Rulings/Banned Content

Banned Content

Banned Awakened Content

Banned Items

• Crucible (FA 193)

Banned Qualities

Positive Qualities

• Apt Pupil (FA 32)
• Archivist (FA 32)
• Blood Crystal qualities (FA 132) are restricted to NPCs only
• Dark Ally (FA 35)
• Elemental Focus (HT 191)
• Illusionist (FA 37)
• Puppet Master (FA 39)
• Stalwart Ally (FA 42)

Negative Qualities

• Wildcard Chimera (DTR 163-164)

Banned Spells

Everything involving blood, insect, shadow and toxic magic is restricted to NPCs.

The following spells are banned:

• Calling
• Convert Blood to Ichor
• Convince
• Growth
• Inflict Disease
• Multiply Food
• Rot
• Pollution and Radiation spells, adept powers etc.
• Shape [Material]
• Turn to Goo
• Petrify
• False Impression
• Manascape
• Augury and Sortilege

Banned Alchemical Preps

• Lightning Blade (FA 199)
• Drain Away (FA 195)
• Laminate (FA 196)

Banned Adept Powers for PCs

• Plague Cloud
• Pollution and Radiation spell, adept powers etc.

Banned Mentor Spirits for PCs

• Planar Entity
• Doom
• Pollution
• Disease
• Mutation

Banned Traditions

• Draconic Tradition (FA 76) - it is only permitted for the use by claimed drakes taught by a great dragon and serving them, which makes it de facto banned on ShadowHaven.

• Tarot (FA 91)

• Hybrid traditions (FA 101)

• All custom traditions

Banned Metamagics

• Paradigm Shift: Insect Shaman (FA 43)

• Paradigm Shift: Toxic (FA 44)

• Spirit Expansion: Shedim (FA 44)

• Predator Feast (FA 131)

• Soul Tether (FA 131)

• Spiritual Sacrifice (FA 131)

• Tarot Summoning (FA 45)

• Quickening (CRB 326)

• Sacrifice (SG 90)

Banned Arts

• Geomancy (SG 143)

Banned Mechanics

• Fettering (SG 192)
• Updated raw reagents (FA 188)
• Refined reagents uses (FA 188)
  • SG uses still allowed
• Radical reagent uses (FA 188)
  • SG uses still allowed
• Spirit leashing (FA 182)

Banned Matrix Content

Banned Matrix Actions

• Haywire (KC 38)
• Intervene (KC 39)
• Masquerade (KC 39)

Banned Emerged Content

Banned Complex Forms

• Host Emulator (KC 94) (including by GMs)

• Pinch (KC 95) (including by GMs)

• Resonance Cache (KC 95) (including by GMs)

• Search History (KC 95) (including by GMs)

Dissonant Ban

• Dissonant streams, powers, echos, forms etc. are for NPCs only

Banned Echos

• Draining Spike (KC 101) (including by GMs)
• Mind over Machine (CRB 258)

Banned Mechanics

• All content relating to submersion groups, tribes and flash tribes

Banned Items

• The MOS (KC 58) is not permitted until it is evaluated in light of our custom deck rules.
• Fuchi Cyber-N Series (KC 60)
• Fuchi Cyber-EX Series (KC 60)
• Surplus and Refurbished Pi-Tacs (KC 73)
• Micro-Dish Transmitter (KC 74)
• Co-Pilot programs (KC 71)

Banned Qualities

Positive Qualities

• Groveler (KC 96) (including by GMs)
• Team Player (KC 97)
  • This quality was written under the assumption that Matrix actions cannot be teamworked. Notably, teamwork CAN be done with Matrix actions. Matrix actions may be teamworked given the following:
    • Everyone involved is inside the same host or on the same grid.
    • Everyone has the required number of marks.
    • Overwatch Score is applied to all participants based on the opposing hits.
    • Only the leader gets the benefit.

Negative Qualities

• Code of Honor: Black Hat (KC 99)
• Echo Chamber (KC 78)
• Information Auctioneer (KC 78)
• Lazy Fingers (KC 79)
• Resonant Burnout (KC 99)
• Well, Actually... (KC 79)

Banned Combat Content

Banned Items

• Hardened Mil-Spec Armor (RG 66)
• Krime Calliope (KK 19)
• Krime Ripper (KK 20)
• Krime Carpet (KK 21)

Banned Cyberware/Bioware

• One Shot Dart Gun (CF 91)

Banned Ammo & Grenades

• Zapper Rounds (KC 48) (including by GMs)
• Fuzzy rounds (KC 50) (including by GMs)
• E0-E0 rounds (KC 51) (including by GMs)
• COS Grenades (KC 54) (including by GMs)
• Douser grenades (KC 55) (including by GMs)
• DumDum grenades (KC 56) (including by GMs)
• MCT/Winchester-Howe Hornet Direct-Fire Mini-Grenades (SL 132) (including by GMs)
• Painade (CA 135)
• The Krime Crackle Fin-Stabilized HEAT Slugs (KK 25)
• The Krime Splash Self-Defense Ammunition (KK 26)
• The Krime Party (KK 27)

Banned Qualities

Positive Qualities

• Revels in Murder (CF 56)

Banned Miscellaneous Content

Banned Items

• Military/Future Weapons are banned with the exception of the Aztechnology-Dassault Blood Hawk Mk 1, the Vulcan Systems "Hotdrop" Rapid-Egress Jetpack System and the Maker Mags.
• Renfield (SASS 32)

Banned Cyberware/Bioware

• Immunization (CF 164)
• Gradual Release Chemical Glands
• All Gammaware
• All Omegaware

Banned Qualities

Positive Qualities

• Better to be Feared than Loved (CF 54)
• Friends in High Places (RF 147)
• Human Lifespan (TCT 188) - Having a human lifespan can be done for free as a fluff decision.
• Massive Network (NF 177)
• Networker (NF 177)
• Observant (SL 127): It's assumed to be automatically possessed by all characters.

Negative Qualities

• Amnesia: Neural Deletion & Surface Loss (RF 152)
• Borrowed Time (RF 153)
• Consummate Professional (AP 17)
• Dead Emotion (CF 57)
• Dead SIN (BTB 162)
• Earther (RG 169)
• Every Man For Himself (SL 181)
• Escaped Custody (KC 99)
• Hung Out to Dry (RF 155)
• In Debt (RF 156)
• Neoteny (RF 121) - It's banned for play on ShadowHaven unless the character is a gnome. Gnome neoteny does not make the gnome appear childlike.
• One of Them (CF 58)
• Pregnant (BB 12)
• So Jacked Up (CF 59)
• Stay Out Of My Way (SL 127)
• Stolen Gear (NF 177)
• This Is Your Last Chance (SL 129)
• Tough and Targeted (CF 59)
• 'Ware Intolerance (KC 100)

Banned Mechanics

• Pharmaceutical Drug Grade (CF 190)
• Customizing Drugs (CF 190-192)
• Performance and downtime money methods (NF 60-61)
• Forcing another character to take chemicals with no penetration or power during combat is not allowed on the Haven (including by GMs).
• Group Resources (DT 43)
  • The mechanics of the example groups (DT 35-43) are also not in use. See the group contacts. section of the contact rules for information related to factions and the factions page for existing shadowhaven factions.

Banned Lifestyle Options

• Hotel California (RF 226)
• Shared Advanced Lifestyles (HT 140)