SR Vs. WOD Options

[rlemansky]

Greetings.

I've been following the posts on SR movies and music, and I remember the D20 Modern discussion. If one's looking for SR inspiration, the WOD offers lots of sources. I realize that there's a HUGE difference between play styles-gritty realism versus overdone teen angst, but am I the only one to note the correspondences between the two Worlds?

I'm not saying that the games are the same, but some of the crossover makes for good fun, especially if you don't want to foul the SR Metaplot. I think the Pentex Corp. from WOD makes an excellent SR nemesis. The Werewolves' and Vampires' clans could be a cool addition-I'd imagine that in fifty years of game time, Shapeshifters and HMHVV Infected could/would get together and organize in some way, shape or form (IIRC one of the villains in the original Power trilogy was a very organized Wendigo and his operatives...).

I loved the novels (An anthology of SR short stories'd be prime-any budding young authors wanna try an e-book or something?) and love the sourcebooks-so much of SR is so well thought out and developed. Unfortunately, I like watching it develop and don't want to muck things up in my game world(s)-the new stuff that comes out is almost universally fun, and I'd hate to have made choices in the game that preclude new developments. SOME of the WOD stuff is developed and thought through to the point where it becomes useful (if you scrub off the teen angst), so I find it useful and somewhat entertaining.

Shadowrun/WOD

Governments and MegaCorps/Technocracy
Researchers/Progenitors
Organized Crime/Syndicate
Corps/New World Order
Samurai/Iteration X
Awakened/Mages
PhysAds/Akhashic Brotherhood
Shaman/Dreamspeakers and Verbenea
Hermetics/Order of Hermes
Toxics/Marauders and Nephandi
Awakened Races/Changeling Kith
Critters/Bygones
HMHVV Infected/Vampires
Shapeshifters/Werewolves

Anyone come up with some more?