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LES’ BONEW RULES
Drone Rigger and Socal Adept This expansion Inrocices two new roles, the
Drone Rigger and the Social Adept. These two roles are optional: the tearm can
‘choose t0 use one or both of the fles. or neler. The roles ae eiferent from
the orignal four roles Because tel ole and Tole color wil Change fom game
to game. The Drone Rigger replaces either the Stret Samural or the Dechet n'a
‘Same. The Drone Rigger role card has two sides I you are repacing the Decker
fp the Drone Rigger card to the sie that says “Decker” on it Tht side of the
‘ard is green and inaicates tat fortis mission, the Drone Riggers role color
{een and it Is replacing the Decker For the purposes of the ules and cards the
Drone Rigger is considered the Decier for hat mission withthe fle color green
For example. Ifyou drew the Coss card GPS Hack when the Drone Rigger was
replacing the Decker, the Drone Rigger would be the runner who chooses fo the
{GPS Hack M you are replacing the Sineet Sarasa, fp the role card tothe black
side that says “Steet Samara ont For that mission. your vole Is Skeet Samual
The Social Adept replaces either the Face ofthe Mage during & mission. fp
the role card tothe appropriate sie to Indicate what your fle and color are for
that mision. In each mission. only one runner ean De the Drone Rigger. You cant
replace both the Steet Samural and the Decker with a rone Rigger Silat. only
‘one runner canbe the Social Adept. You can, however, have Botha Socal Adept
‘and Drone Rigger in the same mission.
Ina mission wth less than four runners, you have multiple roles nd you want
{to play the Drone Rigger or Social adept you can only replace your main tle with
‘the role you want to ply. For exampie you have the Decker and the Mage ole
and you want fo play the Drone Rigger, the Deckes would become your ma ole
land the Mage would become your secondsry role Ifyou wanted t lay the Soci
‘Adept the Decker wouls have to be your secondary roi withthe Mage as yout
‘main ole M you took both the Decker and Steet Samual roles and you wanes t
lay ashe Drone Rigger, hen ether roe cou! be your main role
Here are the sorting decks forthe Drone Rigger and Soll Adept
Drone Rigger (black or green) 3 x Mark. 3x Quick Shot. 1 «Steet Smarts
Socal Adept (bie or red 3 x Mana, 1 x Quick Shot 3 xSueet Smarts
Multicolor cards: The new multicolor cars have a card frame tat shows 99
olor. A multicolor card has two types a sted. and i counts as both types fr
‘ard abies and elects that ok a ype.
Damage Tracks Obstacies tha have a icon oF « € icon n thelr damage
‘sacks indlcatehow mach damage you must dea to that leven the obstacles aD
ity text on the “Damage Tack" lne: Any Black Maret card abies (ke Backdoor)
‘or other effects that Instruct runners @ cance! obstacle abies or igre text In
fan obstacie’s text box dont Include “Damage Tack text. That damage mus il
be leared normally
Lethal keywords Some obstacles inthis expansion have a new Keyword ably
Lethal, When a Lethal obstacle damages a runner, ignore the rule that you cat
became staggered and go cca fom the same damage I the total artage you
are taking (om the Lethal obstacle and potently om other obxtalesataching
you atthe same ime) is more than enough to stagger you. you go erteal med
Atel, If te damage Is exact enough take ou to OHP. however, you sil only
become staggered!
Odstactes with “silencer” abies that Keep you from talking (Hush,
‘Thought Worm, Rampage Virus, et): Communicnton the hay to winning mi
sions: ur some obstacies lit runners or the team’s ability ro communicate
through magical technological or other means For those obstacles here's what
“talking” means.
that runner says any words, the ably wiggers. We're okay with laughter,
_grunts of cismey. or sorts: those won tigger he ably. You can also make ges
{ures point at cares and player. anc use sila nonverbal means to Conn
cate Remember. though. that itis agains the rules to show someane aca In
your hand. Although i says "tak let's include wting messages as sometingCRAZY KATIE'S COMBAT TOWING
Atthe start ofa Scene when you ip up obstacts, I you lp up a Wreck
‘obstacle, do the extra states you ip up due to card abilities or mission ules
Count against the total number of obstacles Mipped for that Scene?
