well in starting i am running a SR4 game set in an alternate future without magic and metahumans. imagine all the woes in the world right now, middle east crisis, bird flu, a government out of control, immigration crackdowns, terrorism, you get the picture. all of that multiplied by about a billion.

anyhow, i work a whole lot and prep time for my game is a premium i often cannot afford. and i am sure i am not the only one.

what if there was a website or series of them where lazy or time-strapped game masters could just quickly print out npcs? it would be very helpful i think.

is there such a thing?

another thing i dream of is a site dedicated to floorplans of various buildings to use in games. one of the most time consuming parts of my prep is mapping out a building that the team will be infiltrating.

thanks a lot. love to hear some feedback...

http://blackjack.dumpshock.com/

Plenty o' NPCs (but you'll have to convert) and lots of nifty floorplans and satellite views (though Google is probably a better resource for that now)

I wish Blackjack was doing stuff for SR4...

There's a Shadowrun NPC wiki somewhere. Forgive me for not posting the link. I never bothered bookmarking it.

should be linked from www.dumpshock.com i think...

You could always grab the Shadowrun Missions adventures. Every adventure has a Cast of Shadows section in the back with several NPCs.

This page also has NPC generators for gangs and insect spirits, but you'd have to convert from SR3 to 4.