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Last Thread >>44199582
Thread topic: Broad daylight shadowruns and dedicated daylight shadowrunners: what would you take in account before a sunny day run, and what would the implications of running during the day openly bring? Would police forces have an easier time tracking sunlight runners down or would it be easier for the runners to blend with a crowd of civilians?
more daylight runners
Secondary thread topic: Has anyone had luck running Shadowrun in non-Shadowrun systems? Asked in the last thread, didn't get any responses. I've heard about FATE, but I'm really not a fan.
Also, day-one errata for Rigger 5 confirmed, someone found where Wakshaani fucked up within 20 minutes of the book going live
>RENRAKU DOVE (PILOT AIRCRAFT) A Renraku product, the Dove is licensed exclusively to GOD. It flits quietly around major sprawls, searching for illegal wireless signals. While the Dove is, in general, an unimpressive design, the radio-snooping technology is top-notch, while the software can alert GOD operatives to activity, drawing attention from support operators who then call in larger, more combative drones to deal with the lawbreaker. Standard Upgrades: Radio signal scanner (6)
>MITSUHAMA MALAKIM (PILOT AIRCRAFT) The standard response drones for GOD, the Malakim are quad-copter drones that pack non-lethal weaponry and high-level jammers, released in support of agents on foot. The Malakim’s job is to block off communication, keep updated via reports from Doves that are scattered around watching potential escape routes, and serve as a last line of offense should a takedown be needed. While well-armed and armored, the Malakim’s larger size prevents it from entering some areas, so if you’re being pursued, move from building to building and never get caught out in the open; if you do, it’ll drop you. Standard Upgrades: Standard weapon mount, area jammer (6), directional jammer (6), Targeting autosoft (4)
>NEONET AVENGING ANGEL (PILOT AIRCRAFT) The last of the GOD-specific designs, the Avenging Angel is the Thor Strike of drones. No muss, no fuss, the Avenging Angel is a multi-MACH milspec drone that carries a single fuel-air bomb, capable of leveling an entire city block, for when you absolutely, positively, have to make sure that decker nest is rooted out. Officially, none have ever been used. Officially. Standard Upgrades: Heavy weapon mount
Holy shit, GOD is going HARD in Rigger 5.
and another one
>>44231047
we tried translating it to a d20 once and it was awful
>>44231047
Sorry, I ported it to Fate, like someone else here did.
I might try to do it again, but in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire.
How about savage worlds interface zero 2.0? How would that work if played like shadowrun?
>>44231073
I just don't see the point of GOD. I mean failure as a decker automatically alerts the system
So how do I get a really concealable automatic weapon at character creation without burning a positive quality to get an availability 13+ gun?
I feel like I'm missing something terribly obvious but uh, what are the physical attribute equivalents for drone stats?
>>44231047
We don't even have errata for run faster, data trails, or chrome flesh why would we get RIGGER 5 errata?
>>44231249
If you want Burst Fire, get the Fichetti Executive Action
If you want Full Auto, get the Steyr TMP
>>44231273
It's probably some kind of glaring error they only just caught.
PDF WHEN
>>44231336
now that rigger is out
when is rigger pdf gonna get here
>>44231009
Disguises, disguises, and more disguises. Favor social engineering approaches with legwork aimed at identifying internal culture, policies, and procedures to exploit.
>>44231332
Just looking for something that uses the Automatics skill, since my pistols skill is garbage. Is the best you can do really just a TMP with a concealed holster?
Has anyone ever attempted a Barrens unification? Taking over gangs block by block until you have an army sounds like a hell of a run, or organization to run against.
>>44231439
TMP w/ Concealed Holster, Foregrip is the best I think you can get I think. I think just getting a Cyber Holster or Large Smuggling Compartment is the best bet.
>>44231518
>I think, I think
Damn it.
>Wakshanii found out there are already a fuck ton of errors with the new large drones
>>44231466
Yeah, until someone important notices you getting uppity and sends/hires someone to take you out. Without the ringleaders, the party is over and its back to the old way of doing things.
>>44231439
Concealed quick draw holster, folding stock (both Run & Gun), and gas-vent 3 (Core). Lots of recoil comp so you can hose down targets without being great at shooting/really stronk.
>>44231518
Foregrip adds one to the concealability, which you want to be a negative number.
