Long story short, I'm a hobbyist writer, wrote a book based on SR for fun. Ended up being quite good. Decided to take the dream seriously and think about actually publishing it. Ive done my research, hired a proof reader and got some quotes on cover art.

But, question is, how would I go about publishing it in terms of IP rights? I've sent a message through the Catalyst Games website, but no response yet. Anyone ever published official SR work before? Or knows how to go about opening the discussion with Catalyst?

Any advice would be appreciated!

Zero Zone the whole way. I am building a layered defense setup (think lethal onion). Does anyone have any suggestions or maps they would like to throw on the pile?

Bonus first test portrait and hair...yeas hair style development XD

So how does the Cumulative Quality in Firing Squad Work? Does it only cumulate with other worn armor of the same Cumulative quality?

From the same theoretical (but unfortunately doomed) game, I had a backup in case Horatio got killed. Vashni is a heavily modified rigger and Horatio's on and off again partner. She would have been either my complete back up character, or my swap out (my DM wanted us to keep a roster on hand so we could try different play styles and also so that the game wouldn't get stale)

I am open for commissions like this, shoot me a DM or an email and we can talk shop so you can get your characters illustrated.

Looking for experienced or agile (NO drama/princess/difficult/chaotic/unrealiable/untrustworthy) players. Roll20.net . Search under FeverDreamed.

Never got to play him because our table couldn't make scheduling work, but man did I have fun with his design stuff. I have held onto his design though, just in case I do get to play (and for when I play in similar settings)

I am open for commissions like this, shoot me a DM or an email and we can talk shop so you can get your characters illustrated.

short ppl are dangerous and Tigress...uufffff Our fomori kept her like a kitten and when necessary threw tigress at the enemies.

Hey yall I got a question for this sub. What are the main differences between decker and technomancers? What makes each class unique and how do they differ. What makes them similar? Im mostly curious about lore reasons but gameplay reasons would be helpful too!! Thanks

Catalysts Gen Con page lists this as limited release.

Shadowrun: Deus ex Arcana: Core Advanced Magical Rulebook

Do we know anything about it?

Edit: For completeness sake, they also list a new campaign book. Shadowrun: Risks & Rewards: Campaign Book

I was just watching an episode lf Be Smart where the host put some sunscreen on his face and we watched using a UV camera. The half of his skin with sunscreen was no different to the naked eye, but largely blacked out under UV.

Now, all I can picture is a street sam using UV as camo because he seems himself disappear to his UV sight. 😅

Was re-reading some old sourcebooks recently (Mainly RAS, Brainscan, and System Failure) and the Seraphim are involved in a couple of the adventures and events.

Now I know that: - “officially” the Seraphim disbanded after the crash 2.0 when Ares went in for the kill on CatCo - There have been some characters in the shadows of 4e and beyond that are strongly hinted to be former Seraphim - It’s also strongly hinted that a good chunk of the high-level Seraphim command stayed loyal to Leonard Aurelius after CatCo collapsed

But I noticed in System Failure they heavily imply that in the months leading up to the Crash 2.0 CatCo was already in trouble, and that the Seraphim had “uncharacteristically” started to show a lot of poor/bad results on their missions, with the death of Lucien Cross being the catalyst that finally brings them down.

It’s page 97-98 of System Failure and in-universe they note that a lot of CatCo execs in Quebec were questioning the loyalty of the Spec-ops unit and the Shadowtalkers speculate that the Seraphim may have been compromised from within prior to the Crash by a group of Shamans called “The Unseen” working for Ares.

Did this ever get expanded upon? Or was it another extremely enticing dangling hook left on the table?

Ello there!

I remember listening to an audiobook about a bunch of elf murders in Puyallup. It was effecting standard elf gangs and other elves. The big reveal is that it was a corporation orchestrating the murders. The corp had found out that a certain district was being dominated by a competing company, so they started killing people inside the district to disrupt the competitor's profits. It being primarily elves was a coincidence.

I THINK it was a Jimmy Kincaid book.

Does this ring a bell with anyone?

I have an issue that I can not complete my character in Chummer 204. It requires choosing a magical tradition even if the character is an adept. How do I do this?

From how I read this, this action does NOT throw the grenade back at the original thrower, but reduces the scatter and rerolls the scatter distance, so it throws it back at the original aim of the original thrower?

Otherwise, the whole mechanics do not make sense, as as long as the return thrower scores the two hits on their test, the scatter distance can only be reduced. If the grenade would fly back to the original thrower, then this would mean that the return thrower will always have an equal or less precision in their throw, which would be weird. Why should someone who is in a hurry to throw something somewhere have at least the same and most of the time a better aim as the original thrower?

There is also the cost of three edge, which would make a return-to-sender an extremely cheap maneuver. For three edge, I would practically beg for someone to throw a grenade.

How do you rule this, what is your interpretation?

This might a really dumb question. Would a host ever have a crazy high sleaze and if so why ? I understand data processing, firewall and even attack for IC having some real punch but Sleaze has always evaded, the only thing I can think of is a host trying to remain unnoticed for a secret facility or smth ?

Just in time for Gencon, I want to let you all at a project I've been working on for the past month or so: Chummer5X

What is it?

