Shadowrun 6th Edition

[Grifron]

Just noticed they are releasing a new edition for Shadowrun this summer and was wondering if FG had any official plans for the ruleset.

[Moon Wizard]

Usually, any new rulesets built for Fantasy Grounds are driven by a community ruleset developer who is interested in developing the framework, and we help negotiate with the publisher and handle all the logistics. If someone is interested in developing the ruleset, they could start creating the ruleset and reach out to us when they have a prototype to show.

Regards,
JPG

[Nylanfs]

It looks like 6th will be easier to code since they appear to be eliminating Limits and some crunchy things.

[Grifron]

Is there a thread I am missing that has what is being worked on?

[LordEntrails]

Is there a thread I am missing that has what is being worked on?
No. There is no thread. Any community rulesets that are publicly in works will have their own thread, typically in the Core RPG sub-forum or Workshop. If you look for C&C or AD&D you will see they have long community threads and development before they got "converted" to official rulesets.

In short, SmiteWorks doesn't have the resources (or business case) to work on rulesets themselves. It requires a community developer to make a functional ruleset, and then a community of players interested in playing it. Then it makes since for SW to go to the publisher and try to get licensing rights for actual content (i.e. the "books")

[Moon Wizard]

We don’t typically announce this kind of development in advance, because quite a few projects don’t make it to completion. If someone is interested in doing development, they can contact us at support to enquire if a game system they’re interested in working on already has interest either from publisher or another developer.

Regards,
JPG

[Grifron]

Ok, thanks guys

[damned]

SR6 was only announced by the publisher a couple of days ago - there is no dev work happening on it - very few people would have access to the materials even at this point.

[sanshou]

If I had access to the rules, I would love to help make the ruleset. Have never used fantasy grounds though but in order to get a player for my new SR6 group since my SR5 roll 20 campaign died, I traded adding a D&D 5.0 game using fantasy grounds to get the DM to play in my shadowrun group.

[screng]

any news? i am finally in the market to leave r20 and this would tip the scales.

[esmdev]

any news? i am finally in the market to leave r20 and this would tip the scales.

There isn't currently a 6th edition ruleset but there is a 5th edition extension.

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?48066-Shadowrun-5e-(MoreCore-Extension)&highlight=Shadowrun

[screng]

Ah too bad. thx for replying so quickly.

[dividesbyzer0]

Any news on this? I am also hoping to play shadowrun or cyberpunk red

[pablomaz]

Any news on this? I am also hoping to play shadowrun or cyberpunk red

Me too...

[Stordyr]

We are still not closer to getting this, eh?

[pablomaz]

We are still not closer to getting this, eh?

14 months after its release, neither FG, Roll20 or FVTT have a ruleset/sheet/system support for SR 6E. I believe it shows how much unenthusiastic the community is with it...

[Stordyr]

I mean, I certainly still have SR3 but is that around for FGU ?

[damned]

Nothing happens by itself.
If no-one builds it no-one builds it.

[brentimain]

Sure would love to see this built.

[Morenu]

Nothing happens by itself.
If no-one builds it no-one builds it.

So Damned... you're a major ruleset guy, If we could get you the SR 6e rule books could you be persuaded? :)

[damned]

My list is longer than a pathfinder adventure path.... sorry.

[pablomaz]

That's unfortunate.:D

[damned]

Its unfortunate that I have a long list of things im working on?

[sanshou]

I see there is a development API for this. Not that I have a lot of time and most days I don't want to do anymore coding than the 12 hours I do a day at work but maybe I will see if I can drum up some energy to explore writing an SR6 rule set edition. Provided I can understand the docs that tell you how to create rulesets.

[Morenu]

There is a ruleset creation software I believe that would help.

[Milke]

I had thought Shadowrun was in 7th. But I see from a search it's in 6th. I have heard (and, really, all you know is what you hear) that 6th edition was basically unplayable.

[LordEntrails]

For anyone looking to develop a ruleset, consider using Ruleset Wizard. It has given a non-coder hack like me a chance at developing my own ruleset (for Frontier Space). Ruleset Wizard – The ruleset development environment for Fantasy Grounds (https://www.rulesetwizard.com/)

[damned]

I had thought Shadowrun was in 7th. But I see from a search it's in 6th. I have heard (and, really, all you know is what you hear) that 6th edition was basically unplayable.

Many games have edition fans - ShadowRun is definitely one of those.
4th and 5th are probably more popular than 6th.
I see occasional requests for 3rd even!

[pablomaz]

Its unfortunate that I have a long list of things im working on?

Hey damned!
Yeah, but in a good way. Please don't get me wrong.

Also, about Shadowrun, I am not aware of another system with such fractured fanbase. Even here in Brazil, where we had localizations only for the 2nd, 5th, and (now) 6th editions, the fanbase is pretty dispersed. It's far from the optimal arrangement for a VTT...

[damned]

Unfortunate for everyone. Players, company, 3rd party support.
Hopefully new editions of your game attract new players and keep your old players.
Doing neither is not a good strategy!

Ive only played 2 games of SR4 and that is it.
But some of my table are big fans of Shadowrun (again maybe not so much of the new version).

[dstuffle]

I saw that Catalyst has released an official rule set for Shadowrun 6th Ed for Roll 20. Why they went with the worst VTT I'll never know.
That being said, they may be open to an official FG-U rule set.

https://www.shadowrunsixthworld.com/2023/01/shadowrun-quick-start-rules-come-to-roll20/

[pablomaz]

I saw that Catalyst has released an official rule set for Shadowrun 6th Ed for Roll 20. Why they went with the worst VTT I'll never know.
That being said, they may be open to an official FG-U rule set.

https://www.shadowrunsixthworld.com/2023/01/shadowrun-quick-start-rules-come-to-roll20/

Yeah, they did. I bought it (so far, they've converted the Quickstart, the core rule book, and a deck of cards featuring guns). It's mostly drag-and-drop capabilities of things to use with the character sheet that was already 100% usable before the release. It's good that we have one option, but nothing fancy. It's a pain to navigate the material, for example.

Catalyst may be open to it, but from what I understand, some developer from the community must be interested in doing it. And apparently no one is. Not surprisingly, of course, given how fractured the SR player base is between the editions.