Editing Savage Shadowrun AE Conversion (section)

== HINDRANCES AND EDGES ==
DISALLOWED OR RESTRICTED EDGES
:Disallowed Edges – Champion, Gadgeter, Mentalist, Holy/Unholy Warrior. 
:The following are generally NPC only edges – Aristocrat, Fame (Famous), Rich (Filth Rich). Fame (Famous) is restricted to Street Cred for most players.
UPDATED EDGES
:Brawy does not increase a target's Size. All other benefits are still in effect.

NEW and MODIFIED HINDRANCES</br>
'''GREMLINS''' (Minor or Major): renamed All Thumbs Hindrance. Minor is just a -1 to any Technology/ Gadget use that requires a roll. Major version is a -2 and as other affects as listed in SWAE.</br>
'''MYSTERIOUS CYBERWARE''' (Minor or Major): You have an unknown piece (or pieces) of Cyberware implanted within your body by an unknown source. The Minor version it is just mysterious and the GM might cause you some minor adverse effects every 4-5 game sessions. The Major form counts as 1.0 points of Strain and the GM may cause some adverse effects against player every 1-3 games.</br>
'''SINER''' (Minor or Major): the character has a System Identification Number and it is registered with most world governments and corporations. As a Minor Hindrance the character simply has a registered ID and national or corporate citizenship and maybe a day job. As a Major Hindrance the character has a criminal recorded and the local authority agencies have a file on him (along with fingerprints, DNA samples, etc.)</br>
'''SQUATTER LIFESTYLE''' (Minor): renamed Poverty. The character is living almost on the street, in a small cubical with poor quality food and hand-me-down or old normal clothing. Characters start with only 2,500¥ (with minor hindrance another 2,500¥ starting gear) and also with two months of Squatter life-style paid in advance (500¥ total).</br>


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NEW AND UPDATED BACKGROUND EDGES</br>
'''ARCANE BACKGROUND [ADAPT]''' (Novice, Special): the character has learned the magic of enhancing her own body through mystical powers. See MAGIC </br>
'''ARCANE BACKGROUND [MAGE]''' (Novice, Special): this character has learned the Hermetic spellcasting tradition. See MAGIC</br>
'''ARCANE BACKGROUND [MENTOR SPIRIT]''' (Novice, Arcane Background): this Edge grants a character a mentor spirit’s bonuses. See Mentor Spirits (in MAGIC)</br>
'''ARCANE BACKGROUND [SHAMANIC]''' (Novice, Special): this character has learned the shamanic spellcasting tradition. See MAGIC</br>
'''ARCANE BACKGROUND [TECHNOMANCER]''' (Notice, Special): this character can access the Matrix without a comlink or datajack, naturally entering and interacting with that world. They have a natural broadcasting ability and firewall. See Technomancers (see the MATRIX).</br>
'''DEDICATE GEAR''' (Notice, cannot have Squatter class lifestyle): This Edge grants the character +20,000¥ but only for certain gear which must be chosen when the character takes this Edge. Persona and Programs (see the MATRIX), Implants (see IMPLANT), Armor and Weapons, Miscellaneous Gear (see GEAR) or Vehicles and Drones (see VEHICLES AND DRONE). You get ½ unspent added to basic gear. This Edge can be taken more than once, but only at character creation.</br>
'''FOCUS''' (Novice, Arcane Background): character owns and has bound a magical focus to themselves. After character creation the character must pay for it or steal one first. See Focus (in MAGIC)</br>
'''INITIATION''' (Seasoned, Arcane Background): Each time you take this Edge you gain greater understanding of the mysterious of Magic. It grants you an enhancement from the Initiation Abilities (see Initiation in MAGIC). This Edge may only be taken once per rank, starting at Seasoned (ignoring the usual aspect of ‘Born A Hero’).</br>
'''MIDDLE CLASS LIFESTYLE''' (Novice, cannot have Squatter Lifestyle): the character has a nice flat with good quality food. The character starts with 15,000¥ (Minor Hindrance add another 15,000¥ starting gear). She is also assumed to have paid for two months of Middle-Lifestyle (10,000¥ total). Finally the character gains an additional +10,000¥ each time she takes the Dedicated Gear edge.</br>
'''NATURAL HARDENING''' (Novice): The character's mind will naturally protect itself from Matrix attacks from Black Hammer (and for Technomanchers protect against Grey Hammer). The character has a natural Hardness vs. such attacks equal to 2+ ½ her Spirit die. Add the comlink's Hardness rating as Armor Points to this total when comparing the damage inflicted against the character against these attacks. </br> 
'''RESONANCE''' (Seasoned, Arcane Background – Technomancer): The Technomancer version of Initiation, the adapt has delved into the depths of the Matrix and has mastered new and strange abilities. This Edge may be taken once per Rank, starting at Seasoned (see Technomancer in the MATRIX).</br>
'''UPGRADE''' (Novice): The character can handle more cybernetics and bioware systems. Add +3.0 to his basic Strain score maximum. See IMPLANTS</br> 


