RANDOM RUN
GENERATOR
Roll on each of the below tables as specified,
then fill in the appropriate blanks — instant run idea!
For more on designing shadowruns, see Gamemaster Advice, p. 335.
The runners go to a meet ________________
MEET LOCATIONS
for their next job.
They are hired by _______________
EMPLOYERS
for _______________
JOB TYPE
job, targeting _______________.
MACGUFFIN
The run gets complicated when _______________!
TWISTS
MEET LOCATIONS
1 At a bar, club, or restaurant
2 At a warehouse, loading dock, or other underused location
3 In the barrens district or some other urban hell hole
ROLL 1D6 4 In a moving vehicle
5 In a Matrix host
6 In Astral space
EMPLOYERS
2 A secret society (Black Lodge, Human Nation)
3 A political or activist group (Humanis Policlub, Mothers of Metahumans)
4 A government or government agency
5–6 A minor corporation
7–8 A megacorporation
9 A criminal syndicate (Yakuza, Mafia)
ROLL 2D6
10 A magical group (Illuminates of New Dawn)
11 A private individual
12 An exotic or mysterious being (free spirit, dragon, AI)
JOB TYPE
1 A data steal
2 An assassination or demolition
3 An extraction or insertion
ROLL 1D6 4 A misdirection
5 A protection
6 A delivery
MACGUFFINS
1 A key employee
2 A prototype product
3 Cutting edge technology research
ROLL 1D6
4 A bioengineered life form
5 A Magical object
6 An urban building, rural location, or infrastructure object
TWISTS
1 Security is unexpectedly high
2 A third party is also interested
3 The target is not what it appears to be (group was lied to)
ROLL 1D6 4 The job requires a rare piece of equipment
5 Target has been moved or is being moved
6 The employer decides to double-cross them
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