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This is something I've been curious about for a while. I prefer to make a few high (17-20), a few low (never under 6), with the rest average. For a high stat I'll do 16+1d4, and a low I'll do 5+1d4. Average can be 10+1d4. Leaving attribute generation purely up to 3d6 rolls will generally result in ...

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In my games I made each session count as one experience point. It costs 3 points to level up for levels 2-5, 4 points for levels 6-10 and 5 for levels 11-15. It's worked extremely well so far.

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Did anyone else do anything special for the holiday? Or did your GM do something special? In my game I had the PCs hanging out at a bar while their robot was being repaired. Then a local burst in and started pleading for help on behalf of his brother, a farmer. They agreed to help and he lead them t...

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Thanks, guys! Keep"em coming!

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So magical and cursed items would still have been a thing back during the 21st century of Rifts Earth, just extremely rare and weak. In the vein of shows such as Warehouse 13, Friday the 13th(the tv seies) and even Raiders of the Lost Ark(the ending), in my version of Rifts Earth there was a secret ...

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Thanks for all the responses!

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Toughest critter can also be a relative factor depending on how prepared the party is for the critter, or even their composition. A Zavor (CB1r, last pair of pages) can be a nightmare for a pure magic using party, but also a push over if equipped correctly for example. So, what is your criteria for...

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I'm building a homebrew BBEG because I can't find anything I really want to use. I was wondering what, if those of you whose Rifts Fu is better than mine knows, is the toughest critter in Rifts thats not an Alien Intelligence or the Lord of the Deep. My guess would be a Norse Giant or an Ancient Dra...

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I ran a game with a couple of players (Demigods) who managed to take out a VI (there were some NPCs helping them out, but they mostly dealt with the vamps themselves). It took them a few attempts (read: running away), but once they figured out a strategy it was game over for the VI. They were using...

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My players are about to come into possession of an IBC nuke. The IBC part of it no longer functions due to decades of exposure to the elements (its been at the bottom of a lake in Dinosaur Swamp) but the bomb still works just fine. What they decide to do with it should be fun. An NPC shall suggest t...

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My latest work in progress Fellow Rifts fans, I'm trying my hand at another Rifts map. This time, I'm taking on the South American continent, or rather the remnants thereof. While I love the hand-drawn maps in South America 1 and 2, and they do a great job of showing where the various political pow...

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Thanks for all the input!

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If you want to get technical there is no need for a TW device in this case. Dimensional Pocket (per BoM pg247) does state you can purchase such an enchanted item, Dimensional Envelope lacks such a thing AFAIK. It should be noted you can alter the device level, or gem quality, or add other spells th...

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Arzno, Merctown and Cuidad Juarez are all described in detail. I don't know if they count as fortified or not but, at least in the case of Merctown, you would have to have a lot of nerve to attack a city full of Mercs.

Edit: Autocorrect orginally changed Arzno to Arnold. Corrected it.

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So one of my players (who is new to Rifts) asked if there was something like a Bag of Holding in R8fts and I said no but there is the Temporal Spells: Dimensional Pocket and Dimensional Envelope. Then it hit me a little later that you could create something like the Bag with Techno-Wizardry and thos...

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If so was it on Earth or somewhere in the three galaxies? What kind of adventures did it join and was it a valuable or interesting member of the party? I had a Zembakh NPC in my latest game. He was an appendage (actually coming out the side of the neck) of a Titan Cyberknight. The Cyberknight had b...

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Page 12 of the Vampire Sourcebook details a Doomsday Machine that CAN be a nuke, depending on the foe.

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So my group's player characters are going to be arriving in the City of Char, just north of the Dinosaur Swamp, this weekend and I was wondering if anyone here has either run a group in Char or been to Char as a PC. If so, what happened while you were there?

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I was reading Ratty's guide to spell casting and at one point there is a discussion on how it's better to spend a couple rounds buffing vs. Casting damage spells. I 100% agree with this, at least in that it's better to cast something else or just use a gun and save your P.P.E., but I don't remember...

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Thanks guys!

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I was reading Ratty's guide to spell casting and at one point there is a discussion on how it's better to spend a couple rounds buffing vs. Casting damage spells. I 100% agree with this, at least in that it's better to cast something else or just use a gun and save your P.P.E., but I don't remember ...

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Looking forward to the next installment!

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I love the supplement but find myself struggling to remember all the various elements when my players are visiting it. How do you feel about it? Used it in your campaigns? How did it work out for you?

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Mlp7029 wrote:TW Thundergun New West of 215, 1D6x10 MD vs supernatural targets or enchanted bullets 2D6 MD cost varies but 50-150 cr each in our campaign.

This was perfect!

But thanks to everyone for the input!

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Thanks guys!

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One of my players got a little frustrated after having to fight a daemonix with the impervious to energy spell and later a dragon hatchling with the Invulnerability spell. He wasn't completely hosed since he has supernatural strength but now wants non-energy based weapon options. I suggested the big...

