This ‘season’ of Shadowrun features a new list of characters (to go along with some new players) and will be taking place in various locals in the UCAS including Seattle, Denver, Chicago, and Boston.
The Campaign Website
I’ll be using the campaign site to keep the ball running, and keep a historical record as we go. A log of adventures will be kept in the Campaign Log. I’ll be offering a standard 2 Karma reward every week for whomever writes up the previous adventure’s notes. In some cases, things may happen during downtime that will be posted here for your information (some of it might even be relevant to your jobs… wouldn’t that be nice?) Sometimes news of your exploits may make it out to the public/shadow communities. In a change of pace, these notes will be posted in the Campaign Log sequentially with the run synopsis.
Character Rules
Shadowrun inherently supports the notion of character trees. It also makes character generation a monumental task for the novice player and an opportunity to unbalance play (unwittingly) for the savvy one. A mix of players can result in a party where certain players, by the decisions they made during character creation, where a hacker acts three times (physically) in a firefight while the street samurai only acts once. While this may present some opportunities for interesting role-playing, the trend in gaming (especially with the advent of the dreaded 4th Edition of Dungeons and Dragons) is to make the party balanced in combat situations. Believe it or not, this can be accomplished in Shadowrun. Moreover, if a player dislikes their character, it is easy enough to switch out with another character.
The Pile
At this time, we will not be using a Pile for the 2013 season. As always, tThe GM reserves the right to add additional characters to pile at any time, so one may present itself somewhere down the line.
Shadowrun: Missions Info
As usual, we’ll be using the Shadowrun: Missions scenarios as one of the plotlines for the campaign. This season’s missions are set in Chicago, starting January 2075. As such, the campaign will be based out out Chicago, UCAS. Chicago is a great local, full of… um… local color (See the post “Chicago, Then and Now” for more info).
All characters are expected to start in Chicago as ‘home base’. We’ll see where things go from there…