Alright so Ismilealot asked some questions about the setting and kinda game this will be so I'm gonna steal some stuff straight from the book and my own GM/DM experience. This I'll be kinda a long post but please read it and give me feedback. I'm trying to stretch my muscles as a GM and have fun so here we go.
Stuff straight from the book:
Morality: While I think characters having some disagreements over morality I'd like everyone to have the same general direction, being good. I don't want to deal with particularly evil, sick or twisted characters. Generally speaking characters should not want to leave a trail of bodies in every run. I don't expect everyone to run around with only non-leathal weapons, this is a dystopia afterall, but whether it because a character wants to avoid drawing the attention of the cops, or because they feel every life is sacred, wonton killing has heavy consequences. This is just one example I"d like to avoid violent psychopaths for characters. On the flip-side and to a lesser degree I don't expect there to be many Paladins in the Sixth world. If you want to be one of those runners who's out fighting the good fight, that's great! But a character that's particularly preachy isn't gonna work well with the guy who's just there to get a paycheck. I don't expect all the characters to be best friends, but you have to have similar moral foundations in order to work with each other.
Racisim This is a big part of the Sixth World and I have no problem implementing it against you guys. And I suggest that you consider the prejudices your character might have. Whether it something as mild as thinking trolls are kinda freaky looking or that Sasquatches aren't people no mater what anyone says. Consider prejudice tied to ethnicity and gender as well. While never hitting a woman is chivalrous and great and all that, it does come with preconceived ideas. The same can be said for many ethnicity, the great ghost dance wasn't THAT long ago, maybe your character assumes all natives are magic, or maybe you have a native character who remembers that it wasn't that long ago that white-man called for the extermination of Natives and magic was the only reason it didn't happen. There are two instances of Racism I don't want in our game. First nothing from players, simple as that. Racist OOC comments will make you not welcome in this game. Second is where it disrupts the flow of game overly much. Like with Sincereagape's elf supremacist, while interesting as hell it would be a pain to have him in a group with any non elves.
Violence I touched on this a bit with morality. But there are a few lines that need to go here too. Graphic detail is unnecessary. One can describe graphic violence without graphic detail and thanks to Hollywood I'm pretty most of use can picture something worse then what we could type out. Even then graphic violence should have an effect on a character, much like killing. It's one thing to see a guy take a bullet or a beating. But a character finding someone who had been tortured to death after several days will at the very least be making some composure checks.
Sexuality I've found that role-playing and being behind a character can be a great safe and interesting way to explore sexuality. I've also found a tendency for gamers to be very immature about it. So please feel free to make a character with an alternative sexuality. In a world of magic and crazy body modifications, of poverty and decadency, of virtual reality and survival sexual freedom is pretty much the norm. However picking up a hooker on every other street corner, or trying to hit on every person you meet with a 6 charisma is annoying and slows down the game, so feel free to role-play the sexuality of characters with a few limitations. First no need for explicit detail. Really they have different forums for that we're here to role-play not fap. Second there will be no IC Rape, not with force, drugs or mind control. Feel free to have it as part of your characters history but it will not happen IC. Third like with racism I don't want to see any OOC homophobia, transphobia or any of that stuff that causes an argument on tumblr. If someone want to make an LGBT character go for it, no one here will give you shit for it, if they do their out.
Now for some stuff from me:
Difficulty I prefer to run a more high risk/ high reward sort of game. I don't like to pull punches. I say this now so you know I'm not picking on anyone. That being said I'm still getting used to the system and will probably make mistakes. If you think I've made a totally unreasonable challenge please PM me it could be I just didn't realize how potent a critter power was, or overestimated what a party could deal with. It could also be that I presented the party with a situation that they're not meant to handle. I expect Runners to turn down jobs when their too much, I expect characters to turn tail and run when they are just too outclassed. I like to reward smart plans and clever thinking. It might seem like there's a challenge that's too great it probably means you should come at it sideways. If you can't come at it sideways then maybe you should cut your losses and call the run off. Pulling a gun in a lonestar station isn't gonna mean you survive because you're a PC, it means you're gonna get shot, even if you're Ned Stark.
Continuity I do not have an encyclopedic knowledge of the world of Shadowrun. I will make mistakes and assumptions. I ask that you be patient with me and roll with it. More often then not it won't matter. If you've got a real Hardon for Cannon sure please share with us, but Cannon isn't gonna be big part of my runs. Least not for a while.
Feedback Give it to me! Good or bad, just please be polite.
Now for some more about the IC stuff
Setting Y'all are in Seattle, bet you didn't see that coming! Most of the game's gonna take place in the Seattle Metroplex and maybe a bit into the surrounding Sailish-Shidhe Council. Maybe once we get things flowing we'll expand but for now you're in the Emerald City.
People So if anyone of you wants to talk to another one and say you have characters who know each other go for it! Just include it in your character background. Otherwise you'll all know each other through a friend of a friend essentially and I'll go more into that once we get going. Things to consider, family, friends, enemies and all that, I don't need a lot of history regarding them, but if there's something you want to share please include it in your character history. If you have the dependents negative quality, however you must let me know who they are before we begin.
Lifestyles and Attributes If you have High, Luxury or Street level lifestyles I'd like to know why. If any of your attributes are 1 or at the natural maximum it should reflect in how the character looks and behaves. Someone with 1 Body is probably sickly looking, someone with 1 Logic probably has some sort of severe head trauma. This includes Magic and to a lesser degree essence. If you've got 6 magic something about you should make it clear that you know a thing or two about the awakened world (Magical tattoos and foci for example.). Likewise someone with less then two essence is gonna look it(unless they try real hard.)
Story The whole idea is that this is going be randomly generated runs. I'll roll some dice here at home and throw something together for you guys to deal with. One day it might be working security for a rich exec while he finishes a high profile project, the next might be delivering medicine to an orphanage, the next you might be trying to steal something from the King Tut exhibit for the Iluminati. So everyone should be prepared for essentially random challenges. As we go along I expect other stories to develop. Someone's past comes into play, a nameless NPC gets a name and highers you for a job that sort of thing.
Downtime It's easy to start shotgunning runs when we have a setup like this. So I will be allocating at least two weeks of downtime between runs for characters to get healed up look for new gear, learn new skills that sort of thing. If you guys decide to push and find more work through your contacts and such more power to you.
So I hope that answered some questions about the kinda of game I want to run. If you have more questions or want clarification please ask! I want to learn though this but I also wanna have fun, and want you guys to have fun too!
And one last thing:
Posting I"d like to see posting as often as possible for everyone. If for some reason you won't be able to post for a few days please let us know in the OOC Thread. If we get no notice and no postings for 5 straight days, I'm gonna bring somebody up off the bench.
