Skateboarding teaches you how to take a fall properly. If you try to kickflip down some stairs, it might take you thirty tries - and you just learn how to take a tumble out of it without getting hurt.
The joy of Shadowrun 3e is the vehicle, spell and firearm creation system. I can't help using them all the time, even though Shadowrun provides plenty of things in those three categories to satisfy whatever you need. It's just cool to build something unique, something that serves as a signature to your character. I'm gonna start wantonly abusing this system to create things that don't normally fit inside these rules neatly. Enjoy!
I want to say, as a minisode of Things That It's Weird That Shadowrun Doesn't Have, that we do have rules for skateboards and in-line roller skates in form of the rules for cyberskates. I see no reason to alter the rules at all from what's presented there. If you want, you can provide mild (TN 4 or 5) challenges for needing to grind or jump something, but in general it just increases your running multiplier. That's not a big deal. This may cause a "dominant strategy" of everyone carrying a skateboard everywhere, but... I don't think it's a big deal. This thing is meant to be some ridiculous fun, and not a "power option" for the party's street samurai to rocket down facility hallways at mach one. If you allow this and it gets abused, feel free to put the fear of death into your PCs with some crash tests.
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Birdhouse remains a potent force in the world of Skateboarding. Their new line of boards featuring electric motors and a host of assistance features debuted at the X-Games in 2065 during a special showcase. Veteran skater(and long-time Birdhouse sponsor recipient) Danni Smithfield took to a half-pipe to show what the new boards had to offer and the tricks that could be accomplished with them. The astonishing segment had Danni dozens of feet in the air, hitting tricks that would be impossible with normal boards. The fact that Danni is a physad was quietly left out of promotional materials.
Birdhouse electric boards come in a variety of models and styles and are packaged with a wrist-mounted control that can give the board limited commands. Some models also feature speed control via foot-mounded pads on the front of the board or a system that detects weight shifts. The Kestrel and its dangerous top speed is notorious in the community for causing injury, with the model frequently called "a great advertisement for Bone Lacing".
Both models remain popular, though the high price tag ensures that its users are mostly professionals and teens from rich families. This fueled a divide in the community, with many skaters(even some high-profile veterans) considering the boards in violation of the philosophy of skating, and a growing threat to a sport that already has many connections to the shadows. They were saw as boards for rich kids, who had fancy high-tech skate parks and weren't ever harassed by Lone Star. In addition to the models being unpopular with the community, they've also been criticized by parent groups for being "insanely, preposterously dangerous". In response to the accusations that the boards are too dangerous to use, Birdhouse reaffirmed its purchase policies and began offering courses in safety and usage of the electric boards. In addition, Birdhouse has launched a new line of protective equipment for use with the Birdhouse Kestrel.
Mechanics. It is not possible to rig or use datajack controls while driving this vehicle. Use all applicable rules for driving, with the exception that the skill used for driving tests is Athletics. The board's wrist control functions as a miniature remote control deck with a flux of 0 that can not be accessed via datajack and only accepts voice or physical commands. Adding a powered deck to a real remote control network is possible, but requires an Electronics(B/R) 4 and Electronics 4 check in addition to any other work. The base time for these checks is 4 hours.
Collisions while driving a powered board treat the driver as a pedestrian in terms of damage.
Birdhouse Sparrow
| Hand | Speed | Accel | Body | Armor | Sig | Auto | Pilot | Sensor | Cargo | Load |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Seating | Entry | Fuel | Econ | S/B | L/T | Chass | SI | Availability | Cost | |
| - | - | 50 PF | 1km/pf | 3 min | - | Sm. Crawler | 1 | 5/1 Week | 21,625¥ |
Birdhouse Kestrel
| Hand | Speed | Accel | Body | Armor | Sig | Auto | Pilot | Sensor | Cargo | Load |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 100 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Seating | Entry | Fuel | Econ | S/B | L/T | Chass | SI | Availability | Cost | |
| - | - | 50 PF | 1km/pf | 3 min | - | Sm. Crawler | 1 | 8/10 days | 30,625¥ |
Birdhouse Cityshell Protective Gear
Cityshell gear is a specialized variant of the Rapid Transit jumpsuit line commissioned from Victory by Birdhouse. It features gel padding and densiplast plates as other Rapid Transit jumpsuits, but also features high-tech fabric designed to reduce damage from skids, slides or road rash, and extra contoured plates in the areas a skater would typically be injured. They come in a variety of fits and styles, and their patterns can be changed via an electric charge in the same way a Rapid Transit suit can.
In addition to the following statistics, Cityshell protective gear reduces collision damage by one level when suffered as a result of failing an athletics test with a skateboard, powered skateboard, or other similar extreme sports device.
| Conceal | Ballistic | Impact | Weight | Availability | Cost | Street Index | Legality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4/48hrs | 1,000¥ | 1 | Legal |
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