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smarthousemerc) wrote2021-01-10 08:24 pm
smarthousemerc) wrote2021-01-10 08:24 pm
Shadowrun Basics
Some basic terms and info from Shadowrun to explain Some Things.
Basic Premise: Cyberpunk meets fantasy.
Artificial Intelligence versus Digital Intelligence: AI's are much like what they are today, programs with some ability to adapt like in video games or self driving cars. DI's are what some Big Deal True AI's decided to call themselves because the implications of being 'artificial' implies they may not be true beings. ISA started as an AI and then evolved into a DI. She has little opinion on the differentiation, but it does make it easier to have a conversation about it.
DI's are highly illegal, highly scary for their potential, and are either destroyed or enslaved if discovered.
Shadowrunner: Basically a mercenary. There's hackers, deckers (who control drones), mages, technomancers, and all sorts of fighters and charmers.
Magic: Its a real thing. It wasn't always real on a grand scale, but some time ago there was an awakening and suddenly people were turning into trolls and elves and mages were suddenly a thing.
Technology: Cyberpunk status. There's robo limbs and drones and self driving cars and holograms and data jacks in your brain. However, there is a limit to how cyber a person can be. Too much and they will die unless they go full robot with encoding their brain onto the Matrix.
Matrix: The internet mixed with AR on steroids.
Magic versus Technology: They don't mix. If someone has a bunch of cybernetics, they're not doing magic. On the other hand, technology likes to go on the fritz around magic. In her world, ISA is unable to see magic itself. She can see the Effects such as if someone did a fireball, she sees the fire, but she is unable to see the magic of the fire forming.
Technomancers: Someone who doesn't need any technology implanted to interact with the Matrix or technology and can do things people usually can't. If they're discovered by Corporations or the government, they're likely to Disappear.
Resonance: The way technomancers interact with technology. ISA is also able to access this. It's kind of like an inbetween magic and technology, leaning more towards tech.
Corporations: Going with the cyberpunk theme, the world is run by money and Corporations more than the government these days.
Overwatch: The watchers of the Matrix. They're run by the biggest players in the Corporate world who are interested in keeping enough order in the world so they can keep running as they please. Do too many illegal things at once and they'll come after you, but how responsive they are depends on what you're doing and to who.
Metahumanity: Basically, the reference to all races instead of just humans. So trolls, elves, dwarves, all that.
Personal Game Stuff just from my game specifically.
The Electronic Church: Referred to as Niblings as a gender neutral term. The Electronic Church believe the union of metahumanity, technology, and one day, magic, is the way to true immortality. They want to be able to experience all the pleasures of life, and live forever. At present, metahumans have basically disposed of their bodies and tied themselves to android bodies. They are attempting to find a way to combine magic, to have a true experience of unity.
Unknown how earnest or shady they are.
Basic Premise: Cyberpunk meets fantasy.
Artificial Intelligence versus Digital Intelligence: AI's are much like what they are today, programs with some ability to adapt like in video games or self driving cars. DI's are what some Big Deal True AI's decided to call themselves because the implications of being 'artificial' implies they may not be true beings. ISA started as an AI and then evolved into a DI. She has little opinion on the differentiation, but it does make it easier to have a conversation about it.
DI's are highly illegal, highly scary for their potential, and are either destroyed or enslaved if discovered.
Shadowrunner: Basically a mercenary. There's hackers, deckers (who control drones), mages, technomancers, and all sorts of fighters and charmers.
Magic: Its a real thing. It wasn't always real on a grand scale, but some time ago there was an awakening and suddenly people were turning into trolls and elves and mages were suddenly a thing.
Technology: Cyberpunk status. There's robo limbs and drones and self driving cars and holograms and data jacks in your brain. However, there is a limit to how cyber a person can be. Too much and they will die unless they go full robot with encoding their brain onto the Matrix.
Matrix: The internet mixed with AR on steroids.
Magic versus Technology: They don't mix. If someone has a bunch of cybernetics, they're not doing magic. On the other hand, technology likes to go on the fritz around magic. In her world, ISA is unable to see magic itself. She can see the Effects such as if someone did a fireball, she sees the fire, but she is unable to see the magic of the fire forming.
Technomancers: Someone who doesn't need any technology implanted to interact with the Matrix or technology and can do things people usually can't. If they're discovered by Corporations or the government, they're likely to Disappear.
Resonance: The way technomancers interact with technology. ISA is also able to access this. It's kind of like an inbetween magic and technology, leaning more towards tech.
Corporations: Going with the cyberpunk theme, the world is run by money and Corporations more than the government these days.
Overwatch: The watchers of the Matrix. They're run by the biggest players in the Corporate world who are interested in keeping enough order in the world so they can keep running as they please. Do too many illegal things at once and they'll come after you, but how responsive they are depends on what you're doing and to who.
Metahumanity: Basically, the reference to all races instead of just humans. So trolls, elves, dwarves, all that.
Personal Game Stuff just from my game specifically.
The Electronic Church: Referred to as Niblings as a gender neutral term. The Electronic Church believe the union of metahumanity, technology, and one day, magic, is the way to true immortality. They want to be able to experience all the pleasures of life, and live forever. At present, metahumans have basically disposed of their bodies and tied themselves to android bodies. They are attempting to find a way to combine magic, to have a true experience of unity.
Unknown how earnest or shady they are.