SR5:Qualities List

5th Edition Lists
Gear // Magic // Hacking // Skills // Qualities // Packs // Creatures

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

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