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Initiative

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	===Minimum===		===Minimum===
	Have a method to increase initiative. For non-combat characters, shoot for high teens, preferably 21+ on average. For combat oriented characters, shoot for 31+ on average. This is not always possible, but here are a few methods that can increase your initiative. For reference, here are the ShadowHaven rules on stacking initiative. These are pretty much RAW, but may contain a few variances. It also lists the many methods that you can use to increase initiative, so I won’t bother listing them here. Drugs that boost initiative include: Accelerator (dangerous), Cram, Jazz and Kamikaze.		Have a method to increase initiative. For non-combat characters, shoot for high teens, preferably 21+ on average. For combat oriented characters, shoot for 31+ on average. This is not always possible, but here are a few methods that can increase your initiative. For reference, [[Rulings/Combat#Initiative_Stacking\|here]] are the ShadowHaven rules on stacking initiative. These are pretty much RAW, but may contain a few variances. It also lists the many methods that you can use to increase initiative, so I won’t bother listing them here. Drugs that boost initiative include: Accelerator (dangerous), Cram, Jazz and Kamikaze.

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	===Minimum===		===Minimum===
	Have a method to increase initiative. For non-combat characters, shoot for high teens, preferably 21+ on average. For combat oriented characters, shoot for 31+ on average. This is not always possible, but here are a few methods that can increase your initiative. For reference, here are the ~~[http://shadowhaven.info/Player_Rules#Initiative_Stacking~~ ShadowHaven rules on stacking initiative.] These are pretty much RAW, but may contain a few variances. It also lists the many methods that you can use to increase initiative, so I won’t bother listing them here. Drugs that boost initiative include: Accelerator (dangerous), Cram, Jazz and Kamikaze.		Have a method to increase initiative. For non-combat characters, shoot for high teens, preferably 21+ on average. For combat oriented characters, shoot for 31+ on average. This is not always possible, but here are a few methods that can increase your initiative. For reference, here are the ShadowHaven rules on stacking initiative. These are pretty much RAW, but may contain a few variances. It also lists the many methods that you can use to increase initiative, so I won’t bother listing them here. Drugs that boost initiative include: Accelerator (dangerous), Cram, Jazz and Kamikaze.



	===Why===		===Why===

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Minimum

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	Have a method to increase initiative. For non-combat characters, shoot for high teens, preferably 21+ on average. For combat oriented characters, shoot for 31+ on average. This is not always possible, but here are a few methods that can increase your initiative. For reference, here are the ShadowHaven rules on stacking initiative. These are pretty much RAW, but may contain a few variances. It also lists the many methods that you can use to increase initiative, so I won’t bother listing them here. Drugs that boost initiative include: Accelerator (dangerous), Cram, Jazz and Kamikaze.		Have a method to increase initiative. For non-combat characters, shoot for high teens, preferably 21+ on average. For combat oriented characters, shoot for 31+ on average. This is not always possible, but here are a few methods that can increase your initiative. For reference, here are the [http://shadowhaven.info/Player_Rules#Initiative_Stacking ShadowHaven rules on stacking initiative.] These are pretty much RAW, but may contain a few variances. It also lists the many methods that you can use to increase initiative, so I won’t bother listing them here. Drugs that boost initiative include: Accelerator (dangerous), Cram, Jazz and Kamikaze.



	===Why===		===Why===

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	Now, since this is intended for new players, I will be explaining the reasoning for my gear choices. The recommendations are listed at the beginning of each section, so you can skip the Why sections if you want, but if you’re a new player, they are a good read. I will also point out that you can spend up to 10 karma to get additional nuyen at a rate of 1 karma > 2,~~000 ny~~. For those characters at Resources E, getting only 6,~~000 ny~~, you will need to do this, as 6,~~000 ny~~ is not even enough to purchase a decent Fake SIN, which you need to… you know. Buy food. A house. Y’know, unnecessary stuff that is nice to have.		Now, since this is intended for new players, I will be explaining the reasoning for my gear choices. The recommendations are listed at the beginning of each section, so you can skip the Why sections if you want, but if you’re a new player, they are a good read. I will also point out that you can spend up to 10 karma to get additional nuyen at a rate of 1 karma > 2,000¥. For those characters at Resources E, getting only 6,000¥, you will need to do this, as 6,000¥ is not even enough to purchase a decent Fake SIN, which you need to… you know. Buy food. A house. Y’know, unnecessary stuff that is nice to have.


