If my google-fu is strong, it's a Boston sourcebook, yes?
Michael ChandraCorrect. It's about the NEMA Quarantine Zone, which is basically all of (I think) Boston locked down due to Sybil rearing its ugly head, a crazy dragon attacking NeoNet and something that I myself suspect is Blue-227 causing people to go berserk.
If my google-fu is strong, it's a Boston sourcebook, yes?
What's this about Season lettering? 5A vs 5B?
Bit of a tangent, but I'll roll with it for now <znip>Much obliged; thank you for explaining.
i love the design of the combat axes that troll is using on the far right of the picture. Very neobarbarian ;)They have speed holes.
I wonder if this book will influence where Season 6 of Missions is set...Probably not. It's the setting for the Shadowrun Online MMO.
Ah, you missed the news. They're no longer having 1 Season per location, due to confusement from the 5A and 5B lettering. So right now it's Season 5 (previously 5A 1 to 6), Season 6 (previously 5B 1 to 4), and so on.
And I doubt they'll put a Missions season in Boston any time soon, because there's already something taking place in the NEMA Quarantine Zone: Shadowrun Online.
Elven Blood is a compilation of five different Missions that have been written to premiere at summer 2012 conventions. They can, however, be played by anyone. Whether you’re playing at a con, in a game store, or in the comfort of your own home, Elven Blood has an adventure for you. Taking you from the mean streets of Seattle to the wild lands of Tír Tairngire, Elven Blood offers exciting and inventive adventures for all Shadowrun fans.
Elven Blood is for use with Shadowrun, Twentieth Anniversary Edition.
Woah... What the heck is that thing up top?
Just received the pdf version of our PnP 5th edition Boston Lockdown campaign book for cross checking. 240 fraggin’ pages of mayhem and infectious fun. Thanks @Scott Schletz, @Jason Hardy and @Matt Heerdt for this fabulous campaign book!
Backer Rewards Update
On top of the brand new update for the game, we wanted to give you a quick update on the backer rewards. As I type, the brand new Boston Lockdown Campaign Book by writer extraordinaire Scott Schletz is on my hard drive as a pdf. This means all backers of the appropriate reward tiers will get one for launch (Yay!). That also unfortunately means actually printing and shipping the books will take at least 8 weeks if not more until we can even begin to distribute them. As postage has been getting consistently more expensive, we simply cannot afford to ship rewards piecemeal, so we need to wait until everything can be assembled in one place and into one package.
Le poop. No such luck. My husband backed Hong Kong, but not Boston. *slaps husband*In fairness, this game has been in development a LONG time...funded back in Aug 2012...nearly 2 and a half years ago.
Oh. They know.
It's an honor to write for a game you love. It's even more of an honor to be able to write into the history of the game world, those who work hard to shape it and support it in real life.
Thank you to all who backed it. You gave me a chance to let my insanity explode through an entire book; let me make shout outs to all you who backed it; and well, you all just make me feel appreciated.
A HUGE THANKS!
I'm currently browsing through the Boston Lockdown book, and was doubly surprised: not only I made it as a prime runner in the book, but my friend Yaksha, with whom I co-founded my SR website Fondation Draco and who tragically passed away in 2006, also got a mention in the book (his SR character did, at least).
I remember suggesting his name to the SRO devs a couple of years ago, if they ever needed some extra runner names to drop in there, but I wasn't actually expecting them to do it in the book.
That's pretty awesome of Cliffhanger and the book's writers.
Are you a dwarf? There does seem to be a lack of major dwarven prime runners for some reason.They're easy to overlook.
You didn't put on your mirrorshades, Mr Caruso...Are you a dwarf? There does seem to be a lack of major dwarven prime runners for some reason.They're easy to overlook.
Are you a dwarf? There does seem to be a lack of major dwarven prime runners for some reason.
Well now there's one :)
Lockdown is out for people that didn't buy Chronicles.
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/149042/Shadowrun-Lockdown
I doubt attributes for Deus or Eliohann will really become necessary. If they are, the GM should likely just make it up on the spot, as these are entities that are so far beyond most player characters that stats probably won't be very useful.
In other words, if players are trying to take down Eliohann and/or Deus, I hope they have their DocWagon Platinum contracts good and ready.
All right, so after a quick comparison of the Essence and Nuyen costs of individual parts vs Suite costs, I'm starting to wonder where this crunch comes from. I'll be honest, it doesn't look good at first glance.You used partial limbs for the EVO BTH, when they're ostensibly full limbs. Still not seeing anything to make out of the whole shebang.
Unless it's a discount due to enhanced compatibility between the components as part of the suit?5e cybersuites are essence reduced and nuyen increased, as opposed to 4e's 10% off both costs. They do have other restrictions, though.
Cereus is an AI born out of the chaos of the battle between the Cerberus E-ghost and Deus (or the fragments Pax released) within MIT&T servers. It hates its legacy and wants to destroy both its parents and any trace of their existence. That basically means it has a huge genocide Campaign on its hands since all the problems in Boston are caused by those two.That's really cool!
So there you go: Lockdown is easily the best gaming release for Shadowrun this year. It’s better than the video game it is a tie-in for (although give Cliffhanger a chance to fix the issues. Had the game been a non-online affair, it would actually be quite nice) and it’s relatively cheap for a CGL sourcebook. Now, is it worth getting the video game and the sourcebook for $50 or should you just get the book on its own? That’s up to you. Again, the Steam summer sale will probably see Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown with a nice discount, so you might want to get it then. No matter what though, you really should get Lockdown if you’re a fan of the current tabletop game. I’d love to see more city books like this in the future.
So, is it a good idea to take my group on a trip to Boston?Does the book/fluff provide any plot hooks in order to draw runners to the area?
Or should I just make them roll new characters?
So, is it a good idea to take my group on a trip to Boston?
Does the book/fluff provide any plot hooks in order to draw runners to the area?
Or should I just make them roll new characters?
After they get infected, you should probably have them roll new characters. I don't think there's any chance of them staying clean. It's a daily struggle, and the nanites are in the air, water, on every surface, etc. You'd need to be in some sort of armored chemically-sealed suit, and even then you'd probably be unable to move fast enough to get away from the infected. And then there's the non-infected, who will kill you for your suit. So yeah... it's bad news.That's not entirely true for Boston; if the characters were at Fenway when Eliohann came crashing down, then sure, time to reroll, but the rules for the "Boston Strain" of CFD has different rules from "normal" CFD. You'll want to read up on the section "Lockdown CFD" on page 201 of Lockdown for specifics, but this line sums it up nicely:
You'll want to read up on the section "Lockdown CFD" on page 201 of Lockdown for specifics, but this line sums it up nicely:
"This means that the only two ways to catch the Cerberus strain of the virus is from nanites that have not yet infected a host and then run their course, or from brain matter spatter."
so, the blue hills r&d complex did not really give much detail on its security (unlike the ecse which is the wrong place to go). Anyone have a description of what kind of security i should place there?
(Of course maybe that was always suppose to be that way and I missed it, but here's where I've seen it most)
Your lot is far more dour and selfish than the good Captain's anarchist vessel.
(Of course maybe that was always suppose to be that way and I missed it, but here's where I've seen it most)
I remember that in The Clutch of Dragons, Harlequin hacks Frosty's account and calls the Jackpointers out on that.QuoteYour lot is far more dour and selfish than the good Captain's anarchist vessel.
I made him into a technomancer -- it just made no sense to me as written. I assume that at some point he was changed to an adept in order to make him an easier npc?