Category Archives: Shadowrun

Do You Remember Second Edition?

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I’ve had the Core Rulebook PDF for Shadowrun Fifth Edition for a while, but now I have the physically massive hardcopy. Thing should have its own Damage Code. I’m not crazy about how the setting has “grown up” in the last couple editions. Part of the fun of Shadowrun is that it’s a bit mad. It’s a solid brand, you don’t have to justify it now by going all SRS BZNS. Any Shadowrun I gamemaster will always have that Discordian wobble. Also, Technomancers are still complete bullshit. Mom is doing well in the Durham rehab facility. Driving an hour each … Continue reading →

Character overview: Anderwol “Skid” Dersitaliantis

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History: Anderwol is the first of the Dersitaliantis clan to make it big as a shadowrunner, though not the last. His family members are known for their inability to hold on to money, and one could often find Skid crashed on a friend’s couch or in a Barrens squat, waiting for the next job to improve his situation for a few weeks. That Skid started his career as a wage mage for a medium-size megacorp is fairly certain, though he doesn’t like to talk about it much and was almost certainly let go under unfortunate circumstances. Like many another mage … Continue reading →

Character overview: Terry “Krasivi” Demidova

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History: Terry’s Russian parents were killed in a bioweapons attack on their home city. She was picked up by a corporate ‘recruitment’ squad, and trained in computers and combat to become one of their shadow operatives. When she completed their training program, she was partnered with Tina Mallyrn, and together they formed the destructive but successful team known as the “Sirens”. On the streets, she calls herself “Krasivi” (“gorgeous”), but those around her call her “Krazy”. They don’t do so to her face, however. When Terry and Tina were double-crossed and left for dead by their superiors, they extricated themselves … Continue reading →

Character overview: “Professor” Glenn Karter

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History: Glenn Karter was born in Virginia only a few years before it became part of the reborn Confederate States of America. Of middle-class origins, he made friends easily and by this mid-twenties had connections in several mid-Atlantic corporate entities and government bureaus. Showing an uncanny sense of timing, he frequently showed up in the right places at the right times to help out a friend or two, and by the 2050s he was moderately wealthy and even better connected. By 2060, Karter’s Global Security Services Corporation began to make a name for itself. A smaller corp, it resisted every … Continue reading →

Character overview: April “Nebula” Vincent

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History: April entered the shadowrunning scene as a small-time indie rockergirl playing what clubs she could find, but as her reputation grew, she became well-known all over Seattle and even some places beyond. A talented decker as well, she made money off several bootleg albums by breaking into record company financial computers and taking what she felt was fair. The record companies used this in advertising, and everyone ended up happy. Eventually, Nebula joined the Global Security Services Corporation worldwide troubleshooting company, where she theoretically works in HR, but often seems to be out on murky ‘special projects’. Personality: Bubbly … Continue reading →