ShadowRun.DnD5
These rules are not an attempt to convert everything about Shadowrun into DnD5th but to instead capture the fell of the setting.
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BASIC HOUSERULES
Character Classes: all characters (not just Heroic characters) gain the following: base Proficiency Bonus, a Feat at 1st level, then another Feat every 2 levels afterwards (3, 5, 7, etc.), and Attribute Bonus of +2 to one Attribute or a +1 to two different Attributes every 4 levels, starting at 4th (4, 8, 12, etc.). There are seven Heroic Classes: Adept, Face, Fighter, Infiltrator, Magic-User, Tech and Tough. Heroic characters gain three core Talents at 1st level plus one additional talent every odd level after that (3, 5, etc.) and a Bonus Class Feat every even level (2, 4, 6, etc.). These feats must be chosen from the Class Bonus Feat list.
Heroic characters gain Karma Points which act as Hero Points from the Optional Rules in the DMG (pg. 264) but see below.
| Character Level | Proficiency Bonus | Character Level Bonus | Heroic Level Bonus |
| 1 | +2 | Starting Feat | Talents(s) |
| 2 | +2 | -- | Bonus Feat |
| 3 | +2 | Feat | Talent |
| 4 | +2 | Attrubyte boost | Bonus Feat |
| 5 | +3 | Feat | Talent |
| 6 | +3 | -- | Bonus Feat |
| 7 | +3 | Feat | Talent |
| 8 | +3 | Attribute boost | Bonus Feat |
| 9 | +4 | Feat | Talent |
| 10 | +4 | -- | Bonus Feat |
| 11 | +4 | Feat | Talent |
| 12 | +4 | Attribute boost | Bonus Feat |
| 13 | +5 | Feat | Talent |
| 14 | +5 | -- | Bonus Feat |
| 15 | +5 | Feat | Talent |
| 16 | +5 | Attribute boost | Bonus Feat |
| 17 | +6 | Feat | Talent |
| 18 | +6 | -- | Bonus Feat |
| 19 | +6 | Feat | Talent |
| 20 | +6 | Attribute boost | Bonus Feat |
Karma Points: Heroic characters gain 5 + ½ (round down) their Heroic class levels in Karma Points. You can only spend one Karma a round. Karma points add 1d4+1 to any 1d20 roll (attack roll, saving throw, skill or ability check etc.) and are used to activate certain Talents. Unspent Karma Points are lost when you raise a level (and gain your new levels’ Karma points). Certain Talents and Feats and grant you additional Karma Points, high dice to add to your d20 and new uses.
Talents, Feats and Skills: Using the basic ideas of skills from DnD5 but renaming a couple, adding new ones and new usage. Talents tend to be of greater usefulness and abilities over Feats which are much less powerful (more common). Unless specified elsewhere the DC for Skill is found in PHB pg. 174.
Also not using Tool proficiencies. These have been replaced by new skills. See Skill Update below.
Proficiency: Armors include Light, Medium, Heavy and Shields. Weapons include Simple, Martial (as from the PHB), Light Firearms (pistols, machine pistols, etc.), Heavy Firearms (rifles, assault rifles, shotguns, etc.), Heavy Weapons (machine guns, grenade launchers, etc.) and Super Heavy Weapons (tank cannons, rocket launchers, heavy missile launchers, etc.).
Circumstance Bonuses: While still using Advantages/Disadvantages as normal also using circumstance bonuses that can come from various talents and feats. The same ‘types’ of bonus do not stack but different types can. Basic types: equipment, insight, magic, moral or rage.
Firing into Melee Combat and Ranged attacks while prone: Attacker into melee with an ally and enemies are at a Disadvantage. You are not at disadvantage when firing firearms, etc. when prone.
Wound Damage Threshold: see Reeling Condition below. Your Would Damage Threshold is equal to 15 + Proficiency Bonus + either Strength or Constitution ability modifier (whichever is better). Size also has an effect. Large sized beings gain +2, Huge +5, Gargantuan +10 and Colossal +20. Vehicles can also suffer these affects (see Vehicles).
Additional Conditions – Reeling (see Condition in the PHB): if you suffer damage equal to or greater than your Wound Damage Threshold from one attack, you gain the Reeling condition. Effects…
- You suffer Disadvantage to all Attacks, Skills and Ability checks.
- If you suffer from a second Reeling affect (i.e. you are reeling and again take damage that equal or exceeds your Wound Damage Threshold), you are Stunned for one round. After this round, you lose the Stunned condition but you are still suffering from the Reeling condition as above.
- In order to recover from Reeling, at the end of your round (after you have taken all your actions) attempt a Constitution or Wisdom save (whichever is better) vs. a DC10 or ½ the Damage you just suffered that imposed the condition (round down, whichever is greater, but maximum DC20). If you succeed with your roll, you are no longer suffering the Reeling condition. If you fail, you still are suffering from the Condition.
- Instead you can spend your Action to recover from Reeling, gaining advantage on your check. You can still take the free check at the end of your round if this check failed as above.
Slow Natural Healing: as the option rule found in DMG pg. 267. You only gain back ½ Hit Dice (round up) each long rest and can then spend as many as you wish on HP’s back. Also, once per day, you can recovery one level of Exhaustion after a short rest (in additional to another one at the end of a Long Rest).
Heroic Recovery: when a character falls below ½ their maximum hit points, they can call on some inner reserves that drives many heroes to recover some. As an Action you regain 1d of your best Hit Dice (if multi-classing) plus its Constitution modifier plus your Heroic level back in hit points, up to your maximum total HP’s. You regain an additional +1d of your best HD at your 5th Heroic level, and an additional +1d of your best HD every five additional Heroic levels after that. You must complete a long rest to regain the use of this ability and this does not cost you any of your Hit Dice for healing.
Maintaining Spells in Shadowrun no spell last longer than the spell caster concentrating on it. All spells that require concentration automatically end if the magic user stops concentrating on it.
Full Round Action and Free Actions: A full round action takes up the creatures full round, including their action, movement (Speed 0 remaining) and bonus action (you still have your reaction). A free action take none of these.
Mind-Effecting: many talents and feats are listed as mind-effecting. These talents and feats only affect living, sentient beings, nor spirits or elementals. Mind-effecting fear don’t work against sentient beings immune to fear.
Hardness: Vehicles and material reduce some damage automatically (ala Damage Reduction of older editions). Hardness reduces all damage by its level before applying it to the target. There is a special ‘Ballistic Hardness’ that works as a damage reduction but only verses ballistic weapon damage. This is common in most armor, drones and vehicles. Cybernetic implants and spells can also grant some Hardness to metahumans and stacks with ballistic hardness for overall ratings. Some paracritters and enhanced animals can also gain Hardness ratings.
