Build guide
Street Samurai (Shadowrun 6th Edition)
A chromed combat specialist who answers problems at speed: wired reflexes, a gun for every range, and the discipline to stop before the job goes loud.
The starting sheet
Every number this build starts with. Take it as your own and change anything, nothing here is locked.
Identity
- Metatype
- Human
- Archetype
- Street Samurai
- Magic or Resonance
- Mundane
- Background
- Chromed combat specialist who solves problems at speed.
Attributes
Core attributes
- Body (BOD)
- 5
- Agility (AGI)
- 6
- Reaction (REA)
- 5
- Strength (STR)
- 4
- Willpower (WIL)
- 3
- Logic (LOG)
- 2
- Intuition (INT)
- 4
- Charisma (CHA)
- 2
Special attributes
- Edge (EDG)
- 3
Skills
Combat & physical
- Firearms
- 6
- Close Combat
- 4
- Exotic Weapons
- 2
- Athletics
- 4
- Stealth
- 3
- Perception
- 3
Technical
- Electronics
- 1
- Piloting
- 1
Social
- Con
- 1
- Influence
- 1
Recommended choices
Archetype
Street Samurai
Metatype (common fit)
Human or Ork
Core Attributes
Agility + Reaction + Body
Core Skills
Firearms + Close Combat + Athletics
Priorities
- Agility first: it drives both your guns and your blades.
- Buy Reaction and Body before more damage, you have to survive the return fire.
- Keep one social or technical skill so you are not dead weight outside a fight.
Play tips
- You are the threat the team spends, not the one it leads with.
- Essence is a budget, not a score. Every implant costs Magic you will never get back.
- Ask what the extraction plan is before the shooting, not after.