NEW LEADERSHIP EDGES</br>
'''BORN LEADER''' (Veteran, Command): If you spend an action, one ally within your presence area is granted a free and immediate attack of their choice against an enemy of your choosing that you can both see (or know where it is).</br>
'''MOVE IT MISTER!''' (Seasoned, Command): You can use a Standard Action to give one ally within your presence area a free and immediate movement of Pace (no Run die). This ally cannot pass through threatened enemy’s space without drawing an attack (unless they have Extraction, then roll normal)</br>


NEW POWER EDGES</br>
'''SPIRIT BOND''' (Novice, Arcane Background, Summon Elementals or Spirits or Sprits): as Beast Bond can spend Bennies on summon creatures under your control.</br>
'''SPIRIT MASTER''' (Novice, Arcane Background, Summon Elementals or Spirits or Sprites): by spending +2 PP when summoning an Elemental or Spirit or Sprite makes it a Wild Card for the duration of the power. </br>
'''STOIC''' (Seasoned, Arcane Background): This character has learned how to regain Power Points back quickly at least once a day. With one minute ritual of full concentration by the character she regains 2d6 Power Points +2 per Rank over Novice (i.e. Seasoned, Veteran, Heroic and Legendary and up to her maximum Power Points). She cannot use this ritual again for 24 hours.</br>


