grandmother would have said, an Absolute Unit of a human being. At least 7 feet tall, before the Explosive Ordnance vest he wears, and a firearm that is at least as long as he is. I'm not sure why he bothers with the chromed mask, it seems it would be hard for him to blend in.

The woman in the hall would have similar issues, for different reasons. Anna Kalashnikova (I honestly feel that about half the people in this line of work chose it because they have a bad pun they need to get out of their system) is likely the most beautiful I’ve ever seen in my life. Ive tried looking for the upgrades that have allowed her to live her life like this, but no bio-sculpting, no custom pheromones. A body provided to her by mother nature, aside for the gyroscopic counterweights that are extended from her wrists to counter the recoil of the assault rifles she holds in each hand.

I can feel the bile rise up in my stomach. “So this is all of them? I don’t need to worry about anyone in the bedroom?”

“Tak…” One of the mafia solders starts to twitch as she says this, she lowers one of the assault rifles to his face, and empties the gun in his face. “Well now… there are two individuals in the next room, one of them is our mała księżniczka.”

“And the other is her star crossed lover? Well Let me do what it is that I do…may as well try to get out of here with one person left alive.”

I knock on the door. “I’m going to be coming into the room now. I assure you, you want to be on your best behavior. I have two sociopaths out here who would love nothing more than a chance to be the last person to shoot someone tonight.”

Anna pouts, and looks at Crumb. He tilts his head to the side and shrugs.

It's not like I'm wrong.

I open the door and step inside.

Almost romantic in its own way. The future Don of our local Costa Nostra and the little Yakuza Princess fall in love and run off, apparently taking in to account the fact that his father has enough money to hire truly terrifying disposable assets to find them.

She moves over to stand behind her boyfriend, her hand at the small of his back. She locks eyes with me.

“Let me guess, his father payed you to find us.” Well maybe not as oblivious as I thought they were, as she continues “and right now you’re thinking of calling my father, telling him that you found me, its clearly a kidnapping and you will need payment up front to retrieve me. Then perhaps you would call his father? Tell him you were contacted frag him because of his invlovment to kidnap me? Plunge the city in to utter chaos for an improved payday?"

“Well.” I fully enter the room “I’m not going to say the idea didn’t occur to me, but I’m not SUCH a monster that I would plunge the city in to chaos for a few more dollars in my pocket.”

Her eyes still locked with mine she makes half a grin. “Oh Im sorry to hear that, but I was getting bored with all this anyways.” I see a muscle on her neck twitch, and the tip of blade suddenly emerges from the front of Romeos chest.

As her star crossed lover falls to the floor, his betrayer walks towards me, a meter long blade still emerging from the back of her hand. She stands in front of me, invading my personal space. I know shes a threat, she just killed the man who she said she loved, but all I can think is.

“Oh, we are going to have some fun together…”

You definitely need a pusher. Of course. Everyone tells you that. But what other connections do you find particularly useful?

Spike baby elf(but pretends to be human), Australian, combo street sam/Bear shaman, team medic, former DocWagon.

Rejected street names:

Ripper

Sawbones

Bad Medicine

Someone suggested just “Doc” and everyone looked at them funny

Edit: pack it in, lads, “Wombat Medic” has won. Thanks to /u/maruchidash

Idea I've had forever is to play as I knife weilding pigeon who swoops down, stabs someone and uses their movement to be as far off as possible. Idk if this is truly doable since I nvr have enough time to flip through books.

The alternative is just play a pigeon who uses magic for recon and can shit acid in a pinch

Tablet of Assensing (Players wouldn't know this name, they may name it whatever they want)

A square slab of jade, inscribed with multilayered orichalcum circuits.

When activated, it becomes translucent.

When looking at another creature through it, the player may make an assensing check (3) to view the attributes of the creature, additional successes may be spent to view more data, 1 success per additional section of the character sheet. The player will get actual character sheet information, but they must decide on how their character sees/interprets/understands this information.

Using the tablet overrides the regular assensing results. The character may choose to use assensing as normal without activating the tablet.

The target may make a masking check to increase the base difficulty.

Using the tablet causes drain equal to the number of successes used that can be resisted normally.

