N.E.R.P.S. ShadowLore

by Robert A. Hayden

NERPS: ShadowLore was assembled and published in the bowels of Mankato State University. I’m Robert Hayden. My permanent address is P.O. Box 4041, Mankato, MN 56002-4041. Via email, I can be found at hayden@krypton.mankato.msus.edu. Note that the above addresses are subject to change, especially email, as I am bound to enter the real world someday.

NERPS: ShadowLore was released on April 15th, 1994. Down with I.R.S. thieves. This updated version with a few minor changes was released on May 2, 1994.

You are free to pass on this document to your friends or enemies, at no cost to the user or profit for yourself, in either electronic or hardcopy format. If you distribute via hardcopy, you may charge to cover printing and materials, but not for profit.

Shadowrun is a registered trademark of FASA, Inc. They actually make money off of the game. The copyrights of each article are held by the original authors. This compilation is copyright (c) 1994 Robert A. Hayden.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Robert A. Hayden is a senior at Mankato State University, a campus of 15,000 located in southern Minnesota, United States. He’s majoring in experiential education, with an emphasis on computer administration. He is also the administrator of the four ShadowRun Internet mailing lists, as well as serving the Mankato State Student Senate as a member of the Academic Computing Committee.

In addition to ShadowRun, computer and education related activities, Hayden spends his free time involved with various aspects of political activism. A staunch supporter of civil and privacy rights, and a member of the Electronic Freedom Foundation, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, and the American Civil Liberties Union, Hayden can often be found wandering the nets or the real world, passing out opinions to anyone who will listen on issues of constitutional, civil and electronic rights. In addition, he is part of the south-central Minnesota gay/lesbian/bisexual civil rights movement and is an active voice at Mankato State on the same subject.

When I was in the military,
They gave me a medal for killing two 
men and a discharge for loving one
		-- Leonard Matlovich

LEAVE OUR PRIVATES ALONE
End the ban on gays in the U.S. military

This book is dedicated to the poets, the storytellers, the lovers, the imaginers, the creators, the inventors, and the dreamers. Without them it would have never seen the light of day, and without them humankind would still be living in caves freezing to death.

Never let the creative spirit die, for its death takes with it our very reason for existing.

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Table of Contents

RACES

• Background
• Halfling
• Minotaur
• Ogre

MAGIC

• Spells
• Physical Adept Skills
• Totems
• Health Adept
• Null Adept
• Blood Magic
• Waking the Dead
• Gathering Magic
• Ragaining Essence
• Gradual Initiation
• Dead Zones

CYBERWARE

• Brand Name CyberWare

BIOWARE

• Optional Rules for BioWare and Magic
• BioSculpting
• ShadowFurry
• Enzomatic Reinforcer Treatment

MATRIX

• Programming Languages
• Matrix Combat (version 2.1)
• MultiTasking
• CPU Controllers

TECH

• Consolidated Ammo
• Clustered Datajacks
• Expert Systems
• Signal Router
• Low-Altitude Vectored Thrust Vehicles
• Gadgets

BEHIND THE SCENES

• Matador Files
• Toxin Exposure
• Two-Weapon Combat
• Unarmed Combat
• Contacts / Archtypes

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