Ok putting this up to see if anyone wants to play some shadowrun 4th.
I will be the GM.
I have not previously GM'd shadowrun so expect to help me look rules up, especially for the matrix, magic, and combat. Keep in mind I may not know what I'm doing right at the start, however you also likely will not so this won't matter.
We will use only the core book (for now at least).
Everyone playing would need their own copy of the book, pdf is ok.
It would be run on IRC, or possibly via voice chat somehow.
I will run missions I find online until I finish some missions of my own, which require me running 1-2 missions first so as to figure out how to set op stuff for hacking etc.
For character Gen: No restrictions on item availability, go wild, just remember that I'm gonna have swat teams and military groups swarm you if you you can't hide anything unusual. And no I'm not buying that you can hide an assault cannon in your pants. Also keep in mind that explosive ammo is not always a great idea. Think realistically about what's going to be useful and what just might call down a military air strike on you.
Finally, no joke characters. I'd like this to be at least partly serious. I don't want a troll that was a former circus clown or something. Also no psycho murderer characters, shadowrunners should be criminals but only when it is profitable.
Setting will be somewhere in America as I have a map for that. Possibly East coast.