The tablet appears mundane in the astral plane unless activated. When activated, it shows up in the astral plane as if the user is using it to cast an unknown divination spell.

Mundane characters can roll Edge alone to use the tablet. Drain is resisted with willpower alone.

Spellcasting(Magic): Uses the tablet with a -2 modifier. It works, but it feels wrong.
The tablet will not display any contacts, knowledge skills, property, or gear. Implants show up as a foreign object in the location of the implant with no further information about it. 

Legwork:

Arcana (Logic) (-2 modifier for wrong tradition).

3: This is some sort of magical artifact maybe imbuing it with mana will do something.

4: These circuits seem to channel mana into some sort of effect.
5: The circuits have an certain resemblance to runes used to write divination spells.

6: It is a tool meant to enhance the assensing capabilities of the user.

8: It is powered by channeling mana through the user whilst assensing.

12+: The full use and capabilities of the  tablet are revealed.

Hardware (Logic):
6+: There are circuits of a golden metal, they're similar to amplification and signal cleansing circuits.

Para-Archeology(Intelligence):
10+: This is a 4th age artifact.

Archeology or History (Intelligence):
10+: This artifact is much older than you'd reasonably expect.

Rumors about it's existence are run or campaign dependant. They may be found with apropriate knowledge/contact checks at a minimum of 5 successes.

Origin: This object was originally used as a tool for medical diagnostics with a secondary use to identify particularly talented individuals. Near the end of the age, it saw use as a security device as an attempt to detect possessed individuals and keep them out of the great underground cities.

Players may learn this by exploring a Kaer.

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Any suggestions, corrections, balancing issues, potential plotlines, ideas, etc. are appreciated.

Edit updates:
Changing history check to Para-Archeology
Creating a different result for the history check.
Providing more clarity to in-game mechanics.
Change drain mechanics for mundanes.

Hi all, a long time ago, our GM allowed a player to bring a decker character to a game and because of well-known reasons, that was the last time as well. After that, decker characters were basically shadow-banned. The GM didn't give us any missions with on-site hacking and we only ever had NPC deckers for pre-mission legwork. It was sustainable, but deep down I always missed being able to play deckers.

Have you ever found a functional solution for the older editions (1e-2e-3e) that doesn't make the rest of the party watch the entire LOTR trilogy while the decker is hacking some system?

Aka breaking into akima style when they go in facility

I heard the best edition is the one you have but I have both the third edition rulebook and anarchy, also I haven’t played for almost a decade so I almost starting from the ground with both systems. Recommendations? I certainly will be buying more stuff on the future, so that’s an option too.

I am looking for modern style songs, especially metal or techno, sunglasses in elven. If anyone can help i would greatly appreciate it, as would my players

A little background, my group and I are on the last few sessions of a D&D campaign and have talked about changing systems to Shadowrun since it has fantasy elements but also Cyberpunk elements. So which edition should we choose? None of us have tried Shadowrun before and are wondering which ones are easier/better to get us started.

Two questions:

1. The rules mention that a spirit has to be materialised to "interact" with the material plane, but it does not define what "interact" means. Does a spirit need to be materialised to apply its on-combat powers, e.g. Accident or Movement or Conceal?
2. Iirc, the following possibilities for freeing a spirit exist:

• a spirit returns to its plane when the summoner falls unconscious due to drain while summoning,
• a spirit gets set free when the summoner is killed
• a bound spirit gets a chance to be freed when the summoner gets hit unconscious or killed

So is it correct that for a regular spirit, the summoner falling unconscious does not set the spirit free?
(Also, the summoner sleeping also does not, which I think is weird, as that is pretty much like being unconscious.)

Edit: I found a section in the companion ("spirit doorways") which indicates that when projecting into the physical plane, the spirit may not affect any being physically or magically at all. Since projecting is already a stronger presence than not being there, I assume that the answer to the first question is: No a spirit needs to be materialised to use their powers on the physical plane.

It's called the 6th world in honor of the five suns of creation in ancient American mythology right?

So is there anything in the lore or novels that's like a continuation of the Popol Vuh, that describes the actions and consequences of the American gods? I don't mean the timeline in the rule book with Howling Coyote and all that. I want something more folklorist.

for context, here's a good animation of the first five creations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITstgdnmp6Y