Player Rules

Creating a Character

Overview

Priority and Sum-To-Ten are the permitted character generation types.

Some players may earn a character slot that can use Prime Character Generation rules as reward for future charity events. Prime Character Generation is compatible with Sum-to-Ten.

Exotic characters like Metasapients and Infected are allowed but experience playing other things first is heavily recommended.

Certain qualities like Amnesia are allowed but have a lower priority to get approved due to the extra burden on the chargen staff.

Players with over 5 existing and active characters will have lower priority to get approved.

Attributes at Gen

You can only have 1 starting attribute at one that is unaugmented unless your backstory fits having more lower. Generally, having multiple attributes at 1 leads to a poor gameplay experience and quick death of player characters. As such, the CharGen team will lead you away from the choice unless your backstory is exceptional. Sheets with this status will take more time to process.

Lifestyle Location Advisement

If your character's primary lifestyle is located outside of Seattle and you lack a rail pass, you will likely incur transportation fees and fatigue before runs, at GM discretion. The cost of a plane ticket between two cities is half the distance between the two cities in kilometers plus 100 nuyen.

((Todo, add cities connected via rail))

Maintaining a Character

Skill Training

Improving a Single Skill, without a Trainer
New Skill Level	Training Time	Cost
1	1 Day	0 nY
2	4 Days	0 nY
3	9 Days	0 nY
4	16 Days	0 nY
5	25 Days	0 nY
6	36 Days	0 nY
7	49 Days	0 nY
8	64 Days	0 nY
9	81 Days	0 nY
10	100 Days	0 nY
11	121 Days	0 nY
12	144 Days	0 nY
13	169 Days	0 nY

Improving a Single Skill, with a Trainer
New Skill Level	Training Time	Cost
1	1 Day	2000 nY
2	3 Days	4000 nY
3	6 Days	6000 nY
4	10 Days	8000 nY
5	15 Days	10000 nY
6	21 Days	12000 nY
7	28 Days	14000 nY
8	36 Days	16000 nY
9	45 Days	18000 nY
10	55 Days	20000 nY
11	66 Days	22000 nY
12	78 Days	24000 nY
13	91 Days	26000 nY

Improving a Group Skill, without a Trainer
New Skill Level	Training Time	Cost
1	2 Days	0 nY
2	6 Days	0 nY
3	14 Days	0 nY
4	24 Days	0 nY
5	38 Days	0 nY
6	54 Days	0 nY
7	74 Days	0 nY
8	97 Days	0 nY
9	122 Days	0 nY
10	151 Days	0 nY
11	183 Days	0 nY
12	217 Days	0 nY
13	255 Days	0 nY

Improving a Group Skill, with a Trainer
New Skill Level	Training Time	Cost
1	2 Days	3000 nY
2	5 Days	6000 nY
3	9 Days	9000 nY
4	15 Days	12000 nY
5	23 Days	15000 nY
6	32 Days	18000 nY
7	42 Days	21000 nY
8	54 Days	24000 nY
9	68 Days	27000 nY
10	83 Days	30000 nY
11	100 Days	33000 nY
12	118 Days	36000 nY
13	137 Days	39000 nY

Attributes

Increasing an Attribute takes a number of days equal to the new Attribute Rating*3 days.

Combined Training

Attributes and skills can be trained simultaneously, whether doing multiple skills (as per LOG/2) or skill groups.

Shadowgrid Houserules and Custom Mechanics

Contacts

Shadowgrid uses a custom contact system you can read about here.

Infected

We allow Ghouls, Vampires, Gnawers and Banshees on ShadowHaven. PCs are not sterile, so your teammates may be extra cautious around you.

Banned Qualities

The following qualities are not permitted for characters to have:

• Better to be Feared than Loved

• Day Job

• Dead Emotion

• Dracoform (Any)

• Friends in High Places

• Hung Out to Dry

• In Debt

• Immunization

• Latent Dracomorphosis

• One of Them

• Pregnant

• Revels in Murder

• So Jacked Up

• SURGE I and SURGE II

• Tough and Targeted

Altered Qualities

• Some addictions are better suited with the Dependent quality, and thus we recommend its use instead for alcohol, cigarettes, coffee, video games etc. Speak to your Chargen Minion to see if the Dependents or Addiction quality applies.

• The Restricted Gear quality may not be used to get Deltaware or Milspec armor.

Banned Spells

Everything involving Blood, Bug, and Toxic Magic is restricted to NPCs.

The following spells are unavailable to Player Characters:

• Convert Blood to Ichor
• Inflict Disease
• Plague Cloud
• Rot
• Pollution and Radiation spell, adept powers, etc.

