Shadowrun Fourth Edition, by Catalyst Games, is a cyberpunk role-playing game where magic, cybernetics and virtual reality coexist. Player characters are known as shadowrunners. They act in the shadows and outside the law, doing the dirty work of the megacorporations and other powerful forces that ...
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Concealability of a Hidden Arm Slide
Does the "Hidden Arm Slide" weapon accessory modify the concealability of a weapon at all? The brief description in the rulebook only discusses drawing the weapon as a free action but doesn't touch ...
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How do initiative passes and multiple actions work?
I'm really confused with the initiative pass system in Shadowrun. For a "normal" combat situation with no augmentations or spells that increase the number of actions you can get, it looks rather easy.
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Would this Technomancer concept be plausible?
I haven't played Shadowrun quite yet, but I've been reading the 4E core rulebook and I have been trying to build a character. I've been working on a Technomancer, but for character fluff I was ...
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What are the books for the various Sixth World cities and countries
I've found a couple of books of Shadowrun 4th edition and I'm trying to find more (books) about other regions of the world than North America. Where can I get more info about Asia, Europe and ...
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What's a Denver accent sound like? [closed]
For a couple of Shadowrun sessions coming up, I'm going to be playing an NPC from the Mile-High City. She's an inexperienced ork fixer, low-class background, brought up among shadowrunners. I want to ...
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Simulating physical combat in-Matrix?
Are there specific rules for resolving a simulated physical combat carried out on the Matrix? I know there's physical and Matrix combat rules, but it came up in a recent session that two characters ...
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Is there a good way of dealing with both movement and tactical combat in Shadowrun?
Many times, while I know the hard rules of Shadowrun, I fail to put together a good combat that can be clearly described to the players. When initiative is rolled, we calculate our phases and then ...
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Can a mage Assense a Technomancer?
I'm writing a backstory for my character in SR4. One of the characters in my backstory is a little girl who would have been considered an Otaku (though not in any of the crazy cults) and would have ...
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Does recoil affect gunnery, and can RC accessories be used?
When a vehicle or drone attacks from a weapon mount, does recoil modify the attack roll as normal?
If so, can firearm accessories which provide recoil comp. (such as Gyro Stabilization) be built into ...
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Can Technomancers use software and complex forms simultaneously?
Currently, I am delving into playing a Technomancing Rigger, but part of his whole deal is the hacking bit (because seriously, why the heck not?!). While reading complex forms, I hit a beehive of ...
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Are there glider rules in Shadowrun 4E?
This is a short one, but I'm confused about it. Arsenal, on p112 lists two gliders, the Artemis Dawnglider and the Moonlight Phoenix. Unfriendly Skies adds the Artemis Nightwing on p14.
All gliders ...
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How does stacking [Element] Aura work?
The [Element] Aura spell (Street Magic 173) provides the target with a bonus to the DV of melee attacks equal to the caster's hits, makes the attacks treated as that type of damage, and resisted with ...
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Things that all characters are vulnerable to in Shadowrun?
So I'm running a game of Shadowrun in which the players will soon get a rather powerful initiated mage. What I'm curious about is this:
Are there any attacks/threats that affect basically all ...
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Has Shadowrun 4 been implemented as a MUD or similiar? [closed]
There's a few MUDs and MUSHES for the older rulesets out there, has this ever been done with 4th edition?
The one findable via the usual Mudlistings is in very early beta and not playable.
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Technomancer's Dragon Hoard - What to do with all the credits?
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I noticed that as a Technomancer I end up with a hoard of credits and I'am having trouble figuring out how to spend it. I have High Lifestyle, A fair safehouse with luxury level security, ...
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Mystic Armor and magical attacks
So I've been running a lot of 4th Edition Shadowrun recently, and I'm curious as to some adept abilities, but the one that's been bugging me a little is Mystic Armor (SR4 197); does anyone know if it ...
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Running a Counter-Strike style Shadowrun?
So I've been contemplating running a game of Shadowrun in a Counter-Strike style game, focused more on fast-paced lethality than long term character development as a short of one-shot game.
For those ...
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Is it possible to fail Extended tests in Shadowrun?
Reading about Shadowrun 4th edition, I came accross the Extended tests rules. If I read correctly, extended test result doesn't matter because in the end it might take your more time than expected but ...
