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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4721773" data-attributes="member: 710">I think the changes between Shadowrun Editions haven't been little, either.Damage System: - IIRC, it started with a powerniveau / damage niveau / damage increase values - the last value represented how many successes on a roll one needed to increase the damage. Damage was represented in Light, Moderate, Serious and Deadly (I am not sure if I use the correct terms), representing different amount of boxes.- The last number was then simplified away in later editions (at least as early as 3E) and standardized to 2 net successes. - At least 3E had a fixed number of damage boxes a character could take (always 10)- 4E made the damage boxes depending on constitution. It also removed the "power niveau" value, and damage was now represented just by the boxes of damage. Each net success increases the damage.Compare that to D&D changes - hit points always stayed, and while damage values changed, they were still always dice rolls.Initiative:- They always kept multiple actions per round in the game, but before 3E, it always meant that all actions of the "fast" characters were added first. In 4E, instead of basing the actions of initiative dice results, it was now a predetermined value depending on your reflex boosting equipment, spells or powers.Dice Roll System: - It used to be roll a number of d6 depending on skill/ability and compare each die result with the DC, count "hits". Dice "explode" on a 6. Modifiers apply to the DC. - Now (4E) it's roll a number of d6 depending on skill/ability and any result of 5 or 6 is a hit. A 6 only explodes if you spend Edge. Difficulty reduce your dice pool and you might need a certain number of hits to succeed.</blockquote>

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