'A: No. For example, you lip one Wreck obstacle at the start of Scene 2 na
four player game. there should be a total of seven obstaces facing the runners
(ive obstacles plus the extra obstacle Mipped de tothe Wreck abstacie abilty
[Iss the obstacle flppes cue t the Wreck mission rules), baring any obstacle
tiles that put atonal obstacles into play.
(© Doyouhaveto defeat llth obstacles inthe Pandemic deck toend the Scene?
‘R-NO“A runner craws an obstacle from the Pandemic deck after thet tum
BLACK MARKET CARDS
BARTERING
(What does exchange mean?
1X You put he card in your hand into the Black Market, and take the carn the
‘Black Market that costs | mayen move than it int your hand, You cart puta asic
and into the Black Market to get a 2-cost car. ant you cat put a cad from your
tad into the Black Market If there's oo card hat cons | move to take back
DATA SPIRE
{G11 cycle four cards in the Black Market ofthe same colo, do I get two
damage ofthat color?
'ASNo, you can only get one damage of that color. At bes, f you played Dat
Spite and there we fur ciferent sets of card wen matching coors nthe Blac
«ends but you check for whether oF not the Scene ene atthe end of your tr.
there ae no obstacles in pay af the end of your turn, you end the Scene even if
there are obstacles left inte Pandemic deck
What happens ian obstacle has a DEIEATED ability hat tells you to set
easide?
"A The obstat s et aside and isnot put int the Pandemic carp ike the
resto tne defeated obstacles.
What happens If am told to set aside am obstacellke Wied Ganger and
silthe markers onit have been used?
‘vif the set ane obstacle hae run out of markers, place it in the discard of the
‘appropiate Obstacle deck. not the Pander cscars. At that point the obstacle
(Shot being defeated, and you only pul obstacles that are being defeated nto the
Market (iss posible if there are multicolor cards nthe mathet, you would get
four damage, one of each colo
DOUBLE DOUBLE
'@: When | copy a card, do copy everything, Including the damage and card
bie?
’Afes, but you copy cad n whatever state Ie was played in normal or aan
‘sso. t was played a6 an asst You ae copying te ait ably and any asst
‘Samage, but not the nora ably and damage. Dorit frget that Double Double
does 25 (J @ damage on its own. Alo, he damage fom Double Double, the
‘ard that Double Dotiecoples, and the copy that Double Double creates ea ail be
‘pied to silferent obstacles you wantORONE ARMY
When basic cards gain the new damage from Drone Army, do those base
‘cards also get extra damage from other card abilities?
'A: Yes for example: 308 played Drone Army. Rotana. and a Quick Skt, ne
(Quick Shot would deal one damage of ary color and & @) tom Drane Army, ss
sporter @ trom Katana,
HACK THEIR COMMS
1A Yes multicolor cards count as both types
it me Attack Strength ofan obstacle facing you has been increased or de-
‘reaseddue to an ably or effect, does that increase (DT
'A'Yes. you bok atthe cbstace'scurent tack Stength when you apply the
‘damage from Hock Tk Comms. Also remember tat ailtles Whe those on Mn
‘lament Whip or Shield Drone dont rehace Attack Serena
@ When exactly do I determine what “X° Is?
A: You count up obstacle Attack Strength a the moment you apply damage
wlth Hack Their Comms. Be aware that you defeat other cbstacies ts. you might
reduce the damage fom Hack Te Comms
OBSTACLE CARDS
EXILED PRINCE
& ifmore obstacies are Mipped up into play after Exled Prine, do they gain
theextra muyen?
ANo, because [Link] effect 0 only checks a that pol
HEART OF THE TEAM
If the card | lncard Isa multicolor card tke Powerball that is both a Skil
‘card and Spelt card, do get both effects?
‘SUZUKI MIRAGE
@ How does this work with the Crossfire card One Hot Minato?
At you use Suzuki Mapes ability on One Hot Mite wont make the extra
revealed Crossfire cards go away. I you Use It on one ofthe evealed cards hat
‘ard goes tothe bottom of the deck and you Mp up anew one, But the new cand
‘wil got the Crossfire clseard when a new CrostieIs ppc up steed fw the
GENERAL QUESTIONS
{© When pay Backdoor and use ts ability on an obstacle lke Harmessed A
(damage wach: @)C1G)) or another obstacle with ome or more or) eons
‘on the damage tack, docs it cancel the damage on the damage tack levels that
Ihave those const?
