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...the Auntin. It is almost a word for word copy of the scimitar patrol ship. The stats are identical and the wording of the stats is nearly identical too. Kind of disappointed with that. GSA INTERNAL MEMORANDUM To: Dept. Director Burgh From: Agent 6389 (Anvil) Re: Golgan hackers? Sir, Attached, pl...

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historically the most profitable ones were things that could only be obtained from specific (usually distant) places and nowhere else.. Silk, spices, and porcelain from china Cotton, spices from India Ivory, gems, and gold from central africa etc.. though things like grain, wool, wine, and other co...

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Also in 2nd edition, it isn't insta-death with SDC. The damage isn't direct to HP. Sure, a 1st level goblin is probably going to be fried. However, you are typically (if the GM is decent) going up against enemies of roughly similar level (or higher) depending on number of PCs and NPCs versus protaga...

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Finally got around to reading the rifter article. It is great, except the Auntin. It is almost a word for word copy of the scimitar patrol ship. The stats are identical and the wording of the stats is nearly identical too. Kind of disappointed with that.

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Well, keep in mind. The Xits don't have magic. Most Demons/Devils regenerate at an amazing rate, not including magical healing, magical force fields, etc. Most Demons are easily capabile of taking on a xit in 3-4:1 numbers for a minor demon and some of the greater demons, not even lords, but regular...

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Not really. Splynn has three planets full of back up doesn't he? Atlantis is just the tip of the iceburg of his power. As pointed out he doesn't flex against the rest of Rift's earth because it would bring in other cosmic factors to stop him, but if attacked his power base is hugely deep and he cou...

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Kevin is a technophobe, albeit a smart one. He doesn't believe in PDFs. Everyone clamored for them. So, he got mediocre PDFs of stuff that people aren't buying anymore. Then, when they don't sell well, he can appoint and say "see, I tried, but nobody was buying them. I was right all along!&quo...

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There you go, talking about what is beyond the black wall. Sigh. Now I won't be able to sleep for a decade until Kevin puts pen to paper and talks about it. I am very excited about your new book. Phase World is perhaps my favorite setting, but immediately behind that is PFRPG and then Rifts itself a...

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@Jaymz - I understand your point about funds going to Palladium from only the original sale. Also I agree that it is a little late in the day for companies now to worry about creating product that can be uploaded straight away, which I think is the main thought process behind it - if I provide a pr...

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Not really. Splynn has three planets full of back up doesn't he? Atlantis is just the tip of the iceburg of his power. As pointed out he doesn't flex against the rest of Rift's earth because it would bring in other cosmic factors to stop him, but if attacked his power base is hugely deep and he cou...

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Hmmmm, I haven't gotten the book yet, but I am interested. I have the others. I can't seem to recall seeing or hearing anything about a HoH book, but at the sametime I was never aware that anything like the supposed content of HoH would be in Megaverse in Flames. So I can't rightly say I am dissapoi...

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It doesn't immediately melt snow if you spill gasoline or diesel on it (in my experience, not that I have ever done anything like try to make a flaming snowball of death). Think like making a snowball (the eatable kind), but gas instead of sugar flavoring.

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Or just make a flamethrower. Metalized gasoline thickened slightly should drop a zombie VERY fast. Sure, they are dead and can't feel pain, but the fire is hot enough it wold effectively cook a zombie in just a few seconds.

Or if you want, potato gun with shrapnel loaded and a sabot, or similar.

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Fill said punkin with diesel fuel and wax. Great way to get some heat down range. Four or five of these and a flare gun. Except for those times when it spontaneously disassembles upon firing the cannon...in which case you just blast a giant ball of flaming diesel and wax right out of the barrel. Pr...

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My neighbors. I'd vote them most likely to join any hippie commune I started...or Zombie survival group. Bonuses for skills in living off the land, farming and hunting. Maybe my other neighbor across the street. Her daughter already baby sits my kids, she has horses, chickens, mostly fenced large pr...

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Pretty much. I mean, a backyard micro distillary that you might use to make a couple of pints of moonshine/liquor, sure. They aren't that big, you could break it down and throw in the back of your car, truck, what have you. It wouldn't be that difficult to do mashes to get enough raw input to distil...

