Hi and thanks to all of you who have posted useful stuff in dumpshock over the years. I just ran my first Shadowrun game in 15 years.
I’ll write up the evening’s action as News articles, old-school style, but I also want to provide the new runners a list of “Things I should have done after my first run”.

So if any of you ‘Elite-Runners’ feel like helping, please may I invite you to make one line in-character (let the chummers and drek flow) posts describing “What I should have done after my first run?”


For those who are interested:
The newbie runners began their game in a seedy Ork-drinking hole with a set of pregens (a big list to choose from) who all had negative qualities that put them at the bar, under it and in some cases in even worse NSFW positions. The players were all Shadowrun newbies.

Their shadow lives began with the barfly characters witnessing a clichéd runner crew screw up a fixer-meet. The cliché-crew muscleman tried to bring a LMG into the Bar while an Adept and Mage kicked of in support of their team member. I rigged events so that the barfly crew (new players) could intervene and help restore order, then take the place of the cliché-crew on the subsequent run.
The barfly-crew did fine smoothly moving into their role as runners. They even had the smarts to set up the Cliché-Crew from for their evening’s crimes. Very professional. Nice.

What I think has changed for the better in S-Run:
1) AR rocks as a tool for making hackers worthwhile and interesting (interesting for the hole group that it is)
2) I don’t miss combat pools or keeping track of their splitting!!
3) Lessening of the Shaman/Mage divide.

Lay low. Keep an eye to the 'trids, and see if any chatter is going over wires about your activities. Always keep collateral damage low - the less impact you make to a 'corp, the less likely you are to be sought out.

During your 'run, make sure to always wear a respirator. They're ubiquitous enough to not cause a scene, they're street legal, they break up your profile for cameras, and they keep the smog out of your nose. All good things.

It's to early to make them that much of black trenchcoats, let the lil' mohawks get wet behind their ears first.

I'd prefer if they didn't get wet from prison showers, personally.

Prisons are a great place to put that artisan skill to good use for crafting shivs. Then revolt, take over the prison, grab gear from the underpaid overworked security guards, and go out for revenge against the fraggers that framed you for a crime you did commit.

Wait.... what?

Better?

They didn't know that youdunit, but still made you take the blame. The bastards.