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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)

Negative Qualities

Banned Rigging Content

Banned Items

Banned Drones

  • Horizon Little Buddy (R5 146)
  • Medusa Extensions (CA 147)
  • Horizon Noizquito (R5 128)
  • PC Biodrones (Player characters may not have any biodrone ware or get jumped into as if they were a biodrone)

Banned Vehicles & Vehicle Mods

  • Chameleon Coating (SS 184, 194). We only use the R5 version on ShadowHaven.
  • Official Emergency Vehicle attribute modifier (SS 187, 197)
  • Smuggling Compartment (Dwarf, Human, Elf or Ork) (SS 186). We only use the R5 smuggling compartments on ShadowHaven.
  • Smuggling Compartment (Troll) (SS 186). We only use the R5 smuggling compartments on ShadowHaven.
  • The Stoner-Ares M-22A1 Vehicle Mounted Heavy Machine Gun (SL 130) is banned from all use, including by GMs.
  • Weapon Mounts (CRB 461). We only use the R5 weapon mount rules on ShadowHaven.
  • Yerz Kit (TCT 187). Use Yerzed Out (R5 171).



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)
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