Introduction
What this is, and why I did it
Sprawlrunners houserules
Sprawlrunners is a cyberpunk-with-magic setting-agnostic ruleset for Savage Worlds.
After a few years of battling the Shadowrun rules, my table eventually threw in the towel and ported our in-progress campaign to Sprawlrunners. So far, we’ve been really happy with this decision.
This section documents our use of the generic Sprawlrunners toolkit to create a Shadowrun-esque game. They contain various setting expansions, clarifications, houserules, and so forth that my table uses in our campaign. The end result is broadly compatible with the Shadowrun setting but contain numerous simplifications compared to the Shadowrun rules - by design.
Savage Worlds for Shadowrun players
A brief overview of the Savage Worlds RPG system
Goals and notes
Why I wrote these rules
Characters
Everything about characters, generation, stats, and abilities
Chargen
Quick notes on how to generate characters for Sprawlrunners
Races
Houserules for metahuman races
Languages
Houserules for spoken languages in the Sprawl
Edges
New and improved edges
Cyberware
Gotta get chromed, chummer
Physical adepts
Houserules for using physical adepts in my game
Physical Adept draft rules ideas
First draft of core rules
Downtime, advancement, and wealth
Everything about how characters advance, the things they do between missions, and the use of the Wealth die
Advancement and rewards
Character improvement and other goodies
Using the Wealth Die in Sprawlrunners
Handling money for incidental purchases without having to keep track of a bank balance
Downtime Actions
Things to do between crime sprees
Magic
Adding ‘Universal Magic Theory’ to Sprawlrunners
Using Powers
My take on No-Power-Points spell casting in SWADE
Summoning
Game mechanic for summoning
Summoner types
How different magical traditions approach spirit summoning
Arcane backgrounds
Different types of Awakened characters
Creating spirits
Rules for creating stats for spirits
Powers
Houserules and clarifications for specific powers
Astral space, perception, and projection
The astral plane; how to go there and what to do
Types of Matrix devices and their stats
Stats for devices, stuff that matters
Matrix Actions
All kinds of things deckers can do
Sleaze hacking on the wireless Matrix
What to hack and how to hack it
Cybercombat hacking
Disregard stealth; brick devices instead
Combat decking
How the decker can help in combat
Alarms
How the authorities catch deckers
Additional rules
Extra bits and pieces
Furious Hacking in our Sprawlrunners
Draft proposal for integrating ManuFS’s Furious Hacking rules into our game
Gridguide
What it does and how it works
Drone decks
draft! draft! draft!
Vehicle mods
New rules for riggers to customise their ride
Hacking vehicles and drones
Deckers vs riggers
Running
An alternative to the Running die
Influencing the Story
Houserules for using Bennies during a mission
The Heat Die
Game mechanics for when you’re being hunted
Contacts
People you know, and what they can do for you
Firearms and the Matrix
How modern firearms interact with the Matrix
Electronics
Gadgets and gizmos
Weapons
Some sample weapons drawn from Shadowrun, statted for Sprawlrunners
SINs and licences
A brief overview of fake IDs in the Sixth World
Dice probabilities reference
The chances of beating certain target numbers in Savage Worlds
Sprawlrunners archived rules
Rules I’ve removed from my Savage Worlds campaign
Furious Magic x Sprawlrunners x MagusRogue
Using the rules from Furious Magic in Sprawlrunners
Reckless casting
In a rush? Prepared to take a risk? Here you go!
Trappings & modifiers
Options for combat spells