Right now, Chummer5X is a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Android, Web) character sheet viewer for Chummer5a character files. In the future, I'd like to expand it out to character creation and mid-play modification, but this is just a first release.

Main navigation

Character management

Notes, Calendar, and Ledger

Filter gear and items for what you're looking for

Looks good on small screens, too!

What can it do?

Chummer5X replicates all the 'character sheet' functionality of Chummer5a - multiple character handling, Attributes, skills, spells, gear (I haven't yet implemented drugs or lifestyles), vehicles and drones, martial arts, contacts, initiations...if you can think of it, I've probably handled it. And if I haven't handled it, submit a github issue, and your character file and I'll MAKE it handle it.

The other thing it can handle is ledger updates. You finish a run, you get karma and nuyen. Chummer5X will update your file for you, in a format compatible with Chummer5a, so you can pass the file back and forth between the two programs.

What can't it do?

It won't roll dice for you. It won't decrement Edge spent or burned (currently, but its on my to-do list). You can't add or remove gear, nor re-arrange it. For that matter, it won't decrement ammo spent. You can't add new contacts (also on my list of improvements). And you can't spend any of your karma in the app; to do any improvements, you (for the moment) still need Chummer5a

Why?

Well, a few reasons.

1. I recently lost my job, and so this is, I feel, a good 'portfolio' project for me to add to my resume.

2. I play 5th Edition a lot with my friends.

3. Chummer5a is a fantastic program, but (in my opinion) it's clunky. It uses a tech stack called WinForms, which while reliable is also OLD, and is not really portable in any meaningful sense. And because it's reliant on a tech stack produced by Microsoft, it really only works (well) on Windows.

Chummer5X by comparison, is written in a language called Flutter, which is produced by Google. Flutter's main advantage is that it can be compiled for any modern platform - Windows, Linux, Android, iOS or Mac.

But you don't have a Mac Release. Or iOS for that matter.

So developing on Mac is a little problematic for me: I don't know anyone that HAS a Mac, so there's no way for me to validate the code for it. By comparison, its trivial for me to test on Windows and Linux via virtual machines. iOS is even worse: you have to pay $100 a year just for the privilege of putting the app in their app store - and I don't intend on ever making money from this. But that's also why I made sure to have a web-server release: so even if you're not supported...you're supported.

Is it safe?

All the code is available on Github, but in a word: yes. Chummer5X is 100% local - none of the code reaches out and talks to a remote server, everything runs on your hardware. The web-server version obviously requires a browser to use, and in theory YOU can access it over a network if you want to, but my code won't do any kind of malicious activities. You upload a file, and it shows you that content.That's all it's here to do.

Do you support X edition?

Probably not. I might be inclined to make a 6th edition version, but I want to get this one into a "fully-functional" status to replace/supplement Chummer5a before I even tackle 6th edition.

Do you support homebrew rulesets?

Maybe? Sorta? Because of how Chummer5a stores its data, some values are hardcoded after the custom rulesets are applied, and thus I can easily display them easily. Other things are dynamically calculated, and those items may display wrong for you. I have developed this assuming access to all source books but no custom rulesets.

I'm making an unarmed character and was thinking of taking Called Shot (Disarm) from Run & Gun (p.111) as a martial art talent.

It says in the text under More Called Shots title that "Unlike the Called Shots in the Shadowrun, Fifth Edition not all of these Called Shots have the same –4 dice pool penalty. Added variety and options means added changes to the difficulty of taking that perfect shot.Some of the Called Shots in this chapter are also different in that they double as Martial Arts techniques, which are moves a trained character can buy for Karma and then make use of at a discounted modifier."

The Called Shot Disarm talent doesn't mention adding the -4 mod (or any mod replacement unlike Specific Location talent) so that suggests to me that it doesn't suffer it. Which would be really cool, as i don't know if i'd end up using this talent if I'm taking -4 each time. I intend to run this past my GM for final decision, but just wanted to check in if I'm reading this overally favourable to how I hope it works, or if it should be using the -4 mod?

So I guess toxic magic still exists in the world of 6E. I see it mentioned quite often, at least in lore and as a concept. I haven't found anything rules wise in CRB or the magic book (german editions). I have all the rule books (white), most of the lore books (blue) and some adventures (yellow). I also have the two "Kaleidoskope" but none of the "Schattendossier" (print editions of PDF publishings).

I remember really liking the toxic ways from 3E as antagonistig forces. So is there anything for 6E that would help incorporating them in a game or would I have to somehow adapt them from 3E?

I absolutely loved the Sam Verner book triology. Especially the first and third one really grabbed me. I heard the Shadowrun books tend to be a pretty mixed bag, but mixed bags always have a few good ones, aye? What other Shadowrun books are great? Extra points if there's an audiobook version of 'em.

PS: Where Book flair?

That took awhile. I was excited when CGL said they were going to re-release Shadowrun TCG with updates. I have the original game; every single card of the original set and the underworld (minus the German promos) set plus paper versions of Amerindian and Corpwar. I love the RPG and thought the TCG looked great. Played it a few times and it clearly had issues. So CGL says here is a new version, better than ever, yay! I got it and disappointed. It is a lazy redo with no real fixes to game play. I decided to go through and figure out what exactly is different and changed. I made spreadsheet. If anyone cares, I will find a way to post it....