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	(9,~~300 ny~~ with 3 licenses)		(9,300¥ with 3 licenses)

	R3 Fake SIN with Licenses to cover your “cover story” (Security Spider for a Decker, Bounty Hunter for a street sam, etc.), obvious restricted items (Restricted Augmentations, etc.), Firearms (if your character is using firearms), Armor (if you have restricted armor that you are going to wear around) and, if awakened, a license for their magic.		R3 Fake SIN with Licenses to cover your “cover story” (Security Spider for a Decker, Bounty Hunter for a street sam, etc.), obvious restricted items (Restricted Augmentations, etc.), Firearms (if your character is using firearms), Armor (if you have restricted armor that you are going to wear around) and, if awakened, a license for their magic.
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	===Recommended===		===Recommended===
	(+3,~~100 ny~~)		(+3,100¥)

	Same thing but R4. R4 is the max you can get at CharGen due to availability limits. This is true both for Standard and Prime generation.		Same thing but R4. R4 is the max you can get at CharGen due to availability limits. This is true both for Standard and Prime generation.
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	(1,~~000 ny~~)		(1,000¥)
	An armor jacket		An armor jacket

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	===Why===		===Why===
	So, to understand my recommendations, let’s understand lifestyle damage. At the beginning of each run, you take 6S fatigue damage (resisted by Bod+Will), representing how hard it is to live in the 6th world. You can mitigate this, however, by making yourself a comfortable lifestyle. Each lifestyle has a set level of “comforts.” For each level of comforts, you take 2S less fatigue damage. A low lifestyle has a default comforts level of 2. By using advanced lifestyle, you can increase it to 3 for a total extra cost of only ~~200 ny~~. Medium has a default level of 3. While you don’t need to do an advanced lifestyle, I recommend it. Advanced lifestyles have a lot more options and many of them are free.		So, to understand my recommendations, let’s understand lifestyle damage. At the beginning of each run, you take 6S fatigue damage (resisted by Bod+Will), representing how hard it is to live in the 6th world. You can mitigate this, however, by making yourself a comfortable lifestyle. Each lifestyle has a set level of “comforts.” For each level of comforts, you take 2S less fatigue damage. A low lifestyle has a default comforts level of 2. By using advanced lifestyle, you can increase it to 3 for a total extra cost of only 200¥. Medium has a default level of 3. While you don’t need to do an advanced lifestyle, I recommend it. Advanced lifestyles have a lot more options and many of them are free.



	Now, another thing to consider is how much money you get from each lifestyle. Starting nuyen is whatever you have leftover from CharGen (up to 5,~~000 ny~~) and an amount determined by lifestyle. For low, you get 3d660, for an average of about 600 nuyen. Medium gets you 4d6100, for an average of ~~1400 ny~~. High lifestyle gets 5d6*500 nuyen, averaging around 8,500 nuyen, the highest return on investment for these lifestyles. Well, on average.		Now, another thing to consider is how much money you get from each lifestyle. Starting nuyen is whatever you have leftover from CharGen (up to 5,000¥) and an amount determined by lifestyle. For low, you get 3d660, for an average of about 600 nuyen. Medium gets you 4d6100, for an average of 1400¥. High lifestyle gets 5d6*500 nuyen, averaging around 8,500 nuyen, the highest return on investment for these lifestyles. Well, on average.

	=Defensive Drugs=		=Defensive Drugs=

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	=Introduction=		=Introduction=
	There is so much gear available in Shadowrun, it’s hard to know what to start with. This guide is intended for new players who are just overwhelmed by the number of choices involved in starting a character, and you don’t want to read all… like…. 10,000 pages of gear descriptions. In order to help the greatest number of characters, this guide not only gives basic gear recommendations, but 3 levels of gear recommendations: minimum, recommended, and exceeding. This is to help characters like mages who start with very little nuyen, characters with an average amount of nuyen, and characters who have a bit of nuyen leftover at CharGen, but need to spend a little more to get below the 5,000 nuyen point.		There is so much gear available in Shadowrun, it’s hard to know what to start with. This guide is intended for new players who are just overwhelmed by the number of choices involved in starting a character, and you don’t want to read all… like…. 10,000 pages of gear descriptions. In order to help the greatest number of characters, this guide not only gives basic gear recommendations, but 3 levels of gear recommendations: minimum, recommended, and exceeding. This is to help characters like mages who start with very little nuyen, characters with an average amount of nuyen, and characters who have a bit of nuyen leftover at CharGen, but need to spend a little more to get below the 5,000 nuyen point.
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	Get a vehicle with the basic “anonymous package” mods: Spoof chips, morphing license plate, and gridlink override. Also a smuggling compartment is nice. Gecko gloves. Plasteel restraints.		Get a vehicle with the basic “anonymous package” mods: Spoof chips, morphing license plate, and gridlink override. Also a smuggling compartment is nice. Gecko gloves. Plasteel restraints.