>>44231190
>>44231080
Shame.
I was looking atGURPSsince my group is familiar with it.
>>44231781
Uh...
Why?
Why GURPS?
It's got it's own cyberware thing going.
I've heard people swear it works great.
>>44231781
I like GURPS, but holy shit, not everything has to be GURPS.
>>44231870
>>44231916
Because I like the setting of Shadowrun and would like to run a game in Shadowrun's setting, but somehow my group can figure out GURPS and not Shadowrun? (And I personally dislike FATE)
And from what I've seen of it, no, GURPS' cyberware is really, really, REALLY not great.
>>44231942
>but somehow my group can figure out GURPS and not Shadowrun
wat
>>44231942
>>44231979
GURPS, contrary to the meme, isn't hard to figure out.
It just sounds like a lot of work.
So, hey, if you actually ever do it, show us.
>>44231979
Yeah, seriously. I don't get it, but our usual GM couldn't sort out character creation in SR5 even with my help, but as soon as he read through the GURPS basic set he said he could never go back to a d20-based system.
I just want to play a goddamn Shadowrun campaign with friends.
>>44232026
GURPS isn't hard, but SR is easy as fuck too.
>>44232092
SR 5e is a bitch to figure out if you're new, because it was edited by some cultists of the Great Old Ones. The only way to actually know how shit works is look at fan edits and then check with the book.
Or you can shred the book and sink the pieces in a translucent crystal vase. As the moonlight filters through it, listen to the corners, which will then proceed to explain the system. Just remember to politely decline their insurance offer.
>>44231009
How is EVO on the magic front? I know they're primarily tech, but do they apply that to magic too? Or are they just as good at magic as any of the top 10 have to be to even really qualify?
Fix'd
>>44232302
>>44232302
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcOTecK8a38
>>44232302
Leak when
http://hnng.moe/f/5Hs Oh god how did this get here I am not good at computer
>>44232834
It's been a long time since I heard that one.
>>44232834
b a s e d
>>44232346
>>44232834
Well that was fast.
>>44232834
++good
>open it up
>"INTRODUCTION
>If you know what a rigger can do for your shadowrunning team, you know how badly you need one on your side. And if you don’t know, you’d better find out, because someone else is going to come in with their rigger doing all sorts of fancy Derek, and you’re going to
look very foolish"
THE WHEELS ARE HOT, LADS, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL IS FOR PUSSIES
>>44232965
Oh no not my fancy Derek he was my favourite
>>44232965
what did derek even do
>>44232935
Honestly at this point I'm just used to other people cocking it up and Tylering the situation so I don't bother waiting for anyone else to try.
>>44232965
Who the fuck is Derek?
>>44233013
Did you make all of the text for the first page of the opening story transparent, or is that CGL's fuckup?
>>44233013
Typo on the first page.
There are not few, is all I can say.
>Mack Hellhound
I LIVE I DIE I LIVE AGAIN
>>44232965
>CGL fucks up their own made-up swear on the first page
Come on now
>>44233033
Works fine for me, literally the only change I made was unrestricting it and pulling out the watermarks.
>>44231588
That's why you hit the hitmen.
>>44233075
Hey. It was a made-up swear long before Catalyst got a hold of it.
>Humanoid drones are finally here for 5e
>From what I can see, all of them are still shit
Looks like my quadriplegic rigger is going to wait for sixth edition
>>44232834
Holy shit, I thought >>44232302 was an edit. That's really the fucking cover art.
You guys have fun with 5th.
>>44233154
It's an edit, senpai.
>>44233154
It's an edit.
You high or something?
The inept cat must've accidentally put it there, somehow.
>>44233154
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/168944/Shadowrun-Rigger-50
It's not really the cover art, you dunk.
>>44233154
You're right, I absolutely didn't swap the cover art for shits and giggles.
So the Swarm upgrade seems pretty awesome. Pilot Rating equal to the DR of the RCC AND a dice pool bonus for every member of the swarm.
God, the writing here is getting to me. Somebody please put these freelancers out of their misery.
So, if a Knight Errant asset recovery operative lost an arm in a mission, would Ares just give them a new cyberarm or discharge them?
>>44233165
>>44233181
>>44233182
>>44233236
Well, just fuck my shit up. Guess I'll just have to stick to despising the mechanics.
