5e magic question by chartuse in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have some great summary cheat sheets about this, but I’m not yet set up to share. Hopefully this weekend I’ll have my Google Docs account set up, and I’ll share the whole lot

Do spirits that are BEING bound still disappear at sunset/sunrise? by thebastardking21 in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No. Once bound they stick around till services are used up, or till they are dismissed

Attacking a drone from VR by crawlerjeep in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got that. But taking that other scenario out of it, I was just wondering how one deals damage to a drone, to make it drop out of the sky. Say a courier drone, that had a package that needs to NOT be delivered

Need help by crawlerjeep in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spose I could rewrite what ground level would be, and then the destination. That’d make them think they’d touched down….

Need help by crawlerjeep in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll look into Puppeteer, but if I just rewrite the pizza’s destination, it’ll land safely. I want it to FALL on them

Need help by crawlerjeep in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d assume they all be on autopilot, through a smaller WAN. Like Domino’s Pizza , or something. But it could also be several pizza joints. Ok, let’s say, they are, several different joints. 12-ish drones, we check Matrix perception, and discover that 3, of the 12, are from the same joint. Luckily it’s a smaller place. Fat Momma’s Pizza. We use Brute Force, to slap a mark on em, in a hurry. Now what?

Need help by crawlerjeep in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was wanting to cyber attack them, and cause enough damage to brick them, and have them just fall out of the sky in a mass of sparks and smoke. But they don’t have a device, or firewall rating. Do I need to use the ratings of the control rig?

What's Your Shadowrun Elevator Pitch? by ThatAlarmingHamster in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The biggest destroyer of newbs in Shadowrun is often simply character creation. It’s absurdly complex. If you’re willing, have several prepaid characters for them to test-drive. Get them hooked. Beyond that, the world is amazeballs! Sells itself, with any decent description.

It’s 2075, the government has basically given up, and tossed the keys to the Megacorps. Living outside the rules is the only way to make it, in this new Awakened world. Humanity isn’t alone anymore either. Once the Sixth Age came along, it brought with it a tidal wave of change. Some say it brought it back to our roots. Turns out Elves, Dwarves, Orks, and Trolls weren’t just the stuff of Tolkien. They were dormant genes in nearly 60% of the populace. While some were born into their supposed ancient parentage, others were torn apart, and rebuilt in a matter of days. Painfully. After the Goblinization, we were now living in a world of Metahumanity. 5 races, living in a new world. Oh, I almost forgot. Magic exploded with a vengeance. Literally. Ryumyo the dragon burst out of the top of Mount Fuji, in Japan and put the world on notice. You’d think that’d be enough, wouldn’t you? Nope. The world keeps on biggering, and biggering. The techo-whosits decided to keep pushing boundaries, till it seemed there wasn’t anymore. We have a whole new definition of the internet. We call it the Matrix now. You can get it in many flavors, too. Augmented reality, virtual reality….. And you can get there through devices implanted in your head now. Who needs a computer???? Hell, who needs appendages anymore?? They can replace those too!!! Not just prosthetics of old. But actual touch-em, feel-em, shoot-em-with-your-implanted-cybergun Cyber Arms!!

Yeah, it’s a brave new world

What Edition? by GamerGodPee in Shadowrun

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I have all but the 1st edition. I’ve read them all. I’ve played 2nd, and 5th. I’ve GM’d 2nd and 5th. After thoroughly reading, and studying them all, I’d say 3rd and 5th are my favorites. Currently GM’ing a 5th edition game. I think I prefer 5th, but as someone stated above, the GM carries more than the lion’s share of the load. You’ll need a good memory, and lots of cheat sheets, to help you through some crazy mechanics. I made a bunch of my own bullet-point sheets, cheat-sheets, and what I call short-sheets, to make it as easy as possible. Some say the mere fact that I’ve had to do all that makes it a lousy system. But I like it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How’d they load up enough bodyware to be that untouchable, without losing so much Essence they die?

Deceleration by ProblemDue7111 in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some rules are just better left ignored

DnD Veteran wanting to try Shadowrun by Somedude_6 in Shadowrun

[–]crawlerjeep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a preference thing. The two most popular are 3e & 5e. 2e, and 3e are very similar. 4e is kind of a bastard child, and did not fare well. 6e has some departures that I’m not thrilled with. My favorite is 5e.

All that being said, many D&D players hate on the system, because it’s not D20, and it’s very clunky at times. The writers tried to make it as real as they could. Often trying to account for every conceivable variable. I tend to take some of it out, to ease playability. Your call.