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Sir Froggie Senior Member I have made 366 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 231 likes My gender is Male	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 24, 2015 23:46:22 GMT -6 CitizenChris92, TheRealJayDee, and 1 more like this Post by Sir Froggie on Aug 24, 2015 23:46:22 GMT -6 For a while now I've been toying with the notion of starting a Shadowrun thread in the OT forums. Recent events being what they are, now seems to be as good a time as any. So here it is your one stop shop for all things Shadowrun related. It doesn't look like much now but I will try to improve it as time goes on. What is Shadowrun? Shadowrun is a series of role-playing games set in a fictional alternate universe that combines cyberpunk with more traditional high fantasy. It's a world where dragons run multi-billion dollar corporations, cybernetically enhanced trolls roam the back alleys, and criminal cartels continue their centuries old blood feuds to control vermin filled slums. Video Games SNES: November 1, 1993 Developer: Beam Software (now Melbourne House) Sega Genesis: 1994 Developer: BlueSky Software Sega Mega-CD: February 1996 Developer: Group SNE Never released outside of Japan XBox 360: 2007 Developer: Microsoft July 25, 2013 Developer: Hairbrained Schemes January 28, 2014 Developer: Hairbrained Schemes August 20, 2015 Developer: Hairbrained Schemes April 28, 2015 Developer: Cliffhanger Productions
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CitizenChris92 Banned for Spam The Persona Bloke https://i.imgur.com/MYlWtPB.png I have made 3,173 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 1,129 likes My gender is Male BSN Posts 10.365	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 4:49:19 GMT -6 via mobile Sir Froggie likes this Post by CitizenChris92 on Aug 25, 2015 4:49:19 GMT -6 I adore the soundtrack for the games -- Needs to get back to Dragonfall aswell,
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 5:11:55 GMT -6 Sir Froggie likes this Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2015 5:11:55 GMT -6
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Sir Froggie Senior Member I have made 366 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 231 likes My gender is Male	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 8:35:23 GMT -6 Post by Sir Froggie on Aug 25, 2015 8:35:23 GMT -6 @turingcomplete that's a weird looking elf. Where's the pointy ears? Will try adding my character later, I'm going to edit the OP a bit.
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 8:51:06 GMT -6 Sir Froggie likes this Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2015 8:51:06 GMT -6 Aug 25, 2015 8:35:23 GMT -6 Sir Froggie said: @turingcomplete that's a weird looking elf. Where's the pointy ears? Will try adding my character later, I'm going to edit the OP a bit. Haha I justified it by saying "she is a Wakyambi with not really pronounced elven features!" Probably because they were cut in the barrens lol
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Babar Guy Banned for Spam I have made 1,129 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 1,299 likes My gender is Male BSN Posts 2000+	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 8:58:03 GMT -6 Sir Froggie likes this Post by Babar Guy on Aug 25, 2015 8:58:03 GMT -6 Got Hong Kong last week, enjoying it tho not a huge fan of kinda being forced to be the big brother/sister figure that has always been the more responsible one and the one who called all the shots for Duncan. Think Dragonfall had a bit more freedom in how you could roleplay your runner.
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Cyonan Pillar of the Community I have made 544 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 539 likes	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 10:07:59 GMT -6 Sir Froggie likes this Post by Cyonan on Aug 25, 2015 10:07:59 GMT -6 I absolutely love the Harebrained Schemes Shadowrun games. Hong Kong is the only thing I've ever backed on Kickstarter. Playing a decker this time around instead of my usual mage. I agree that I'm not a huge fan of the forced "big sister" thing that my character now has to play to Duncan, though I'm rolling with it. I'm also not sure if I just was bad at it in Dragonfall, but it seems like I'm able to get through missions with a lot less violence this time around.
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Sir Froggie Senior Member I have made 366 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 231 likes My gender is Male	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 12:29:12 GMT -6 Post by Sir Froggie on Aug 25, 2015 12:29:12 GMT -6 Ugh, putting all of that together (the Op) took a bit longer than I would have liked. Anyway I said that I would post my character, but steam isn't taking screenshots for me right now. I used my favorite avatar form Dragonfall... His street name is Smokes. I mean just look at him, it writes itself. I went with physical adapt for this game. I figure if we're in Hong Kong I'm just gonna go kung-fu movie on some triad asses, and there's something magical about watching a dwarf do roundhouse kicks on fools.
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Cyonan Pillar of the Community I have made 544 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 539 likes	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 12:50:31 GMT -6 Sir Froggie likes this Post by Cyonan on Aug 25, 2015 12:50:31 GMT -6 I might as well throw my Decker out here too. She's somewhat based off of one of my pen and paper characters who is a hacker and a pilot(and yes, named after my avatar's Kasumi =P). I'm thinking of trying out an Adept in my next playthrough.