>>44233295
Cyberarms aren't THAT expensive, so unless the agent was bad, or did something really stupid to lose the arm, I'd assume they'd get a new one.
>>44233295
A discount on an Ares brand Cyberarm, only with corp scrip.
>>44233337
damn, close. and that's what I thought, I'd imagine Ares would just slap a new cyberarm on then automatically deduct the funds from that person's account. Employee discount of course. Further question, after something like that, would they let the person quit?
>>44233328
The actual cover art is quite horrific, though.
No bookmarks for SumatraPDF, anyone else Bookmark-less?
>>44233397
This book got a table of contents and an index, but no PDF bookmarks.
Even the official version, it's not like Yekka lost them.
>>44233435
CGL giveth, and CGL taketh away. Still, not too hard to add those in. Hell of a lot easier than making a table of contents was.
>>44233389
The actual cover art is worse than horrific, a middle school kid could've created something more coherent.
>>44233469
I actually really like the art on 183, that could've made a good cover.
>>44233469
>>44233389
It really is. Yekka, can we get you to redo the cover art for all the books? You've got better taste than CGL.
Outsource a table of contents and index to any anon who wants to do it, replace the cover art, start putting the revised editions into the pastebin download list. We can do CGL's job for them, and probably better.
>>44231230
Isn't GOD and DemiGODs the group who go after you once you alert the system. I also assume they do alot of admin with the matrix
>>44233547
They do if you setoff their GOD meter before you get into a host.
GOD meter is raised by hacking and shit.
But failing a hack on the fly notifies the owner of the shit you were hacking not GOD
>>44231249
Cyberlimb with cyberber weapon. Gives the bonus of those sweet agility boosts
Oh. Swarms look a lot like the old tacnet rules, but given the low dicepools they're starting with it's not as ridiculously broken.
![[RIGGING INTENSIFIES].gif](https://i.imgur.com/5lv0FQO.gif "[RIGGING INTENSIFIES].gif")
R A D I C A L
>>44233514
Meh. Data Trails and Rigger are the only ones that've really offended me so far. I'm not much of a fan of Chrome Flesh, but I get what they were going for. I have been meaning to integrate the unofficial errata into the PDFs. Not like we're ever going to get the real errata, anyway.
>>44232834
Into the BOOOOOOOOOOOOOX!
>>44231230
GOD is the public matrix police.
They're gods on the grids but have limited to no power over hosts.
>>44233512
I agree. CGL's editors are idiots.
According to Rigger5, Ares finally bought out Ford.
Ares now pretty much owns all American cars, save for Sony's subsidiary.
Anyone else sad?
>>44233597
>Data trails
I still don't know what they were even thinking. How does that represent decking? No one even has a deck there. Just some idiot with a katana and a robot.
>>44233435
>>44233465
I could go full autist and get to work with Foxit if the file isn't encrypted in a way where I can't save the results.
And have a place to host the file where I can link it and forget it. A Burner Account if you will.
Note, it would take a long, long while and I got a metric drekton of other stuff I'm doing.
>>44233639
I'm just glad they brought back muscle cars.
>>44233639
FoMoCo was secretly bought out by a Carib holding company before 1e happened.
>>44233639
I shall now refer to Ares as THE BIG ONE
>>44233704
>Not All-American
>>44233704
Not for long, if rumours about a looming mega fall are true.
>>44233575
It also raises your Overwatch. GOD is basically the spiders of the Grids (not everything is on hosts)
>>44233740
>implying it won't be NEONET
They fucking unleashed a massive nanozombie plague upon Boston
>>44233756
Ares does have a mexican standoff going on inside, though.
I think they're finally going to fuck over Knight.
He's gonna turn out to be a dragon, or a headcase or something.
This is ridiculous, but it's still the best drawing of a Shadowrun car in probably two decades.
>>44233800
Is that just an upscaled AR?
>>44233853
Its something oversized with rails.So yes.
>>44233792
He's fast jack AND a head case
>they managed to make a PMV somewhat interesting
Okay, Catalyst, points.
>>44233650
>And have a place to host the file where I can link it and forget it. A Burner Account if you will
cock.li and Mega.
>>44233650
https://mixtape.moe
http://hnng.moe/f/
The motorcycle art is anime as fuck.
