Importing ideas from other RPG's, When orks and dragons and elves aren't enough... Options

[baron_samedi]

anyone ever import an idea (character types, creatures, weapon, gear) from another RPG to SR to make it more interesting?

like i have been considering a short mission for my players where they run into the SR equivalent of Dog Boys from "Rifts". I will eliminate Mega Damage weapons/armor of course.

one other idea was to borrow a character class from a sci-fi rpg from 20 odd years ago and the name of it escapes me. but the character class was a creature that was part of a religious sect.
they were pacifists and their behavior was such that others around them would fight for them.

they had high charisma and were healers, but lacked magic.

lastly, i wanted to have a "WTF?" session by bringing in the team concept from "TMNT & Other Strangeness".
not necessarily a team of mutants, but just a group of characters who get bonuses for being brothers under the microscope, coming from the same lab experiment.

not super powered or cartoonish, but a bit altered from most people.

i am having fun expanding SR into other directions, just didn't know if you experiment as well.