Shadowrun Third Edition

The core rulebook for Shadowrun 3rd Edition was released in 1998. In-game timeline is set from 2060 onwards.

Publications were released by FASA Corporation (between 1998 and 2001) and Fantasy Productions LLC (between 2001 and 2005).

Rules

Third Edition rules were very similar to those of Second Edition. Major changes included:

• Troll and Elf metatypes could be picked as Priority C, and Dwarf and Ork as Priority D during character creation, instead of Priority A.
• Characters can have Knowledge Skills. Character creation rules grant a number of points based on the Intelligence attribute to acquire them. They can be raised using Karma as other skills, now called Active Skills, but at a lower cost.
• Defaulting no longer uses a Skill Web. Skills can be defaulted only to a given set of related skills or to an Attribute.
• During a Combat Turn, all characters would act by descending Initiative Score before subtracting 10 for additional Initiative Passes. As a result, characters with high Initiative Score would not get more than one Initiative Pass before slower character get their.
• Magical Initiation start at Grade 1, instead of Grade 0.
• Matrix Nodes of various types (CPU, SAN, SPU, etc.) were replaced by multi-purpose Hosts.

Setting

The Third Edition timeline covers the years 2060 to 2065, starting after the dissolution of Fuchi Industrial Electronics and after Wuxing Incorporated, Novatech and Cross Applied Technologies joined the Corporate Court (events that were described in the Second Edition supplement o22118576Blood in the Boardroom). The final supplement for Third Edition is o76933476System Failure, which describes how Novatech's Initial Public Offering, a major terrorist attack by Winternight, and Deus' attempt at reforming itself lead to the Crash 2.0 of 2064.

Third Edition supplements include o38715534Shadows of North America, o30783549Shadows of Europe, and o70096438Shadows of Asia. Work started on a supplement titled ?Shadows of Latin America but its release was cancelled. Those supplements were Shadowrun's first attempt at mapping and covering the world and 21st century history more thoroughly (later completed by the Fourth Edition supplement o34954845Sixth World Almanac).

Staff

Design, writing, and development of Third Edition were led by Michael Mulvihill and Robert Boyle at FASA Corporation. Rob Boyle later became the Shadowrun Line Developer at FanPro.

Supplements

Name	Release Date	Setting Date	Book Type
o35702881Shadowrun Third Edition	1998-Sep-??	2060-???-??	Core
o94503983Renraku Arcology: Shutdown	1998-Nov-??	2060-Feb-10	Plot Adventure
o12638596Game Master's Screen Third Edition o94888170Critters	1998-Dec-??	2060-???-??	Core Core Expansion
o04858358Magic in the Shadows	1998-???-??	2060-???-??	Core Expansion
?Shadowrun Third Edition Quick Start Rules	1999-???-??	2060-???-??	Core
o03045067New Seattle	1999-Mar-??	2060-???-??	Setting
o21216589Shadowrun Companion Revised	1999-Mar-??	2060-???-??	Core Expansion
o79645619Corporate Download	1999-Sep-??	2061-Feb-26 2061-Apr-21	Plot Setting
o27794761First Run	1999-???-??	2060-???-??	Adventure
o94264876Man & Machine: Cyberware	2000-May-??	2061-???-??	Core Expansion
o65089325Corporate Punishment	2000-???-??	2061-???-??	Adventure
o38073386Cannon Companion	2000-Jul-??	2061-???-??	Core Expansion
o75194104Brainscan	2000-???-??	2061-???-??	Plot Adventure
o50209246Matrix	2000-Aug-??	2061-???-??	Core Expansion
o57280352Target: Matrix	2000-???-??	2061-Aug-01	Setting
o68357443Year of the Comet	2000-Sep-??	2061-Jan-01 2062-Mar-17	Core Expansion Plot
o13214840Rigger 3	2001-Jan-??	2061-???-??	Core Expansion
o57038227Target: Awakened Lands	2001-???-??	2062-Jun-12 2062-Jun-21	Setting
o15080111Threats 2	2001-???-??	2061-Dec-30 2062-Jul-11	Resource
o38715534Shadows of North America	2001-???-??	2062-Aug-14	Setting
o03317300Target: Wastelands	2002-Jul-??	2062-Sep-16	Setting
o77021620Wake of the Comet	2002-???-??	2061-???-??	Adventure
?Rigger 3 Revised	2002-???-??	2061-???-??	Core Expansion
o69485291State of the Art: 2063	2002-???-??	2061-Jan-05	Core Expansion
o83955029Survival of the Fittest	2002-???-??	2062-Jun-?? 2063-Feb-??	Adventure
o45457298Dragons of the Sixth World	2003-???-??	2063-Feb-16	Setting
o85679541Sprawl Survival Guide	2003-???-??	2063-Apr-30	Setting
o04463767Shadowrun Character Dossier	2003-???-??	2064-???-??	Resource
o30783549Shadows of Europe	2004-???-??	2063-???-??	Setting
o75212693State of the Art: 2064	2004-???-??	2063-Dec-20	Core Expansion
o40478368Mr. Johnson's Little Black Book	2004-Aug-??	2064-???-??	Core Expansion
o42265136Loose Alliances	2005-Apr-??	2064-Feb-19	Setting
o70096438Shadows of Asia	2005-May-??	2064-Apr-02 2064-Aug-15	Setting
o76933476System Failure	2005-Sep-??	2064-Mar-17 2064-Nov-04	Plot

Missions

Name	Season	Number	Location	Release Date	Setting Date
Mission Briefing	00	01	Seattle	2004-???-??	2061-???-?? 2064-???-??
Demolition Run	00	02	Seattle	2004-???-??	2061-???-?? 2064-???-??
FORCEd RECON	00	03	Seattle	2004-???-??	2061-???-?? 2064-???-??
A Fork in Fate's Path	00	04	Seattle	2004-???-??	2061-???-?? 2064-???-??
A Dark and Stormy Night	00	05	Seattle	2004-???-??	2061-???-?? 2064-???-??
Double Cross	01	01	Seattle	2004-???-??	2064-???-??
Strings Attached	01	02	Seattle	2004-???-??	2064-???-??
Harvest Time	01	03	Seattle	2004-???-??	2064-???-??
The Gambler	01	04	Seattle	2004-???-??	2064-???-??
A Walk in the Park	01	05	Seattle	2005-???-??	2064-???-??
Lost and Found	01	06	Seattle	2005-???-??	2064-???-??
Keys to the Asylum	01	07	Seattle	2005-???-??	2064-???-??
Duplicity	01	08	Seattle	2005-???-??	2064-???-??
For Whom the Bell Tolls	01	09	Seattle	2005-???-??	2064-???-??