Sixth World Podcast

Time to answer all the questions you've got burning a hole in your brain! We were joined by Cliff Wright (aka: Mr. Johnson) of The Arcology Podcast. It was a blast! We even had some heated debate.  Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast BOBBY - Star Wars Day, I want a new intro, Fallout 4 Survival Mode News / Stuff A new Earthdawn actual play - Legends of Earthdawn Live show from Origins! Forbidden Arcana is out! Q&A Sparkles (Patron) - For Mr. J and other GMs - When creating content for you campaigns, do you find it more interesting to use character backgrounds, contacts, qualities as source material to drive the direction or do you prefer to drive the campaign thru your own/published content? Player content followed by cannon then my own. Player content makes it easier to get the players invested in the story. Canon material is fun to use as then players can relate when it shows up elsewhere like podcasts, missions...Using my own content can be f

Magic is a mysterious force which guides and shapes much of the sixth world. Naturally, many people in the world of Shadowrun have opinions about where this force comes from, and the proper way to wield it. In this episode we discuss those varied magical traditions with Shadowrun freelancer Dylan Stangel.  Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast BOBBY - New Patrons!, 2^4 CASSIE - Pro-LamPrey is up on the Patreon! Its an aquacology run. News / Stuff Interesting Earthdawn stuff coming. Stay tuned to Arcology Podcast for more info. Q&A Keith King - Just heard Ep14, what an insightful guy Adam is. Both Bobby and Cassie as always enjoyable but please get Adam back again. Great episode. Also Cassie you said that you would leave the hardened armour roll 20 macro in the show notes. If you could sort that out that would be sweet. Top work guy, I really enjoy your stuff. Ralf Stauder - The food episode begs the following questions: What remains of rural Americ

The ocean is a deep and terrifying place full of all sorts of dangers you are probably not prepared for. Aquacologies are cities that the corps build to try to stake their claim. We talk with Todd Gizzi about the threats that we face when sent on a run into these places.  Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast BOBBY - Dermatologist, Does everyone hate April Fool's Day now? CASSIE -  News / Stuff New Show - Tales From the Stuffer Shack Todd found out he was a drake. Q&A Paul Higdon - Agents. I'm trying to understand why I want one...especially for decking, but their general use would be welcome also. I can't find a lot out there on best practices, common uses that makes me see how to incorporate them into my character. Ralf Stauder - What, if any, programs, apps, or tools do you use when running a local round of Shadowrun (both as player and GM), and which functions of those tools (e.g. a character generator is great before the game, but during the r

The game Shadowrun has a long history, and we take some time to talk to Adam Koebel about 1st Edition Shadowrun, his show Mirrorshades, and the journey our beloved game has undergone over the course of it's life, for good or for bad. Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast BOBBY - Vacation in DC - Library of Congress was awesome. CASSIE - Latest episode on Emerald Grid revealed a Drake & I was a SHARK! News NONE! Q&A Robert Woford - I think I have it down but want to verify, a materialized spirit gains Immunity to normal weapons, this gives it armor equal to 2X Essence which acts as Hardened Armor? there is a lot of jumping to different abilities so I was getting confused. Not sure I am allowed to ask a question or not since I have the shirt to prove "I asked Bobby a question". Not sure if it is one question ever Chris Vandergriff - Why is it so hard for Shadowrun game groups to organize into structured teams? They don't seem to want to accept a

We dig into Elven history and their special brand of organized crime in our episode on the Laesa crime syndicate in Shadowrun. Russell Zimmerman joins us to give us his expertise as the authority on all things Elvish. New Patrons! - Paul Higdon, Matt Johnson, and Osye Pritchett Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast BOBBY - Patreon changes, next episode will be late, half a year! CASSIE - Writing runs for Patreon, and hosting one-shots for SCN and Roll20 News NONE! Q&A Eric Languirand - One little question regarding matrix icons, if they're not running silent and are within 100m do you have their locations? If they are silent and you find them with a perception check (for example a camera) do you have to put 2 marks on it and use the trace icon actions to know where it is? Chris Vandergriff - I forget, in Shadowrun, what the percentage of the population was killed off by the Vitas plague. Given the appropriate population reduction, can you explain h

