SR5:Qualities List

5th Edition Lists
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Positive Qualities	Negative Qualities	Martial Arts

Positive Metagenic Qualities	Negative Metagenic Qualities

This next step in the character creation process is finalizing the list of qualities the character will have at the beginning of a Shadowrun campaign. Qualities help round out your character’s personality while also providing a range of benefits or penalties. There are two types of Qualities—Positive Qualities, which provide gameplay bonuses and require an expenditure of Karma; and Negative Qualities, which impose gameplay penalties but also give bonus Karma the player can spend in other areas.

As mentioned earlier, the character starts the character creation process with 25 Karma, and some of that can be spent to buy Qualities. Players can spend all of it, some of it, or none of it based on what they want their character to have and how much Karma they want to save for later. Additionally, at creation characters can only possess at most 25 Karma worth of Positive Qualities and 25 Karma worth of Negative Qualities.After character creation, Positive Qualities can be purchased during game play, while Negative Qualities may be awarded to the character by the gamemaster based on events that take place in game. Negative Qualities can be bought off using Karma during game play. See Character Advancement rules (p. 103) for more about purchasing Positive Qualities or buying off Negative ones.

When purchasing a Positive or Negative quality, note the quality on the character sheet along with any bonuses or negative modifiers to skills in parentheses next to the appropriate skills or attributes.

POSITIVE QUALITIES NAME RATING COST SOURCE Ambidextrous 4 KARMA Core Analytical Mind 5 KARMA Core Aptitude 14 KARMA Core Astral Chameleon 10 KARMA Core Bilingual 5 KARMA Core Blandness 8 KARMA Core Catlike 7 KARMA Core Codeslinger 10 KARMA Core Double-jointed 6 KARMA Core Exceptional Attribute 14 KARMA Core First Impression 11 KARMA Core Focused Concentration (MAX 6) 4 KARMA PER RATING Core Gearhead 11 KARMA Core Guts 10 KARMA Core High Pain Tolerance (MAX RATING 3) 7 KARMA PER RATING Core Home Ground 10 KARMA Core Human-looking 6 KARMA Core Indomitable (MAX 3) 8 KARMA PER RATING Core Juryrigger 10 KARMA Core Lucky 12 KARMA Core Magic Resistance (MAX RATING 4) 6 KARMA PER RATING Core Mentor Spirit 5 KARMA Core Natural Athlete 7 KARMA Core Natural Hardening 10 KARMA Core Natural Immunity 4 OR 10 KARMA Core Photographic Memory 6 KARMA Core Quick Healer 3 KARMA Core Resistance To Pathogens/Toxins 4 OR 8 KARMA Core Spirit Affinity 7 KARMA Core Toughness 9 KARMA Core Will To Live (MAX RATING 3) 3 KARMA PER RATING Core The Artisan’s Way 20 KARMA SR5:SG The Artist’s Way 20 KARMA SR5:SG The Athlete’s Way 20 KARMA SR5:SG The Beast’s Way 20 KARMA SR5:SG The Burnout’s Way 15 KARMA SR5:SG The Invisible Way 20 KARMA SR5:SG The Spiritual Way 20 KARMA SR5:SG The Warrior’s Way 20 KARMA SR5:SG The Magician’s Way 20 KARMA SR5:SG The Speaker’s Way 20 KARMA SR5:SG Spirit Champion 14 KARMA SR5:SG Acrobatic Defender –4 KARMA SR5:R&G Agile Defender 3 KARMA SR5:R&G Brand Loyalty 3 KARMA SR5:R&G One Trick Pony 7 KARMA SR5:R&G Perceptive Defender 4 KARMA SR5:R&G Sharpshooter 4 KARMA SR5:R&G Too Pretty To Hit 3 KARMA SR5:R&G Adrenaline Surge 12 KARMA SR5:RF Animal Empathy 3 KARMA SR5:RF Black Market Pipeline 10 KARMA SR5:RF Born Rich 5 KARMA SR5:RF City Slicker 7 KARMA SR5:RF College Education 4 KARMA SR5:RF Common Sense 3 KARMA SR5:RF Daredevil 6 KARMA SR5:RF Digital Doppelganger 7 KARMA SR5:RF Disgraced 2 KARMA SR5:RF Erased 8 KARMA SR5:RF Fame 4 TO 16 KARMA SR5:RF Friends In High Places 8 KARMA SR5:RF Hawk Eye 3 KARMA SR5:RF Inspired 4 KARMA SR5:RF Jack Of All Trades, Master Of None 2 KARMA SR5:RF Lightning Reflexes 20 KARMA SR5:RF Linguist 4 KARMA SR5:RF Made Man 5 KARMA SR5:RF Night Vision 2 KARMA SR5:RF Outdoorsman 3 KARMA SR5:RF Overclocker 5 KARMA SR5:RF Perceptive 5 TO 10 KARMA SR5:RF Perfect Time 5 KARMA SR5:RF Poor Link 8 KARMA SR5:RF Privileged Family Name 7 KARMA SR5:RF Restricted Gear 10 KARMA PER ITEM SR5:RF School Of Hard Knocks 4 KARMA SR5:RF Sense Of Direction 3 KARMA SR5:RF Sensei 5 KARMA SR5:RF Solid/legendary Rep 2 TO 4 KARMA SR5:RF Speed Reading 2 KARMA SR5:RF Privileged Family Name 7 KARMA SR5:RF Restricted Gear 10 KARMA PER ITEM SR5:RF School Of Hard Knocks 4 KARMA SR5:RF Sense Of Direction 3 KARMA SR5:RF Sensei 5 KARMA SR5:RF Solid/legendary Rep 2 TO 4 KARMA SR5:RF Speed Reading 2 KARMA SR5:RF Trust Fund 5, 10, 15, OR 20 KARMA SR5:RF Trustworthy 15 KARMA SR5:RF Vehicle Empathy 7 KARMA SR5:RF Water Sprite 6 KARMA SR5:RF Witness My Hate 7 KARMA SR5:RF

