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A SHADOWRUN CRITTER SOURCEBOOK

Some people like to talk about the

peace and tranquility of nature.

Their eyes glaze over, and they rave about

cool breezes, fresh air and ﬂ ittering butterﬂ ies.

They’re not paying attention, and that makes them easy pickings for any of the predators , including me. The Sixth World’s a

place of eating or being eaten. Sometimes the critters are waiting deep in the jungle; other times they’re hiding in your bedroom closet.

Proving you’re the ﬁ ttest only ends when you aren’t anymore. Know your prey—it’s the only way to catch them.

But remember, you just might be something’s prey too.

Running Wild is a sourcebook for Shadowrun, Fourth Edition . It presents a detailed overview of the animals, spirits, and

other non-metahuman entities that dwell in the Sixth World: from mundane animals that have survived the incursions of mankind, to

paranormals that have Awakened, to emergent animals that have found their own ways to embrace the Matrix, to the spirits and feral

AIs that may not even acknowledge metahumanity. Game rules and mechanics are provided for these beings and their unusual abilities,

but so are rules for characters to interact with, to augment, and to train the critters presented. Every living being is constantly in

search of its ecological niche, Running Wild can make a campaign home to hundreds of them.

paranormals that have Awakened, to emergent animals that have found their own ways to embrace the Matrix, to the spirits and feral

AIs that may not even acknowledge metahumanity. Game rules and mechanics are provided for these beings and their unusual abilities,

but so are rules for characters to interact with, to augment, and to train the critters presented. Every living being is constantly in

search of its ecological niche, Running Wild can make a campaign home to hundreds of them.

Running Wild can make a campaign home to hundreds of them.

Running Wild

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. . . table of contents . . .

ANIMAL KINGDOM 5

The Language of the Earth 7

Book of the Dead 7

A Green (R)Evolution 8

he Fittest 9

Everyday Companions 10

House Pets 10

Security Critters 11

Food Animals 11

Science’s Little Darlings 11

The Hunters’ World 12

Poachers 14

Animal Control 14

ADVANCED CRITTER RULES 16

Running Critters 18

Corporate Use of Animals 18

Mundane Critters 18

Augmented Critters 18

Paranormal Critters 19

Housing And Care 19

Dogs Vs. Assault Rile 20

Public Works 20

Pets 22

Game Information 24

Sapience 24

Critter Attributes 24

Paranormal Critters 24

Emergent Critters 24

Mundane Critters 25

Swarms and Mischiefs 25

Critter Augmentations 26

Critter Implants 26

Critter Psychoses 27

Warforms 27

Chimeric Critters 28

Genetic modiications 28

Biodrones 29

Sample Biodrones 30

Integrating Critters Into Your Game 32

Procuring Critters 32

New Skills 33

Training And Handling Critters 35

Keeping Up he Training 36

Training he Awakened/Emerged36

Swrms/Mischiefs

Mutaqua

Nosferatu

HMHVV I

Advanced Pack Training

HMHVV II

Samples of Training Levels

HMHVV III

Incorporating Critters

Into Lifestyles 39

A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE 41

Sapient Non-Metahumans In the

Metahuman World

“Renield”

DRAGONS

Dracoforms And Dracomorphs

Dracoforms

Draka, Drakes,

And Other Oddities

Going Mainstream: Integrating

Into Metahuman Society

Dracomorphs

Corporate Citizens or

Corporate Pets 47

Non-Metahuman Societies 48

Technology Usage 48

Spirituality 48

In-Depth With 48

Naga 49

Centaurs 51

Shapeshiters 52

THE INFECTED 55

HMHVV I 57

HMHVV II 59

HMHVV III 61

New Expressions 61

Harvester 61

Grendel 62

Gnawer 62

Anomalies And Other Weirdness 62

Game Information

Draconic Culture

Dragon Relations

Dragon Magic

The Great Dragons

Aden

Alamais

Arleesh

Celedyr

Ghostwalker

Hestaby

Hualpa

Kaltenstein

Lofwyr

Lung

Masaru

Mujaji

Rhonabwy

Ryumyo

Schwartzkopf

Gandersnatch

he Sea Dragon

Banshee

Sirrurg

Chupacabras

Draconic Legends

Drop Bear

Draconic information Virtual

Exchange (Dive)