'A1No, ables tke the one on Backdoor dont cancel “Damage Wack” text.
ORK ON THE RUN
When do youresoive he (GH damage?
‘: During your normal Appiy Damage step forthe obstacle you chose. You
‘mighe want to put a marker on the chosen obstacle as a teminderSTREET PROPHET
(What exactly does “cancel that Crossfire event” mean?
IX Allof the effects on that Crosse event ae ignored. there are multiple
effects on that event. Including ones that have a rosstretveshold one of them
happen. Basically. pretend that you never drew that Crosive event and daw A
STREET PROPHET, WIRED CANGER, ETC.
‘Q:Wnat happens to this card when i's set aside once W's out of markers?
A Putin the Normal Obstacle dacard Note that some other set side” cans
ke Ancients Letenont nee tay In pay, however becaie ther effect constant
LETHAL OBSTACLES: DEATH MAGE,
GHOUL ADEPT, TIR BADASS, ETC.
0: For Lethal ist all damage the runner takes. or only damage from that
‘obstacle that you look ato decide W's more than thelr carent hit points?
'X Al damage the runner took during the Take Damage step, as long as the
Lethal obstade deal damage with an atack
UPGRADES
BRIBE THE GUARD
‘sDoyou lore any card abilities on the card you discard?
Qttetirst obstace hipped was red obstacle, and dscarditand agreen
rawn to replace, do place che green obstacle facing the Face or
"A: When using Are the Gucrd think of a
1 orignal obstate was never
WRECK OBSTACLES: WRECKED BATTLE WAGON,
WRECKED LIND, WRECKED AUTO DUELIST, ETC.
When you ip up obstacies athe start of a Scene. do you count the extra
‘obstacles you lip due to Wreck card abiltes as part ofthe total numberof ob.
stacles you flip up for that Scene?
ACN, they are separate
0 Wrecks take damage when they move. Can apply damage from cards be-
fore applying the damage from moving a Wreck?
played Badger Combot Tow Truck fo move a Wreck the level of damage fom mov
Ing the Wreck would happen as soon as you played the Badger Combat Tow Tuck
‘The normal damage from Bader Combet Taw Tuck and other cards You played
lan appiled unl afterall cards have been payed. s0 you can't apply tat damage
‘before the level of damage from moving the Weck.
GENERAL QUESTIONS
(How do set aside obstacies work?
'A-You defeat them and get anuyen payout for them Just he normal. But then
{you set tat card aside and put matters on the obstacie oF do whatever the care
Teas no longer apples.
‘dawn, so the new frst obstacle would be placed facing the runner whose role
‘olor matches in ths case the Decker.
INVENTORY HACK
1G Can you cycle a card you just added to the Black Market to replace the
cara you bought?SHADOWRUN ;
LUXURY OPTION
2 Can see what card replaces the Black Market card I bought before de-
‘ide whether 10 use Laxury Option?
[A No, you pay | extra nuyen for the Black Market card in order to draw the
‘card-The decision happens when you ae paying forthe Block Mart cad which
happens before you see what comes Upto replace the card you are buying
ONE STEP AHEAD
If my deck Is empry, cam use this upgrade ability?
'[Link], your entire deck sn your cacard and hand. thls upgrade doesnt do
anything. You cart use lt to shuts your discard nto your deck.
MASTER TRADER
When can you exchange acard this way?
‘A Anytime. as longs you don't interrupt the resohion of another game effect
‘STIM PATCH
& When you "goto 1 HP instead,” does that mean you don't have to shufie
your deck, dlscard, and hand together since you've not actualy staggered?
‘A: Yes The adrenaline kicks in before you become staggered
TEAM PLAYER
© Besides assist cards, does this include cards lke Coordinated Attack that
would tet you draw acard and then play acard during another runner’ turn?CREDITS
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SHOUT OUTS
“Thanks foal of our awesome plytesters who helped
make the expansion better Chris Castagnetto, Conan
‘Chamberian, David Honig. Tm Meng. Ken Nichols.
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‘Special hanks to Donald [Link] for showing ev
fryone a new way 0 bull decks
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