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Talon Starblade

Greetings all. For a long time I have been looking the rules for Techno-wizard construction rules (both RAW and RUE), and by extension Gizmoteering (RUE really can apply to both, just grant the Gizmo the ability to replace gem carrat value in electronics and tech of equivalent value alternative, if ...

Talon Starblade

It's nice to know that it has been discussed. And no apologies needed, as I can understand such difficulties. I might feel i had aright to complain if i could actually get past my own self inflicted prublems. Heck, i've had an idea for years that i've barely even looked at these last few years... an...

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I was starting to think about aspects of the weapons when it occurred to me: many of the books in the last few years especially, haven't had much detail in the way of "modern, real life" weapon descriptions. This got me looking at the old book (and suddenly feeling WAY too old), and redisc...

Talon Starblade

Well, the work-up I'm developing is going to be an independant dimension, but as to most of the look and feel, the overall answer is, "Yes." =)

Talon Starblade

Thank you all for the tips and suggestions. They really helped.

Talon Starblade

Getting back on the original topic, what are some of the conversion methods on say armors? For instance: A CS Soldier in a CA-1 Heavy suit with all of it's 80MDC main body (not gonna list the rest), lands in Century City. Culture shock aside, he mistakes a Mega-brawl for a DB conflict. So he obeys h...

Talon Starblade

I fully intend to include tie-ins to other realms, including some very specific mentions and specialized details.

Talon Starblade

Ok, I'm not exactly looking for an official ruling here just discussion and maybe some ideas, hence posting here: So, the TK Bullet Mechanic power from Beyond the Supernatural 2nd Ed, if entering an alternate setting (for that setting's psychic) would it be considered Physical or Super-psionic power...

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Hi folks. I'm not sure if it's my memory jumbling up different games, settings, wishful thinking or just early dementia setting in, but has there been any Rifter articles that did something like a "Steam-Punk" setting/dimension? If so, which one? My Rifter cheat-sheet only goes up to about...

Talon Starblade

Ok, while doing research on an article I’m considering writing I re-introduced myself to the idea that revolver tech was not only in existence decades prior to the Civil War, but so were carbine and full smooth-bore and rifled long barreled “revolvers.” So, prior to the merging of WP’s Revolver and ...

Talon Starblade

Ok, I was looking at the "Superior weapons" list in Palladium Fantasy 1 and 2 (pg271 in 2nd ed), and it got me wonderiung on why the Dwarves and Kobolds were the only species to be listed? I can kind of understand humans not necessarily having improved qualities, although some blacksmiths ...

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Now that Palladium has resurrected AtB and the rest of the supplements for that line, I was wondering if anyone was thinking on updating/rebuilding Transdimensional TMNT into a more compatible form with the current books... Perhaps even redesigning the entire module for a more "universal" ...

Talon Starblade

Thanks Nekira, that helps...

I do have a follow-up I just realized I had:

When the Conjurers are on Rifts Earth and create ranged and wants to do Megadamage, he needs to spend an additional 30ppe... But is that on the weapon, the ammo, or BOTH?

Talon Starblade

Alright, first time posting in official clarification forum, so here goes… 1 – There are two versions of the Conjurer OCC (one in Federation of Magic pg 83 and Mount Nimro pg 30)… for the most part they are identical, but then you get to skills and magic spells where you discover the differences: Th...

Talon Starblade

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for this one... I've always liked the TJ's, and the stuff in Rifter 70 was awesome... Just one question on that one though... The entry for the Increased Nanobot Expulsion mentions: "allows for the armor of the Technojacker to grow per level of experience,&quo...

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I find many of these ideas interesting, but why feel the need to work crudely with wood blocks or even set typing? I can fully see the Librarians solving the problem by combining the DNA and materials to create an actual “bio-printer.” (Literally. WE’VE got printers 3D printing organs, why not the r...

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Honestly, the only way I can think of to handle an ambient energy feed, is to somehow manage a spell chain the spell life source in it and somehow manage it to grab a poit or two of PPE over a large area, instead of sucking out life energy. A mundane secondary motor really isn’t all that much of a p...

