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The rules for on missile combat it does not say missile weapons. The rules for missile combat in the first paragraph limit it to specific weapons. We are all, everyone of us, aware of this. Indeed, we were just 'ing around for minute. If anyone took my last post seriously and missed my heavy sarcas...

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WB 3 England has all the basic info, but you'll find a couple specific trees in WB 4 Africa, I think there is one in Palladium Fantasy's Eastern Territory book too as some other sources of info.

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In the Army we like to have fun with our marching cadences, the little songs we sing as we march. One of my favorites is about Chuck Norris. Perhaps the CS troops would sing it. see the bearded ninja (Platoon Repeats) Alone upon the hi-ill (Platoon Repeats) His name is Chuck Norris (Platoon Repeats)...

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All of it. He has all the MDC. All MDC structures are actually a small part of him. MDC actually stands from Made Directly of Chuck.

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But wait! If they are missiles, and a railgun fires 4 or more missiles per attack, YOU CAN'T DODGE THEM! But does that mean you can shoot them down? @.@ Well obviously you'd be right on both points. And based on the rules for shooting down missiles, the best thing to do is to shoot them down with a...

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I know you guys are being incredulous, and playing with semantics on purpose but come on. We all know the in game definition of a missile is not the literal technical definition of a missile weapon; ie any weapon that launches a projectile, but rather a flying rocket propelled projectile with some k...

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That is not what the US Supreme Court says. Nor is it what US Law says. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf here's the whole majority of opinion on Citizen's United v. FEC. Please tell me where it says that Corporations are people (it doesn't). Corporations are people is a taglin...

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Look, Tolkeen is ashes and memories now. So what does this have to do with the CS running out of resources? Basically it started out as justifying CS invasion of Tolkeen to grab resources. That brings the whole CS vs Tolkeen debate in, and those go on for ever. When I see some one posting things th...

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The subject of this thread is land rights and d-bees not ogers eating 9 year olds please refrain from further use of such irrelevant hypothetical extremes to steer away from the core of the issue of land rights. In rifts can D-bees gain land rights, from a nation. The Rifts (R) Ogre Party of North ...

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Bah, everything I know about Giant Bipedal Robots comes from Movies, Anime, Battletech, Rifts and video games, and they all tell me that super science and or magic fixes the weight to strength and mobility issues! Real life physics be dammned! We need to be up high to be able to get a better angle o...

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Getting back to grenades, I think dragonfett is right about the CP-50's +1 to strike probably benefiting called shots too even if it doesn't explicitly mention called. Yes, but wouldn't it would have to be an Aimed Called Shot (using 3 attack actions rather than just 2 for either an aimed shot or c...

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Heads up some sarcasm (meant to be light hearted) and silliness below. No offense to Ogre Americans or PB forum members with delicate stomachs. Concepts can be anything. An ogre could declare the right to eat every 4th-born human child on their 9th birthday, for example. 9th Amendment leaves the doo...

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I like the idea that 3 blue lights glare when he's readying fire. Indeed! 1. At the time Tolkeen was founded no nation held the terirtory as the nation before them. . *Occupation is the acquisition of territory that belongs to no state, or terra nullius; Terra Nullius does not apply. That's somethi...

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Tolkeen would be within their right to as a sovereign nation apply their own laws In checking m and m I am wondering if anyone has input regarding how Tolkeen acquired this status. Your links actually prove my point under the theory of Occupancy, so maybe you read your sources a little more closely...

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Alrik Vas wrote:Acceptable Legal Precedent in Rifts for Claiming Land

That fits in well with my Adverse Possession theory

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If the C.S. or Republicans or any other Rifts government is to claim that they have inherited the right to the old territory of the U.S.A. then they would be bound to uphold the same legal principles. Current U.S. law recognizes "persons" as your basic entity with legal rights. "Pers...

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A jury of peers basically means a group of nominally unbiased citizens of the community in which the trial is being held. It doesn't mean they have to be the same race (though in the real world we're limited to humans ATM). If is Demon is a citizen of a given country that had a legal system that was...

