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    shadow-hack shadowrun redbox old school hack mashup by zack wolf TaBLe oF CONTENTS cover | table of contents bow it came to pass setup and runcown, creating your runner. arsenal armory. combat rus getting your hands iy. Karma and leveling, runing te shadows the black market (coming soon) enemies and cites FAQ (coming soon Steet Samus Decker Rigger. Mage. Fixer shadow-hack how It came to pass Tis is. ack ofa hak ofa hah, What's hack you sy? Wel “hang” a game in RPG terms means aking the cessor farmewors fom one game, restnning and retooling Ito make something new, ‘exctng, ne cstoize. Aes that's how 'm defi inthis case. My gli toreiwigorate my love {ora beaut thing. 1 love Shadowrun, ut sometimes what | realy want is Shadowrun’ younger, shinier, sexier cous, Fr me, the Re ox Hck an the Olt School Hach ate prety mich tthe to of nny Ist for Seay ane skinny. 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Keep Basie principles and procedures. you ack that rind, shadow-hack wil play quite abt deere stating lnowlege, youl ether need to do fom Shadowrun nthe spit of the Red Box some esearch or Fave someone in your group t© Hack and Old Scheel Hack, the game shuld be Atanch of bce and Peal 1 The gave wes only [Paced de (612, You teed quit afew, ut somal about thee per Deron and test one wold bearer col Aout of Tokens or Chips Yor'll nee a gaming commodly sich as poker chips, geing ges, takes, of colns. These should fal be place It a bow reachable by evryene. Youll want to printout each of he Class Sheets as well asthe ther gare asthe the Combet Tack, 3 (Character Sheets and Pin. Outs ‘Combat Cards, nd Session Manager. teach you, case wana the me expan played wth an onthe, easy-going, eepable ths here Hind of se. 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Also, tank 3 Stal a valuable item or piece of data from a stronghold alnaysbeen cout the wll not he es. yeu tomy loving fay you supper. ‘Eliminate a group eneres anc clear an are of trests 2 Protect VP 0 € lection fom potent agsressrs a Ssbotage ley faclty oF procedure to cause issues playtesting Destroy a tage locaton, object, o pice of data 2 Assassinate an imporan gue ox al employee Escort a VP though a ough locaton or over distances 2lovesigae a mystery ora cima eas ond the truth Shadow hacks sili ts inany, but considering the amount plates that has gone Ito is rdessesors, ths thing shouldbe prety close fo usable ight out ofthe box. Sil, lt hasbeen changed and added, plytesing itl noe. I you pay test ls gaa | would love to hear ‘beut It onthe story garescom forums. also love your feedback and Kes, so shoo howe -seRecover a lost or stolen item or piece of cata things to me tsertientgamest yal cont Please keen In mic that this an alpha document hat a Deliver an important item or pece of data doesnt tect what the fal rat wile ke -se Ary comblnatin ofthe above or make up your own creating your runner 1 2 3 A Lach layer choses one othe seven Class Sheets. Each shee const of ent and bec. Once you ple a ss I's yours and po one ese cn pk. 0 as Kila would sy, dont be a dick about. Ali, A in your Name an Descrtion Information. Be cestive ard hadowruny! Rall 2412 anda them up. Cons the Attbute Bons Chat on height oi the Beni, an then assign tat bonus fo whichever AtibLe you's he, Coosng “the igh Atibute cn be hel, bu ep in ind combat ot much afsted by your _Atbutes. Repeat this process until lof your Atibutes have a score. Selec a Metatype. you can, to pick one that your pls ave chosen yet. They ‘ert ike Cases, though so dort wot if there are mutes. Each Metanpe sass one ce more Artbutes and provides some speci Mettype Edges. shen consult this roll 2d12. Attribute Bonus Chart 2 2 3-4 A 5-6 +0 => Tit +t 12-15 42 16-19 +3, 20-22 +4 23-24 +5 Choose one Edge fom your last fist level. You get to slet more Edge ter ‘when you Level Up. Below san outne ofthe four dfeent types of Edges. These Edges ae passive and always on or can be used at wl ‘Once/zone ‘Once successfully use! In combat, you cannot use this Edge again unl you move toa diferent combat zone. However, you an use @ Karma pont to activate It again inthe same zone, ‘Once/Combat ‘Once successfully used in combat, you cannot use this Edge again unt you've reached a safepoint where you can rest for {good while and catch your breath. If you use two Katma Plats, you can use it aga in the same combat. Focus These Edges require that you'e vulnerable fot a short while in combat bere pulling them off Choose your character's staring Weapon and Armot You get pik one Weapon fd ne Aro: a st Level Const the Arsenal Sheet fra fll Et Keea in mind some objet are Hey. Every chat can cy a est one Hey er. you havea postive Bonus for Seng, you can ay that many more Heavy items. Pick your stating Gear, Voices, and Lifestyle, Each Clas sheet has @ unique selection to choose fom and wl nate Bow may ofeach you can pik. None of the Stang Gai Is coniered