So it has been... well a long time since I've done any Shadowrun but I'm toying with the idea of starting up a campaign to play on alternating weeks with my group to mix up the Labyrinth Lord campaign we've been running for the past year or so.
The big reason Shadowrun kinda got pushed to the side though is because one of my players is... well he's a power gamer in the purest sense. It's a big part of the reason we play LL actually... It's pretty tough to powergame when chargen consists of "Roll 3d6, six times in order and pick a class from the six available". He's a great guy, and a lot of fun to play with, but he can be challenging to DM, since I don't have the time or inclination to continually try to 'outplay' his character builds. I like the idea of giving him the opportunity to stretch a bit though, since I can tell he feels a bit constrained by the D&D game at times.
At any rate, the first limiting factor will be that it is the core book only. This is easy, since I only own the core rulebook. I've got a ton of splatbooks from earlier editions, but they'll just stay off the table except for fluff purposes. Also, from my limited experience with 5th ed it feels as though it is a lot tougher to game the system with the introduction of limits it might help prevent him pulling out a summoner who rolls 25+ dice and summons bloodzilla for breakfast. That said though, I'm sure there are still other ways for him to break the system in creative and interesting ways, so my question is, are there any red flags to look out for?