/srg/ - Shadowrun General

About as bad as any other RPG. It's really not too horrible. Skill+Attribute for pool, write out yourpossible modifiers. The biggest issue is forgetting the setting.

Noted. Thanks, friend.

Bring it on bitch.

So, I was trying to introduce a friend to Shadowrun, and they asked if they can be, quote, "a mohawked furry Satanist"

I told them about Shapeshifters, but the bit about Satan reminded me of The Adversary, who I only remember being referenced by Shadowrun Dragonfall. Is there material that talks about him in greater detail, and what following/worshipping him entails?

You don't need to bring in shapeshifters, and in fact you'd be shooting yourself in the foot balance-, rule- and setting-wise by doing that, as well as locking him into a set few options.
Biosculpting, chummer. The furry subculture is alive and well in the Sixth World too, and it would give him a lot more flex and a lot more roleplaying opportunities if he played an actual furry instead of someone defined solely by being a magical talking animal.
I've played Werewolf: the Apocalypse. Trust me when I say it's more rewarding to play a human who had something done to them or did something to themselves than the hard-to-explore, setting-antagonizing talking animal route.

Guns are for hoops, a real runner chooses a street sign.

I think I may have been confusing shapeshifters and changelings, actually.

Are changelings more balance, rule, and setting friendly?

Also, I'm curious (and frustrated) by the issue regarding the adversary myself now. Shadow Spells has nothing. Book of the Lost has nothing. Forbidden Arcana has nothing. Street Grimoire has nothing.

Assuming 5e the differences between the changeling rules and shapeshifter rules is mostly fucked and completely fucked

How big is the return of ancient Egyptian religion in Shadowrun, or is the country still firmly Islamic?

Egypt: Incredibly heavily Islamic. Expands to cover most of northern africa. Egyptian Religion, according to 4e books, has a good following outside its birthplace as well as its magic. This is mostly because magic is banned in Egypt, and the legal system is bordering on full Sharia.

Egyptian magic: Problem with quasi insect magicians following things like scarab. Temples and holy sites are watched, as are holy days within the country. It's more common south of egypt in tribal lands as well as in the more cosmopolitan european cities. Anywhere the NIJ touched, it is quite rare and treated like any other pagan faith. That means they burn them.