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- Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Rifts: The Cyberworks Collection hardcover is available now.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2308
Re: Rifts: The Cyberworks Collection hardcover is available
Where are the surprises? Looks like a cut and paste job to me. Even the Mechanoids layout was the pre-RUE style. I did see lots of errors though, like what used to be a "+" is now a "-1-" or a "-4". By surprises, do you just mean poor editing?
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 5:21 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17044
Re: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter
Look, I love PB. Very much. Heck, look at my forum number (number 9 to sign up with the "new" website, 30 Sep 2000). Id like to help them, but at this point they need to help themselves. As others have said previously, we have been burned so many times. My name is already in the Heroes of ...
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 5:05 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17044
Re: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter
barna10 wrote:To be clear, there is a Scotland in Rifts, but there is no book Rifts:Scotland
but mentioned many time as "coming soon".
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 12:43 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Status of the CS Navy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2151
Re: Status of the CS Navy
Ah, here it is. The CS Navy was destroyed by Free Quebec (pp138-139, Aftermath). Prior to that before the war, the CS lost half its ships to the Splugorth (p 16, Free Quebec). I assume this is in reference to the remainder of the First Fleet that didn't go over to the Free Quebec side and the Second...
- Tue Oct 18, 2022 7:42 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: How I Would Plan Out The Minion War On Rifts Earth
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3177
Re: How I Would Plan Out The Minion War On Rifts Earth
I liked the SoT series as well as 4 horseman, ARCHIE, Mechanoids, Xicticx, Juicer Uprising, and the Minion War. I wish they would finalize the outcome of the Minion War in a similar fashion that Jaymes lays out. What I didnt like about all but SoT, is you had to look into other books to find the out...
- Tue Oct 18, 2022 6:49 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Non-Dog Boy Dog Boys
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4113
Re: Non-Dog Boy Dog Boys
Palladium's character class system is so messy. I simplify everything. Race = what you are born with. Attributes, racial abilities, racial bonuses, ect. Occupation = what you can learn. Equipment, Skill lists, XCC bonuses, specialized augmentation (you cant just slap on a bio harness and suddenly yo...
- Tue Oct 18, 2022 6:20 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17044
Re: Rifts® Titan Robotics™ Kickstarter
Produce a book. I buy it. Simple as that.
- Tue Oct 18, 2022 6:16 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Status of the CS Navy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2151
Re: Status of the CS Navy
sweet, makes sense. thanks guys
- Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:15 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Status of the CS Navy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2151
Status of the CS Navy
So, its been years since I thought about Rifts with high priority. BUt Ive been thinking lately with the Minion War...what is the status of the CS Navy? I seem to remember it was destroyed in the war with Free Quebec? But I cannot find that reference anywhere. I wonder if it was just my old group's ...
- Wed Oct 05, 2022 2:31 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Mutant Humans in Rifts
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4239
Re: Mutant Humans in Rifts
The Super Soldier in Mercenaries and the Gladiator in Merc Adventures have options for that OCC to have mutant powers from HU2.
- Tue Oct 26, 2021 8:13 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Bonus Material in Hard Cover edition books
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2926
Bonus Material in Hard Cover edition books
Is it canon or not? Being reprinted in a core book...yet its just a lazy Rifter copy/paste which still includes the words "optional".
What are your thoughts?
Basically...do I need to even bother buying these things?
What are your thoughts?
Basically...do I need to even bother buying these things?
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 9:04 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What are some of your House Rules that go against Canon?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 35761
Re: What are some of your House Rules that go against Canon?
Oh yeah... RUE Cyber Knights. 1) they dont make sense. In RMB, they were fine as is. Other augmented OCCs had some sort of downside for their power (RPA pilots needed a power armor to have extra attacks, Crazies lost their sanity, Juicers had limited lifespan, cyborgs lost their humanity...) In RUE,...
- Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:33 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: R:UE nerfs and buffs
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11129
Re: R:UE nerfs and buffs
@killer cyborg: RUE also included the change for spellcasters to throw around 1 (low-level) spell per melee action, so they actually didn't fall behind on ROF. They didn't fall behind on ROF for low-level spells . It's a partial fix that helped reduce the issue significantly, but a lot of staple co...
- Sat Oct 09, 2021 9:43 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What are some of your House Rules that go against Canon?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 35761
Re: What are some of your House Rules that go against Canon?
Its been a while since I've actually ran a campaign, but from what I can remember: -No GI Joe Rule. -No -10 to dodge gunfire rule. -No - to hit moving targets (the dodge is the moving target. So even if a character wants to move from one place to another, I have them roll a dodge) -Bots are defined ...
- Sat Oct 09, 2021 9:25 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What are some of your House Rules that go against Canon?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 35761
Re: What are some of your House Rules that go against Canon?
I've found that "No Alignment" tends to result in every character's alignment being "whatever random mood the player happens to be in on this particular day." Which is fine for one-off adventures, but leads to some pretty inconsistent behavior in campaigns. How do you No Alignme...
- Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:05 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Answers
- Replies: 105
- Views: 291501
Re: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Ans
No, its a free update for those who have already purchased it once. Did you get in on DriveThru or here on the Palladium Store? Palladium Store You should be able to download the most updated version from the link you used to download it in the first place. If you do not have access to that link an...
- Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:38 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Answers
- Replies: 105
- Views: 291501
Re: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Ans
Do I have to purchase this again to get the 003 release? No, its a free update for those who have already purchased it once. Did you get in on DriveThru or here on the Palladium Store? Palladium Store You should be able to download the most updated version from the link you used to download it in t...
- Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:07 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Answers
- Replies: 105
- Views: 291501
Re: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Ans
Greg Diaczyk wrote:Kagashi wrote:Do I have to purchase this again to get the 003 release?
No, its a free update for those who have already purchased it once.
Did you get in on DriveThru or here on the Palladium Store?
Palladium Store
- Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:52 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Answers
- Replies: 105
- Views: 291501
Re: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Ans
Do I have to purchase this again to get the 003 release?
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 7:51 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Answers
- Replies: 105
- Views: 291501
Re: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Ans
yeah there seems to be a bit of house rules that snuck into this product rather than it being an actual RUE product. Like an IQ of 15 offers +1% skill bonus...even though thats not in the rules.
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:56 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: OCC/RCC bonuses
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3755
Re: OCC/RCC bonuses
IF an OCC or RCC gives you a bonus to strike does it get added to guns? It's a non-specific bonus and I could find no answers in any of the books. Unless it says it gives a bonus to modern weapons, then the only weapons that get the bonus are ones that get them from the char's hand to hand training...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:25 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Temporal Warriors
- Replies: 38
- Views: 9935
Re: Temporal Warriors
Its pretty simple really. Officially in Rifts, no Temporal Warriors speak a word unless they burn an OCC related or secondary skill. Also, if not using RUE, they can never take Horsemanship or Cowboy skills (horsemanship used to be a pilot skill...but no other horsemanship variants) However, most pe...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 7:23 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Answers
- Replies: 105
- Views: 291501
Re: Rifts Automated Character Sheet (RACS) - Questions & Ans
Please add in lesser known languages, like Wolven, Gromek, and others from the RCB. Likewise, the Phaseworld Trade Languages.
- Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:31 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts: Haunted Tech Sourcebook
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13498
Re: Rifts: Haunted Tech Sourcebook
Been waiting on Mechanoids Space since 1995
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:46 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Armor-Piercing Missiles
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12098
Re: Armor-Piercing Missiles
The advantage of the heavy rail guns has always been it avoids Impervious to Energy spells and the like. I think there is one super power in HU2 that soaks kinetic damage, and the Megaversal Legion has a force field that parries kinetic rounds. That's about it. Generally, if a rail gun hits...its do...
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 7:43 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: World War 2 PArt 2 Rifts style.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3271
Re: World War 2 PArt 2 Rifts style.
Ive often worked tech based war idea like this. Like CS vs NGR. Or CS vs Robotech.
Or just play WWII, but with Rifts equipment. USA would use CS gear, Germany would use Triax gear, USSR would use Warlords/Sovietski gear, Britain would use...psionic swords?
Or just play WWII, but with Rifts equipment. USA would use CS gear, Germany would use Triax gear, USSR would use Warlords/Sovietski gear, Britain would use...psionic swords?
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 7:39 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Lazlo Raw Edition
- Replies: 61
- Views: 18281
Re: Lazlo Raw Edition
As with any palladium product...I'll believe it when it comes out. I will not kickstarter. I will not pre-order. And I will not waste money on Raw previews. I've waited 21 years for this book ever since seeing it skipped over intentionally in Canada back in 1999. My anticipation for this book can le...
- Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:40 pm
- Forum: Splicers®
- Topic: non-combatant OCCs
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2283
non-combatant OCCs
Due to lack of official material, do you guys just use Rifts Vagabonds, Rogue Scientists and Rogue Scholars as the non combatant OCCs of each respective house?
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:51 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Changes to Augmented Characters in Rifts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5652
Re: Changes to Augmented Characters in Rifts
I concur in spirit. A juiced grunt is still a grunt who now has superhuman powers due to drugs. He doesnt plug in a bio comp and all of a sudden learn more languages... However, there is some time needed to learn how to USE the bio comp and to adjust. I do use the 2000 XP till level 1 time period as...
- Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:52 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Psi-Slayer race options
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7511
Re: Psi-Slayer race options
Um...then they would be guidelines...not rules... Rifts rules are looser than a newborn's stool. Like, seriously, even they are not written to be a tightly integrated machine. They are written to shamble forward, with the GM and players running around, applying patches they can all live with. And a...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:30 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Psi-Slayer race options
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7511
Re: Psi-Slayer race options
Can a Psi-slayer only be a strict human? What about True Atlantean? Unlike the Psi-ghost (with is a human specific mutation), Psi-slayer seems to be more training based. No. Psi Slayers are human mutants. That's the real answer. Don't let people sway you from deviating from the rules...cause whats ...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:54 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Psi-Slayer race options
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7511
Re: Psi-Slayer race options
Can a Psi-slayer only be a strict human? What about True Atlantean? Unlike the Psi-ghost (with is a human specific mutation), Psi-slayer seems to be more training based. No. Psi Slayers are human mutants. That's the real answer. Don't let people sway you from deviating from the rules...cause whats ...