Banned Mechanics

Customizing Drugs (Page 190-192, Chrome Flesh)

Banned Items

The following items are not permitted for use:

• One Shot Dart Gun (Page 91, Chrome Flesh)

• Medusa Extensions (Page 147, Cutting Aces)

• Pheromone Detection (Page 144, Cutting Aces)

• Shaman Tuxedo (Page 143, Cutting Aces)

• Painade (Page 135, Cutting Aces)

• Smuggling compartment (Dwarf, Human, Elf, or Ork) (Page 186, Stolen Souls) (We only use the Rigger 5 smuggling compartments on ShadowHaven)

• Smuggling compartment (Troll) (Page 186, Stolen Souls) (We only use the Rigger 5 smuggling compartments on ShadowHaven)

• Official Emergency Vehicle attribute modifier (Page 187,197 Stolen Souls)

Altered and Clarified Items

These items function differently or have added clarification than what is stated Rules As Written.

• Nemesis Arms Praetorian (Page 134, Cutting Aces) - Accuracy code should read 4(5), not 4(6).

• Ghost Box (Page 141, Cutting Aces) - This does not function like the spell Trid Phantasm, it gives merely a sense of unease and a floater like affect in the eye. The most using this device will give is social modifiers.

• Tailored Perfume/Cologne (Page 143, Cutting Aces) - The use of these are permitted, but only one application can be used effectively. If an additional, unique Tailored Perfumes/Colognes are applied while another is still active, all effects from all Tailored Perfumes/Colognes are negated. Additional applications of the same perfume or cologne do not have any effect.

• Subliminal Subacoustics (Page 146, Cutting Aces) - Emotions that fit are GM discretion, and their decision is final.

• AR Enhanced (Page 138, Cutting Aces) - Creation of your own is permitted only on-table at GM discretion and shall not be carried off the table on which they were created. AR Fashion can be assumed to be part of your lifestyle at the following levels, or may be paid for seperately at the listed prices. Casual is included in Low Lifestyle, Business in Medium Lifestyle, Formal in High Lifestyle, and Designer in Luxury Lifestyle.

Custom Items and Mechanics

Techno Errata

The fade values for complex forms is -3 from their printed values.

There is also a priority table change (P. 65, Priority Table) For Technomancers, change the number of Complex Forms in each row as follows:

Priority A: Increase from 5 to 7

Priority B: Increase from 2 to 4

Priority C: Increase from 1 to 3

The karma cost of submersion is 10+(grade x 3)

WFTM / WFTP

After a run you may convert karma into Nuyen (Working For the Man), or vice versa (Working For the People) at a ratio of 2000nY to 1 karma. This can be done up to 5 times per run. For example, your initial rewards for a run are 7 Karma and 10,000nY. You Work For the Man, converting 5 karma into 10,000nY, making your final rewards 2 Karma and 20,000nY.

In any case, you must document this on the page for the run in the rewards section. If you have a quality that taxes income, apply to tax to the initial amount you earn.

Burner SINs

Players may buy burner sins and associated licenses at the same availability, but with 20% of the cost. These SINs expire after 1 week and may not leave the session they were bought in. They may have rating 1 through 6.

Item Name	Nuyen	header 3
Burner Fake SIN (Rating 1-6)	(Rating*3)F	Rating*500 nuyen
Burner Fake License (Rating 1-6)	(Rating*3)F	Rating*40 nuyen

Gear

You cannot purchase Mil-Spec armor without a private run.

You can't purchase items with availability over 20, unless it is upgradable (ie, has a rating). The exception to this is:

• You can't purchase foci over availability 19, even though they are otherwise upgradable and have a rating.
• You can purchase Deltaware, but you must record on your character's wiki page which corp you got each piece from.

Upgrades

You can upgrade (paying only the difference in cost) anything that has a rating. If the gear also has a quality (like cyberware), there is an additional 25% fee for upgrading.

Banned Lifestyle Options

Hotel California (Page 226, Run Faster)

Traveler Lifestyle (Page 218, Run Faster)

When you pay rent or at gen, roll on this table to see what options your Traveler lifestyle gets. If you have an idea for this table, feel free to send it to leadership.

