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[Gerzel]

I'm going to be running an SR4(probably; I may still go 3) game and am thinking about doing it street-level with all the PCs being part of a small gang.

The idea I have is to have them generate characters with slightly lower point values and pick a number of qualities for their gang. Each quality would make up for the lower points bringing them up to the right level. In SR4 terms this would be 300 to 350 points.

Each quality would reflect an aspect of their gang and give each PC some benefit. For instance if they chose a quality like Wizkids, then all pcs might get the Magician quality for free.

Gang qualities will generally make the characters more alike and at most I'd only have them pick one or two to help define the type of gang they are in. Is it a gang of corp-kid hackers or street mages? Is it an Orc or Troll gang? Etc. This will mean that the group probably won't come out looking like a well rounded shadowrun team, but that's okay as they are not supposed to be.

Gang qualities will be chosen before individual CG starts.

I'm wondering if anyone here has tried anything similar or has any tips suggestions for feedback for me?

I am also working on a Gang Quality list with 4th ed stats and will post it once I have it in better shape here.