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Per acre yes, but not per pound of input. Refined sugar yields .044 gravity per pound in 1 gallon of water. Corn yields around .035 gravity per pound in 1 gallon of water. With the right yeast yeach tenth of a point of gravity yields around a 1% alcohol mixture in the end. So .044 gravity per pound...

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Per acre yes, but not per pound of input. Refined sugar yields .044 gravity per pound in 1 gallon of water. Corn yields around .035 gravity per pound in 1 gallon of water. With the right yeast yeach tenth of a point of gravity yields around a 1% alcohol mixture in the end. So .044 gravity per pound ...

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If I was a ship designer I would definitely keep all comms circuits totally separate from all other command and control circuits. So my answer would be "no". But not all ships would be designed this way. Maybe some are designed to be controlled by a master ship with people on it and act l...

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The likelihood of prisons and the reasons to get set to them are dependent on the society. Kingsdale for instance has a different approach to magic crimes than Iron Heart. Can you afford to lose a set of hands to hold a gun when the monsters show up? If the community is small and tight knit they mi...

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That said, I've always felt like there could be such a thing as MINOR MOM implants that didn't actually cause much in the way of instanity. Something to just tweak things a little bit. Like maybe a MOM implant that makes you resistant to pain and fatigue, or one that allows you to heal a little fas...

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Agree on the 180 spin in principal. I guess my hang-up is, if you read the description, that does not seem to be what the author was attempting to convey at all. I read it as them trying to say you can effectively stop the bike, spin 180 and proceed in the opposite direction, from any speed, in 2 se...

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Okay, true the pectin can be an issue in distilling. From everything I have read, basically because of the density difference, you just skim off some percentage of the top product before you "bottle". For fuel, it should matter little. If you are using a citrus product AFTER distilling, no...

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Oh no, I think a river island is an awesome idea. I am just saying, not all are created equal or are necessarily very hard to access, even for a zombie. A river island is often still easier, because short of mangroves, most have "beaches" which are fairly cleared of vegetation, so it would...

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Addressed in-line. There is several large problems with armored vehicles. 1) The are maintenance intensive. Like one hour of maintenance for X hours operating, more so if it is tracked. This varies considerably be vehicle type and individual system requiring maintenance. Aircraft are even worse some...

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Its a better option than setting up on land, sure. Strong currents maybe, but what about the zombie that gets washed down stream from somewhere else? I think you'd still get zombies at some point. If you look at most river islands, most do not have cliffs around them. Maybe the tinniest handful. Mos...

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I would want to bring it back with me. The ability to create alcohol for sanitation purposes is wonderful. Plus when liquor stores no longer have anything to plunder, a still is the supreme morale booster. Sure moonshine is awful but with a few choice ingredients you can change the flavour of it so...

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That well could be, but one normally doesn't "throw on the brakes" if you are simply spinning around. The text implies that the hover cycle is braking to a full stop, spinning and heading the other direction all within 2 seconds. It doesn't really imply that its simply spinning to face the...

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Now I can't remember which bike it is, the one with the pivoting thruster, in the stats is says that the user can do a tornado turn (or named something like that) by "applying the brakes WHILE pivoting on the thruster" or something like that. First of all...brakes on a hover bike? I mean.....

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So...Carl, Braden...any chance of more Phase World stuff at some point? I loved the Pirate stuff in #66, but it just makes me thirst for more.

Yes, this is exactly like dealing drugs. Give me a little and it just makes me want more.

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The Black Market bit is nice. The creatures are nice. My favorite, the Phase World stuff. CJ did a nice job creating and/or "starting" the TG/PW stuff back in the day, but Carl and Braden are by far my favorite PW writers. Its a nice addition to PW, but I of course wish it was longer. I am...

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I could sure see someone(s) having tried this at some point. Maybe even worked. However, with the basic way MOM implants work, no, I don't think they would have adapted. Earlier in life it is easier to cause psychosis, neurosis and other mental disorders and insanities than it is to introduce such t...

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That gives me a nice idea for a psionic combat borg that can only use a limited spectrum of abilities (electokinesis, telemechanics, most sensitive and some physical). Your system DOES make some sense, considering you can stop bleeding and your heart rate simply by using your mind, but I would only...