Traveler Lifestyle Table
Die Result	Name	Location	Comforts and Necessities	Security	Neighborhood	Assets, Services, and Outings
1	Crusher 495 Community Outreach Shelter	Redmond	2	2	2	Bat Cave (Sociology), Sports Court (Small, Basket Ball)
2	R@-Pack Hacker Den	Redmond	2	2	2	Global Grid Subscription (Ares), Global Grid Subscription (NeoNet),Global Grid Subscription (MCT), Local Grid Subscription (Seattle), Bat Cave (Computer Science), Bat Cave (Matrix Design)
3	Redmond Public Pool Supply Shack	Redmond	2	2	2	Swimming Pool
4	Redmond Public Pool Supply Shack	Redmond	2	2	2	Swimming Pool
5	YMAC, Puyallup	Puyallup	2	2	2	Swimming Pool, Gym, Sports Court (Small, Handball)
6	Underworld 93 Store Room	Puyallup	2	2	2	Patron of the Arts(Underworld 93)
7	The Fish & Chips Hole, Shadowrunner Hangout	Puyallup	2	2	2	Zen Den(Shadow Community, AROs of runners on the walls), Armory, Shooting Range, Local Bar Patron, Walk-In Freezer
8	The Fun Zone Arcade	Redmond	2	2	2	Zen Den(Arcades)
9	Ghoul gang (Lunatic Horrors of Afterlife) Sewer hidout	Redmond	2	2	2	Indoor Arboretum, Subsistence Hutning/Gathering Rating 2, Escape Tunnel Rating 1
10	Nuno Implants United Cleanrooms	Tacoma	3	2	2	Cleaning Service, Cleaning Serivce (Mage Sensitive), Cleaning Service (Pollution Sensitive)
11	Alan's Refurbished Flooring, Shadowrunner Hangout	Aurburn	3	2	2	Discreet Cleaning Service,Discreet Deliveryman
12	Recently abandoned factory	Tacoma	3	2	2	Yard
13	Radioshack	Renton	3	2	2	Merchandise: Goods (Radio Shack PCD-500)
14	Smuggling Tunnel	Puyallup	3	2	2	Private Room, Merchandise: Used Goods (Aztech Striker), Escape Tunnel Rating 4
15	Islander Motel	Outremer	4	2	2	Garage (Boat), Local Grid Subscription (Seattle), Merchandise: Goods (Mitsubushi Waveskipper), Merchandise: Goods (Kawasaki Manta Ray)
16	U-stor-it Climate Controlled Storage	Snohomish	4	2	2	Garage (Small Car)
17	Quick Rest Coffin Motel	Ork Underground	4	2	2	Indoor Arboretum, Local Grid Subscription (Seattle), Global Grid Subscription (Evo), Escape Tunnel (Rating 1)
18	Sailor's Heart Motel	Everett	4	2	2	Zen Den (Maritime culture), Global Grid Subscription (Wuxing)
19	Evergreen Ranch	Snohomish	2	3	2	Zen Den (Animal Husbandry)
20	Into The Shadows, Theme Restaurant and Motel	Downtown	2	2	4	Bat Cave (Secuirty Design), Shooting Range
21	Phase Shift Cybercafe and Motel	Downtown	2	3	2	Bat Cave (Matrix Law),Patron of the Arts(E-Gaming @ Phase Shift), Global Grid Subscription (Aztechnology), Global Grid Subscription (Ares),Global Grid Subscription (Horizon), Global Grid Subscription (Sader-Krupp),
22	Island House	Outremer	4	3	2
23	Ballyhoo Family Campground	Renton	2	4	2
24	Hotel Firangipani	Bellevue	2	4	2
25	North Star Lodge	Auburn	3	4	2
26	Swiss Holiday Resort	Outremer	4	4	2
27	Harpers Ferry Guest House	Everett	2	2	3
28	LANcity Cybercafe and Motel	Auburn	2	2	3	Zen Den (Trid Games), Global Grid Subscription (MCT), Global Grid Subscription (Shiawase),Global Grid Subscription (Horizon), Global Grid Subscription (Sader-Krupp), Global Grid Subscription (Renraku)
29	Bywater Bed & Breakfast	Bellevue	3	2	3
30	Radisson Hotels & Resorts	Everett	2	3	3
31	Cousin's Country Inn	Fort Lewis	3	3	3
32	Higgins Beach Inn	Ork Underground	3	3	3
33	Heritage Manor	Outremer	2	4	3
34	Thunderbird Motel	Renton	3	4	3
35	Loveless Cafe	Downtown	4	4	3
36	Back Ground Count Motel	Snohomish	4	4	3
37	Castamere Motel	Tacoma	4	4	3	Zen Den (Medieval Literature)
38	Whispering Pines Cottages	Auburn	2	2	4
39	Inn On Church Street	Bellevue	2	2	4
40	Country Inn-Somerset	Everett	2	2	4
41	Huntington Country Inn	Fort Lewis	3	2	4
42	Hexagon House Bed & Breakfast	Outremer	4	3	4
43	Budget Host	Renton	2	4	4
44	Aztec Motel	Downtown	3	4	4
45	Lucas Palace, Luxury hotel	Downtown	4	4	4	Manservant/Maid - Servant