>>44234198
>ar reticles are sitting ontop of the chain guns
yeah just let me swoop down tothe side of my bike to aim ma guns
>>44234297
I was guessing those were edgy future turn signals.
>>44234320
if that's the case then its a retarded idea to make turnsignals AR instead of real life LED. someone without AR access cant see it and then crash
>>44234349
Maybe they're holoprojected.
>>44234362
That's a good explanation
So, how much time could we expect until an update to herolab/chummer?
>>44234440
Herolab has something like a one month embargo. Chummer gets updated when I get the data. Generally that's within a week or so.
>>44234440
Hard Targets still hasn't been added to Chummer, so go from there.
>>44234533
As of 0.5.117, at least the gun mods are in. Unless I'm imagining half the mods on my HAR.
>>44234533
HT is totally implemented in chummer.
I've been out of the loop for a while.
Is that animu coverart for the rigger 5e book?
>>44234599
I must've missed that update then, apologies.
I"m building a burn-out mage. His main focus is conjuration and detection spells with augments to give him a push in combat. I'm deciding between cybereyes and lower arm or just a full cyberarm?
>>44233295
Medical for Ares is probably pretty good, they'd likely give them a cool new arm.
>>44234691
It's an edit, because the actual Rigger 5 art is hilariously bad.
>Drone legs do nothing
For what purpose?
>>44233100
Congrats, now you're in a gang war. Welcome to the Barrens, enjoy your stay.
>>44234783
How bad we talking?
And furthermore, has there ever been rules about playing an AI?
>>44234198
Palate cleanser?
>>44234891
Look it up. AI rules in Data Trails.
>>44234750
If it helps I'm thinking of either dominating with a shotgun or cyberspurs or both.
>>44234940
Sweet, thanks
I don't understand vehicle combat, is there a primer for this?
>the Vodianoi was originally designed by Ya-
matetsu’s Naval Technologies division
but Yamatetsu was specifically the corporation which never used the Yamatetsu name for anything, instead working exclusively through shell companies and subsidiaries
I mean it's bad enough that they turned it into the special furry megacorp but god damn at least acknowledge the fact that it used to be cool
JUST
U
S
T
>>44234867
Underrated as fuck
>>44235177
>A-10 police interceptor
I'll take 10.
>>44235177
"When asked about the controversial decision to hook the rotary cannon's spin to the engine fan belt, a BMW spokesperson replied, "It makes more sense on Cram." The first interceptors hit streets in January, and citizens have been advised to remain in their homes until it is apparent whether or not the gun has to be firing for the vehicle to drive."
Huh, would you look at that. They actually did what I wanted them to do with weapon mount rules; basically create a different mount for each weapon type. I'd probably allow for some overlap depending on the weapon in question, if it's my game, but it's a better system than they had before.
>>44232834
So what the hell does a Smart Tire do? Or Gyro Stabilization? Hell, what do any of these pieces of standard equipment do?
>>44235927
I'm not there yet, but I'd wager they're in the mod section. I'm just reading in order.
In 4e, smart tires gave better handling and allowed you to drive over obstacles better, and gyro stablization gives better handling and allows the motorcycle to drive without somebody riding it for balance.
>Horizon Noizquito
FINALLY, MY PSY-ACID-TECH-RAVE SINGULARITY ARMY HAS ITS FOOTSOLDIERS
![GettyImages-485731844[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ijg9ILs.jpg "GettyImages-485731844[1].jpg")
>>44234297
>>44231942
>GURPS' cyberware is really, really, REALLY not great.
What's wrong with it?
So now that we have the Revolution, how long until we have one that carries two big guns and can also walk, piloted by a quad-wielding cyborg?
>>44237064
Walker mode + weapon mount. Done.
>>44233397
>>44233435
>>44233465
The table of contents are links, you can click those
>>44232234
>SR 5e is a bitch to figure out if you're new, because it was edited by some cultists of the Great Old Ones. The only way to actually know how shit works is look at fan edits and then check with the book.
Oh wow really? Now I feel less stupid for how long it's taken me to gen up a good characer.
>>44237249
Wow, it really is that simple. 28,000 nY and you get the monocycle (8,000), the legs (12,000), and two heavy gun mounts (4,000 each).
So nobody has the link yet, right?