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Another solid choice from NG1 is the Ogre. Large, well armored, capable of single pilot operations, and has living and storage space built in; think a Behemoth Explorer but smaller). However, it is slow (35 mph) and lightly armed in terms of weapons compared to something like the Hunter Mobile Gun. ...

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If the C.S. or Republicans or any other Rifts government is to claim that they have inherited the right to the old territory of the U.S.A. then they would be bound to uphold the same legal principles. Current U.S. law recognizes "persons" as your basic entity with legal rights. "Perso...

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The sculpts look decent. A good number of them really are. The CS troops, dog boys, sky cycle and SAMAS are some of the best. I also think they Simvan and Ostrosaurs and Atlantean Overlord are well detailed. The Glitterboy, red/blue/gold borgs, skelebots and some of the random adventures feel kinda...

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I don't think a bunch of dragons coming and invading earth and claiming it for years with humans helpless to take it back necessarily makes it theirs. Same logic for mages. I don't believe Tolkeen protected Minnesota as many would like to believe. If Tolkeen can't (or won't) prevent 340 Soul Harves...

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I always wanted to play this game, so I wish you luck in acquiring the legal rights and permission to do so. Does Backbone entertainment (the original developer) still exist and or have any rights to it?

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I was looking at NG1 last night and the Hunter Mobile Gun block IV notes it can be operated by just the pilot, though it isn't optimized for solo use. It's got really good levels of MDC and several configurations for several main weapon systems, but not configured for long term living. However, with...

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The Black Market Mega Rex fits the bill nicely: crew of 1 (optionally 2); disguised as a dinosaur; 80 mph ground speed; 2 weeks food and water; adequate storage space; lots of guns and it's a freaking dino-bot!

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I think they'd be better off with a more linear style computer RPG more like a old school Final Fantasy games (thinking like FF6 or 7) or some of the various DnD games (Icewind Dale / Neverwinter Nights series). I know we saw the Promise of Power game back in the day but very few people got the N-ga...

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No love for necromancers? They get to be the creepy kill-crazy guy in the Dirty Dozen ensemble, plus they can do all sorts of funny/nasty things with dead enemies. In my list they might fill the Assistant Commander a Weapons Sergeant slot because they can either fill a special role or act as a forc...

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Using the link Blue Lion provided here are the roles that need to be filled: 1) Weapons Sergeants: ie mages that can bring the firepower so a Combat Mage and or Battle Magus would be good picks, maybe a Tatoo man as a force multiplier. 2) Communications Sergeants: Someone who can talk to higher comm...

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So I found mine and set them up on a bookshelf for some quick pictures. Not too many got painted as I mentioned before and the ones that did have very basic paint jobs. I couldn't get one pic to load to my google drive this morning before work, but here's what I got for you're viewing pleasure. Pic ...

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I would point out that attempting to wipe our an 'alien race' rather than an ethnic group of your own species would technically be xenocide (also the title of one of the books in Orson Scott Card's Ender series more on this at the end of my post), and would be a more appropriate term. If some aliens...

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You should read the game text for the deity Thoth. It is interesting in relation to this post. I don't know, off hand, if Thoth is stat'ed in a rifts book. But Thoth is Stat'ed out in the Dragons and Gods book on page 143. Along with the text that would be interesting. Isn't he stated out in Panthe...

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Here are some ideas: There's the classic stop the 4 horsemen in Africa and or overthrow Rama-set in Egypt. Cleans Mexico of the vampire scourge (mostly) Aid Trix and the NGR in taking out large portions of the Brodkil or Gargoyle threats. Re-establish contact with the orbiting space stations, clear ...

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say652 wrote:Chuck Norris

Perfect!

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Even a cloned army needs resources (food, clothing, equipment, shelter, transportation, training). Logistically, a cloned soldier is exactly the same as another soldier. --flatline Logisitics is what wins wars. It is the strength of the modern U.S. Military. More than any other standing force in th...

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While researching for my Great Northern Wilderness map, I came across an interesting tidbit that I think warrants some further thought. The January Magic tribe's specialty is their ability to make metal threads and weave fabrics with them. The text emphasizes the cosmetic appeal of these textiles, ...

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Hotrod wrote:Here's the fixed version. Both lakes are now labeled, and I threw in a Northern Hinterlands label too, since I had the space.

