Ask the characters what armour, weapons and items they are bringing to the meet, and if they describe something that will cause them problems, call for a Threshold 1 check on an Area Knowledge skill. If successful, the character recognises the poor idea.

The runners will have to scramble to get to the meet location, and will have to travel across town to get there. While shadowrunners with cars will be able to drive right outside the meet location before Gridguide sends the car to a parking garage, those without will have to walk or get the bus. Regardless, the downtown location is too well patrolled and observed to get away with heavy armament or armour.

One of the players gets a call from a fixer they know sort of ok. "Chummer. I got a job. Total Milk Run. Now if you want more details, you'll come to the 5th floor of the office building at 14th street, two hours from now."

If a character does not have the exact knowledge skill listed, one that is close enough may be used instead.

Additionally, it would be easy (Threshold 1 Security Procedures or Security Devices knowledge skill) for a character to recognise what the device / procedure is and at least one way to neutralise it.

The characters should be considered professional enough to automatically notice any security devices or details that aren't mentioned to require a perception check. Announce their presence as part of the narration of the scene when characters first encounter them.

This is meant to be an introductory Shadowrun so there are a number of general principles that should be followed to make it easier for the players.

The runners will have to deal with the security of the building proper, the security for the Delian Data Tomb specifically, and locate the data.

The data sought is located on a host currently offline, in the safe of the CEO, and in paper form with an archivist.

Alexis Francosia, a local Business Intelligence Analyst at Lymwoods Holding Company, has been asked to learn the intended recipient of a shipping package that was routed through the city docks some years ago. The shipping company had archived all information in the Delian Data Tomb LLC. and an operation was on to extract the required data. However, the Delian Data Tomb has gone into receivership, and a new approach is needed.

GM help is presented in white boxes, and help the GM with handling various parts of the run that might be delicate, difficult or unfamiliar.

Lessons are presented in red text, and are intended to be read to players after resolving the relevant portion of the run.

This run assumes an urban setting, but can be easily adapted to whatever location you wish.

Delian Data Tomb is a multi stage introduction to the basics of shadowrunning as commonly presented. It poses common styles of opponents, targets, employers and crimes. The GM should let players who come up with effective solutions to succeed, and to trust in the skills and knowledge of the characters. Most of all, Shadowrun is not a game of fighting your way through, but solving the problem posed in the way that you are most comfortable and skilled at.

The Game Master should read over this entire document and familiarise themselves with it, then we can get into the game.

After you have talked over what is acceptable or not, you will need a Game Master (GM), pens, pencils, dice, and some characters. You can make your own, or you can use /u/Bamce 's pregenerated starting characters .

The starting point for any Role Playing Game should be a Session Zero. This is a conversation about what themes, scenes, morals, and limits. This is especially important in a game with dark themes and actions, such as Shadowrun. This Geek and Sundry pages gives a good overview.

This is a Game Master only document, as it contains details about opposition and information that plays should discover through play.

The purpose of this document is to help a first (or experienced) time GM take some new players and play Shadowrun. While this is mechanically suited for 5th Edition, the themes and setting should be easily adaptable.

The human looked over the hustle of activity. The Delian Data Tomb LLC was going under. Well, there went four weeks careful planning and operation and now it was time to inform her client that more drastic measures would be needed. Independent operators.

On the journey there, describe the AR in the air. The weird magic the gangers are using to mug people. Take the advanced and the fantastic, then make it dirty, dark and normal.

Arriving at the location, there's no specific security apart from what might be in the general area. The corp with the law contract is on patrol, and will arrest and detain anyone carrying overt weapons or armour: Anything heavier than an armoured jacket, or larger than a pistol. The character will be fined 500n¥ if the weapon is Restricted. If the weapon is Forbidden, it will be a 3000n¥ fine and the character will be detained for six hours, causing them to miss the meet.

Lesson: This game is one where the characters are operating in a setting with a system of law put in place to profit and control. While laws can be broken, and security evaded, picking an open fight with the law is a poor idea.

When the characters enter the office building at the location given, they find that the lobby is empty apart from an automated information system that shows that the 5th floor is being renovated between tenants. The 5th floor is open, missing anything but the bare walls, and a man of indeterminate age, ethnicity, and status stands waiting for you, flanked by one huge, hulking troll enhanced with cybernetics and a dwarf, mystical patterns tattooed into her face. The Mr Johnson is at the meet.

The Mr Johnson is Alexis Francosia, and he has pulled some strings with his contacts to get a new, untested, but cheap team to try them out on a low risk job. The troll is his bodyguard Krogar, and the dwarf is a corporate mage Ms Colleen.

As the runners approach, the Mr Johnson smiles, and opens his arms. "Hello. Let's be brief. Delian Data Tomb has just gone into receivership. They are located a few blocks from here, and currently are being liquidated. I'm willing to pay for one specific bit of information: Who was the recipient of shipping order 81218451?"