Every TTRPG campaign needs a good villain, and Shadowrun is no different. The dystopic sixth world has no dearth of villianous options, either. We are joined by Joe Russell of the Relative Dimension podcast to talk about Villains, what role they play in your campaigns, and how to include them. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - James O'Neil Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast CASSIE - Has Cassie finished Howling Shadows? News Will we ever see Cyberware and Bioware in the real world? Q&A Scott Flowers - Are BTLs expended when used? Because if they are reusable, you'd think they wouldn't be a very good vice for organized crime to peddle if there isn't a steady stream of strung out suckers to supply. Or are they like movies where they're reusable, but there's only so many times you can watch The Princess Bride before you need something new to watch? Chris Vandergriff - Opti seems to be trying to spur a rebirth of "hooding" in Shadowrun. Why do you think that it

Nations live and die by the availability of natural resources. Food is arguably the first and most important resource that must be managed. In this episode we talk with Shadowrun freelancer Thomas Willoughby about food in the sixth world to get a better understanding of the setting of Shadowrun. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - James O'Neil NEW PATRON - Francis Jose Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast BOBBY - I need Leonization CASSIE - New Year's Resolution check-in News Shadowcasters Discord - Listen LIVE to Complex Action Actual Play Q&A Guard-a-Manger - if a decker has an ongoing matrix action w/ Dice Pool limit & changes deck stats, what happens to the limit of the ongoing matrix action? Ralf Stauder - What's your favorite sandwich? ;-) Main Topic - Food in the Sixth World Outro NEXT EPISODE: Joe Russell - Villians CONTACT THE SHOW: http://www.sixthworldpodcast.com theshow@sixthworldpodcast.com @6WorldPodcast

The Great Dragons of the Sixth World aren't the ONLY dragons out there. Plenty of other dragons exist that have not ascended to the rank of "Great". This episode is about them, and how you should probably still be weary of dealing with them.  EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - Jacob Heid & James O'Neil Bamce - /r/Shadowrun subreddit moderator, Shadowrun YouTuber https://www.reddit.com/r/shadowrun https://www.youtube.com/user/pretentiousname01 Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast BOBBY - Phone Doctors News Gen Con Pre-Registration - Jan 29th Echo Arcana (Kickstarter) - http://kck.st/2j6k01p Roll20 Character Sheet Chummer Import - http://bit.ly/2k9pg6k Q&A Redwing - How does Noise work? Not in general but with cyberdecks and technomancers? Unless you have a cyberdeck over 300,000 nuyen you are stuck with a device rating of 3 or less. And, page 421 core rulebook, under Wireless Bonuses, states that, "If there is a Noise Rating from a situation that **is gre

A new sourcebook for social-focused characters! We have Kevin Czarnecki on the show to talk about Cutting Aces, a book that is quite monumental in Shadowrun history as it seems to be the first "face book" in the game's history. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - Jacob Heid & James O'Neil Kevin - Shadowrun freelance author Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast BOBBY - Patrons can vote on show topics! News A new Lore-Focused Shadowrun Subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/sixthworld Q&A Scott Flowers - Are there any official rules for the purchase of used cars at reduced cost but with quirks or disadvantages? IE a 20,000¥ Toyota Gopher with body rust that reduces its armor or body or a 9,000¥ Harley Scorpion that backfires horribly and reduces Social Limits? Vehicle Called Shots R&G p.115, Fixin’ That Old Beater R&G p.143 Rigger 5 p.170 Ultralord - After the last question you answered about Dual Natured beings, I would like to ask if said Dual Natur

As is done every year, a bunch of Shadowrun podcasters got together to take a look back at the past year, and talk about what plans they have for 2017 and what they're hoping to see from Shadowrun.  Bobby Frankenberger of Complex Action / Sixth World Podcast Damian Szydlo of the Violent Life Podcast Mr. Johnson of the Arcology Podcast Opti of the Neo-Anarchist Podcast Joel of the Hidden Grid Actual Play Podcast Zen Dead of the Hidden Grid Actual Play Podcast Joules Watts of the Hidden Grid Actual Play Podcast Justin Diehl of the Hidden Grid Actual Play Podcast Cassie Levett of the Sixth World Podcast Mark Mansfield, of Dice Crimes Podcast MUSIC BY: Prism Shard - https://www.soundcloud.com/prism-shard