Might want to adjust the placement of the word "sea" for the Wriunn Sea, it's over dry land. lol.

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I have a full set from back in the late 90's when PB thought they'd be discontinuing them. I didn't get around to painting them all, but I did the GB in silver; and all the CS troops, skelebots, skycycle and SAMAUS's in a flat black with red eyes. I think I even painted the Red, blue and gold borgs...

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I have a full set from back in the late 90's when PB thought they'd be discontinuing them. I didn't get around to painting them all, but I did the GB in silver; and all the CS troops, skelebots, skycycle and SAMAUS's in a flat black with red eyes. I think I even painted the Red, blue and gold borgs ...

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If you are keeping the SDC/MDC dynamic as is; I think I would introduce some form of scarcity (a good old form of GM controlling what the PC's can get) into the rules themselves, and I like KC's idea of figuring out a basic formula for stating equipment. Better stuff should always be 1) harder to fi...

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Pick one name from group 1 then one word from group 2 and another from group 3 Group 1: Kharon's; Nergal's; Mannanan's; Yeomra's; Vichama's; Venca's (ok yea I know DnD); Anubis'; Nephthys'; Tuoni's; Thanatos'; Persephone's; Tartaruss; Lady Hel's; Aita's; Ogbunabali's; Yama's; Kali's; Vishnu's; Azrea...

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I wouldn't roll for getting the cute to open on a routine jump. I would ask for the skill roll if: there was some sabotage/damage to the cute before the jump, it was packed improperly, or struggling with an opponent during the free fall like in many action movies. In difficult circumstances like a n...

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Considering Minnesota is also a Great Lakes state, any of the Siege on Tolkeen books may also be approprate, though the focus isn't along the lake superior area.

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Um the boom gun is part of the power armor... that's pretty obvious because it is listed as a part of the power armor. This is because it is listed as a hit location of the power armor. Thus it is a part of the power armor. This argument has already been dismantled using the examples in Robotech wh...

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Um the boom gun is part of the power armor... that's pretty obvious because it is listed as a part of the power armor. This is because it is listed as a hit location of the power armor. Thus it is a part of the power armor. Any statement that parts of the armor that are, explicitly said to be attac...

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The land sculpt continues. I did an erosion run yesterday, and spent an hour or two adjusting things to make the rivers flow closer to their canon paths. Here's the second land sculpt pre-erosion. Overall, I solved the issues I mentioned in the last update. One of the Northern Mountains looks a bit...

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The 3.x druid, though, is a MONSTER. Decent combat, combined with a pet that keeps up with the fighter, combined with a good, flexible, spellcasting list... there's a reason why they (and the cleric) are collectively referred to as "CoDzilla"... you can break the game for other players ju...

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I would also contrast the PF druid with the DnD 3 ed and forward druid. Yes I know 2d ed PF came out first, but the 3.0 and 3.5 DnD druid did a better job fitting into an adventuring group without all the wonkiness I see in the PF version. While I know the PB design philosophy is not that of WotC an...

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I liked the sacrifice aspect of it and the flavor of the write-up; it seems inspired by the ancient gallic druids as described in Caesar's commentaries (they also practiced human sacrifice according to Caesar and other roman sources, but the role of such sacrifices may have been exaggerated). Those...

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Action Star Achievements: "The Guvinatohr" or "Hey Aarhnuld" 10xp for defeating a major foe with 80's/90's era SDC guns (includes M203s or other 40mm grenade launchers) "Ah'll be Baahck" 5xp for appropriately using any Arnold Schwarzenegger movie quote, (+10 xp if said ...

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Warning I'm going kinda negative here. If you love the Druid OCC, more power to you but I really don't like it as an OCC for PCs. If you disagree feel free to give your input and thoughts, maybe you'll change my mind, but I think this is the worst and poorest written in the PFRPG main book. Ever sin...

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Yeah, otters don't seem like particularly fierce creatures, but they were a lot of fun to draw today. I tried to draw the first otter icon as stately as I could. I also drew and added in a second one, a running otter, who has this wavy shape to his body that would go well on a billowing flag. One o...

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