#Shadowrun stuff

[losttrailsmaps]

Cyberpunk City

In the oppressive grip of a dark cyberpunk dystopia, neon-lit urban sprawl conceals a society shackled by corporate tyranny, where the masses struggle amidst the decay of both flesh and steel, haunted by the ever-looming specter of unchecked technology.

Hey everyone! Welcome to another map pack, this one is a bit different from my other fantasy maps! This pack includes 14 total maps including Cyberpunk Skyscrapers, Casinos, Apartments, and more.

The City Street battlemaps can be downloaded for free here.

My entire map table of contents

[skullchicken]

She Climbin!

Luna the witch belongs to me, Ram and his bewitching shirts to @nyoxt

[dragon-hoard]

my people! since bg3 is so popular I would like to make a reccommendation

an rpg! customizable pc! complex companions! sci-fy fantasy! lore accurate! ttrpg based!

the shadowrun trilogy!

[drakeanddice]

What Non-D&D Games Feel Like to Run

Pathfinder

D&D, but more. The systems generally hang together better, if thats a selling feature for you, and the if you like waiting for math to be done, boy is this one going to wow you. It's got more system mastery to demonstrate which is cool, but in general it works like D&D, so you're going to do a bunch of prep work, your players will sidestep it, and you'll scramble to keep laying down track until eventually the campaign fizzles out or you do. Key GM moves are: "PREP" "Study" and "Look stuff up."

OSR

Like D&D, but without all the pesky systems. Most of these run on trust and a steady stream of rulings rather than rules. If your favorite bit of D&D is, "don't worry about it, make something up," the OSR is probably going to be your happy place. Your go-to GM moves are, "say something cool," "refer to a random chart," and "say yes or roll." Less exhausting than D&D, but you're still doing most of the heavy lifting here.

Shadowrun

Watch your friends make complicated characters and then do hours of leg work in hopes of not having to engage overmuch with the combat system. If you've got a Decker, try and keep everyone who is not a Decker engaged as they pull off a solo mission in cyber space. Then do it again as the Mage goes Astral. If you're lucky the plan ends there. If you aren't, you'll probably get to check out the combat rules as the run goes sideways. It's like D&D, but you prep three times as much, roll three times as many dice, shopping trips take even longer, and your party will plan entire sessions to death. Your go to moves here are "wait," "forcibly shift the spotlight" and "look up a rule."

Call of Cthulhu

It's D&D, but you are constructing a mystery. The more they know about it the less able to disentangle it the characters become. There are combat stats and a bestiary despite combat being a fail state. Many such traps exist and you are going to need to tapdance to avoid them. Your go to move is "reveal something spooky; kill a character" and "footstomp a clue."

Savage Worlds

It's D&D, I guess. I mean in a pinch. It's genre-nonspecific and runs on dice pools, but don't let that put you off. The GM is still responsible for cooking up a scenario, awarding experience, and handing out Bennies when the players play their characters according to their Bonds/Ideals/Flaws (okay edges and hindrances, fine) or when they are performing roleplay to your liking. It's fine. It's D&D but you can wear a cool Indiana Jones hat or a jetpack if you want. Go to moves include, "roll, I guess" "make it pulp" and "your performance amuses Caesar"

Powered By the Apocalypse

Despite some early installment weirdness in which one of these is literally D&D, these are not D&D. Prep is minimal, narrative is player-directed, and there's a larger focus on genre and fictional positioning. Fewer rules to memorize, but the way those rules work do <i>not</i> like you fucking with them. Yield to the fiction, hang on loosely. If you play the mechanics, everything falls apart. You've been warned. Your moves are "lean on genre convention" "stir up drama" "feel like you're not calling for enough moves, drastically over-correct and ruin fucking everything."

Forged In the Dark

It's D&D but not remotely. You're a game master for about 30 minutes, and then you are another excited voice in the writer's room. Set up the initial position and then strap the fuck in. This is the only game I've played that will fight you, like full on bottle and chains fight you if you prep. Your go to moves are "build consensus" "ask a question that spurs half an hour of play" and "begin designing a hack."

[arkatrine]

I never posted Imizael's updated shadowrunning outfit, it's pretty flashy and obnoxious and but half of that is shaman tuxedo (bits and baubles to make spirits happy) half is just straight up threat display.

At this point she doesn't see the point in hiding she's a mage: people will either find out fast when she starts slinging spells or notice immediately due to her ally spirit+ magic rating being so high.

As the team healer her bag is full of medical supplies in general. And of course treats for spirits she summons. It's always funny when the team sniper in all black srs bsns outfits has to haul ass across the battlefield with her stupid sparkly pink bag over his shoulder.