Finding people to play Shadowrun with online can be tough. In this episode we talk with some members of the ShadowNet and RunnerHub play communities about how to help people find ways to play Shadowrun online.  EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - Jacob Heid & James O'Neil Justin - From /r/ShadowNet - https://www.reddit.com/r/shadownet/ Alex - From /r/RunnerHub - https://www.reddit.com/r/runnerhub/ Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast BOBBY - Year-End SR Podcast Simulcast CASSIE is making adventures for you! News SR: Anarchy in Game Informer's top tabletop games of 2016 - http://bit.ly/2hRouMA SR #1 on this Ranker poll - http://bit.ly/2ics83w Q&A Scott Flowers - As a GM, would you allow a player to use the Dependents Negative Quality for needy/destructive mundane pets? For example, a PC could get incessant Matrix notices from their home of their cat knocking over and breaking things out of boredom when they're in the middle of a run. If so, in your opinion,

Getting philosophical on the show, we talk about the role and purpose of Shadowrunners in the sixth world. We're joined by Ozzkore from the Twitch channel Join the Anarchy. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - Jacob Heid & James O'Neil Ozzkore Join the Anarchy - https://www.twitch.tv/jointheanarchy Chit-Chat / Catching Up Check out our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/sixthworldpodcast BOBBY loves Christmas CASSIE is rebuliding the Halloweeners. OZZ is also in love with Halloweeners. News Cutting Aces is out - http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/200337/Shadowrun-Cutting-Aces-Deep-Shadows-Sourcebook?src=hottest Q&A Ultra Lord - Do dual natured creatures have the ability to live in any metaplanes, either based on it's type, or just as a freeloader? Chris Vandergriff - What kind of force can a great form spirit bring to bear? Main Topic - The Role of a Shadowrunner in the 6th World Outro NEXT EPISODE: Z-Trip and WhyContainIt - Finding Ways to Play Online CONTACT THE SHOW: http://www.sixthworldpodcast.com the

Kevin Czarnecki talks DocWagon with us. We really take a good deep dive in exploring this AA megacorp and how it fits into the Sixth World of Shadowrun. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - Jacob Heid & James O'Neil Kevin Czarnecki Author of the SR novel Crimson - http://tinyurl.com/hbax7us Writing features in many 5th Edition sourcebooks. Chit-Chat / Catching Up We have a new logo! Made by David McDermott at http://sixthworlddesigns.tumblr.com BOBBY - Do you run holiday-themed runs? CASSIE -  Ran Matrix WetWork job. Crew had to kill a target in a UV Host. Succeed by 1 hit point. Tense and lot of fun. News Shadowrun Names - http://shadowrun.itemcards.com/ SR: Anarchy Street Date & New CatalystShop - https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/ Q&A Scott Flowers - Magic has a starting value from 1 to 6 (or 7 with the Exceptional Attribute quality)... The maximum value of your Magic attribute (if you have one) is 6 + your initiation level” - SR5 CRB p. 278. If you have Exceptional Quality (Magic) and get Magic 7 at

Lee Stone in the house to talk to us about how to create and roleplay memorable NPCs for your players in Shadowrun. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Jacob Heid Lee Stone Plays Scratchey and Marionette on the Dice Crimes actual play Also co-GMs Dice Crimes. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dice-crimes-roleplay-podcast/id993226879?mt=2 Chit-Chat / Catching Up BOBBY was on Join the Anarchy - https://www.twitch.tv/jointheanarchy CASSIE -  Ran Matrix WetWork job. Crew had to kill a target in a UV Host. Succeed by 1 hit point. Tense and lot of fun. News Johnny Nuclear and the Meltdowns - https://johnnynuclear.bandcamp.com/album/atomic-heart Cyberlegs are coming… http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v539/n7628/full/nature20118.html More Cutting Aces Art - http://catalystgamelabs.tumblr.com/post/152967914381/cutting-aces-art What are our expectations from this book? DnD in Toy Hall of  fame- https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/14/dungeons-and-dragons-enters-toy