Hey. Nota tat tte ls a sce fr otng down ‘onal ger you in the eld. Mate size you note fe new gest is Hey Sect your starting Contacts, Fale Identicators, and Languages. A above, your (Cass Sheet wil stout your options. Remember, some Metasypes give you ex Comacts, Everyone gs io pick one Language Pick another I your nelgences #3 Roll your staring Nuyen, which ‘4 12x1000. The primay motive for mest Stadowrunen i scoring more Nuyen.ecsts Nuyen fo do prety much everything, Tike manning your weapons, armor, ger, vehicles, esl, ae contacts, Yul also need plenty of Nuyer Ifyou ever plan to rere, Heh, goo luck. 5 6 7 8 s Encumbrance Some items and equprent ae considered Hea. Every character can cary one Heary item. 0 problem, I your esac hs a postive bonds to ‘hel Strength, they can cry on eto nunber offeay items equal to hat bonis. Some ensare Very Heavy. They count as to Heey items. yeu sxe carving more Heavy tems than allowed, you ‘ue Lncambered, When Encunbered, you move Slowly an fa al rls automatealy unt you set down enough Heavy tems Two revmalized weapens count 36 one Henry ‘weapon. Each adlona| normal-saed weapon uns 05 4 Heavy wetpon, Therefore, every characet can cary at least two normalizes ‘weapons or one Heiny wespon Amar an ao be Heavy, reve Very Heavy Very Heavy armor count a two Hens items, So you can't wear Very Henny amor unless you have at Jeasta+! bonis in Seng. Armor wl be covered natal on page Picking a Starting Weapon very chacer starts with ene weapon at the begining of the game, You can pick a Melee Wespon, Ranged Weipon, Explosive, or Hane Weapon, You canor pick Henry Weapon or Very Heay Weapon WEAPON TyPE (MELEE WEAPON ales bly i, rt aon, malas HEAVY MELEE WEAPON ‘amples: nea cb spe bt. ong vod i, et aia [RANGED WEAPON Topless revo, SMG. ig ile, compat om, HEAVY RANGED WEAPON, Toamples seule fe, sper fe, shotgun. LG. EXPLOSIVE WEAPON. Taples: fag, gene, dynomite, HEAVY EXPLOSIVE WEAPON ‘oamples mise uch, grenade ache, RP HAND WEAPON amples shucks, shock ve ant ses. VERY HEAVY MELEE WEAPON amples: bags o-hnded ovo red uprated sgn post mal VERY HEAVY RANGED WEAPON ‘amples minigun, pater amon arsenal Statistics 3412 tat dap te lowest Atak npc nese DI pint of mage 42 0 tenes in Tight Zones, ‘ot 2412 atack. Arta pet Deters. De 2 plas of amage. +210 eremes in Tighe Zones {Coca nt our, Rl 32 Wath dope lowes Atak Balls Defers Bo es ame, You cant ant ne +2 oe n Opn tes, Goethe od Ra 242 0 ack Atak Bali ses, Do 2 pons ofemage Yu ca it alien ones. 2 0 enemies pe zoe a 3412 atack, hop the mes Ata alse Dene. O> fp of dame. You ca tact ste. eer in th 20. 1 hi enemies a Das 2 Ro 24121 atc, Atak Bali Bete Do 2 pos of mage Yow cin tact oes Hit eveyone he zone, +2 Henne in Des oes Ro 2412 atc, Arch kpc Dees Do | oi of damage. £2 0 tenis in Tight aones you he get gets 2 her extra Ro 2412 atk Bote Cites Atk mpc Defers. Bo 2 pos of ema 42 (0 eee in Dem oes, Counts tw Hewy Weapons (Coe nthe ound Bl 2412 tack Bot dee re Cite Ata Balls Defense 'o 2 pot of eamage You can hadnt ones +2 tenes n Open ns. 5 armory ARMOR CLASSES (Any of the fist three can be chosen at character creation) NO ARMOR Impact (0 /Balsic 11 LIGHT ARMOR Impact 12 / Ballistic 13 HEAVY ARMOR Impact 14 / Ballistic 15 VERY HEAVY ARMOR Impact (6 /Balisic 17 UBER ARMOR* Impact 18 / Baltic 19 Wearing No Armor Is seriously bad ass, so those ‘who go through an entire fight and survive weating no armor fear a bonus of 2 Karma points. The bonus Karma can be very useful for recharging spells and edges. Examples: business clothes, tres' chic apparel, street threads Examples: armored clothing, lined coat, plated vest Examples: rot gear, form-fitting battle armor, security armor Heavy armor inflicts a -2 penalty o Quickness rolls Examples: assault armor, heavy combat suit Very Heavy armor Inflets a -4 penalty to Quickness rolls This is very specal and durable armor usually only worn by dangerous enemies and powerful creatures. Not normally avallable to player character. Think dragon scale. Impact Defense Ballistic Defense Is used when defending, Js used when defending, against a melee or low-velocity attack, Likewise, ‘when you attack with an unarmed or melee weapon, roll against the target's Impact defense. against a ranged or high-velocity attack. Likewise, when you attack with a ranged ‘weapon or explosive, rll ‘against the target's ballistic defense. Combat Zones Shatow-ack makes use of «simple and dynamic cembat system. The bled Is broken up Into Gdsenc, sberact seas tat are catagories ta serious types of “combat zone, The process stag fexward Come up wth an ier col pace toa then beak up nt multiple sub-areasor ‘connect to other cal places to ght. ach zone can be as salle es big you he, As Kn put i, ‘combat zones ate simpy an abstact concept tat “A place you might ight in ‘thats ferent rom the places around i tat you ‘igh gh in.” Crating maps fer combst i as simple a cetng &

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