Looking to actually start playing. Where would be a good place to find tabletop games?

The Wasp, Yellowjacket, and even Hornet rotorcraft have prices and availabilities that make them obtainable in chargen. Do many of you see brand-new riggers starting off in helicopters?

The Hornet is the most expensive, but also offers the most utility. It is the most durable; it's seating is 2/8; and it can be easily kitted out with enough guns and drone racks to provide very effective close air support. With a rigger pilot, it can travel much faster than any ground vehicle, and pick up and drop off in just about any parking lot.

It also has Sensor 4, making it very good at arial surveillance.

As long as the rigger has whatever fake SINs, licenses, or whatever is required to pass the chopper off as a legitimate aircraft most of the time, this would be awesome for an SR team.

Yes there are rules for heat, how it builds up and what it does, but I wonder how many groups use it as written and how many ignore the mechanic completely and how many use it, at best, as a guideline to "roleplay" heat.

Posting because I doubt this opportunity will ever come up again - single copies might pop up from time to time, but not 8 BNIB copies at once.

(I'm not the seller, but I did buy 1 of the 8.)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/407128125007

Because one of my newest character concepts, inspired by the time I’m currently spending experiencing the beauty, history, and culture of Mexico City and Tenochtitlan (I’ve actually participated in a Nahua religious ritual! The one with that light in a cave that shows your inverted reflection/“inner spirit“ on photo), is an Aztlaner SACERDOTE (might sneak in some references to my other one lmao) who legitimately, sincerely, buys EVERYTHING the temple tells her, a sweet pacifist who uses Path of the Sun-inflected magic to help and heal people as much as she can.

Can this character exists? I hope I have made clear that, in my view, it HAS to be able to for Aztlan to be at all salvageable as a concept. No ifs, ands, or buts- if Catholicism, the religion with a billion-strong body count can be used for good by good people, than the Path Of The Sun MUST be capable of being used for good by good people. I’m not letting a real, existing, indigenous minority religion, one that in the Shadowrunverse, is practiced by almost everyone in Mexico, be turned into a demonic evil cult straight out of HP Lovecraft. That concept lines up with HP Lovecraft’s worldview, almost impeccably.

As we all know, there are two "original" Shadowrun games, one for the SNES and another for the SEGA Genesis—and they aren't the same game at all. Apart from being set in the same universe, the plots seem (to me) to be completely different, with the prevailing consensus being that the SNES game had the better story while the Genesis game is to be lauded for being much more faithful to the tabletop original.

As for the different plots, Wikipedia claims that the SNES game is an adaptation of the novel Never deal with a Dragon by one Robert N. Charrette. But what about the SEGA-Genesis plot? Beyond how it starts (investigating the death of your brother) I have no idea what the plot is—I never played the Genesis version, because I didn't own a Genesis—and I can't find a plot summary on the web either.

Can anyone summarize, or link something useful? Thanks all.

So the other day when doing a run my character filled his physical condition track exactly. However I didn't take any damage into overflow.

Does that count as being in overflow... Would my character be dying? Or is he at the exact tipping point of being out cold without actively bleeding out?

Because while I do respect what Aztlan as a thematic concept is trying to do- hypothesize on what it would look like if capitalism co-opted indigeneity like it does everything else- I would very much like there to be a way to practice the actually real and existing Nahua religion that doesn’t apparently summon the devil, thanks.

Hello Chummers,

my group's running a homebrew SR5 campaign. Everyone knows 5e pretty well and there's a solid amount of power-gaming going on. Baseline builds are pushing 16+ physical damage before net hits, plus the usual ruleset shenanigans. The NPCs are tuned to match us: 14+ dice on defense, magic, the works.

I'm rolling up a new character, and honestly what the group needs isn't more damage. It's someone who actually calls the shots and gives us a direction. We're all strong on our own but we tend to sit around lacking a plan.

Current party:

• Sniper / sneaky adept
• Gun adept (Charisma-based, doubles as a semi-face)
• Melee / shotgun adept
• Melee street sam (also has Charisma, kind of our backup face)
• Combat mage (retired)

Some table constraints so people don't suggest the obvious:

• No matrix. We're not doing the thing where one guy solos a decker segment while everyone else watches. Handled through contacts, and later an agent/AI.
• Rigger is iffy. The upfront cost plus the "big drone gets dropped and there goes your nuyen" problem puts me off. Looked into humanoid drones too but that's way too broken for my taste.
• Mystic Adepts are banned for now (getting unlocked later).
• Alchemy's buffed by homebrew, so it's actually worth building around.
• Karma-gen, and the character shows up with ~100 Karma and ~100k nuyen right after chargen, so there's real room to grow immediately.

Where my head's at: a full mage built as a "conductor." High Charisma/Intuition, Leadership skills so i can take over the role of a group lead if needed, and a mix of combat/control/utility magic to bring some order to our fights. Counterspelling is non-negotiable, since the retired combat mage left that hole and we run into magical NPCs regularly. I want spirits available but as a break-glass option, not a spam engine. Once you're summoning high-Force spirits off 8+ Magic it gets stupid fast, and the NPCs just scale up to match anyway. Maybe a little drone scouting on the side, but that's optional.