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Misc. Items

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	Minimums: A few small items that may or may not benefit you depending on the run. The goal of these items is to have them on hand in case you need them on the spot, but most of these can be picked up real fast if you don’t have them. A silver and 2-3 standard credsticks. A tag eraser.		===Minimums===
			A few small items that may or may not benefit you depending on the run. The goal of these items is to have them on hand in case you need them on the spot, but most of these can be picked up real fast if you don’t have them. A silver and 2-3 standard credsticks. A tag eraser.



	Recommended: Contacts and glasses with various vision mods. Earbuds with various hearing mods. A R6 Medkit (that you keep at home or in a vehicle, lugging it around is not the best idea as this is the size of a large duffel) An auto injector with a savior medkit inside it and a biomonitor to watch your vitals so it knows when to trigger the auto injector. Some method of transporting electronics without being tracked (R6 directional jammer, a Body Bag armor with R6 Universal Mirror Material, faraday pocket armor mod for small electronics)		===Recommended===
			Contacts and glasses with various vision mods. Earbuds with various hearing mods. A R6 Medkit (that you keep at home or in a vehicle, lugging it around is not the best idea as this is the size of a large duffel) An auto injector with a savior medkit inside it and a biomonitor to watch your vitals so it knows when to trigger the auto injector. Some method of transporting electronics without being tracked (R6 directional jammer, a Body Bag armor with R6 Universal Mirror Material, faraday pocket armor mod for small electronics)



	Exceeding: Get a vehicle with the basic “anonymous package” mods: Spoof chips, morphing license plate, and gridlink override. Also a smuggling compartment is nice. Gecko gloves. Plasteel restraints.		===Exceeding===
			Get a vehicle with the basic “anonymous package” mods: Spoof chips, morphing license plate, and gridlink override. Also a smuggling compartment is nice. Gecko gloves. Plasteel restraints.

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Defensive Drugs

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	Minimum: Get 3 doses each of Guts and Ondanstron, 2 R6 Stim Patchs, a Trauma Patch		===Minimum===
			Get 3 doses each of Guts and Ondanstron, 2 R6 Stim Patchs, a Trauma Patch



	Why: There are certain status effects that may occur that feel like a “You Lose” button. This is fun when used against enemies, but whatever you can do, so can your enemies. Fear is one such effect. If you fail, you must run away or cower for an extended period. With how fast and deadly combat is, even something as small as a few combat turns (remember the multiple initiative pass, thing?) can be very deadly. Guts makes you immune to fear. So, keep it in your pocket in case you need it.		===Why===
			There are certain status effects that may occur that feel like a “You Lose” button. This is fun when used against enemies, but whatever you can do, so can your enemies. Fear is one such effect. If you fail, you must run away or cower for an extended period. With how fast and deadly combat is, even something as small as a few combat turns (remember the multiple initiative pass, thing?) can be very deadly. Guts makes you immune to fear. So, keep it in your pocket in case you need it.


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	Even if you’re running a character that is anti-drug, consider these prescription drugs. For what ailment? Not dying.		Even if you’re running a character that is anti-drug, consider these prescription drugs. For what ailment? Not dying.



	=Misc. Items=		=Misc. Items=

KurczdMadMan: /* Buy a House */

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Buy a House

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	Minimum: Advanced lifestyle Low with comforts increased to 3. Get public transportation for your city if you don’t have a vehicle.		===Minimum===
			Advanced lifestyle Low with comforts increased to 3. Get public transportation for your city if you don’t have a vehicle.



	Recommended: Medium Lifestyle. Public transport if needed.		===Recommended===
			Medium Lifestyle. Public transport if needed.



	Exceeding: High. Don’t get higher than that, since luxury will be impossible to maintain. If you’re this high, I hope you have at least a Dodge Scoot to get to meets.		===Exceeding===
			High. Don’t get higher than that, since luxury will be impossible to maintain. If you’re this high, I hope you have at least a Dodge Scoot to get to meets.



