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''Shadowrun'' is a [[Tabletop Games|Tabletop Game]] from FASA (of ''[[BattleTech]]'' fame) that straddles the [[Cyberpunk]] and [[Dungeon Punk]] genres.

* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: On the Shadowrunner side, you have [[Gentleman Thief|Hoods who steal from the rich and give to the poor]] and [[Psycho for Hire|absolute psychopaths]]. On the Corp side, you have [[Punch Clock Villain|security guards who just want to feed their families]] and [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|completely amoral bastards]]. Although the books obviously paint shadowrunners in a more sympathetic light, neither side is completely innocent by any means.

** Lampshaded by a Shadowrunner in ''Runners Companion'':

* [[Groin Attack]]: The Weapon Specialist is depicted sitting in front of a picture which has been shot in the head, chest and groin.

* [[Guns Are Worthless]]: Against ''anything'' [[Aliens and Monsters|supernatural]]-- unless you have the right ammo. Vampiric and shapeshifter regeneration, for instance, can be crippled by ammunition made of a material they're allergic to (typically something ferrous or silver), and spirits' resistance to normal weapons can be bypassed in part by APDS rounds or "stick'n'shock" taser rounds - or completely by making the bullets from something dual-natured like metals mined from an Alchera.

** Literally, the Victorinox Memory Blade in 4E. It's manufactured by the modern-day manufacturers of the Swiss Army Knife.

* [[Take That]]: [http://old.shadowrun4.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/SRGEPromo.pdf Shadowrun: Gibson Edition], the April Fool's joke for 2010. For some background, William Gibson has infamously stated he hates this game.

* [[Technology Marches On]]: Updates retconned in advancements in [[Real Life]] technology which hadn't been foreseen in previous editions, such as computers going wireless.

* [[Technopath]]: 3rd Edition's Otaku and their Technomancer successors in 4E.