Questions tagged [shadowrun-sr5]
Shadowrun Fifth 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 control the Sixth World.
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How do Adepts, mechanically, function?
This question is looking for a clear summary that leans towards conciseness, and hopefully page numbers in the core rulebook.
I just joined a brand new group for Shadowrun 5e, and I'm fairly certain (...
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What's the legality of making a character editor?
I want to develop a character editor for role-playing games. At first just for one game, but I want to expand it later to cover multiple games.
What laws (like copyright and intellectual-property) do ...
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What is the test for physical damage from cold weather / frostbite?
In Run & Gun, the consequences of being exposed to temperatures below freezing are described as follow:
The risk of frostbite begins when a character is exposed to a
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Is there a limit to the force of a lodge you create?
I've been wondering if there is a limit on how powerful the lodge you create can be? Is it limited by the magic rating of the mage/shaman who creates it? Or can it be as strong as the amount of Lodge ...
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Character Creation & Bonded Foci
The character creation rules say that to buy Bonded Foci costs Karma. It doesn't say anything about the money. I understand if I wanted to buy more Foci after chargen, it would cost NuYen and Karma, ...
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Does the Redliner quality affect your attributes or your cyberlimbs' attributes?
I decided to create a character from Chrome Flesh who used the Redliner positive quality, providing +1 Str/Agi for every 2 full cyberarms/legs. So of course I get myself two chrome arms and legs. Now ...
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Can an agent aid in controlling gear?
I am considering playing a Decker and wanted to know if I could use an agent to help with certain gear functions? Such as having them report status of weapons or armor that can be networked? I'm not ...
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How to accurately set a shadowrunner's fee before the run
I'm gearing up for a first foray into Shadowrun (specifically 5ed), and I'm confused about how to work out the initial offer of money that Mr Johnson makes.
The rulebook (pp. 375-6) describes how to ...
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Does raising magic due to essence loss require Initiation?
Playing a mage in Shadowrun who was created with a Synaptic Booster, which lowers essence (and therefore MAG). He was also created with an exceptional attribute of MAG too, so the MAG attribute ...
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What degree of immortality has metahumanity achieved in the Shadowrun canon?
Considering that today's (transhumanist) science is actively looking for ways to prolong human life and perhaps to even achieve a kind of immortality in the long run, it seems logical to suppose that ...
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Do Shadowrun limits "belong" to skills or actions that use those skills?
So, I'm attempting to fill out a character sheet for Shadowrun 5th Edition on Roll20, and under the "Skills - Active" section, it asks for the "Limit Source" (Physical, Mental, or Social) for the ...
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How many unbound spirits can I have at a time?
The rules say that a summoner can have a maximum of bound spirits equal to his charisma score. But how many unbound spirits can a summoner have at a time? Do the rules set a limit, or can I have as ...
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What does one see, when he sees through a physical illusion?
My character cast the physical mask spell.
Basically, this spell lets me look, sound and smell like I want (within reason). According to the spell's description, it affects all senses and cameras. As ...
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Combining Cyber Implant Weapons and Martial Arts?
Can you combine a cyber implant weapon (Handblade, SR5458) with a martial art? The handblade is using the Unarmed Combat skill and the Physical limit.
So if anybody knows something about that...
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Difference between Hacker and Rigger?
I'm just reading the Shadowrun 5.Ed Book and perhaps i missed something.
Is there a difference between Hackers and Riggers or is it just a descriptive label for how this character spent his ...
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Do Drakes still have their distinquishing aura?
Now that the SR5 rules are out for drakes (howling shadows book) I read through it and left confused a bit. In SR 4 it was so that it was stated that Drakes in their human form have their overlaying ...
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Recovering from damage on an implanted cyberdeck
I have recently started playing SR5. My char, a decker, has an implanted cyberdeck.
On my last run, the implanted deck received some damage (not bricked, still able to work with). At the end, I did ...
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Is the Blitz edge action too strong?
Blitz (Spend) lets you
Roll the max dice (5) for a single combat turn
Personally, I have banned this edge action in my games. It just seems way too good. It seems to conflict with Seize the ...
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Pre-edge spell to bypass force
If I have 6 magic and 8 spellcasting with 4 edge and I wish to cast a spell that has some pretty high drain value, is it possible to use push the limit [pre-edge] the spell cast at force 1 and only ...
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Do you have to be the ritual leader when creating an ally spirit?
Do you have to be the ritual leader when creating your ally spirit? (Note that I would still be taking part.) I'm asking because the character I'm making doesn't have any skill in ritual spellcasting, ...
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What is the correct Accuracy for the missile launcher weapons in Run and Gun?
Run and Gun contains two new missile launcher weapons: the Onotari Arms Ballista MML and the Mitsubishi Yakusoku MRL.
Both are listed as having Accuracy "Missile". This is wrong, because Missiles (...
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Does Concealment affect your astral signature/form?
I'm not clear on how the Concealment power affects astral forms and signatures. Can it be used to hide them? The rules state that "perceiving magic" is a Perception Test (core, pg 280), but Assensing ...
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Are 4th Edition Shadowrun adventures compatible with 5th Edition?
I'm looking for some Shadowrun adventures to run for 5th Edition and I came across the Shadowrun Missions living campaign. I found a few Season 4 missions I'm interested in (like Back in Business), ...
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Can you start the game with a spirit pact?
In Shadowrun 5th Edition, there is no Spirit Pact quality (research seems to indicate there was one for SR4). Is there anything in the rules that would explicitly prevent an SR5 character from ...
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Can spirits Endow their Immunity?