>>44237064
>>44237249
>>44237564
>wanting a wheel with guns and legs
>not a motorcycle that turns into power armor
You are not pink mohawking nearly hard enough.
>>44238660
The link to Rigger 5?
You mean the link that was already posted?
>>44238760
Where? The suspicious one that's not mediafire or mega?
>>44238869
respect the meme services tbqh
>>44238912
Huh, it is legit. Neat.
>>44238721
>treating pink mohawk as Kung Fury in anime
>not just unprofessional, perhaps less-competent, runners with punk ideologies getting drunk and causing inordinate amounts of property damage over the course of the average job
>thinking pink mohawk means unrealistic
>>44238869
Mediafire and mega have annoying steps to go through. The moe links are just upload file, bam, done.
>>44238954
>thinking pink mohawk means unrealistic
You are right, I was wrong to bring unrealism into this world of elves and robots.
>>44234198
>Weapons integrated onto vehicles
"Do you know why I pulled you over, sir?"
>>44239007
It's from the combat biking circuit, allegedly.
>>44238954
The Matrix is pink mohawk once 'planning' falls to Neo and Trinity.
>>44238993
>having such shitty taste you can't even apply logic to fiction anymore
>>44239007
"It's for an autograph, isn't it? Who do I make it out to? Happens all the time."
>>44239018
Matrix is only even cyberpunk for like the first 15 minutes, then it's basically a superhero origin movie with more 90's-isms.
>>44239021
>Shadowrun can't be unrealistic!
>>44239075
Whoa, now. Nobody said that.
>>44238954
"Pink Mohawk" means "going in with all guns blazing is a valid option".
In itself, it is not a problem, but it quickly becomes the only solution.
>>44232044
GURPS
Friends
Pick one.
>>44239540
Rude.
>>44239052
"Get out of the car, sir."
>>44239007
ASS COP!
>>44239825
>ASS COP!
>>44240013
The cop making the take down is rather quick on his feet compared to his colleagues.
>>44234867
>Congrats, now you're in a gang war.
Wasn't that the entire idea of >>44231466?
Going to be playing a decker for the first time tomorrow. Any tips for me, /srg/?
>>44240282
Be prepared for the rest of the team to be bored while you're in the Matrix.
>>44240282
If you don't have at least a three in a skill don't even bother using it.
Is it me, or is that "Swarm" program fucking brutal?
>>44240098
>dat feel when i tried to become a cop
>dat feel when i could not meet the requirements for bench press of %98 of my body weight
>dat feel when %98 of the officers on my local PD could not come remotly close to passing the tests to become an officer.
For fucks sake what in the fucking fuck!
How the hell do those fat fucks get on in the first place? there is no way in hell they are benching 300 pounds... There is no way in hell they could make the time on the 1.5 mile. no way in hell they could do 3/4 of the requirements.
>>44240326
Wait, no, I meant if you don't have a dicepool of at least three don't even attempt to use whatever skill you are using.
>>44240356
yeah it's OP as shit
not at my table and all that
>>44240365
>dat feel when i could not meet the requirements for bench press of %98 of my body weight
That is pretty absurd, where I live the physical requirements for a sheriff's deputy is as follows: Drag 165 lb. dummy 30 feet in 15 seconds
Scale a 6-foot wall in 12 seconds
Run 500 yards in 1 minute, 45 seconds.
>>44240432
>Drag 165 lb. dummy 30 feet in 15 seconds
What, seriously?
>Scale a 6-foot wall in 12 seconds
I'm 6'3", this can't be real.
>Run 500 yards in 1 minute, 45 seconds.
This can't fucking be real. I'm out of shape as all fuck and I could easily do that.
>>44240432
I could do that shit, and I was the weakling in my platoon. It's not hard if you're the type of person who leaves his chair more than a couple times a day.
>>44240474
I could do all of it but the run, and I've got a joint disorder.
Fuck.
>>44240536
>>44240539
Keep in mind this is for Sheriff's deputies not local police. Requirements are not as high because sheriff's department are rarely first responders, local cops usually are. Considering trying out for deputy myself though, pay is 65K a year starting.
>>44240356
Yup. All drones in the network share programs, they gain a pilot rating equal to the DR of the RCC so you don't need to spend 20,000 per drone for Pilot 6, AND they get a dice pool bonus equal to the number of other drones in the network. It's fucking ridiculous.
