#the shadowrun experience

[gioia-rodica]

After dipping my toes into Shadowrun 5e I can say that I love how flexible character creation is compared to DnD, even if it makes the process take literal hours lol. You can have a team that is all the same archetype but no two members are really alike in their skillset. Or a team where every member is a laser-focused specialist in their field, with zero overlap. Or a group of jacks-of-all-trades getting up in each other's business. And it's total chaos either way!

(Also, props to our GM for finding ways to tie cyber combat, astral combat and physical combat together to avoid the infamous Decker Problem)

[gioia-rodica]

You know what I love about Shadowrun?

The way it tells you at character creation, "Sure, you can have some extra points to spend on the skills or fun power-ups you want. But how are you going to pay for it? Do you want your character to have a nasty little drug habit? A peanut allergy? ADHD? Maybe she's just super racist? Remember, these things DO have mechanical implications and WILL come back to bite you during gameplay. Enjoy building your trash fire of a character, Chummer."

[gioia-rodica]

Many thanks to the people behind the chummer5a character creation thingy. I would be STRUGGLING with the character sheet without this blessed tool.

[gioia-rodica]

Not sure how it ended up being so that our street samurai is the least trigger-happy guy in the team, the basement dwelling decker is the closest thing we have to a face and the squishy elf mage keeps getting himself involved in physical altercations 🤦‍♀️