[tindome-art]

If you happen to follow this tumblr, you're going to see more of this handsome man, because I intend to post more. Meet:

Ram "sw17ch" Premis, ork, Swan totem shaman. Originally from Chicago (he's... not really been back many times since it got the moniker "Bug City"), living in Seattle with his now-husband Daak "Int3gr4l" Quaas, a Tír Tairngíre elf whose family may not be super happy about his choice of partner. Daak is a Hermetic mage, keeping his lodge in their shared apartment, sw17ch has his on top of the apartment building they've... taken over. That roof has a small slice of nature, complete with pond. They're trying to build a community in their building, with everyone living there, while running the shadows together with "Ground Control", their team.

sw17ch is handsome, charming, vain and not the best negotiator. His very distinctive personal style makes him... often the person doing some astral projection during runs. Something something "hey I recognise that man!"

First played when it was ingame year 2058, photo is from year 2062.

...I love ShadowRun. Look at me! I can wear a blue mohawk with green tips that glow in UV lighting! Actually almost everything that isn't black on that costume, glows in UV light. Because I felt like it.

[artcher-artwork]

I'm throwing this Iris sketch on the table and running.

[kiddphel]

That goat from Detroit

[radio-free-beth-sarim]

Tired: Cyberpunk fiction describe having cyberware and body modifications tearing away the essence of your soul or driving you inevitably toward madness as it alienates you from yourself and all of humanity.

Wired: Cyberpunk fiction describing cyberware and body modifications as THE MOST human thing possible, as it is a human thing to modify ourselves and the world around us for any number of reasons, but pointing out that we live in a system where the people who need these the most are the ones who can least afford them.

Hey, chummer, check out my cyberarm. I got it after I lost my arm at my extremely dangerous job site that only exists as it does because the corpos have either ruined government oversight or outright act independently as its own government and therefore have no safety regulations. So I got this cyberarm because I'll lose my job without it and have to constantly pay for maintenance and repairs (because it's almost entirely non-user serviceable) and expensive anti-rejection drugs. I sure do hope this model continues to be supported by the manufacturer for at least a decent amount of time and that the supply chain for my meds is constant! Otherwise I'm up shit creek! But all that's fine! The real problem is that I feel like I've lost an essential part of my soul...

[losttrailsmaps]

Modern City Map Pack

Embark on thrilling urban adventures with this map pack showcasing a bustling modern cityscape, where towering skyscrapers overwhelm the senses, intricate bridges span roaring rivers, lively streets teem with activity, and sleek office interiors hide secrets and intrigue at every turn, immersing players in the vibrant tapestry of city life in your tabletop roleplaying games.

Howdy everyone, welcome to another map pack! This pack features 20 total maps, including city blocks, skyscrapers, bridges, and much more.

You can check out the full map pack here.

[gravedirtandbriarthorns]

New Phish Art in honor of rediscovering the place I played Shadowrun a bit ago!

Inspo for the shirt below the cut!

[more-better-words]

Favorite Line Tag Game

Tagged by @iamstartraveller776!

Rules: Share a favorite line that you've read or written that impacted you!

Um…

So here's the thing.

My favorite lines that I've written change with the air pressure. They change with my mood, with what I just read, with a song I heard, or something on TV. So ask me tomorrow and you will get completely different answers. But for now, I can think of three:

They looked at each other for a silent moment, and he wanted to pour himself out at her feet, tell her the full depth and breadth and desperation of his love.

Venturing the Uncharted (Forgotten Realms)

Of course, that unflappability came as a package deal with a complete disregard for boundaries, a profound indifference to consequences, and a determination that if the glass wasn’t half full, she’d find something to fill it with, and God help you if you got in her way.

Meeting in the Middle (Victoriocity)

He swirled his Andorian ale, watching the blue liquid shimmer. Why they called it ale was beyond him – it wasn’t like beer at all. More like if schnapps and gin had a very assertive baby.

What We Build Here (Star Trek: Enterprise)

[antisocialxconstruct]

You carry it with you

[heleneplays]

preliminary designs for helene adler living it up on shadowrun: neon fire!!! ft. baby teenage Helene (w/ variant) & adult Decker self <3

patch notes:

got lazy with the adult version so its a halfbaked lined one. anyways her style as a decker is to have mods but in a way that its seamless, subtle, and/or unobtrusive to the eye

aka if rating in the cyberpunk dystopia post, she's part of the ppl who get mods to be kawaii and shit

am highkey living for a brunette helene adler this past year and a half so am thinking of making sr:nf!helene brunette frfr even tho ingame i clicked blonde

gray!!! eyes!!! bitch i know i color helene spillane with gray eyes unironically even tho i describe her having dark grey-brown eyes but i can finally get GRAY eyes canon here fr :3 (i do have blue eyed variant rho bc. again i forget if i clicked blue eyes in customization in game)

ANYWAY.

srnf!Helene hates to speak and prefers actions to words. also goes in periods of being selectively mute.

personality wise she is v professional and mercenary, motivated by self-interests; subtle > aggressive; is same parts risk-taking & averse.

loves cute things and her gear is cat themed. yes her cables glow pink, yes we are living our egirl cat dreams and its be gay do crime for justice revenge for her mother & brother :)

[tlwebb]

[dragon-hoard]

playing shadowrun returns had a funny surprise because I named my runner Jackal and then you meet a character called Coyote

anyways a team whose codenames are all canids: jackal, coyote, dingo, dhole, fox, wolf