NEGATIVE QUALITIES NAME RATING BONUS SOURCE Addiction 4 TO 25 KARMA Core Allergy 5 TO 25 KARMA Core Astral Beacon 10 KARMA Core Bad Luck 12 KARMA Core Bad Rep 7 KARMA Core Code Of Honor 15 KARMA Core Codeblock 10 KARMA Core Combat Paralyisis 12 KARMA Core Dependents 3, 6, OR 9 KARMA Core Distinctive Style 5 KARMA Core Elf Poser 6 KARMA Core Gremlins (MAX 4) 4 KARMA PER RATING Core Incompetent 5 KARMA Core Insomnia 10 OR 15 KARMA Core Loss Of Confidence 10 KARMA Core Low Pain Tolerance 9 KARMA Core Ork Poser 6 KARMA Core Prejudiced 3 TO 10 KARMA Core Scorched 10 KARMA Core Sensitive System 12 KARMA Core Simsense Vertigo 5 KARMA Core Sinner (layered) 5 TO 25 KARMA Core Social Stress 8 KARMA Core Spirit Bane 7 KARMA Core Uncouth 14 KARMA Core Uneducated 8 KARMA Core Unsteady Hands 7 KARMA Core Weak Immune System 10 KARMA Core Spirit Pariah 14 KARMA SR5:SG Combat Junkie 7 KARMA SR5:R&G Albinism 4 OR 8 KARMA SR5:RF Amnesia 4 OR 8 KARMA SR5:RF Asthma 8 KARMA SR5:RF Bi-polar 7 KARMA SR5:RF Big Regret 5 KARMA SR5:RF Blind 5 OR 15 KARMA SR5:RF Borrowed Time 20 KARMA SR5:RF Computer Illiterate 7 KARMA SR5:RF Creature Of Comfort 10, 17, OR 25 KARMA SR5:RF Day Job 5 TO 15 KARMA SR5:RF Deaf 15 KARMA SR5:RF Did You Just Call Me Dumb? 3 KARMA SR5:RF Dimmer Bulb (MAX 3 LEVELS) 5 KARMA PER LEVEL SR5:RF Driven 2 KARMA SR5:RF Emotional Attachment 5 KARMA SR5:RF Ex-con 15 KARMA SR5:RF Flashbacks 7 OR 15 KARMA SR5:RF Hobo With A Shotgun 10 KARMA SR5:RF Hung Out To Dry 8 KARMA SR5:RF Illiterate 5 KARMA SR5:RF In Debt 1 TO 15 KARMA SR5:RF Incomplete Deprogramming 10 KARMA SR5:RF Infirm 5 TO 25 KARMA SR5:RF Liar 7 KARMA SR5:RF Night Blindness 6 KARMA SR5:RF Oblivious 6 OR 10 KARMA SR5:RF Pacifist 10 OR 15 KARMA SR5:RF Paranoia 7 KARMA SR5:RF Paraplegic 10 KARMA SR5:RF Phobia 5 TO 15 KARMA SR5:RF Pie Iesu Domine.dona Eis Requiem. 2 KARMA SR5:RF Poor Self Control 4 TO 12 KARMA SR5:RF Records On File 1 KARMA PER RATING SR5:RF Reduced (sense) 2 TO 29 KARMA SR5:RF Sensory Overload Syndrome 15 KARMA SR5:RF Signature 10 KARMA SR5:RF Vendetta 7 KARMA SR5:RF Wanted 10 KARMA SR5:RF

