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Shadowrun is a cyberpunk- fantasy cross-genre role-playing game, set in the not too distant future, following a great cataclysm that has brought use of magic back to the world, just as it begins to embrace the marvels (and dangers) of technologies such as cyberspace - the everpresent computer networks, genetic engineering, and the merger of man and machine called cyberware. The game has also been adapted to the Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and in Japan only, the Sega Mega-CD. All three of these adaptations are entirely different games with different story lines, although they all take place within the same Shadowrun universe. They are generally faithful to the pen and paper game, though in varying degrees. All versions show significant Japanese influence.Shadowrun was developed and published by FASA until early 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap, when FASA closed its doors and the property was sold to WizKidsWizKids, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that produces collectible miniatures wargames. The company was founded in 2000 by Jordan Weisman, a veteran of the game company FASA. It was purchased by sports-card manufacturer Topps, Inc. WizKids is best known f who licenses the RPG rights to the current publisher, Fantasy Productions (who were responsible for the German version of the game), and potential computer gameA computer game is any sort of game that is played using a computer. General Although often associated, computer games are not necessarily video games although all but the earliest video games (such as Pong, which used dedicated analogue circuitry) are co rights to MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation , headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the world's largest software company (with over 50,000 employees in various countries, as of May 2004). Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of software.
1 Fictitious background
1.1 Races
You are not limited to playing humanHuman beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. Biologically, they are classified as Homo sapiens ( Latin for knowing man , a primate species of mammal with a highly developed brain. In spirituas. OrksThis article is about the mythical demon, for King Canute's steward of England see Orc (steward). Orc (sometimes spelt Ork is a Latin word for a demon or a creature of the underworld. It was revived by J. Tolkien in his fictional stories of Middle-earth a, trollA troll is a member of a fearsome humanoid race from Scandinavian folklore, and its predecessor Norse mythology, as in " The Three Billy Goats Gruff ," the well-known Scandinavian folk tale in which a troll living under a bridge torments some billy goatss, elvesElves are mythical creatures of Germanic mythology that have survived in northern European folklore. Originally a race of minor gods of nature and fertility, they are often pictured as small, youthful-seeming men and women of great beauty living in forest and dwarves, as well as certain diverging subspecies (known as metavariants) like gnomes, giants, minotaurs, have evolved by being given birth by or changed from humans, a phenomenon called Unexplained Genetic Expression, or "UGE". Non-human races are called metahumans.
Additionally, a virus known as HMHVV (Human Meta-Human Vampiric Virus,) with many variant strains, has been known to cause further change, frequently resulting in Bandersnatches, Banshees, Dzoo-noo-qua s, Goblins, Ghouls, Nosferatus, Vampires, Wendigos, Wild Fomorians, and other fierce abominations that are no longer human, sometimes no longer even sentient.
