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Thematic Elements of CE

UndeadNappist edited this page Feb 27, 2021 · 9 revisions

Shadowrun is a crazy, kind of wacky, mashup of traditional cyberpunk and high fantasy magic. It's real draw over other cyberpunk is the combination of a bit of hyper-violence slapstick with the normally gray, gritty, realistic tales of back-and-forth in the shadows.

You wanna be a mage dressed as a stripper while wearing high heels and shooting uzis? Sure, go ahead. You want to make a grim fellow who was a spy, running the shadows and keeping himself as bland as possible while looking over his shoulder? Right.

Don't go crazy with color, but don't make anything Corporate Espionage: The scheming. It mostly leans on the former for inspiration with the latter's style washing over it to keep things muted: That makes bursts of insanity or craziness stand out even more.

When you start building a zone, start with the NARRATIVE and THEME first. Building outwards from there will give you a lot easier time.

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