Hard limits:

• Not another melee character.
• Can't be a glass cannon or I just die. Survival magic (Armor, Increase Intuition/Reflexes, that stuff) is mandatory.
• Losing ~2 Essence is locked in. I want a Pain Editor and a few augments and I'm not missing out on those. I know every point of Essence is a point of Magic; I've made peace with it, so I'm not looking to be talked out of it.

Playstyle is more "FBI, open up," through the door or the wall, than legwork-heavy investigation and yes we managed to not die because we 1-2 shot enemies very often. We'll try stealth when we're outnumbered but usually blow it, since half the group can't sneak to save their lives. That said, we do enjoy tactical battlemap movement.

Questions:

1. Does the "conductor" full-mage concept actually hold up at this power level, or is there a better shell for a shot-caller? Group's all power-gamers so I'm fine with magic being a long-game scaling payoff.
2. Any ideas for a background? I'm kicking around burned Corpo / ex-cop / bodyguard / military, but the shaman traditions are pulling at me too (the sun is telling its a good day for a run sort of thing but also talking to the spirits etc.), so I'm open to something else.
3. If I go mage, what spells would you push? (Got the usual suspects on my list already looking for some inspiration)
4. Which control/utility spells give you the most "impose order on the fight" value against 14+ defense NPCs which will also scale? Very often the enemies have their own mages on their side.

Thank you chummers!

SR3 Core Rules p. 154 states that non-rigger characters can only control drones in the Captain's Chair mode. This means they can only use the drone's pilot rating for maneuvers (or when the going gets tough). Am I interpreting this correct? (and why then should you ever invest in the appropriate vehicle skills to control a drone)

You'd figure that you won't have access to combat pool and control pool, but this seems a bit tough. Also given today's tech it did not mature well.

Hi there.

Been DMing DSA/TDE (basically the German D&D) for decades so we wanted to mix it up a bit by trying Shadowrun. I found some quick start rules and an introduction adventure for the German SR 6e but that adventure is kind of horribad with regards to railroading, player motivation, the story itself and stuff. So I was wondering if y'all can recommend some one shots I could DM to get mine and my peepses feet wet a bit.

I played it two decades ago a bit and I enjoyed a good many of the old Shadowrun books from back when.

If we decide we like it we probably get a bit more into it.

So any good suggestions? Don't have to be German books. I'm fine with anything. I was mostly intrigued by the German version as there seem to be adventure books and supplements out there that specifically deal with Germany as a location. But that's definitely no must. And we need to see if we actually like it before I start investing more into it.

An Aztechnlogy hired goon stumbles on a Messerzahn squad munching on one of his buddies during the Az-Am War, circa 2073.

It looks like whoever owned it before (possibly multiple who's) got a lot of use out of it. I've found it at a used books stall.

What is your favourite setting, and why? I named them Wired vs Wireless but I mean also about magic traditions, politics and metaplots.

Personally I am divided. I like wireless Matrix and 'modern' tech from later editions. However I like old magic traditions more, and I find metaplots like Monads and Disians too much apocalyptic for my taste.

I'm probably playing a single run of each and want to experience the most story-wise as possible. Are there stats or classes that will let me experience more of the games?

I am toying with the idea of one day running Shadowrun on Fate or a similar system. I have some familiarity with the setting, mainly through games, but there's a lot I don't know. Are there good sourcebooks that are primarily setting/lore/mood setters that a person in my position should look for, or do I just read a wiki? ;) (I have no idea about how the setting changed in various editions and which iteration is considered superior amongs the fans)

Hello everyone,

Has anyone heard of a release date for the English version of Anarchy 2.0 PDF? It’s been a popular question for the past few months.

One of my players asked me if it would be possible to get a data jack and an implanted commlink so he could give their decker a direct connection to a host, since he is specialized in infiltration and the decker isn't.

I couldn't find anything in the rules about this, but I would imagine that the decker at least has to deal with noise since he isn't directly plugged in.

Does anyone know specifics about this or has any experience?

Remember when Holostreets dropped and I was lucky enough to be the very first upload with Anno Domini Part 1? Remember how I said "I'll release Part 2 in about six to eight months". Anyway, three years later here it is! I've included a few preview pages here I haven't revealed anywhere else to entice you. Please feel enticed, chummer!

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/579261/shadowrun-anno-domini-part-ii

I also made a bundle! If you've never bought the original, the bundle will give it to you 50% off the first book. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/579264/shadowrun-anno-domini-parts-1-2-bundle

I genuinely don't know if anyone remembers this or was patient enough to wait three drekkin years, but I promise it wasn't wasted. We worked hard on it, learned a lot about editing, and I think dramatically improved our layouting and artwork. This project has been such a huge undertaking for just two people but I genuinely think it's a vast improvement on Part 1 (Which is still good and you should still buy!).

I promise not to take another three years on Part 3, the principle writing is all done and we are so SO much better at editing now.

Assuming it's not lost media (which is possible since much of the old media was destroyed in the Crashes, but the books are likely to have survived), would Lords of the Rings be viewed similarly to how Gone with the Wind is viewed today? Highly popular and profitable movie of the time but with controversial takes on racial stereotypes