Talon Starblade

Ok folks. 4 years ago, I actually started a similar conversation, but that was just trying to get clarifications on the TW construction rules. This time around, I'm trying to find out what some of us have done to match up the batteries and especially the vehicle conversions (and maybe the generators...

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Actually, an old GM buddy and I had fun with this scenario years ago… My character had been through a reasonable amount of hell getting to Africa, including surviving some serious experimentation thanks to a Splugorth Minion bio-wizard. He was still kind of mutating even after a three year bounce th...

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Actually, I was doing some massive research on Slings and Sling-shots a few times over the last couple of years... While a normal Sling-shot bought over the counter may be a relative lightweight, I've seen demonstrations of home made high-tension band designs using anywhere form a 26 to 36 inch draw...

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Let’s examine for a second, for a lot of the converted TW toys the direct PPE to ISP cost conversions just won’t work. At 2d4x10 plus ME, you’d have to get max die rolls and in excess of level 10 or 12 just to do a TK engine. And then there’s the secondary armor adds… Something else I was always a l...

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I would find myself considering the situation to be a “Holy CRAP!” situation on Archie actually learning it, but given whether Archie could acquire character levels would be the determining factor on him being able to make them. The thing is, what would he be able to do with them? Possibly sell them...

Talon Starblade

Honestly, I could see this more as a Rifter article, with plenty of use, location, population and monster choices and random ideas. As optional type material, it would definitely allow for varying degrees of usefulness. Just thinking on it, I can think of a number of ideas, but they could be discuss...

Talon Starblade

So no one's got additional ideas? I'm half tempted to just equate psylite to diamonds for value and capacity, but to be honest, the evidence so far hasn't born that out. Just look at the cost of the magazines for Nuro Crystal weapons... 4000 creds for one, but the storage cpacity can range upwards t...

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By RUE, there's a hole in that thought... Only Emeralds and Diamonds are listed as having the ability to store PPE (apparently raw). It was a nice idea though. Don't let this stop you or anybody. Keep the ideas coming, please. BTW, if you would, what page (BSN1=1st ED?). They're not books I regularl...

Talon Starblade

The link got compressed on us, so only part of it is working. This'll get you to his DeviantArt site.

http://madjaguar.deviantart.com

Talon Starblade

OK, I posted this in the Dimension Books forum, but realized this might be more effective here. Of all the things I find interesting about the Phaseworld books, Psylite (the psychically resonant form of Quartz crystal, is one of the most perplexing. Talked about in Dimension Book 2, page 127, they t...

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Actually, Palladium did cover this in the Rifts Ultimate Edition, p. 134, right column, third paragraph from the bottom. It the small section on "About Precious gems," and discusses where many kinds of gems can be found naturally in the world. At the end of that paragraph is a notation on ...

Talon Starblade

I'm glad you liked and that it helped with some of you ideas. It's all part of why the community is here. Good luck with the campaign. Have fun.

Talon Starblade

I can see a town of good magic users making use of Technowizardry in order to deal with criminals. Rather than lock them away or execute them, create a collar or "head clamp" or even a brain implant set with Enscorcell and dominate as the base spells in teh system. Suddenly you have a livi...

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Of all the things I find interesting about the Phaseworld books, Psylite (the psychically resonant form of Quartz crystal, is one of the most perplexing. Talked about in Dimension Book 2, page 127, they talk about its rarity and value as a resource and ISP storage even in its natural form, but other...

Talon Starblade

On the books and skills: I’d recommend adding Dimension book 3: Phaseworld Sourcebook, start at page 104 (large ship combat rules), fighters and smaller would be covered by most main manuals (like Chaos Earth). Follow that up with Dimension book 13: Fleets of the Three Galaxies. It expands the norma...

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I think a more practical program would be one that plotted the positions from data. A 3-D modeling program would be terrible beyond a few dozen points, and working something to any functional scale would definitely be a nightmare, especially trying to maintain a point of perspective on the visual da...

