Friday, June 28, 2013

Achievement Unlocked!

One of the things I'm considering to encourage interesting and in-character play in Shadowrun is the use of Achievements. In a manner similar to console titles, each achievement requires a set condition that, when met, grants a certain reward -- in this case, Karma (XP). I got the idea from Karasin Black on the Shadowrun Forums. I've come up with three categories for achievements -- Meta/Roleplay, in which players are rewarded for character developement/roleplay/getting into character/helping with the session; Plot, in which players are rewarded for accomplishing things in the plot or through the course of play; and Combat, in which players are rewarded for accomplishing interesting or amusing things over the course of a combat. Each achievement can only be awarded once.

 Here's a list of the combat achievements I've put together so far:

Type Title Award How to Unlock
Combat Eaten by a Grue 1 Karma Successfully attack an enemy you are unable to detect.
Combat Oh Yeah! 1 Karma Knock an entry-sized hole in a wall using only your body.
Combat Take One of These 1 Karma Give a weapon you purchased to an ally.
Combat Silence is Golden 1 Karma Take down an enemy who did not detect you.
Combat Cashout! 1 Karma Hit 3 individual enemies in a single round of attacks.
Combat Hands-On Approach 1 Karma Down an enemy using only unarmed attacks.
Combat Purple Heart 1 Karma Survive a combat in which you are downed.
Combat Sharpshooter 1 Karma Hit with 100% of your firearms attack rolls in 1 session.
Combat The Comfy Chair! 1 Karma Down an enemy using an improvised weapon.
Combat Knock-Knock 1 Karma Down an enemy with a door you have just breached.
Combat Two Birds, One Stone 1 Karma Down 2 enemies with a single attack.
Combat Three's Company 1 Karma Down 3 enemies with a single attack.
Combat Boom-Shakalaka! 1 Karma Down 5 enemies with a single attack.
Combat He's heating up 1 Karma Catch an enemy on fire.
Combat He's on fire! 1 Karma Catch an enemy on fire via contact with an enemy that is already on fire.
Combat A brick house. 1 Karma Take 100 total damage.
Combat Tango Down 1 Karma Down an enemy aircraft.
Combat We can talk this out 2 Karma Survive a session without making a single attack roll or action.
Combat All clear 1 Karma (Group) Down a room full of at least 3 enemies in a single round of combat.
Combat This is the dawning 1 Karma Defeat an enemy in the astral plane.
Combat There is no spoon. 1 Karma Defeat an enemy in the Matrix.
Combat Lyrical prose 1 Karma Describe an attack action in detail, as if you were reading from a novel.

1 comment:

  1. A preview of 2 meta achievements:
    1) Design 5 achievements of any type that the GM approves.
    2) Design icons for 5 achievements of any type that the GM approves.

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