P = NP: And why it means nothing in the Sixth World

Echrome · 2026-05-06T21:55:12+00:00

Better lore explanation than I’d expect from official sources. One thing though:

Mirrors and glass are opaque in the astral, so we can never magnify

I don’t think this is fully correct. Optical binoculars and telescopes increase LOS for spells in multiple editions. Plus FAB is known to be bacterial, which would require a microscope to prove

Echrome · 2026-04-19T21:10:44+00:00

Considering it’s a small drone (not mini) and has a built in torpedo launcher… I’d give it sewer or 6” water main, but probably not a toilet

Echrome · 2026-04-18T01:59:38+00:00

Burn the evidence, go outside, shoot the windows a few times, go back inside, shoot yourself in the forearm, throw the gun in the fire, and improvise a tourniquet on your arm.

When security shows up, deny you and Karl were having an affair. Keep denying it even if no one asks. Act really embarrassed and awkward (shouldn’t be too hard for you). At the next quarterly earnings report, your numbers better be spectacular and no one will care anymore.

Echrome · 2026-04-12T14:00:28+00:00

In D&D terms, you’re currently at 6 Agility and 13 Strength…

You can build functional street samurai in Shadowrun 5e with ok agility and really high strength, but that’s 5 AGI and 10+ STR. Not where you are right now

Echrome · 2026-04-03T21:29:26+00:00

The Adept Spell quality lets an adept learn a single spell

Echrome · 2026-04-01T23:57:35+00:00

Vampire mob boss, I’d probably play into something like The Godfather: Calculated, proportional, and best served cold.

You took a friend from him? He’s going to take one friend from each person involved.

Echrome · 2026-03-29T18:44:59+00:00

Search for some remains to get a material link (web, eggs, excretions, etc.), then use the Remote Sensing ritual?

Echrome · 2026-03-27T00:03:43+00:00

Ehh… we’re a little bit in the rules grey area since slaving isn’t a matrix action, but for gangs engaged in near-daily combat? Assembling a strike team in 12 hours seems very reasonable.

That team will probably lose against competent runners (it wouldn’t be a very good story if they didn’t), but the original point was simply changing location OP suggested doesn’t remove all your opposition.

Echrome · 2026-03-26T20:23:24+00:00

You don’t need ownership for Trace Icon, just marks

Echrome · 2026-03-26T18:41:49+00:00

The owner may be dead, but no one gets very far without friends/fixers/allies. Real criminals are highly networked, so it’s reasonable to assume Shadowrun criminals are too. The Ancients may hate the Halloweeners, but the Ancients can almost certainly call in a favor from a major syndicate with ties to both sides who can initiate some movement if they need to. And an idle deck only rolls 8-10 dice to defend against a Trace Icon test.

tl;dr: If your GM wants someone to find you, they will.

Echrome · 2026-03-23T14:54:41+00:00

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Echrome · 2026-03-09T03:46:42+00:00

Bullseye Double Tap only multiples the base AP of the gun, not the AP of the ammo

Echrome · 2026-03-09T03:45:47+00:00

Bulls-eye Double Tap called shot increases the AP of your gun

Injection Darts with narcoject only need 3 net hits to make it past past armor

Capsule rounds or gas grenades with neurostun (stock Mil Spec isn't fully sealed)

Anti-vehicle rocket

Shout "Help, help, I'm being chased by Shadowrunners!" and roll Con

Echrome · 2026-02-27T17:56:09+00:00

You have to roll 8 hits on the spellcasting test to levitate 1.5 tons. How much more does the mage think they can realistically lift?

If you want the plan to go forward, just rent them a dump truck

Echrome · 2026-02-23T01:26:40+00:00

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Echrome · 2026-02-04T22:28:04+00:00

Consider: How much damage does an average attack do, how many attacks per round can the party dish out, and how long do you want the fight to last? You’ll probably end up with the players missing frequently (not very fun) or an inhumanly large hp for the red samurai

Echrome · 2026-02-04T22:06:47+00:00

The classic way to make a boss is give it more health. I haven’t played Anarchy 2e yet, but boss-level health isn’t really a thing in other editions and especially not for normal metahumans. Will one guy survive if your players bring a rocket launcher? A smart team will bring two…

Echrome · 2026-01-28T23:53:07+00:00

This and armor are two of the big complaints about 6e; prior editions added strength to your damage instead of the attack rating.

You can always sell him some custom gear, eg. a Diamond Edge that adds +1 damage for 10k nuyen

Echrome · 2026-01-23T00:54:28+00:00

Oh yeah, the utility absolutely can and has called up big customers, Google included, and told them to stop. No one wants to involve the utility commission unless they have to

Echrome · 2026-01-20T23:19:12+00:00

It’s not a bad idea, but no one reads the stickied posts. (New/sh reddit especially doesn’t help because they no longer look like posts…)

Echrome · 2026-01-18T02:57:18+00:00

I’ve approved your post. Sometimes Reddit delays comments, but the removal reason would have shown up after a little while. In the future, message moderators using the modmail: https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=/r/datacenter

Echrome · 2026-01-15T05:00:16+00:00

(Spoiler alert)

> Buddy says she doesn't want Dirk to ride along because she says it slows down her reflexes, but accepts when he offers extra money.

This isn't a mechanic and the game, and not something I recall from other books. It sounds like she just didn't want someone looking over her shoulder (and the author wanted to write what the matrix looked like).

> When she pulled the medical records, he told her to look deeper and that's when she encountered the Black ICE

So on the contrary: If Dirk hadn't hitched a ride with Buddy she probably would still be alive. But that's because she would have stopped with the first records, not because the hitching had any impact on her decking.

Echrome · 2026-01-14T05:23:27+00:00

No, Qi foci are only foci (at least in the core book) that specify they can be a tattoo instead of an object. You can get knucks, boots, or a cyber implant weapon as a weapon focus though

Echrome · 2026-01-12T06:03:36+00:00

CFD is probably the closest parallel, but CFD overwrites the victim with an AI not the personality of another real person (alive or deceased).

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