Dzoo-Noo-Qua

Fomóraig

Fanany

Gnawer

M’Boi

Goblin

Game Information

Grendel

Chimera

Harvester

Firedrakon

Loup-garou

Gorgon

Running Wild

Hydra 83

Icedrakon 83

Lindworm 84

Elder Lindworms 84

Seadrakon 85

Sea Serpent 85

Wyvern 85

MUNDANE CRITTERS 86

Mundane Critters 88

Aquatic 88

Terrestrial 90

PARANORMAL ANIMALS 100

Alpine

MUTANT AND

TOXIC CRITTERS 160

On the Origins of Mutants 162

Creating a Mutant 162

Flesh Walker 163

Sample Mutant Critters 163

Creating a Toxic Critter 165

Sample Toxic Critters 165

STRANGE SPIRITS 168

On the Nature of Spirits 170

he Fey 170

Ghosts 171

Harbingers 172

Imps 172

Primordial Spirits 173

Game Information 174

Chafering With “Demons” 174

Spirit Stats 175

The Fey 175

Ghosts and haunts 178

Harbingers 179

Imps 180

Primordial Spirits 181

TECHNOCRITTERS 183

Technolution 185

Feral AI In Paris Metro Network? 185

Scientiic Status Quo

Living Persona

And Biological Nodes

189

PROTOSAPIENTS

193

Protosapient

Synthetic Intelligences 195

Behavior 195

Iconagraphy 196

Game Information 196

Protsapient Life 196

Protosapient Sapience 196

Protsapient Qualities 197

Protosapient Combat 197

Protosapeint Critters 197

Destroyer Protosapients 198

Infovore Protosapients 199

Naïve Protosapients 199

Obfuscator Protosapients 200

Zombies 201

Critter Powers 202

Mundane Powers 204

Paranormal Powers 204

Emergent Powers 204

Mundane Powers 204

Paranormal Powers 208

Emergent Powers 216

Weaknesses 218

CRITTER / POWERS INDEX 220

102

Coastal Ocean

107

Desert

109

Desert-Scrub

111

Fresh Water

116

Grasslands

118

Open Ocean

122

Rainforest

127

Savannah

130

Subterranean

133

Taiga

135

Temperate Forest

140

Urban

151

Wetland

157

188

Game Information

189

Bestiae Machinae

189

CREDITS:

RUNNING WILD

Stephen C. King , Thomas Klemann,

Peter Leitch, David Lundquest, Miguel

Martinez, Chris Maxield, Shane Mclean,

Duncan McNeill-Burton, Peter Milnes,

Joe Monfre, Dru Moore, Grahame

Mulliss, Jon Naughton, Paul Newman,

Rob Oliver, Christoph Oster wald,

Brianna Peters, Michael Polowy, Bryan

Pow, Lya l l Pow, Suzanna Powel l ,

Christian Puschmann, Grant Robinson,

Sina Schindler, Roz Sexton, Mark

Somers, Adria Terrill, David Thorton,

John Unchelenko, Doug Vetillaro, Timm

Vowinkel, Bryan Wallbridge, Cynthia

Wallbridge, Michael Wich

Proofreaders: Adam Bruno, Mark Dynna,

Mason Hart, Lars Wagner Hansen,

Elizabeth Nold, David Silberstein,

Jeremy Weyand

Props: Special thanks to everyone who

worked on the previous critter and loca-

tion books. We stand on the shoulders of

giants, as we reach for the stars.

hank you to Susan and Kathryn for

constantly allowing me to clack away at the

keyboard, when I should be doing more

important things around the house. hank

you to our playtesters and our writers for

bouncing ideas constantly and making sure

that all criticism stayed constructive.—JD

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Derie, John Dunn, Patrick Goodman,

Jennifer Harding, Adam Large, Stephen

McQuillan, Aaron Pavao, Malik Toms

Editing: Mike Mendoza

Development: John Dunn, Jennifer

Harding, Peter Taylor

Managing Developer: Randall Bills

Art Direction: Randall Bills

Interior Layout: Alicia Heerdt (with John

Dunn and Adam Jury)

Cover Art: Michael Komarck

Cover Layout: Matt Heerdt

Illustration: Emel Akiah, Jonas Myhre

Andreassen, Steven Bentley, Christopher

Burdett, Brent Evans, Klaus Scherwinski,

Chad Sergesketter, Dean Spencer, Peter

Tikos, Celia Yost

Playtesters: Natalie Aked, Rob Aked,

Steven A. Carroll, Rob Carter, Ryan

Cobb, Brent Coomes, Siin Crawford,

Greg Danielson, Bruce Ford, Eugen

Fournes, Joanna Fournes, Jordan Frame,

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Hoover, homas J. Howell, Rich Ingram,

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