Our DM awarded 'initiative' for style. So basically you did something cool you got points you could add to skill checks or damage rolls, but you had to add them before the roll. It was his take on 'edge'.

Yeah I feel frustrated with the lack of dps potential with Barbs. My rockerboi is an enby called Silva who has a keyboard guitar axe called Axel Foley. They lost their leg first mission so got a cyborg leg that doubled as an amp and descrambler. Hair and skin mods mean they can disguise as well.

Ahh, wasn't aware of the drama, I was afraid to get attached to be honest. Spells, cyberpunk and elves? Shamans and shapeshifters where I can dump attibutes into Charisma and it means something? Bought the core rules soon after, haven't played much though. I like rockerboys more than bards.

I only got into it recently due to the rpg top view games being added to Game Pass :) I lie awake at night hoping Larian who did BG3 will take a crack at a shadowrun game O_O