>>44240474
I think every PD in IL requires the "P.O.W.E.R." test.
a 16 inch sit and reach, 37 sit ups in 1 min, benchpress %98 of your bodyweight, and a 13 min 46 second 1.5 mile run.
They only thing i couldent do was benchpress %98 of my weight.
But my local PD has a fuckton of fat fucks on it that are EASILY 300 pounds.
If i wait till im 30 the requirements become easier. benchpress drops down to %87 of your body weight.
>>44240580
Also every sheriffs department around requires the POWER test as well... fuck my life.
Holdouts: Worth it? And if so, what do you load into them?
>>44240582
Wouldn't a Pilot be able to be run from the RCC? (Like an Agent from a Deck?)
>>44240668
Arm slide holster, hollow points.
>>44240786
yes
>>44240668
>Worth it?
No.
What do you load into it?
Capsule rounds filled with Narcojet or something nasty. If you're down to using an underpowered gun with barely any ammo capacity, better make every shot count.
>>44240899
>>Worth it?
>No.
Have you honestly never done a social infiltration?
>HORIZON-DOBLE REVOLUTION
>ye olde "one big wheel to sit in" motorcycle
Neat.
>>44240961
There's also a monocycle you can get that I don't remember the name of.
>>44240988
But that does not look cool at all.
>>44232834
May you ride forever, shiny and chrome, on the highways of Valhalla.
>>44241043
But it looks cute, which is essential for a female shadowrunner.
>>44240924
Light pistol is immensely better for that. More punch, more bullets, more options while still being easily concealable.
Alternatively, a Taser, which nobody will frown at but offer less options. Choices, choices...
>>44241120
Both are equally inferior to arm mounted cyberguns. Just tell security that those extra magazines are a new type of candy. You did invest points in bluff didn't you?
>>44241120
>concealing a light pistol underneath your 10000 nuyen skintight ballistic-weave designer dress at Renraku's Christmas party
>>44241148
>extra magazines
>not having your cyberarm gun fire coins
>>44241120
>>44240899
If you need a small throwaway, take a Colt Agent Special. Just make sure you get close.
>>44240356
If I read it right the entire swarm only does one attack in combat, although with the dicepool modifier.
>>44241199
What the fuck's a coin, omae?
>>44241148
That's another discussion, omae. And even then, you're better off smuggling/implanting someting with more oomph than a puny holdout in your ware.
>>44241223
Never been to a museum, prole?
>>44241148
>bluff
pathfinder thread is that way omae :)
>>44241237
Museums are for rich people, a month ago I had to choose between food and more C4. I went with C4 and ate all my neighbor's plants. Thank the spirits I had the forethought to invest in that digestive tract expansion bioware. Being able to digest cellulose has saved my life more than once.
>>44241231
You got the impression I was talking about implanting a holdout pistol in your arm? I implied no such thing. Biggest gun you can fit in there or nothing. Why anyone would go for anything less than an SMG I will never know.
>>44233792
>or a bug
>>44241152
Easy enough to do that the advantages of having a real gun outweighs the slightly worse concealability.
>>44241318
No, but the original question was if holdouts were worth it.
>>44234750
Cybereyes. Vision upgrades paid for with essence (except for ultrasonic) work for determining line of sight.
Probably the one upgrade (other than a few bits of cultured bio) that's actually a reasonable choice for a mage.
>>44241395
This, cyberlimbs are pretty useless for a mage, or for most people unless you plan to abuse the shit out of the capacity rules. But then that doesn't really apply to mages as they have magical ways of avoiding/mitigating damage. Leave the chrome tank role to those that didn't put A or B in magic.
Teacup sat across from the Johnson and swung her dangling feet from the barstool. It looked childish, especially from Teacup. Being under a meter tall made her look like a child, and she played the role when she could. It wasn’t her favorite role - that would be wheelman - but right now Dagger wanted her to sit up tall, swing her little legs, and bounce, ever so slightly like a happy child. It kept Mr. Johnson’s mind off-step.
“We’ll do it, but the cash has to be up front. Once this is done, we’re in the wind,” Dagger barked. The harsh tone of his voice jarred the Johnson’s eyes from Teacup. “Uh, well. My employer...” he stammered. Quite unprofessional. “Up front or no deal,” Dagger said again. This time Teacup timed her bounce with a little shoulder stretch and stuck out her namesakes. The move caught the Johnson’s eye.