Talon Starblade

Man this thread got me laughing… It’s not because of the idea (I like the idea, although it might be more feasible as a section in a general book of parallel dimensions) but because it sent me back to my first Rifts game (ugh… 22 years ago). My first character was an irascible Headhunter with just a...

Talon Starblade

Well, not wishing to be left as a lurker, I think I’ll submit on this one… I graduated about 5 months ago from college, getting my degree in of all things, “Video Game Design.” You read that right; I got a degree to do this stuff. That said, I am curious on the levels of detail you want to do this o...

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Normally I'm more the patient type, but hearing of the people enjoying Rifter 53 for weeks now has me a bit worried. I renewed my subscription in on New Years day, invoice number 40561. Name: Paul Haga. Startig issue for renewal: #53. I'm wondering if my order may have been missed or something, as I...

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survivvors is not really a reality show. its all staged. I have to agree with the statement, and add to it. Its not worth watching. You want a true survivor show with a milion for grabs you put your contestant on the island make them do challanges for a meal or some useful tool. and you put a small...

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My table top GM tried an odd ball game world under this idea… the campaign was a disaster. MDC weapons and armor remained fully functional, but magic had problems… the Ley lines were deliberately submerged and suppressed to keep the Super natural baddies from being too powerful, and mages from Rifts...

Talon Starblade

Well, when I initially posted this question I was thinking of the various applications, especially with some of what I’d seen in the past. Areas I would think might be addressed might include: Manipulation (enchantments and bio-manipulations to control and incite the action), prevention (self explan...

Talon Starblade

Largely, I think such magics are not considered because most of the ones available in the games are reactionary in nature. I’m being attacked, put up Ithan… I need to shoot, throw a fireball. I’m hurt, kiss it and make it better. It’s all about instant gratification… “Patch me up and get me back int...

Talon Starblade

Ok... I've seen such things in other systems, but can't say I've encountered this field of magic. having gotten hold of the "Mysteries of Magic" book, and seeing it mentioned not once, but three times (if my count was correct?) makes me wonder if this is an article I missed somewhere (what...

Talon Starblade

Oh come on. No one has any thoughts on this subject? No dea at all?

Talon Starblade

Alright, I looked through a lot of the posts here, but didn’t see my question answered for Techno-wizardry… So by what guidelines do you determine Device Level? And what effect can differing ability make beyond a bonus for working downward? Any simple spell adds to an armor or vehicle is easy enough...

Talon Starblade

A few years ago, I created a Techno-wizard who’d had some serious problems. Unable (or unwilling) to connect to normal people, he began experimenting with AI. He made use of various Alien technologies and managed to develop his own brand, so to speak. In online RPG’s I made use of that character and...

Talon Starblade

We’ve all experienced it: The GM decides to add a little more realism, by adding a random hit location table to his arsenal of player destruction. To some, the horror is brief (they’re playing dragons), but to the rest of us… Well thanks to RUE and Chaos Earth, we have MDC by location to personal a...

Talon Starblade

We’ve all experienced it: The GM decides to add a little more realism, by adding a random hit location table to his arsenal of player destruction. To some, the horror is brief (they’re playing dragons), but to the rest of us… Well thanks to RUE and Chaos Earth, we have MDC by location to personal ar...

Talon Starblade

That you oodles, Carl. I never knew about that little fact. Now I can actually pay attention to it.

Incidentally, I'm good through this issue

Thanks again.

Talon Starblade

Being the absent minded idiot that I am, I never seem to be able to remember when my subscription is up. Would any of the site monitors be able to tell me if I'm due to renew or still good for issue 43? On a side thought, what is the possibility of forum post or accessible data request that could al...

Talon Starblade

I don't care how much it'll cost... I'm getting it. I just need to know how Palladium may want to get the difference in cost, since I pre-ordered my copy a few days ago.

Talon Starblade

This is one I've been trying to figure out for a while... From what I can tell, there has never been an actual listing of jumping rules for the average character, untill you look at skills. In a lot of the older books, you only find anything counting for jumping once you choose the Gymnastics or Acr...

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