[SR3] Shadowrun 3rd Edition

[KamikaziFreak]

Update - Now playing! See you in the subforum!


(Old) Update - Now recruiting! Please post if interested or if you have any questions. Details as follows:

I'm looking for 4 players, maybe 5 if there's a lot of interest. Characters will be provided; I'm going to go with my usual practice for convention games of making more characters than players. That way, no one gets stuck with the one character no one else wanted. I'd like to figure out who's playing so I can make sure people know the setting and rules.

Shadowrun is a game set in the near future, specificly 2064. Technology has produced cybernetic enhancements and computers that you control by plugging in to your brain, corporations have grown into looming giants that rival governments, and magic has returned to the world, along with 'mythical' races such as elves and trolls (not so mythical when they're riding the bus with you, eh?).

When corporations want something done but don't want the bad press, they turn to Shadowrunners (that's you), or 'deniable assets' as they call them, to do their dirty work. From sabotage to datasteals to espionage to 'silencing' unruly employees, there's a thriving demand for those cunning, powerful, or foolish enough to take the job.


Possible Characters:

[Raganui] Leadership, combat trained - A male ork with general street combat training and practical cyberware

Stealthy, British - A female human special agent, lightly cybered, recently out of work.

Thoughtful, Introspective - A dwarf with amnesia, cyberlimbs, and only 4 days of memories.

Quiet, disciplined - A blind female human adept, of the katana-wielding variety.

[possibly Plainsfox] Magical, independent - A male elf owl shaman, who knows the streets as home.

Risky, technological - A male human better at getting in to trouble than out, with vehicle and computer skills.

Convincing, inconspicuous - An obese troll used-appliance salesman, with magical powers.

Original post:
I've been batting around the idea for awhile of running an online counterpart of the Shadowrun 3rd Ed. game I'm running in real life.

Is anyone familiar with Shadowrun? Played it before? 3rd or 4th (or 2nd)? Anyone else have books? Anyone interested?

I'm not certain I want to try to run a game of it online, but either way I'm curious what people think of it.  

[glitterboypilot]

I have no idea what Shadowrun is, but If it is dnd 3.5e I will play.  

[KamikaziFreak]

No, Shadowrun is an entirely different game system set about 50 years in the future. It uses d6s for everything. It takes the cyberpunk genre and adds in elements from magical fantasy.

Cyberware, dragons, megacorporations, elves and trolls. And crime.  

[Rain Yupa]

I've only played 2 or 3 sessions of Shadowrun ever. It was... interesting sweatdrop

My orc used firearms as thrown projectiles. Does that make me a bad person?  

[Ariel Yardena Davidson]

Rain Yupa

I've only played 2 or 3 sessions of Shadowrun ever. It was... interesting sweatdrop

My orc used firearms as thrown projectiles. Does that make me a bad person?

no, but it makes for funny play-by-play commentary.  

[Raganui Minamoto]

I made a dwarven doctor before... he specialized in cybernetic implantation creation, maintenance, and surgery. He also wore a trenchcoat and had a concealed doublebarrel shotgun. He had an assault shotgun too, but it stayed in the car, which in turn had it's own shotgun, that did slugs instead of shot.  

[KamikaziFreak]

So is anyone interested in playing? I'd be willing to teach-as-we-go if people don't know the system, or have access to the books.  

[glitterboypilot]

You teach and I will play  

[Plainsfox]

I guess I could try. What version?  

[Raganui Minamoto]

I'm with tweedle dee and dum there.

Fox knows which one he is.  

[Plainsfox]

*wonders how tweedle dum he can get*

I know! Troll Conjurer carrying massive gatling guns and can summon up spirits to carry more!  

[Plainsfox]

Just running concepts through my head now. Night One, Oni, or troll? Hrrm....  

[KamikaziFreak]

I'm mostly without internet at the moment, but that should change by Friday. In the meantime, don't mind my lack of posts here.

If I run a game, it would definitely be 3rd edition, with a bit of house-ruling in the interest of realism. I'd probably want to hand out a decent selection of pre-generated characters rather than have people make their own, for three reasons: so people who don't have access to the books will have an easier time, so the characters are not all to combat-focused, and because there's a lot of stuff from the varios expansion books that's just plain silly. I wouldn't feel comfortable allowing people to use anything but the core rules for character creation, because it's just way too easy to make utterly broken insane characters.

No promises yet on any of that; I'll figure it out once I get some players and some internet access. In the meantime, keep posting your thoughts!  

[KamikaziFreak]

Ok, I think I'm going to go ahead and start recruiting for this now. I'd like to know who is playing so I can explain the setting and game mechanics to anyone who's not familiar with them. I'll put further details in the first post.  

[Plainsfox]

*throws his hat into the ring*