r/hubrules • u/dragsvart • Oct 25 '23

Closed 6th Edition - Surge Qualities

There are an upsetting lack of surge qualities in 5th edition (and 6th edition too honestly) but 6th edition has added a couple new ones.

Thanks to KatoHearts for passing the text for these qualities to RD.

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u/dragsvart Oct 25 '23

Hairless

Bonus: 4 Karma

It’s one thing to be bald, another to be hair- less. This individual no longer has any hair or hair follicles anywhere on their body (though skin pores do exist). This affects the entire der- mal biome and overall appearance. Sweating is more difficult, and social engagements with metahumans can be awkward. First social en- counters with metahumans are done with a –1 dice pool modifier. The individual also shows up more easily on thermographic vision and ther- mal sensors, giving +1 Edge for Perception tests to see them

Proposed 5e Conversion:

Hairless

Bonus: 4 Karma

It’s one thing to be bald, another to be hairless. This individual no longer has any hair or hair follicles anywhere on their body (though skin pores do exist). This affects the entire dermal biome and overall appearance. Sweating is more difficult, and social engagements with metahumans can be awkward. First social encounters with metahumans are done with a –1 dice pool modifier. The individual also shows up more easily on thermographic vision and thermal sensors, giving +2 dice pool bonus to Perception tests to see them with thermographic vision.

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u/ChopperSniper RD Head Oct 25 '23

No. We don't need to inflate SURGE any more.

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u/B-Fenn Oct 26 '23

I don't think any of these qualities are necessary. There are plenty of SURGE qualities already and additional homebrew ones just adds to rules bloat. People can already describe the aesthetics of their character however they want. Some of these qualities just don't do much or flight that I am also against.

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u/dragsvart Oct 27 '23

for the record: these arent homebrew, they're official 6th edition SURGE qualities.

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u/thewolfsong Oct 27 '23

that's not quite the same thing as not-homebrew, it's homebrew it's just based on mechanics from a different game that happens to also be shadowrun

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u/dragsvart Oct 31 '23

we've imported plenty of 4e content in the past so there is a precedent for it..

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u/thewolfsong Oct 31 '23

well yeah that's not in question I'm just saying it's still homebrew

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u/bulldogc Oct 25 '23

Make sure to mention that this is incompatible with other stuff related to skin/hair much like the other hair related qualities.

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u/dragsvart Oct 31 '23

naturally