Deadly, much, What does your body count look like? Options

[SunJester]

I have run SR4 3 times now.

The first run was just that, the classic first run at the stuffer shack to introduce my group to the rules and the setting and for me to work out the bugs. I think that two characters went down, both using Edge to survive.

The second run was the first Shadowrun Missions adventure converted for SR4. In that one a troll bodyguard (stock template) tried to disarm a maintenance drone filled with explosives by pounding on it. He was blown up good (real good).

Last night I ran the second Shadowrun Missions adventure (Demolition run I think is the name). The characters tried to hijack a semi filled with gas sitting at a truck stop. The driver unloaded a shotgun at point blank range into the mage. That killed him. The covery ops specialist ran into a troll with a shotgun. The third shot put her out of her misery.

Three sessions, four deaths so far. I can't complain about the realism. Most people would not survive a couple of point blank shotgun blasts. But it could be tough for character development when you are making a new character every 3 or 4 sessions.

I know that the group will get better. They will learn that if they treat SR4 like D&D then they will just die, early and often. But I just wanted to check and see if this matches up with other's experience, particularly with players who are not used to playing SR.