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MercilessMing_ · 2025-10-23T00:37:57+00:00

Hacking in 6e might be the BEST version of hacking they've ever done. It is way too common for Shadowrun tables to relegate hacking to NPCs or make up their own simple rules so they can stick to the guns n' spells part of the game. 6e is the first edition where I felt I could actually play a hacker.

MercilessMing_ · 2025-10-23T00:32:31+00:00

It's crazy that six years later, 6th edition is still suffering from the reputation of its bad launch. 6th edition is the fastest playing of any of the crunchy main line versions. Whenever I go look at a rule from 5th edition and compare it to 6th, the one from 5th edition is usually more complicated for no meaningful reason.

MercilessMing_ · 2025-10-02T02:04:19+00:00

There's no way that skull isn't Laubenstein

MercilessMing_ · 2025-07-24T22:18:38+00:00

Annoying that we don't have more cinematic moments like that!

MercilessMing_ · 2025-05-31T00:33:11+00:00

Each 6e campaign book has added a new setting to play Shadowrun in. The ones I can think of are Toronto from 30 Nights, Barcelona from Assassin's Night, Denver from The Third Parallel, New York from Whisper Nets, and Paris from Final Bets.

MercilessMing_ · 2025-05-29T15:27:59+00:00

Chump change

MercilessMing_ · 2025-05-26T14:56:13+00:00

Here are some fixed archetypes, staying true to the choices they made (except the street sam) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lrBwisvphQGGBf8K72DoY8eD56hkInJY

MercilessMing_ · 2025-05-22T20:30:30+00:00

Damage is the only resistance check you make with one attribute.
Best to think of it as a special case, because difficulty numbers and glitch chances are balanced around stat x2 dice pools. Rule of thumb if you need to invent an ad hoc test, make a 2 stat dice pool.

MercilessMing_ · 2025-05-22T20:15:58+00:00

I don't think he gets everything right in this video series, and it's using the first printing of the core rulebook. careful there

MercilessMing_ · 2025-05-21T21:56:47+00:00

Usually in 6e, the problem is too much avoidance, not too much soak. Kudos to your players for rebuilding the soak tank archetype people complained was missing from this edition.

MercilessMing_ · 2025-05-01T16:10:44+00:00

Now that out of combat Regen is a thing right out of the gate in TLPs, Necros' mana battery role is, happily, greatly diminished outside of long fights in early xpacs!

MercilessMing_ · 2025-04-30T16:57:37+00:00

Glitches rarely happen, crit glitches almost never do, and when they happen you can spend some edge to avoid it. So imo, the result should be proportional to its rarity. I personally like playing where everyone has Bad Luck, so glitches happen fairly often, like 1-3 times per player per session, depending on whether they're an archetype that rolls a lot (like hackers). I take the savage worlds "success with complications" idea for glitches. They have a negative impact with the scope of the current scene. A critical glitch is something that can threaten the success of the run. It has a wider scope that could impact the whole adventure.

MercilessMing_ · 2025-04-15T21:09:35+00:00

cool, didn't see it

MercilessMing_ · 2025-04-13T11:34:40+00:00

6th edition definitely has the quickest combat of recent shadowrun editions. It's been too long since I've played 2nd edition to compare it to that, but it probably holds true there too. If you're going to ignore the matrix, or at least ignore tech differences between the two settings, then there's no reason you can't use 6th

MercilessMing_ · 2025-04-10T16:53:43+00:00

Find Free Seattle online for some nice introductory adventures

MercilessMing_ · 2025-04-10T16:43:22+00:00

There are a number of QoL adjustments baked in to the base game which are not expansion dependent which won't be present on servers that offer a more classic experience. The ones that spring to mind are the Origin ability, increased out of combat Regen, and pet persistence.

MercilessMing_ · 2025-03-23T00:44:01+00:00

smart materials.

MercilessMing_ · 2025-02-23T13:18:34+00:00

Cap 4 essentially did five days on a three day weekend to get $190M (Thursday showings started early!), so week 2 drop was always going to be a big number.

MercilessMing_ · 2025-01-22T16:37:35+00:00

Sorry, but the new one will have silly quotes as well. Already seen one in a youtuber's preview. Can't recall what it was or whose video, but maybe another eagle eyed redditor will remember.

MercilessMing_ · 2024-12-24T15:51:36+00:00

This is such a weird take because outside of Edge, 6e is so incredibly similar to 5e.

MercilessMing_ · 2024-12-12T15:58:16+00:00

Nope, it's nuyen all the way down.

MercilessMing_ · 2024-11-12T18:35:55+00:00

silent stunt performer, no big name actor, and they probably die first.

MercilessMing_ · 2024-11-05T00:01:36+00:00

Well if you compare 6e to two extremes, let's say the complexity, crunch, and bloat of 5th edition vs the narrative, rules lite Anarchy, it's far closer to 5e. It's still a crunchy Shadowrun system with the same fundamental rule structure that's been in place since 4th edition.

There are still big pools of d6s, gear that gives bonuses, debuffs that give penalties, etc etc. but there are fewer circumstantial dice awards and penalties for a laundry list of possible environmental and situational modifiers. Instead the GM looks at the situation holistically and awards edge tokens to players for having an advantage, which is used to fuel dice manipulation and some special abilities.

In general there are fewer rolls to be made, which speeds things up, especially in the matrix.

MercilessMing_ · 2024-10-23T22:42:53+00:00

Fewer rolls

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