Yes 5e is announcend and it will be modular so I can make Shadow Dungeons!

This is why I have adopted gurps 4e.... seriously...

Shadowrun with character classes? *Shudders*

And levels....

I'm a 4th Level Street Samurai, 3rd Level Face, 2nd Level Fixer Prestige Class! *Headdesk*

Classes are the training wheels of RPGs.

As much as I love a classless system, D&D wouldn't feel right without classes and levels.

Which is all well and good, Erik, but the idea of translating anything like shadowrun in to it is just...

Torches, Pitchforks, Effigies, getcher rioting goods right here!

I thought someone was going to set up some kind of endless bleak future CQB dungeon and call it "Shadow Dungeons".

I actually adapted Shadowrun rules to a medieval setting at one point. Never got a game together though. I don't have much hope for 5e.

I'm going to get right into 5e, whether it is good or not. I found DnD 4e pretty interesting but I didn't actually get into it until recently, say, about a month before 5e was announced (talk about a late comer). I'd love to see how the modular system works, but I think I'm more likely to make a futury, gritty, space adventure instead of a Shadowrun look alike. That's what I have Shadowrun for after all!