“Of course. Up front. Let me just make the arrangements.” Mr. Johnson’s eyes seemed to light up as a smirk crossed his lips, “No need for your whole team to be delayed. I’ll work it out and transfer the money to Miss Teacup here. I’m sure the team trusts her to spread it around fairly.” Teacup almost laughed. The innuendos in his speech were so blatant they almost couldn’t be called innuendo.
She held it in and smiled demurely.
“Go ahead guys. The cars already warmed up and rolling up front. I won’t be long.” No one argued. They knew she could handle this creep if the need arose. She had already sent commands to the car, the van, and six drones in the area while bouncing childishly on a chair in order to preoccupy the mind of the closet pedophile Johnson. Brushing him off was as easy as pointing out how similar she was to a little girl, despite her more mature accoutrements and Mr. J would clam right up.
Two minutes later the money was being distributed, and Teacup was uploading a rather inappropriate proposition from Mr. J to her private storage in case she found a way to use it against him someday.
>>44241395
If you're playing a char with natural thermographic vis, I'd go with tetrachromacy over cybereyes. Synch & Hawkeye optional.
>>44241532
It's called legwork. More precisely, researching your Johnson and exploiting their weakness(es).
Rather unsubtle and a bit crude in this case, but oh-so-efficient!
Since Catalyst forgot about the Akiyama, how am I supposed to make that thing not as shit?
>>44241420
Eh, one maxed-out cyberlimb is a pretty good way to give a character focussing more on mental stats decent combat abilities for cheap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMyPFUA0lVU
Why did this give me the (admittedly hilarious) mental image of a Cyberzombie Johnson?
>You help Ed save friend.
>This Ben. Ben Ed friend. He make Ed feel normal.
>Bad men take Ben. Bad men make Ed Mad.
>This Bad Man who Have Ben. Ed try to save Ben. but Ed not want to get Mad around him.
>When Ed get Mad. Ed forget about being normal.
>>44240668
>Worth it?
As a primary combat weapon? Fuck no.
As a backup for the backup for your backup? They're cheap.
For the extra concealment dice? Yeah.
>>44234867
Win the war. Unite them with spilled blood as you carve a mighty empire out of the rubble.
Go full Mongol.
>>44242542
The Mongols' trick was always being from a place that was shittier than wherever they were invading. If you're invading the barrens, where the hell do you put your base of power?
>>44241532
Always, always, always research your Johnson.
It's a matter of personal security, as you never know when you'll run across an unprofessional fuckstick who'll try and turn on you.
It's important to not use that information unless he prompts you to though. No Johnson's going to want to hire people who try and fuck over their employers without due cause.
>>44242555
Wilderness zones.
So, it's easy to get lost in all the new toys, but is anybody else looking at Rigger 5 and realizing they've completely redefined what drones are in Shadowrun? The android secretaries, the Pilot programs being closer to proto-AI, it's a more invasive sort of thing than the ineffectual Manservants and dogbrains we've been looking at in previous editions. Are you going to play this up in your games (if you're in control of that sort of thing) or keep it more toned down?
Still waiting for the pdf.
>>44242865
scroll
up
>>44242865
You mean the one that was already posted?
>>44242870
Thank you, friend.
>>44242865
The lights are on but there's nobody home, huh, trogga?
I like this, even though (and probably because) it's only going to come up once or twice in the typical campaign.
Tell me right now what's stopping me from taking an Ares duelist, replacing the lower body with a liminal body (centaur) cyberware set, placing a cyberware arm with a riot shield hooked into it, and personality software to make a robot centaur knight sworn to protect me.
>>44243029Hallways.
>>44243029
Your GM.
Do it anyway, you fucking madman.
Ride that metallic steed into battle.
>>44243055FuckNow I remember why I didn't make a centaur
>this wasn't the cover art
>>44243078
Saved the best for last.CGL can't hire editors worth shit
>>44242576
I'm fairly new. How do you go about researching a johnson when the point is you don't know who you're working for.
>>44243131
Johnsons are often middlemen just like your fixer. Finding out who exactly hired them to contact your fixer and find runners is difficult, but chances are "Mr.Johnson" himself is known in the shadows.
