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Were-Creatures

A.R.Gay ()

I had some players who wanted to take something a bit different from the norm. So after reading Striper: Assasin I came up with the following rules for playing and designing were creatures in a Shadowrun: 2nd ed game.

Table 1: Character creation

Priority     Race     Magic    Attributes    Skills    Resorces
 (4)A        Were     Yes        30 pts      40 pts    1,000,000Y/50
 (3)B        Meta     Adept      24 pts      30 pts    400,000Y/35
 (2)C        Meta     None       20 pts      24 pts    90,000Y/25
 (1)D        Human    None       17 pts      20 pts    5,000Y/15
 (0)E        Human    None       15 pts      17 pts    500Y/5

As you can see I use the more metas rule from the second edition as I and my players like to have a bigger choice in charachter creation. There are problems with this table, such as were's can not be full blown magic users, but then they are powerful enough as they are. I have included points cost, if you like to create characters useing 10 pts. instead of priorities.

Weres only get attribute bonuses when in animal form.

Summery of Were-creature powers

Weaknesses:: Allergy (Silver, Severe), Vulnerability (Silver).
Powers:: Enhanced physical attributes when in animal form. (see Table 3) Regeneration (See Regeneration.)

SO WHAT DO I GET?

As a were creature you get the abilities listed in the book with a few changes. You must take the listed allergy to silver, but do not get the usual benifits associated with taking allergies. (Extra points, money etc.) All silver weapons do one extra levle of damage. However, the weapon must be pure silver, silver coating is not enough.

Regeneration

All were creatures can regenerate, the round after taking damage they roll a body check againts the numbers given below, they then regain a number of boxes equal to the number of successes scored.

Table 2:Regeneration Targets

Wound Level      Target 
Light              4   
Moderate           6    
Severe             8    
Deadly            10

Example: Tania is a werewolf and has been in a fight, she has taken 2 moderate wounds. Tania has a body of 5, rolling this she gets 1, 3, 4, 9, 17. Her target number is 8. therefore she regenerates 2 boxes of damage.

Enhanced Attributes

Were-creatures also get the enhanced attributes in animal form, these are worked out as in the SRII rule book. To change form a were-creature must make roll Body(5). The base time for the tramsformation is 1 turn, if two successes are rolled the charachter gets to perform one free action, if four are rolled you get a simple action, and if six are rolled you get a complex action, in the turn that you are shifting. If no successes are rolled you can only shift form in that turn. If the rule of one is invoked while changing shape, the creature has stressed itself, takes an imediate moderate wound and can not try to change shape for 12 hours - Body.

Table 3: Animal form Physical attributes

Roll    Animal    Body    Quickness     Strength
 1      Rat       3        6x4          2
 2      Fox       4        5x5          3
 3      Wolf      7        6x5          6
 4      Leopard   7        6x5          7
 5      Tiger     10       7x5          10
 6      Bear      11/1     5x4          11

I normaly make my players roll D6 and consult the previous table to see which animal form they get, although you can do it any way you like, these are not the only shape shifters available, but just the ones that I think are most appropriate, feel free to introduce your own ones.

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