Well, ive got SR3, MitS, CC, M&M, Critters and I'm waiting for delivery of Matrix. Ive read these to death, and nowhere can I find a reference to the Horrors that people on these forums are going on about. What are they? What do they want? Are they linked to Bug spirits in anyway shape or form?

Horrors are something that hasn't really been explored metaplot-wise since 2nd Edition. For background info you should check out Ancient History's site: http://www.geocities.com/ancient0history/a...nt0history.html

It also has a lot to do with the Earthdawn crossover stuff. So you might look into some Earthdawn material for more background on Horrors.

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Hmm, I guess AH hasn't gotten that Horror's page up yet... Ah well, it's a good resource for you anyways. If you can find a copy of Harlequin's Back the old 2nd Edition adventure, it's story line deals with Horrors quite a bit. This late in the evening, it's all I can call up out of my memory, I'm sure others will add to it.

Do a search for Horrors here and you should find several topics describing what they are.

Ahem!*Clears throat*

GO HUMANS!

Cliff notes version: They're the big evil magical nasties that will arrive when the mana level gets high enough and proceed to eat and torture every sintient being they can find. They make a world full of invae (bug spirits) look like a day at the park with the girl you want to marry and have kids with.

Longer version: Go bother AH about it.

Horros page? I was doing a Horrors page? Damnit.

Dead Man: go check my Earthdawn/Shadowrun connections page.

Cheers for the info! Not sure that I'm 100% clear on whats going on, but you've filled in some of the gaps. Basically the Horrors are like The Old ones from Lovecraft, and they've got a major munchie session planned for humans in the year 4,000?

ATM wraiths are probably the closest canon critter you'll get to early manifestations of the Horrors.

ATM wraiths? I've seen some shady characters hanging around ATMs, but I wouldn't call them wraiths, per se.

Well, yeah... I mean we have wraiths now

There was also a bit on them in Threats (not Threats 2, but the one for 2nd Ed.) in the section on Drake (nasty guy who could bring some of the weaker ones to Earth. Don't remember the whole story though (lost most of my 2nd books along with the core not long after 3rd Ed came out).

Darke, Oscuro, and a few other names. He was just a pawn, easily replaceable.

Your plan will never come to fruition, you abomination. I will oppose you at every turn. YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

(/raging ICness)

the introduction of horrors into an SR game usually turns that game into a save-the-world, high-fantasy style campaign ("whoah, i can play Aragorn with a cyberarm!") i, personally, think that's a horrible thing to do to an SR game; other opinions differ.

I always looked at the Shedim as the beginings of the Horrors. but that's me.

Ye do not. The hoppers and like were servitor creatures, constructs or some of the weakest horrors at best. Such as them may be summoned through with some ease by the knowledgable, 'tis said.