Shadowrun

scritzero asked: When might we see some books carrying various sub metahuman types, spirits, shifters, drakes, surge characters and the infected? I ask because I have a crazy idea of a shifter mage who uses throdes to hack as well and want to see if it's possible XD

With regard to SR5-specific rules, I can’t say. Until Catalyst announces a book, we treat it as non-existent in public.

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That said, there are books that cover these creatures from previous editions. The most recent one with PC creation rules is Runner’s Companion, which is for Shadowrun, Fourth Edition and Shadowrun, Twentieth Anniversary Edition. And unless I’m mistaken the rules would not preclude the creation of such a character, but they would be very weak.

The Shadowrun Companion (3rd Ed) has the most recent rules for creating Shapeshifters using the Priority System. For a full magician shapeshifter, this is the required assignment (SR3Comp, 35):

• A: Magician
• B: Resources (Though you actually only start with 5,000¥)
• C: Race

That doesn’t leave a lot of room for Skills and Attributes. Nor does the Runner’s Companion point-based system. Nor would I expect any future rules to. The Shadowrun, Fifth Edition tagline, “Everything has a price,” is no joke.