Research tbat, what kind of jobs he offered, how it turned out, that kind of things; get any edge you can.
>>44231466
That's what my players are trying to do.
>>44232234
>SR 5e is a bitch to figure out if you're new
Is it really ? I didn't have any trouble.
>>44243078
Did some very bad photoshop work and made this mess if anyone with a non-weeb friendly group needs to give them copies.
So, to give a bit of flavour to their achievements I sent my players a mail with a audio log transcript about them found on JackPoint, where the author tries to keep a track of the "noisy" jobs they did but now they absolutely want to find the guy who is doing the tracking.
>>44243310
Some professional information broker? Nothing personal kid.
Or just some cop or corpsec guy.
>>44243310
Some rich corp kid with too much time and surveillance equipment.
>>44243310
The guy who posted it onto jackpoint doesn't have to be the guy who made the recording.
Whoever made the recording can be anyone who would have an interest in shadowrunner activity. Whoever uploaded it and is an actual member of jackpoint could be someone who has a lot of information network contacts and the actual tracker is just a small fish among many.
>>44243353
>>44243371
>>44243389
I was thinking about a cop doing the information tracking and recording, and some rich kid posting it on JackPoint. Is there some authentification on JackPoint or is it just like 4chan ?
Anyway if they want to try finding him I won't disapoint them. That's good run material.
>>44243310
A shadowrunner fetishist did it.
>>44243416
JackPoint is a Data Haven. They're like an invite only Warez site.
They're considered illegal by the corps, because they tend to post stuff that they want a secret, the corps have no influence to censor them, etc.
To avoid spies and wikipedia bullshit, JackPoint has a list of trusted members, who have the right to post information. For someone to be elevated to Trusted, they need to submit data through someone who's already trusted, who will then vouch for them. The admins then look at the data the applicant has to offer, which needs to be something not just anyone can get their hands on. After that they get a trial period before becoming trusted. All members must continue to provide data otherwise their rank gets revoked.
Reading on JackPoint is a lot easier though. I don't know if it's just open access, but all the rulebooks are styled to be JackPoint excerpts.
>>44243470
>They're considered illegal by the corps
There's a line somewhere that's basically Piratebay. Something about a Data Haven in Sweden getting raided by a HTR team who straight bricked all the servers there. Then a line about the surviving backup servers being currently on a ship travelling who-knows-where, trying to avoid getting traced.
>>44243470
Most JackPoint sections are supposed to have been compiled and edited by Jack's circle of contributors, and released to the public should it become important. Or other Runners should they manage to convince someone with access to share.
>>44243493
So... WikiLeaks?
>>44243470
So my runners' indic (the cousin of the adept, actually) has access to the feed too. And he probably had to give out and is still giving out data to have access to the feed.
Interesting. Lots of plot hooks there.
>>44241116
Hey, that stereotype is totally offens-
Oh, carry on.
>>44243078
I wonder if they didn't use it because of the arm.
Are there rules about graphic violence like gory severed limbs on book covers? I can see some people not wanting to put it on the shelves like that.And editing out the limb requires actual editors
>>44240282
Yeah, don't. Unless you spec in other areas or there's a better decker to do your work, it's suicidal-y boring.
>>44240324
This too, so piss about
>>44240324
>>44243915
This e-newspaper says you need to stop bitching and start playing 5e. Pizza deckers are so two editions ago.
I've never read the rules for cyborgs, or cyborg PCs, but I came up with a character concept that's really cool fluff-wise. Before I even delve into the SR4 books, have any of you tried to do it before? Is it even worth trying? If it is, do you have any house rules for cyborgs?
They'll be a hacker primarily since the crew's got a loltroll already, and I know if I focused on combat with the 'borg I'd instagib everything.
>>44244054
Is it worth it?
Questionable... Brains-in-a-jar work better as NPC's than PC's.
>>44244054
Jokes on you, the part that makes you useless is not that your playing a cyborg, but that your playing a hacker in 4e. Seriously, dont play as a hacker, just buy a commlink and load it up with agents and programs, and stick in on the mage or sammy.
>>44244227
How bad is hacking? I've heard bad things about it (and worse about technomancy) but it's iffy on the details. Is it not as good as agents, is it boring?