Metagenic Qualities

POSITIVE QUALITIES NAME RATING COST SOURCE 360-degree Eyesight 4 KARMA SR5:RF Animal Pelage 3 TO 5 KARMA SR5:RF Arcane Arrester 10 KARMA PER LEVEL (MAX 2) SR5:RF Balance Receptor 6 KARMA SR5:RF Beak 3 OR 5 KARMA SR5:RF Bicardiac 4 KARMA SR5:RF Biosonar 4 KARMA SR5:RF Bone Spikes 5 KARMA SR5:RF Broadened Auditory Spectrum 4 KARMA SR5:RF Camouflage 4 OR 8 KARMA SR5:RF Celerity 6 KARMA SR5:RF Claws 3, 5, OR 7 KARMA SR5:RF Climate Adaptation 4 KARMA SR5:RF Corrosive Spit 5 KARMA SR5:RF Dermal Alteration 3 TO 15 KARMA SR5:RF Dermal Deposits 3 KARMA SR5:RF Defensive Secretion 4 KARMA SR5:RF Electroception 4 OR 7 KARMA SR5:RF Elongated Limbs 4 KARMA SR5:RF Fangs 4 KARMA SR5:RF Frog Tongue 4 KARMA SR5:RF Functional Tail 4 TO 7 KARMA SR5:RF Gills 4 OR 6 KARMA SR5:RF Glamour 12 KARMA SR5:RF Goring Horns 5 KARMA SR5:RF Greasy Skin 3 KARMA SR5:RF Keen-eared 3 KARMA SR5:RF Larger Tusks 5 KARMA SR5:RF Low-light Vision 2 OR 4 KARMA SR5:RF Magic Sense 7 KARMA SR5:RF Magnetoception 4 KARMA SR5:RF Marsupial Pouch 3 KARMA SR5:RF Metagenic (attribute) Improvement 15 KARMA SR5:RF Metahuman Traits 2 KARMA SR5:RF Monkey Paws 4 KARMA SR5:RF Nasty Vibe 5 KARMA SR5:RF Natural Venom 3 TO 20 KARMA SR5:RF Ogre Stomach 8 KARMA SR5:RF Photometabolism 4 KARMA SR5:RF Proboscis 5 KARMA SR5:RF Satyr Legs 10 KARMA SR5:RF Setae 4 KARMA SR5:RF Shiva Arms 8 KARMA PER PAIR SR5:RF Thermal Sensitivity 4 KARMA SR5:RF Thermographic Vision 3 KARMA SR5:RF Thorns 2 KARMA SR5:RF Underwater Vision 3 KARMA SR5:RF Vomeronasal Organ 3 KARMA SR5:RF Webbed Digits 4 KARMA SR5:RF

NEGATIVE QUALITIES NAME RATING BONUS SOURCE Adiposis 10 KARMA SR5:RF Astral Hazing 5 OR 15 KARMA SR5:RF Berserker 6 KARMA SR5:RF Bioluminescence 5 KARMA SR5:RF Cephalopod Skull 6 KARMA SR5:RF Cold-blooded 5 KARMA SR5:RF Critter Spook 5 KARMA SR5:RF Cyclopean Eye 6 KARMA SR5:RF Deformity 5 OR 15 KARMA SR5:RF Feathers 3 KARMA SR5:RF Impaired (attribute) 8 KARMA SR5:RF Insectoid Features 6 KARMA SR5:RF Mood Hair 4 KARMA SR5:RF Neoteny 6 KARMA SR5:RF Nocturnal 4 KARMA SR5:RF Progeria 9 KARMA SR5:RF Scales 5 KARMA SR5:RF Scent Glands 4 KARMA SR5:RF Slow Healer 3 KARMA SR5:RF Striking Skin Pigmentation 4 KARMA SR5:RF Stubby Arms 10 KARMA SR5:RF Symbiosis 5 KARMA SR5:RF Third Eye 3 KARMA SR5:RF Unusual Hair 3 KARMA SR5:RF Vestigial Tail 6 KARMA SR5:RF