Shadowrun 4

So the world changed further... and with it, the Shadowrun system.

I was somewhat underwhelmed regarding the usability of Shadowrun 4. Version 1 to 3 were well-planned, incremental optimizations, and we were pretty happy with the evolution. Version 4 brought us the wireless and the Attribute + Skill roll idea, but at the same time more attributes, no improved character generation, useless skill groups, and even more complex hacking and rigging rules.

Proposals for Remedy

In this section, the following remedies are proposed:

• Character Creation by Karma
• Simplified Hacking (v3)
• Simplified Rigging

In addition, the following summaries may be useful:

• Magician Cheat Sheet
• Doctors Cheat Sheet
  

Hopefully they can help to improve your playing experience.

Characters

We are playing, so I have a character.

• French Dwarf Sniper Adept: Lafette [ods] [pdf]
• American Ork Magical Doctor: Dr. Delta [ods] [pdf]
• Italian Troll Hacker: Giovanni [ods] [pdf]
• Bavarian Elf Magic Butcher: Sepp [ods] [pdf]

And with that, thanks for reading and goodbye!