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Shadowrun 5th edition

Started by silva, February 22, 2013, 04:12:07 PM

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silva

#15
February 23, 2013, 10:49:08 PM Last Edit: February 23, 2013, 10:51:15 PM by silva
Quote from: danbuter;631396The shaman is an elf, btw. Not an Amerindian.
The two are not mutually exclusive. This isnt Forgotten Realms. :p

QuoteThere should be headwires etc, and a table for consequences if/when PCs snag that flying lead on doorhandles, coat hooks, when pulling on a t-shirt, etc.
I dont think I understood what you meant here. What are you referring to ?

Catelf

#16
February 24, 2013, 03:15:01 AM
Quote from: silva;631402The two are not mutually exclusive. This isnt Forgotten Realms. :p


I dont think I understood what you meant here. What are you referring to ?
Exactly.
The Elves of Shadowrun were once "Typical" Humans, so Of course it is an Amerindian (Elf).

As for that other thing ...
Think like wires hanging from the head.
Think of them getting caught, stuck, in suddenly closed doors, or when one puts on a tee-shirt ... or a cardigan ...
.. Or even if someone else grabs them and yank hard ...
I may not dislike D&D any longer, but I still dislike the Chaos-Lawful/Evil-Good alignment system, as well as the level system.
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#17
February 24, 2013, 04:00:06 AM
Releasing this stuff a year late seems a bit unfortunate.
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smiorgan

#18
February 24, 2013, 04:26:01 AM
Quote from: gleichman;631399Realism, not genre.

Not I am slamming you for picking the first, but it's interesting to note your choice. That this is one of the reason I so like rules to cover all physical reality questions like this one, too often there's a conflict of that nature when looking at in-game questions.

Only my choice on satirical grounds... whether it's good satire, bad satire or just ugly satire I don't know. I'd have to ask an expert.

I was thinking of a Gibson Continuum game, but not sure I could run it straight. Like many such ideas it's funny for about 10 minutes--not long enough even for character generation.

crkrueger

#19
February 24, 2013, 12:35:53 PM
Quote from: silva;631393I think the bug-spirit was conjured up by the corp, but not necessarily but that wage mage in the pic (I think only insect Shamans can summon insect-spirits, if I remember right). This means Ares is hiding some bad shit in this instalation.

Spoiler
Ares has been doing research on controlling insect spirits ever since Chicago (and maybe before).
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TristramEvans

#20
February 24, 2013, 02:13:00 PM
Bleh CGI "art"

I'll stick with second edition. I like that "80s-future aesthetic", to the point that Shadowrun is more about that for me than any particular edition's system.

Jame Rowe

#21
February 25, 2013, 09:29:23 AM
Quote from: danbuter;631396The shaman is an elf, btw. Not an Amerindian.

And here I thought that there were Amerinds who were also Elves. ;)
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#22
February 26, 2013, 03:09:24 AM
The 1st edition cover continues to be my favorite.

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#23
February 26, 2013, 03:20:03 AM
That the one included in the 20A version of the core?

Swiss Toni

#24
February 26, 2013, 04:54:33 AM
Will definitely be picking it up. Shadowrun has been one of the main staples for our group for a very long time.
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#25
February 26, 2013, 08:21:27 AM
I give each new edition a try, but I don't have high hopes for 5e.  4e was a solid game, but unwieldy to work with for long campaigns -- resisted rolls for everything just got old, and in practice, the Matrix system was actually cooler but a step backwards for playability.

Anon Adderlan

#26
February 27, 2013, 12:23:38 AM
The cover is horrible, and I don't have high hopes for the system either. Shit really breaks my heart, because Shadowrun for me was, and for many of my friends still IS, a goto game.
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