 Shadowrun 5 Preview |
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  Apr 30 2013, 02:19 AM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker  Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50  |
I'll just leave this here for you, chummers.
http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product...roducts_id=3144 |
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Apr 30 2013, 03:01 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 20-December 12 Member No.: 66,005 |
Still reading the short story, but so far I'm diggin' it.
Also: can I safely assume that the runners that are in the short story are the same ones that are on the cover of the SR5 rulebook? |
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Apr 30 2013, 03:07 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
QUOTE (tasti man LH @ Apr 29 2013, 10:01 PM)  Still reading the short story, but so far I'm diggin' it. Glad to hear it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) QUOTE Also: can I safely assume that the runners that are in the short story are the same ones that are on the cover of the SR5 rulebook? Oh, yeah. |
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Apr 30 2013, 03:22 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-August 09 From: Vancouver, Canada Member No.: 17,538 |
Got it. Haven't read it yet. Likely tonight or tomorrow.
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Apr 30 2013, 04:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 20-December 12 Member No.: 66,005 |
Ok, finished reading through it. So far, really liking what I'm reading.
Both the short story and the introduction does a good job at introducing the world of Shadowrun as well as the tone of the setting. The intro in of itself is definitely something I (as a GM) would read out loud at the beginning of a campaign, especially to first-timers to Shadowrun, just to set the mood and give an idea of what to expect. Bang up job on the short, Critias. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Also, a couple of thoughts from the short story itself (which I will go ahead and put in spoiler tags) -Some interesting things revealed about cyberdecks in SR5: our decker Gentry here seems to have made his by cobbling together commlinks, and is described as a "drek-hot Renraku hackpack rig". So I'm going to go ahead and assume Gentry made it from a bunch of Renraku Sensei 'links. In other words, you CAN modify commlinks to hack...sort of. You just string a bunch of them together to make 'em more powerful. -I dig the narrative framing for this one: switching between the perspectives of our four runners and their lines of thinking on the run, as well as a bit of characterization here and there. -Ares wagemage insect shaman confirmed. ... I'll let that one sink in for all of you (and any particularly evil GMs). -Took me a bit before I figured out the meaning behind Coydog's street name. Nice. Oh, and one thing I should note to all that get this: this preview is pure fluff only, with NO crunch. So keep that in mind. |
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Apr 30 2013, 05:44 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 247 Joined: 30-March 13 From: Calgary, AMC Member No.: 85,966 |
Excellent job, Crit. I'm looking forward to seeing more of these characters in the future.
QUOTE (tasti man LH @ Apr 29 2013, 09:34 PM) -Ares wagemage insect shaman confirmed. ... I'll let that one sink in for all of you (and any particularly evil GMs). I'd hoped I had misinterpreted that. Apparently not. |
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Apr 30 2013, 05:55 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
Glad folks are digging Sledge, Hardpoint, Gentry, and Coydog so far (I hadn't meant for her name to be TOO mysterious or subtle, FWIW, but maybe I'm slanted by living in real-life 'yote country for lots of my life)! It was weird to try and write the story after seeing artwork (almost reverse engineering the fiction), but I think it turned out okay. It was fun to bounce from perspective to perspective, too, trying to give each character their moment in the spotlight (while someone else watched them be a badass), and hopefully it appeals to the fans of all these genre tropes pretty evenly.
Just to repeat -- this preview is very much meant to be a teaser trailer, at this point. Fluff, not crunch. An introduction to the setting, a taste, for folks who aren't already hip-deep in it. There are more previews coming, and Ghost only knows how much Jason plans on spilling before the release date. There's no stoppin' him, he's mad with new edition power, I tells ya! Maaaaad! |
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Apr 30 2013, 06:10 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 20-December 12 Member No.: 66,005 |
Yeah, the "Coy" I thought to mean that she was...well, coy. Didn't think the "Dog" part was more significant in relation to the first part.
Now I'm not sure if you're the right guy to ask this, but I'm going to anyways: Are the next previews going to be just fluff, just crunch, or a mix of both? |
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Apr 30 2013, 06:13 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
That's above my pay grade. Just keep an eye out, is all we can really say.
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Apr 30 2013, 06:19 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 20-December 12 Member No.: 66,005 |
Fair enough.
