Shadowrun: What Is A Shadowrunner?
Shadowrun began as a tabletop RPG with a setting that effortlessly blends fantasy and sci-fi to create a deeply complex cyberpunk world of intriguing history, compelling lore, and exciting encounters. With technological marvels that border on magic, and magic that borders on make-believe, it's a wonderful universe to explore, whether it's through the tabletop game, video games, or the various novels set in the world.
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Central to this setting are the shadowrunners, specialists for hire. If you have a ton of money and you want something done, you can be sure that a shadowrunner can do it for you - legality be damned.
A runner lives a dangerous life, and not just when the bullets are flying. She gets the job done by any means she deems necessary, and she gets paid for it. -The Shadowrunner, Runner's Companion
When boiled down to the core concept, a shadowrunner can be defined as a person who goes on shadowruns. So, now the question is "what is a shadowrun?" This, too, needs some explanation.
In the world of Shadowrun, there are two facts you need to be aware of:
It's a world of cyberpunk, through and through, with a sprinkling of magic for good measure. This makes it the perfect backdrop for a world of greedy megacorps, corrupt governments, and the scheming elite to wage war against each other covertly, through the contracting of third-party agents and the organization of shadowruns.
Those that make a living from a life of jobs and missions and the dangers that those bring are shadowrunners. They are specialists who adopt street names and often do away with their morals in the pursuit of nuyen, the new global currency. They may fall into this life as a last resort or crave the prestige
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