If a spirit has the Endowment power, can they share their Immunity to Age/Normal Weapons? Excluding Hidden Life/Spirit Pact, are there any other ways for characters to gain the benefits of these ...
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Can I run all of my drone autosoft from an RCC?
I was reading the rules governing drones actions, and how an RCC can share autosoft stored on it to slaved drones. It is clearly stated that an RCC can only run [Device Rating] autosofts at once, ...
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Channeling Ally Spirits
Is it possible to channel an Ally Spirit in 5e? Would there be any trade-offs to doing so? Alternatively, is it possible to create an Ally Spirit with Hidden Life or the ability to enter into a Spirit ...
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Can a character elect to be considered "running" or "sprinting" even if they don't exceed their walk rate?
The problem is a matter of wording. The core rulebook equates distance (walk rate, run rate) with terms that describe speed (walking, running, sprinting). For example, say we have a Human with an ...
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How far can a character move in a single Action Phase?
Since movement is calculated per Combat Turn, how far can a single character move per Action Phase? Can a character move up their entire run rate in a single Phase even if they roll a high enough ...
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What ratings are available for single sensors?
The ultrasound sensor cyberware on page 452 of the core rulebook functions "exactly like the ultrasound sensor", but has a listed rating in the table of one to six.
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Are there Rigger rules for controlling cyberzombies?
Are there any rules for a GM on cyberzombies in SR5? If so what are they/where can I find them?
Would it be possible for a rigger to control a CZ? Is there anything alike that a rigger can jump into? ...
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Are there 5th Ed. rules for restoring lost Essence / binding a spirit to a body?
We have an NPC Shamanic Talismonger in our game that is a Mana Storm chaser. He disappears into the desert for weeks at a time, but always comes back with plenty of reagents which the PCs love.
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Do players automatically succeed on threshold 1 tests in Shadowrun 5e?
The "Poor Self Control" negative quality catergory in Run Harder provides the "Compulsive" negative quality, which states,
The character must make a Composure (2) test to resist the compulsion.
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What action is it to stow or holster a weapon?
What action is it to stow or holster a weapon in Shadowrun 5e?
It doesn't appear to be listed in the combat section of the core rulebook, and it's not mentioned in adept powers like rapid draw.
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What is a valid target for "Elemental Wall"?
One of my players wanted to cast an Elemental Wall (Earth) in the shape of a dome (as per the rules for the spell) directly over a hovering target (specifically a Northrup Wasp).
I couldn't find any ...
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Where can I find stories about the yakuza? [closed]
I'm planning my first (short) adventure, replacing my group's previous GM for a few sessions. Thing is, I'm new to Shadowrun, and I don't have much background knowledge of the universe in general or ...
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Shadowrun 5, physical area Illusions
I'm confused about illusion spells in SR5. The rulebook states that illusions do not cause direct permanent damage but can cause side effects such as pain, nausea, or loss of balance and/or indirect ...
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What's Shiva (Drug)?
I only know that the shiva drug was used in the "Eurowar" but what's the effect of the drug?
And is it possible to get in Shadowrun 5 or is it impossible? Does it still exsist?
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Can I bind a weapon focus to my ally spirit?
I'm wondering if i can have a weapon focus crafted and then spend the karma to have it bound to my ally spirit instead of me, so my ally spirit can use it instead of me. Can I?
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Normal weapons immunity......as hardened armor or complete immunity vs normal weapons?
On page 397-398 immunities are mentioned. Now the question is how to handle normal weapons immunities.
The first paragraph of the power mentions it working as hardened armor:
Effectively, the
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Fighting against a Spirit - Only 1 Mage
I'm pretty new to P&P of any kind. Next round we will fight against a Spirit. We have 1 Mage, Rigger, Hacker, and me the Melee fighter (not Adept).
We know there is an "Air Spirit" in the next ...
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Does the "Exceptional Attribute" trait only raise the max or also the attribute?
[Disclaimer: I only own the German rule book, so my nomenclature might
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During Shadowrun 5e character creation one can buy advantageous traits using karma (or get karma from ...
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Can drones assist on Electronic Warfare tests?
If Jimmy Two-Tusk, ork decker extraordinaire, wants to hack an enemy's commlink, he rolls his Hacking + Logic + hits on the assist test from his R6 Agent, an autonomous program whose programming ...
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What, if anything, do leylines do in the tabletop game?
I'm new to tabletop gaming and recently had my first Shadowrun session. I really enjoyed it and because my sessions are few and far between I bought the games for PC!
I noticed while playing through ...
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Astral Combat, Damage, and You
So, an unfortunate event occured in our game recently. A mage with a whole 1 in both Logic and Intuition approuched a dual nature being. She was close enough, was materialized, and called the being ...
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How do you handle greedy shadowrunners?
So, my players want to keep everything. They love the money they earn, but having something unique is even better. We had a long discussion that they couldn't keep an awakened rhino with wings (the ...
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How would a summoner assassin be found?
I noticed that in Shadowrun there are a lot of security meassures against spells but only very few if any against spirits. For example there are mirrored windows or the condition that if you are ...
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How much does a legal license cost?
The Core rulebook covers buying fake licenses but is there any mention in RAW on how much a legal license costs?
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Using your summoned spirit in combat
My players are starting to use spirits, and I want to make sure that I get this part correct.
Let's say that the spirit has already been summoned and is in astral. At the beginning of combat. Would ...
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What happens if my character jumps down?
Disclaimer: I only own the books in my native language, so my wording might be a bit off when mentioning exact skill names. It should still be clear what I'm asking.
Just recently, my character was ...
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