We are joined by Joel DiPippa who helps us learn about Aztechnology. They're not JUST the terrifying practitioners of blood magic that you think they are. They make the things you like! Joel DiPippa Plays Guard-a-Manger on the Hidden Grid actual play podcast - http://www.hiddengrid.com/ Food, spirits, and men's style blogger at http://southernash.com/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Jacob Heid Chit-Chat / Catching Up The listeners voted - Bobby is going to open his Buffy figurines. Bobby will be on the Join the Anarchy Twitch stream on Monday Nov 7 at 8:30PM EST - https://www.twitch.tv/jointheanarchy News More SR Legends http://catalystgamelabs.tumblr.com/post/152028829251/more-legends-a-blast-from-the-past Cutting Aces, new Face supplement book coming soon - http://catalystgamelabs.tumblr.com/post/152626671761/cutting-aces-art Shadownet Subreddit is doing charity! - https://www.reddit.com/r/Shadowrun/comments/5avfnh/rshadownet_does_extra_life_2016/ Schiaparelli Crash/Failure - so what *is* actually on Mars? (We d

Mr. Johnson (aka: Cliff) of the Arcology Podcast joins us to talk about the brand new Shadowrun: Anarchy rules that just came out! Chit-Chat / Catching Up BOBBY A hurricane was a blowin’ Open my Buffy figures or not? Let’s decide once and for all. Straw Poll - http://www.strawpoll.me/11471713     Q&A SEND QUESTIONS TO…. theshow@sixthworldpodcast.com @6WorldPodcast --Chris (@KtownPatriot) In what ways if any does Anarchy allow for the creation and play of Prime/Legendary characters? Main Topic - Shadowrun: Anarchy -- [end @ 9:50] Anarchology Podcast A new set of episodes on the Arcology Podcast that will focus on discussing Shadowrun: Anarchy related topics. Rundown of mechanics Cue System / Narrative GMing Plot Points Edge Guest Q&A   --@2050GuardaManger Favorite 5th Edition book? favorite 5th edition index?   --Chris (@KtownPatriot) Mr. J, Which of your house rules would you most like to see made official? Setting aside role playing, what is your favorite past time to enjoy with the whol

We have Damian Szydlo from the Violent Life Podcast to talk to us about play styles and the role of the hero in Shadowrun. Chit-Chat / Catching Up  BOBBY - I could’ve been in a hip-hop video! CASSIE - Players wrapped up a storyline to kill a toxic witch. Big NPC reveal. THANK YOU to our first two patrons! Kenneth Summers ZoneGypsy   News / Random Stuff  Shadowrun Anarchy!! - http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/194759/Shadowrun-Anarchy Anarchy Cover Art Development - http://catalystgamelabs.tumblr.com/post/151297898501/shadowrun-anarchy-cover-development They went through three covers. I definitely love the one they chose. Roll20 Character Sheet - https://www.reddit.com/r/Shadowrun/comments/552b88/new_roll20_shadowrun_charactersheet_update/ Looks great. Red on black is hard to read. Wish the skills were able to be referenced as variables in macros.   Q&A  SEND QUESTIONS TO…. theshow@sixthworldpodcast.com @6WorldPodcast Oddmage How's emerald grid fit in the pink mohawk scale? Do you wan

Opti of the Neo-Anarchist Podcast joins us on our inaugural episode to talk about... Neo-Anarchy! What else? Chit-Chat / Catching Up BOBBY - I burned my finger, and my wife got mad at me about it. Eric da’MAJ sent me stuff! WE HAVE A NEW PODCAST! What the heck are we doing here? Schedule Every other Thursday at 9pm eastern US (next on Oct 6th) Upcoming guests?   News / Random Stuff Shadowtalker on Facebook Shadowrun Anarchy - Character Sheet Sixth World Design SR Triple Pack Humble Bundle   Q&A SEND QUESTIONS TO…. EMAIL - theshow@sixthworldpodcast.com TWITTER - @6WorldPodcast Ken Summers - Patreon patron The situation is this. 2 special forces Corporate Elite team members shot Fully Auto into their 6 seater van. Body 16 Armor 12.  They both won had first initiative moves, while 4 players were in the van down a alley while it was raining. The Spec forces were aiming and targeting the Van only.  With all the modifiers fully auto  with  -5 fully auto -2 environmental (rain) with an Are