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 13:39:21 GMT -6 Sir Froggie likes this Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2015 13:39:21 GMT -6 What I love about shadowrun is the same thing I liked about arcanum, You could play it 3 times and have a totally different experience depending on your skills combined with dialogue
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Cyonan Pillar of the Community I have made 544 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 539 likes	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 14:47:23 GMT -6 Post by Cyonan on Aug 25, 2015 14:47:23 GMT -6 Aug 25, 2015 13:39:21 GMT -6 @turingcomplete said: What I love about shadowrun is the same thing I liked about arcanum, You could play it 3 times and have a totally different experience depending on your skills combined with dialogue It's great for replayability. Arcanum was absolutely brilliant for it, and years after having picked it up in a GOG sale I'm still discovering things I had no idea I could do.
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Sir Froggie Senior Member I have made 366 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 231 likes My gender is Male	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 25, 2015 15:10:08 GMT -6 Post by Sir Froggie on Aug 25, 2015 15:10:08 GMT -6 Aug 25, 2015 13:39:21 GMT -6 @turingcomplete said: What I love about shadowrun is the same thing I liked about arcanum, You could play it 3 times and have a totally different experience depending on your skills combined with dialogue I played Shadowrun Returns after having finished Dragon Age Inquisition and this is what appealed to me the most about this series, particularly after having finished Inquisition. It was freeing to say the least. I bought Dragonfall right after I finished Returns.
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 26, 2015 11:03:13 GMT -6 Sir Froggie and TheRealJayDee like this Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2015 11:03:13 GMT -6 I haven't played the PC games, but I'm an avid Shadowrun fan. I used to play pnp every weekend with all my mates. it's one of my favorite settings in any series with the dark seedy corporations, cyber tech, magic and zany stories. It really is a blast to play, if I had a better computer I would get em all in a heartbeat... Also, Gunnslinger Adepts FTW!
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Sir Froggie Senior Member I have made 366 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 231 likes My gender is Male	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 26, 2015 11:30:28 GMT -6 Post by Sir Froggie on Aug 26, 2015 11:30:28 GMT -6 I'm getting into the endgame for Hong Kong now but today is laundry day so I likely won't be able to find time to finish it until tonight.
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TheRealJayDee Full Member I have made 30 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 33 likes My gender is Male	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 26, 2015 12:36:55 GMT -6 Post by TheRealJayDee on Aug 26, 2015 12:36:55 GMT -6 I'm only a few hours into Hong Kong yet, just didn't find the time (still haven't played Dragonfall Director's Cut). I like it so far! The characters I met are cool, the HK setting is one I'm not all that familiar with, and the gameplay improvements compared to SRR continue. There's still a lot missing compared to my beloved pen&paper game, but the fact that we actually have pretty good Shadowrun RPGs to play at all is just amazing! Never regretted supporting both crowdfunding campaigns with quite a bit of money - people need the chance to experience how damn cool the 6th World can be!
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 26, 2015 12:44:18 GMT -6 Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2015 12:44:18 GMT -6 Are you able to build your character from scratch, or do you select pre made characters?
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 26, 2015 13:23:37 GMT -6 Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2015 13:23:37 GMT -6 lol the mission where you have to steal artifacts from a museum for Mr. Drake
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Babar Guy Banned for Spam I have made 1,129 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 1,299 likes My gender is Male BSN Posts 2000+	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 26, 2015 13:48:05 GMT -6 Post by Babar Guy on Aug 26, 2015 13:48:05 GMT -6 Aug 26, 2015 12:44:18 GMT -6 @stormheart said: Are you able to build your character from scratch, or do you select pre made characters? The leveling/skill system is classless, but you can select a pre-made template of, say a "mage" as a starting point OR you can distribute all of your starting skills freely as you see fit.
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Sir Froggie Senior Member I have made 366 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 231 likes My gender is Male	The Chummers' Squat: a Shadowrun thread Aug 26, 2015 13:52:30 GMT -6 Post by Sir Froggie on Aug 26, 2015 13:52:30 GMT -6 Aug 26, 2015 12:44:18 GMT -6 @stormheart said: Are you able to build your character from scratch, or do you select pre made characters? The original SNES and Genesis games had pre-defined characters. In fact the SNES protagonist, Jake Armitage, is a character and companion is Shadowrun: Returns. The Hairbrained Schemes and Cliffhanger made games allow you to create your own characters.
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