Dice pools.

Roll as many d6es as your dice pool says to. If it's a 5 or a 6, it's a hit.

Someone else can remind me of the glitch rules, but that's the basics.

Basically just throw like 20+ dice on the table, pretend to look at them, and then say "I did it!"

That got me through four editions of the game.

>>44116641
Well yeah but aren't the dice pools a combo of an attribute, a skill, and then a limit set my either physical mental or social?

5th edition btw.

I'm not sure what threshold has to do with anything either.

>>44116568
>I don't know how the rolling system in shadowrun works!
It doesn't.

>>44116700
Correct. Take a skill and its relevant attribute (listed with the skill). Your attribute + your skill is the pool you roll. Your limit is the maximum number of hits you can use.

I'll do a quick example. Say you're firing a Predator V pistol at someone. You've got Agility 5, Pistols 6, and a Physical Limit of 5. (I'm not sure if that's an accurate limit, but this is offhand.) You roll 11 dice. You come up with six hits, four non-hits, and a single 1. Since your limit is only 5, you can only apply 5 hits. If your threshold is 3, you still got two net hits, though.

A good rule of thumb is that the average number of dice you'll be able to throw is 1/3 of your total dice pool total.

>>44117254
Thank you senpai!

This has turned into a Tips for a new Shadowrun GM thread.

>>44118747
Throw together a series of ideas for runs.
Have 2 or three office block plans.
Add security features, and fill in where the mcguffins are after the runners choose to do a particular run.
ADD A TWIST TO THE RUN.

Rinse and repeat, tied together with an odd plotline or whatnot, that's less important than what things your players are doing.

>>44119019
Agree.