	Why: So, to understand my recommendations, let’s understand lifestyle damage. At the beginning of each run, you take 6S fatigue damage (resisted by Bod+Will), representing how hard it is to live in the 6th world. You can mitigate this, however, by making yourself a comfortable lifestyle. Each lifestyle has a set level of “comforts.” For each level of comforts, you take 2S less fatigue damage. A low lifestyle has a default comforts level of 2. By using advanced lifestyle, you can increase it to 3 for a total extra cost of only 200 ny. Medium has a default level of 3. While you don’t need to do an advanced lifestyle, I recommend it. Advanced lifestyles have a lot more options and many of them are free.		===Why===
			So, to understand my recommendations, let’s understand lifestyle damage. At the beginning of each run, you take 6S fatigue damage (resisted by Bod+Will), representing how hard it is to live in the 6th world. You can mitigate this, however, by making yourself a comfortable lifestyle. Each lifestyle has a set level of “comforts.” For each level of comforts, you take 2S less fatigue damage. A low lifestyle has a default comforts level of 2. By using advanced lifestyle, you can increase it to 3 for a total extra cost of only 200 ny. Medium has a default level of 3. While you don’t need to do an advanced lifestyle, I recommend it. Advanced lifestyles have a lot more options and many of them are free.



	Now, another thing to consider is how much money you get from each lifestyle. Starting nuyen is whatever you have leftover from CharGen (up to 5,000 ny) and an amount determined by lifestyle. For low, you get 3d660, for an average of about 600 nuyen. Medium gets you 4d6100, for an average of 1400 ny. High lifestyle gets 5d6*500 nuyen, averaging around 8,500 nuyen, the highest return on investment for these lifestyles. Well, on average.		Now, another thing to consider is how much money you get from each lifestyle. Starting nuyen is whatever you have leftover from CharGen (up to 5,000 ny) and an amount determined by lifestyle. For low, you get 3d660, for an average of about 600 nuyen. Medium gets you 4d6100, for an average of 1400 ny. High lifestyle gets 5d6*500 nuyen, averaging around 8,500 nuyen, the highest return on investment for these lifestyles. Well, on average.



	=Defensive Drugs=		=Defensive Drugs=

KurczdMadMan: /* Initiative */

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Initiative

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	Minimum: Have a method to increase initiative. For non-combat characters, shoot for high teens, preferably 21+ on average. For combat oriented characters, shoot for 31+ on average. This is not always possible, but here are a few methods that can increase your initiative. For reference, here are the ShadowHaven rules on stacking initiative. These are pretty much RAW, but may contain a few variances. It also lists the many methods that you can use to increase initiative, so I won’t bother listing them here. Drugs that boost initiative include: Accelerator (dangerous), Cram, Jazz and Kamikaze.		===Minimum===
			Have a method to increase initiative. For non-combat characters, shoot for high teens, preferably 21+ on average. For combat oriented characters, shoot for 31+ on average. This is not always possible, but here are a few methods that can increase your initiative. For reference, here are the ShadowHaven rules on stacking initiative. These are pretty much RAW, but may contain a few variances. It also lists the many methods that you can use to increase initiative, so I won’t bother listing them here. Drugs that boost initiative include: Accelerator (dangerous), Cram, Jazz and Kamikaze.



	Why: Again, this is not a minimum kind of thing. Methods will vary from character to character. Here’s the deal, combat is very fast in Shadowrun. A high initiative score can mean more than one turn in each combat turn. Combat turns are separated into initiative passes. Everyone gets a turn on the first initiative pass in descending order of initiative. After everyone has had a turn, all scores are reduced by 10, and then anyone with an initiative greater than 0 gets to go again. This is repeated until no one has a chance to go. This means an initiative of 11 gets you two turns, 21 gets you 3, 31 gets you 4, etc. Hopefully, you can see how this is extremely beneficial.		===Why===
			Again, this is not a minimum kind of thing. Methods will vary from character to character. Here’s the deal, combat is very fast in Shadowrun. A high initiative score can mean more than one turn in each combat turn. Combat turns are separated into initiative passes. Everyone gets a turn on the first initiative pass in descending order of initiative. After everyone has had a turn, all scores are reduced by 10, and then anyone with an initiative greater than 0 gets to go again. This is repeated until no one has a chance to go. This means an initiative of 11 gets you two turns, 21 gets you 3, 31 gets you 4, etc. Hopefully, you can see how this is extremely beneficial.


	=Buy a House=		=Buy a House=