NEW PROFESSIONAL EDGES</br>
'''BODYGUARD''' (Novice, Vigor d8+, Fighting or Shooting d6+, Notice d8+): trained to protect important people from taking harm. Often, this means that you throw yourself into the line of fire. Once per round, a bodyguard within 2” of a character that he wants to protect, must make a Notice check to throw himself into the line of fire, should the target be attacked. On a successful attack, move the bodyguard into the line of fire (moves into the nearest available square) and apply any damage to him instead of the original target. The bodyguard enjoys a +1 to his Toughness base against this damage. This does not count as an action or movement for the Bodyguard’s round.</br>
'''BOUNTY HUNTER''' (Novice, Smarts d6+, Intimidate d6+, plus either Occultism, Research or Survival d6+): Bounty hunters devote their lives to hunting down and capturing or killing targets; as a result, they get very good at it. Pick a type of 'targets' that you specialize in. These can include: Sentient Paracritters, Metahumans or Beast. You can make a Occultism (vs. non-meta-human sapient paracritters like dragons and vampires), Research (vs. metahumans) or Survival (vs. animals and non-sentient paracritters) check. Success grants +1 to all Trait rolls against the target and to your damage rolls against it until the end of the encounter. With a raise the bonus to Trait rolls and damage against the target are increased to +2. You can take this edge up to three times, each time your bonuses apply to a different type of hunted.</br>
'''COMBAT ACE''' (Season, Ace, Boating or Drive or Pilot d8+, Shooting d6+): The vehicle operator can fire one weapon system and make normal vehicle control checks once per action without incurring a multi-action penalty while Boating, Piloting or Driving a vehicle, aircraft, or spacecraft.</br>
'''CORPORATE ADAPT/MAGE/SHAMAN''' (Novice, Arcane Background – Adapt, Mage or Shaman, Smarts d8+, Occultism d6+; cannot have Street Adapt/Mage/Shaman edge): this adapt or spellcaster (normally a Mage) is use to the ins and outs of corporate lives and has received formal training of his or her magical traditions. Due to how this training uses cybernetic implants, they receive extra training on how to overcome it. They can ignore 1.0 points of Strain penalty when casting their spells. ''Note this has no affect on others casting beneficial spells onto you''</br>
'''COVERT OPERATIVE''' (Novice, Thief, Agility d8+, Athletics d8+, Hacking d6+, Stealth d8+, Thievery d6+): Covert Operatives specialize in breaking and entering into places. They gain a +2 to Hacking skill when attempting to bypass a lock or security systems. They also grant a grants a +2 to Stealth rolls to all followers that are within 6” of him (including other Wild Cards).</br>
'''CYBER-PSYSHIC ALIGNMENT''' (Notice, Arcane Background - Adapt, Mage or Shaman, Smarts d8+, Spirits d8+, Occultism d6+): The character’s mind and body are aligned strongly enough to allow for them to have up to 1.0 Strain of Cybernetic Strain without adverse effects on the awakened being when casting their powers. This Edge can be combines with '''''Corporate Adapt/Mage/Shaman''''' to allow the caster to ignore 2.00 strain when casting their own spells.</br> 
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'''DIGITAL COWBOY/GIRL''' (Novice, Hacking d6+, Datajack Imlant): You are an expert in the digital world. While you are using full emersion in the Matrix you gain a bonus +1 to all your Matrix Skills (Browse, Search, Sneak and Trickers) checks and when +2 with the Sleaze and Spoof programs.</br>
'''DRONE BOND''' (Novice, Vehicle Rig Control implant): as Beast Bond can spend Bennies on Drones under your control via a VRC.</br>
'''DRONE MASTER''' (Novice, Vehicle Rig Control implant): Drones under your control via a VRC count as Wild Cards (note that vehicles under your Direct Control automatically count as Wild Cards also).</br>
'''EXPLORER''' (Novice, Notice d8+, Survival d8+): Masters of survival and observation, an explore gains +2 to Survival checks as well as Vigor checks made due to environmental influences. This includes weather, temperature, or atmospheres, but not things like plants or animal poisons.</br>
'''GHOST TALKER''' (Seasoned, Arcane Background – Mage or Shaman; Occultism d8+): The character has learned to speak with ghosts and spirits in astral space and gain information that they would normally not share. This grants the spell caster the ability to take a full minute of concentration to ask a question that a local spirits or ghost might know by making a Faith or Spellcasting check. The GM has the final say but most spirits have limited information about their area or a ghost might know how it died (but it might not) and give some basic information of other spirits or metahumans that have passed through the area recently, etc.</br>
'''INFILTRATOR''' (Seasoned, Stealth d10+): Infiltrators specialize at entering bypassing guards and security systems. You can re-roll a Stealth check so long as the roll was not a Critical Failure.</br>
'''SMOOTH OPERATOR''' (Novice, Smarts d8+, Persuasion d6+): A master of negotiation. Whether they work for a corporation, a government or a crime syndicate, you gain a +2 to Networking checks within such groups (SWA pg. 133).</br>
'''SMUGGLER''' (Novice, Stealth d8+, Thievery d8+): Smugglers ply the illegal trade routes, smuggling goods from one hot-spot to another. They gain a +2 to Stealth or Thievery skill checks to hiding items one yourself or on their vehicles. This bonus also applies for their vehicles when trying to avoid detection. Also gain a +1 Repair skill to modifying their own vehicles.</br>
'''STREET MAGE/SHAMAN''' (Novice, Arcane Background – Mage or Shaman, Smarts d8+, Occultism d6+; cannot have Corporate Mage/Shaman Edge): these spellcasters learned their art on the means streets of some Metroplex. They are used to the rigors of on the fly spellcasting and can ignore Fatigue penalty to any of your Spellcasting checks (but only spell casting). </br>