Still, Summer 2013 is shaping out to be a good one (at least for me). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Apr 30 2013, 07:16 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 15-February 13 Member No.: 74,229 |
QUOTE (Critias @ Apr 30 2013, 12:55 AM) Glad folks are digging Sledge, Hardpoint, Gentry, and Coydog so far (I hadn't meant for her name to be TOO mysterious or subtle, FWIW, but maybe I'm slanted by living in real-life 'yote country for lots of my life)! It was weird to try and write the story after seeing artwork (almost reverse engineering the fiction), but I think it turned out okay. It was fun to bounce from perspective to perspective, too, trying to give each character their moment in the spotlight (while someone else watched them be a badass), and hopefully it appeals to the fans of all these genre tropes pretty evenly. I did like that, having them show someone else doing their thing while they watch and focus on their part. Which makes Gentry all the more badass when he's down to the wire, opening the escape. Of course, I had Dancing Mad playing in the background and it hit the fourth movement right about then, which certainly didn't hurt. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) I was definitely expecting a bit of crunch with the opening warning that Page XX citations would of course be corrected, though. |
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Apr 30 2013, 08:23 AM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
Note that this clearly says Preview One. Which implies there will be more coming. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Apr 30 2013, 05:11 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,654 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
Okay, I'm missing it. What's with Coydog's name? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Apr 30 2013, 05:38 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
QUOTE (bannockburn @ Apr 30 2013, 12:11 PM) Okay, I'm missing it. What's with Coydog's name? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) It's just a type of animal. A coydog is a nickname for a coyote/dog mix. More independent and feral than a dog, but more likely to be found in a city (not just at the fringes) than a full coyote. Coydog, in the fiction, is a Salish shaman who was raised in Seattle (mixing tribal expectations and city-kid street smarts). I thought it worked okay. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Apr 30 2013, 05:42 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,654 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
That was ... too obvious for me to even consider (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Apr 30 2013, 06:10 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Wolfdogs are what we have up here in Canada, same deal. Feral nature of wolves, no fear of humans like dogs.
They can be trained, however, and make killer guard critters. Even scarier is the feral ones that see your family as "Pack" in some of the more rural parts of Canada. Yeah, someone shouts from your house in fear or pain, someone's going to be getting a hurting! |
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Apr 30 2013, 06:14 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
QUOTE (bannockburn @ Apr 30 2013, 11:42 AM) That was ... too obvious for me to even consider (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Well, yeah. Like I said, *I* didn't think it was some terribly deep or clever name, so much as catchy and appropriate. Just wanted to explain it, for folks who'd had it hyped up by Tasti Man. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Apr 30 2013, 09:57 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313 |
Great fiction has an old school run feel with SOTA details.
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Apr 30 2013, 10:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 4-November 09 Member No.: 17,844 |
I like the fluff which to me is almost more important than crunch in such a stratified game like sr. Only thing im kinda sad about is that the powers that be are moving Ares firmly into the Insect camp and that sucks even if it makes sense from the storyline. I may have to hate Ares more than I hate azzies... such a sad day.
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Apr 30 2013, 10:23 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
ares has been in the insect spirit camp for years.
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Apr 30 2013, 10:33 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 21-August 05 From: France Member No.: 7,584 |
The city is Tenochtitlán ?
I think a "a" is missing in "Dassault tech"; in the city there is "Dassult tech". |
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Apr 30 2013, 10:39 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 280 Joined: 25-February 13 Member No.: 76,416 |
QUOTE (Archaos @ Apr 30 2013, 11:33 PM) The city is Tenochtitlán ? I think its Seattle. They also have a big Pyramid in the middle. |
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Apr 30 2013, 10:44 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,654 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
Two, actually. Aztechnology and Renraku arcologies are both pyramids.
http://imageshack.us/a/img189/4571/seattle2072.jpg |
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Apr 30 2013, 10:51 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
QUOTE (Archaos @ Apr 30 2013, 05:33 PM) The city is Tenochtitlán ? For the fiction, the city is Seattle (even with several canon locations featured/name-dropped). |
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Apr 30 2013, 10:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 20-December 12 Member No.: 66,005 |
Yeah, because I was about to say; the blogpost claims that the city is supposed to be Tenochtitlán.
... ...sooooo first error for SR5? |
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