Xabulba's Shadowrun 4 pbp

Game Master Xabulba

I recently gave up both PF and 4e but still want to roleplay so I'm checking to see if anyone is interested in a Shadowrun 4ed pbp?

I'm looking for 4-6 players.
Once enough players chose to join we can determine what style and setting of the game. The setting of the game will depend on the style of play the group decides on.

Setting possibilities for game style;
Seattle, Manhattan or Hong Kong for your basic corporate/underworld runs.
Albuquerque, Bogotá or Manila for smuggling and spy-game runs.
Moscow, Cape Town or Perth for spirit/critter bounty hunting.

This list is no ways comprehensive and there will of course be crossover run opportunities no matter what style and setting of game play.

Book material for player use;
Shadowrun 4 core rules
Runners Companion
Arsenal
Street Magic
Augmentation
Wired
I will add the Runners Black Book as soon as I get and read a copy.

I am hugely interested: I have always wanted to try the system but never had the chance. I'll go take a look at the core manual to familirize myself with the setting and try to come up with a character. Is there some sort of online resource for SR (like the Pathfinder System Reference Document)?

Unfortunately there isn't a Shadowrun 4 SRD or PRD available but there are these.

Jackpoint a Shadowrun fourm site.

Shadowrun wiki

Humboltnation link for Character Generator, dice roller and other stuff.

I've gotten interested in Shadowrun lately, but have never actually played. If you're willing to put up with a newb, I'm on board. I do have the 20th anniversary SR4 book, so I should be able to keep up.

Unfortunately there isn't a Shadowrun 4 SRD or PRD available but there are these.

Jackpoint a Shadowrun fourm site.

Shadowrun wiki

Humboltnation link for Character Generator, dice roller and other stuff.

Thanks! I'm starting to use the ChargenSR4, looks very helpful.

Count me in as interested. Also picked up the books but not had a chance to play in a game yet.

Hoi chummer! Color me interested :)

I've got the shadowrun dataset for Herolab, so can use that to check any calculations, etc....

TC

Totally on board for this game! I have most of the books listed at the top. Not sure on what type of character I would go with, open to whatever depending on the nature of the group. As for the 3 options of game type, I'm open to whatever although I guess I'd probably put the spirit/beast hunting one on the bottom of the list. I like the idea of working in the urban metropolises, ala Blade Runner, etc.

Totally on board for this game! I have most of the books listed at the top. Not sure on what type of character I would go with, open to whatever depending on the nature of the group. As for the 3 options of game type, I'm open to whatever although I guess I'd probably put the spirit/beast hunting one on the bottom of the list. I like the idea of working in the urban metropolises, ala Blade Runner, etc.

I'm a big Shadowrun fan and would definetly like an SR game as I don't have one table-top wise. I have some character ideas, but they're variable enough that I'd rather fill a gap/avoid overlapping things.

But, either way, count me in!

Interested with some caveats. Last PbP SR game I showed up for had a character that had almost every flaw in the game with the additional points fully utilized...I'm not going to knock anyone elses game, but that's not the style of play that interests me. So, are we using the creation rules as they are in the book? As in you can only spend so many build points on attributes, only get so many points for flaws?

I have all the books listed but wired, though I'm not overly interested in playing a hacker anyways. Much of my time spent in higschool was spent playing shadowrun, though the 12 year sense hasn't seen nearly as much, so please forgive any slip ups (I'm likely to call hackers deckers and what not).

As for game type, I would prefer a more traditional espionage/running style game, with us starting off as new runners and eventually developing our reputations and getting the bigger jobs. If that's not the route we go that's fine, I'm down for pretty much anything Shadowrun, just with a preference for traditional story lines.

For characters...wow, so many ideas...
I've played a lot of casters in my time, and plenty of gun-bunny style characters, though I've never been one to call them "street samurai". I have a fondness for riggers, though I don't know if I have the time to relearn all the ins and outs of that subset of rules.

Do you have a preference on character morality? I'm good playing pretty much anything, I've played serial killers and charity workers in Shadowrun.

I'm interested. What character creation system do you plan on using? My vote on game type would be standard corp runs or smuggling with no preference between the two.

Frag yes, I want to play chummer!

Recruitment is now over.

The players are;
Pixel Cube
James Keegan
Paizo Fan
Arknight
Jonasty
Lanse
Fraust
Aptinuviel
Roidrage

I am expecting some player drop off so I will include all nine of you in the first run. If all of you are still in after that and it proves too difficult to manage I’ll pare down the group to six.

@all players – character builds will be as per the SR4A core rules. That means 400BP, 200BP maximum can be used for attributes and 35BP maximum in flaws.
BPs gained by flaws cannot be used to go over the 200BP attribute maximum.
Warning – any flaws taken and not role-played will be taken away and the BP cost will be deducted from your skills, spells or attributes.

@ Fraust – Don’t worry about terminology, I still call hackers Deckers also. I think it sounds cooler anyway. Riggers don’t exist anymore, their skill set was folded in the hackers. Most drones are run by autonomous programs now and anyone with driving skill and an implanted commlink can run an car by thought alone.

Thx for the invite! I know we'll all roll good together cause I call them deckers as well, I got that bit of old school in me as well.

Just curious what everybody is thinking of making, I'm debating between three at this moment: Street sam, combat mage, or street ganger turning runner.

Discussion thread link.

@all players – character builds will be as per the SR4A core rules. That means 400BP, 200BP maximum can be used for attributes and 35BP maximum in flaws.
BPs gained by flaws cannot be used to go over the 200BP attribute maximum.
Warning – any flaws taken and not role-played will be taken away and the BP cost will be deducted from your skills, spells or attributes.

Ah well, that's why I asked. BP is a deal breaker for me, as I vastly prefer karmagen. Thanks anyway and good luck!

wow...that was a fast fill...and I had a physical adapt all ready to play...well have fun folks!! And if you need a standby, I would still be willing to join!
Thanks

Looks like I am to late. If you need one more later I would be more than happy to join as a type of street sam.

Looks like I am to late. If you need one more later I would be more than happy to join as a type of street sam.

Given the amount of interest, if someone else were to start up a shadowrun game it seems like there'd be plenty of available players.

Daniel and Kozaric I'll put you down as alternates.

It's been my experience with pbp games that player drop off is fairly high during the game setup and first few hundred posts so a spot might open up for extra players.

Fantastic....is there any specific role the group might need filled? I have a physical adapt (a human with vory connections), but can make up whatever you might need.

Fantastic....is there any specific role the group might need filled? I have a physical adapt (a human with vory connections), but can make up whatever you might need.

Stat up a character space might be opening soon.

I have a physical adapt....will send crunch if you want, or are you looking for something different??

I picked up an audiobook version of Gibsons Neuromancer the other day and it got me craving some Shadowrun action.

I'd very much like to be added to the list of backup players should anyone need to leave.

I've never played Shadowrun 4 and only played shadowrun 2 for one game but I absolutely adore the cyberpunk universe.

I've lurked paizo for months and just recently started a Pathfinder pbp but its going slow so I have plenty of time for a second game.

Not sure what kind of character I would want to play but I've always liked the "Decker" and "Rigger" types and its interesting they've been combined into one. I'm also intrigued by the introduction of the "Technomancer" I may roll one up just to see what they are like.

I will have some simple runs up on the PbP section soon.

I'll link them here when its done. Also the other recruitment thread...i think we'll have at least 4 players then.

Bear in mind, this will be a bit slow, given that I'm still learning the rules.

See here for Beginner Runs recruitment info..I expect we can go "live" with pre-run stuff and intros by Friday or so.