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:36 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: First Draft of my new Professional Athlete OCC
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6179
Re: First Draft of my new Professional Athlete OCC
I mean, why not? The dude grew up in a world where there are dragons and power armors more powerful than 20th century divisions. And he chose to be a pro athlete...in a world where sports consist of deadball and gladiators. The dude BETTER have MDC. Its not like the people of Rifts are watching base...
- Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:25 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: First Draft of my new Professional Athlete OCC
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6179
Re: First Draft of my new Professional Athlete OCC
Id make them MDC
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:41 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Cyber-Knight - judgement of actions poll
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7794
Re: Cyber-Knight - judgement of actions poll
I dont think the code is a problem per se. I mean, sure its a problem in that in the eyes of the opposing forces, a CK did something they might not think a CK should do. But I have no idea if the opposing forces have Lore: CK or not. If they did, it would not look good for the CKs as a whole...but i...
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:13 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts NA map
- Replies: 228
- Views: 470399
Re: Rifts NA map
wasnt there options to see the simvan ranges at one point?
- Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:26 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Rifts Bestiary: Volume One has gone to press.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10519
Re: Rifts Bestiary: Volume One has gone to press.
The PDF clearly exists, but Palladium doesnt want my money....
- Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:26 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Rifts Bestiary: Volume One has gone to press.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10519
Re: Rifts Bestiary: Volume One has gone to press.
helloooooooo....PDF?!? I want to give you money, but you refuse to let me.
- Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:24 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: PDF Books, Errata and the Cutting Room Floor
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3995
Re: PDF Books, Errata and the Cutting Room Floor
During a recent discussion on the Phase World forums I went to find some information in my PDFs for certain starships and found that it was not in there. Examples: DB 3: Phase World SB - Te Packmaster Carrier has no listed FTL drive but it is listed in the Q&A and I believe in the Cutting Room ...
- Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:22 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Bestiary on PDF??!?!?!?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2828
Bestiary on PDF??!?!?!?
So its been forty three years since the book was released...are you guys going to release it on PDF any time this century? Id like to give you money.
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:17 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: RCC and OCC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3288
Re: RCC and OCC
Palladium is extremely lazy with classifications. Bottom line is, everybody has to be a race (what you are born with from yo mama: Human, mutant dog, psi stalker, dragon hatchling...) and a character class (what you have learned in school and training). Some classes are exclusive to specific races, ...
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:46 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Bestiaries and Animal spells
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3523
Re: Rifts Bestiaries and Animal spells
If Palladium shifted around classifications again with this book...ill be disappointed. No Black Wing Monster Men are not animals. Animals cannot learn magic and BWMM can be Ley Line Walkers or Necromancers. In Spirit West it classifies them as either lesser demons or sub demons. I was hoping this s...
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:53 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Robotech gone.
- Replies: 132
- Views: 114821
Re: Robotech gone.
I'm saddened and happy. Saddened that Palladium and Harmony Gold had a second chance at greatness and both companies fell short. Happy because now another property can try and make a good RPG. This line was plagued with red flags from the beginning with the announcement of manga sized books. Followe...
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:22 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Any ideas how to mix Robotech with Phase world?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15589
Re: Any ideas how to mix Robotech with Phase world?
I like the Kittani/Splugorth connection. - Triolians and Atlanteins both share a similar Greek-like background. - Kittani bots are not only organic in nature, some actually transform. The concept behind robotech of mixing man and machine into one unit can be stretched to the Kittani tech. Plus Invid...
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 6:51 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Ghost Fleet and New Books
- Replies: 64
- Views: 55645
Re: Ghost Fleet and New Books
Just give me a Tokugawa and stats for Super Alpha and Betas before we start making up our own stuff. Hit up the stuff seen in the shows first.
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 5:26 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Variable Robot Piloting Questions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 15900
Re: Variable Robot Piloting Questions
How I personally interpret these questions as of RUE: Well if you really want to make yourself crazy, look at robots with crews of 2 or 3 and try to understand exactly how that would work in the Palladium system.. Does the robot have the combined attacks per melee of all crew members? As I understan...
- Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:15 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Mages Aren't Trained for Combat
- Replies: 735
- Views: 266696
Re: Mages Aren't Trained for Combat
Trump is combat trained.
Warning: Let's not go there. - Mack
Rifter 4
I was reviewing Rifter 4 and the Official Rifts Material about ARCHIE in there. Sure, a lot of it was incorporated in later Rifts titles, but there are still some great, official, canon gems in there. The TPA-006 Titan Heavy Power Armor is amazing. Around a 105 PA invention, it rivals both the Samso...
- Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:23 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Half-Breeds
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6753
Re: Half-Breeds
It does say that inter-species sex can still feel pleasurable, but can't produce offspring...so if you are from one of them liberal settlements and fancy dog boys...go for it.
- Wed Dec 28, 2016 9:28 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: About Sea Titans...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4664
Re: About Sea Titans...
^ This