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I noticed that the Iron Wing PA talks about its blade wings, silver coated, a number of times. No damage is ever listed anywhere in the description or in the stats for it, though it does mention vibroblades from the arms that can extend and lists different damage for different speeds. The vibroblad...

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Yup. One thing to mention in addition that stuff, at least in the original RMB and I think possibly in the bionis books and RUE when talking about bionics, it isn't simply the metal, the big no-no is the fact that the stuff is attached directly to the nerves. A Mage can wear partial armor without an...

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I noticed that the Iron Wing PA talks about its blade wings, silver coated, a number of times. No damage is ever listed anywhere in the description or in the stats for it, though it does mention vibroblades from the arms that can extend and lists different damage for different speeds. The vibroblade...

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She's OKAY. If you like really solid artwork and great talent. Some people go for that sort of thing. That isn't really my kind of thing. I prefer artwork that leaves me empty and unmoved. If artwork can cause an upwelling of apathy in me, I consider it highly successful. So I consider most of you ...

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I guess that is what I get for not having the book in front of me and quoting from memory. At least I was right about the damage

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Errata on the firefighter power armor. It lists a weight of, IIRC, 480lbs with no water tank and 525lbs with a FULL 75 gallon water tank. I'll just assume the writer meant 525lbs with an EMPTY water tank. Since water, at least in the real world, weighs ~10lbs per gallon, that would be 750lbs of wate...

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TD TMNT does have a bit on artillery in the story on civil war soldiers getting pulled forward and they you heading backward. IIRC it is a 12lb Napolean gun and it had a damage of 2d6x10. Problem is, PB is terrible at arty and scaling. Something like a 50lb or 300lb, insta death if you get hit by it...

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Well, only had a chance to read the first page or three. Nice so far. Much more pleased about how this insider worked out than the last one (granted, still wayyyyy overdue, but in some ways this one I only date to when NG1 went to print). Resisting urge to not sit at my desk at work and read it on m...

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I just got my email/link! I have to wait till I get home to actually download it though. Very excited. I'd say I know what I am doing tonight...but it isn't what you think. Sadly drywall, mowing the lawn, doing insulation work in my attic and bottling my latest APA. Busy times, busy times. Tomorrow ...

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Nightfactory wrote:This isn't the issue with the Grackletooth Prosititute RCC ("I'll give ya some MDC lovin'!") in it is it?

No, this one has the Trogldyte lady of the night RCC ("I'll give you some low down luvin")

I am very much looking forward to the Phase World article.

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Meh, even back issues so long as they aren't going to stop at like 50 or something. I forget the exact numbers, but I think it is Rifters 53, 57 and 62 that I am interested in. Or something like that.

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I haven't pictured any explosive bolts or anything, but I have imagined that the suit release system works on a seperate backup power supply and all you had to do was toggle the release (verbal, tongue switch, manual external switch/code or something). Most PA isn't really that heavy. It is a hard s...

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DR sale? Or maybe a Rifter sale? Or both at once (because I really want to get the last DR book and Rifter #66...plus there are a few back issues of the Rifter I want to get too).

azazel1024

Thanks guys! I had stayed away from the forums as much as I possibly could until I got the NG2 insider PDF because with NG1...well it got to be too much for me with all of the copious delays and waiting. At least based on the weekly updates, it does seem like NG2 wasn't nearly as badly delayed (afte...

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Short cross post, has PB said when the PDF is likely to be sent out? Originally it was something like 2-4 weeks, but with NG1 it was a little closer to 6 weeks and after the HC shipped (which I don't think has shipped yet, unless I missed something). Just want to calibrate my expectations and I als...

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Short cross post, has PB said when the PDF is likely to be sent out? Originally it was something like 2-4 weeks, but with NG1 it was a little closer to 6 weeks and after the HC shipped (which I don't think has shipped yet, unless I missed something). Just want to calibrate my expectations and I also...

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It matters moderately. I don't want to see a sky cycle when an ocean liner is being described/stat'd. To get a bit more in the weeds, I think the illustration should have some basic accuracy. If your Tank is described has having a dual cannon turret, with a cupola rail gun and some smoke ejectors an...

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