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Nice start to a campain, I would not mind reading more. One day into the trip back to Merctown, they come across a newly established, comparatively tiny, Xiticix hive. Hyperion makes note that there is probably a queen inside and there is a bounty out for the heads of queens of 500,000 credits. Thi...

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Thanks for trying! I guess I just imagined it. I have had this nagging at my memory for a couple weeks now.

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I think I remember seeing it somewhere but can't remember where. I've looked in Ultimate Edition, The Game Master's Guide and the Conversion Book with no luck. Anyone know what I am talking about or did I just imagine it?

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[quote="ITWastrel"]Quick count says eleven physical skills grant combat bonuses in the R:GMG, discounting H2H skills and Space physical skills. Three of these are Juicer sports, Deadball, Juicer Football and Juicer Murderthon. Good luck convincing a GM that your rogue scientist "playe...

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<shrug> The OCC with the highest number of Other and Secondary Skills with the fewest Physical skill category restrictions? Off-hand the Rogue Scientist comes to mind, with only three Physical Category restrictions but with 8 Other and 4 Secondary skills, allowing you to load up. Better question is...

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Anyone know which one it is?

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I just thought I would start a thread where everyone could share info on the campaigns they are running or maybe the details on one of their favorite campaigns. Hopefully this will be fun and perhaps inspiring. I will go first: The campaign starts with the PCs coincidingly arriving at an inn/tavern ...

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I have a player playing a Dragon Hatchling with HTH Dragon. He got Crush at level 2 and decided to use it (for the double damage to smaller opponents) tonight. It says that it is primarily used with a Grappling Hold (which he won't get until level 6) or a "bear hug attack". I allowed him t...

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They stayed at the Ambassador Suites (#33)

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So they visited the Collegiate Arcane as planned the first day, spent the 2nd in the flea market where they made several purchases and spent the third.....most surprisingly.....hanging out at the hotel. They had no interest in exploring further. (The Juicer's player was absent so he spent the time a...

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1. Yes with the exception of P.P.E. which is 3D4X10+20 +4D6 per level. 2. Same as above. P.P.E. is 3D4x10+20 +4D6 per level 3. I believe, and this is pure opinion, that they would stack. Powers Unlimited 2 for Heroes Unlimited has rules for making Godlings too but I doubt that's what you are looking...

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I am using the skelebot graveyard from the Tolkeen books in the game I am running (the PCs have been hired to provide security for a salvage operation there). I was wondering if anyone else had used it in their games and how they turned out?

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Thanks for the suggestions!

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My game is taking the players to Merctown and I was about to go through the book and look for things they can do that will make the trip memorable when it occurred to me that y'all might like to help. I know the Juicer will want to watch a game of Deadball at the Battledome and the dragon hatchling ...

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The Big Book of Juicers page 133 says the coalition intended to wipe out 15-20% of the North American juicer population, killing 30-40 thousand juicers. Head math says the skullheads believe there are approximately 200,000 juicers on the continent. Kingsdale has a transient, merchant, and juicer po...

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So what city probably has more Juicers in it than anywhere else?

I'm guessing Kingsdale but what does everyone else think?

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I am sure everybody has their own opinion and I would like to hear it. My votes are for the Vagabond, Mystic and City Rat.

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Blue_Lion wrote:
Rifter11 wrote:Just ran into a reference to Techno-Faeries in Rifts Black Market (pg 103). So I tried looking those up in D-Bees of North America and they aren't in there. Does anyone know what book they ARE in?

They race is Fairy Bot aka Techno-Faeries found on page 76 of D-bees of North America.

Great! Thanks!

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Just ran into a reference to Techno-Faeries in Rifts Black Market (pg 103). So I tried looking those up in D-Bees of North America and they aren't in there. Does anyone know what book they ARE in?

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My least favorite would be Australia, Africa, and the Chinas. I don't see ever running a game in those locales. England I rather like, possibly due to sentimental reasons. It does have the Chiang-ku, Millennium trees and Temporal classes though which are some of my favorite concepts that are also us...

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"1. The rule only applies to guided missiles. RUE 364 Contrary to what one might think, a character can dodge one, two and even three guided missiles ... however it is impossible to dodge a volley of four or more missiles launched simultaneously. 2. Few missiles are guided RUE 364: Unless other...

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Missile rifle is on page 95 of coalition war campaign. It says it is standard issue for the Special Forces Striker SAMAS and frequently used by the Terror Trooper, full conversion borgs and the occasional Juicer. It does have a Strength limit. Oh, and the Striker has 28 mini-missiles of its own.

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Does anyone else find the missile combat rules broken? I don't mind my players having access to lots of damage but I'm worried about PA and Robot villains with hordes of mini missiles easily taking out the players. I mean a single Coalition PA pilot with a missile rifle can dish out an un-dodgeable ...

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I would have imagined this would have been addressed by now but I couldn't find it if it was. I was looking at the Borg class in R:UE and noticed they nerfed Borg armor. It made me wonder what other nerfs/buffs I have missed in there. So what was the biggest buff/nerf in R:UE that you like/dislike t...

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