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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 7651935" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>For the record, I've actually played the new system (I write the Tabletop column for Ain't It Cool News, my review went up Saturday). So I'll try to answer your questions that I can see.</p><p></p><p>First, character creation. It's back to Priority (with other options coming via a Companion book in a year or two according to Jason Hardy). The method is the same as 1st-3rd with some tweaks. You have Priority A - B - C - D - E that you assign one each to Race, Attributes, Skills, Magic/Resonance, and Resources. With your Race, you get a bonus that can be added to your Special Attributes (Edge, Magic, and Resonance), so if you take Priority A as Human, you get a bigger bonus to those attributes. With the Magic priority, you pick what type of magic user you are AND you get a set number of magic skills and spells. Same goes with Resonance, related skills, and Complex Forms for technomancers. Your Skills priority gives you points for individual skills and a separate number for skill groups.</p><p></p><p>Now, you ALSO get a certain number of Karma that you can spend at character generation (default is 25). You use these to tweak your skills/attributes, bond foci, Initiate, and buy Qualities. Qualities come in both Positive and Negative flavors (similar to Edges and Flaws from 2nd/3rd Ed). Positive Qualities give you a game bonus but cost Karma, while Negative Qualities give you some game penalty but give you more Karma to spend.</p><p></p><p>So yes, character creation is a LOT faster in this edition than any other. I've only made five characters and I'm already down to about 45 minutes each (my time in 4A is about the same using a character generator, but there's a lot more options to go through since there's more books at this point). My guess is with some knowledge of the rules and a decent character generator (I saw at least one Excel spreadsheet's already been made by a fan), most people can make a character in about 90 minutes and anyone with experience with Shadowrun's previous editions can probably get it under an hour easily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 7651935, member: 6669048"] For the record, I've actually played the new system (I write the Tabletop column for Ain't It Cool News, my review went up Saturday). So I'll try to answer your questions that I can see. First, character creation. It's back to Priority (with other options coming via a Companion book in a year or two according to Jason Hardy). The method is the same as 1st-3rd with some tweaks. You have Priority A - B - C - D - E that you assign one each to Race, Attributes, Skills, Magic/Resonance, and Resources. With your Race, you get a bonus that can be added to your Special Attributes (Edge, Magic, and Resonance), so if you take Priority A as Human, you get a bigger bonus to those attributes. With the Magic priority, you pick what type of magic user you are AND you get a set number of magic skills and spells. Same goes with Resonance, related skills, and Complex Forms for technomancers. Your Skills priority gives you points for individual skills and a separate number for skill groups. Now, you ALSO get a certain number of Karma that you can spend at character generation (default is 25). You use these to tweak your skills/attributes, bond foci, Initiate, and buy Qualities. Qualities come in both Positive and Negative flavors (similar to Edges and Flaws from 2nd/3rd Ed). Positive Qualities give you a game bonus but cost Karma, while Negative Qualities give you some game penalty but give you more Karma to spend. So yes, character creation is a LOT faster in this edition than any other. I've only made five characters and I'm already down to about 45 minutes each (my time in 4A is about the same using a character generator, but there's a lot more options to go through since there's more books at this point). My guess is with some knowledge of the rules and a decent character generator (I saw at least one Excel spreadsheet's already been made by a fan), most people can make a character in about 90 minutes and anyone with experience with Shadowrun's previous editions can probably get it under an hour easily. [/QUOTE]
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