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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Everyone With Covid and 2020 in general running a decent campaign has been hard, like really hard. Now with winter here I have been doing my best to stay sane and keep gaming so I went back to the old Lazlo Society site for nostalgia purposes. That is when I had ...

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Warshield73 wrote:Well first I would suggest going to House of BTS lots of stuff there to help you out.

I do so often. lol

I am just curious to see what new and unusual stuff random individuals have come up with.

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I was just wondering with offical BtS stuff kinda of stagnant and the 2nd edition stuff like 15 years old what have you guys homebrewed to fill in the gaps? Anything truly terrifying? Comedic? New takes on the canon creatures & classes? I recently took the victim class concept from 1st edition r...

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Technology has advanced so much in certain areas that BTS2 could use a skill update in certain areas. Some examples? I'm taking notes for sourcebook materials. You should check out my most recent skill list at the Black Rabbit Game home page on FB. Heck, I can send you a bridged version if you want.

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Howdy. Its been awhile. This book looks amazing and it so good to see some new life in the BtS game. I love your work and will deffinitely be looking into getting this book. Since my wife has pretty much taken over the role of GM for me this would be so useful. It would also be nice to see some new ...

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Captain_Nibbz wrote:As far as updating skills and equipment, I actually do the opposite and run my games in the 1980's so that I don't have to worry about it

lol....this best time for horror...no cell phones.

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Hello everyone. Long time no hear. I know that the BTS 2e came out in 2005, and now it is 2020. So how much of the info is outdated such as skills and what not? I know that technology, science, and other knowledge have advanced alot since 2005, not to mention new leaps in strides in equipment, vehic...

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When pigs fly.

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Yeah, but they've been promising that since 2005 so don't hold your breath. Stick with BtS 1st edition as it has everything in one book so you'd be better off.

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I don't see why not. Folks adapt content for campaigns from all manner of sources like books, movies, and even video games. You are only limited by your creativity and imagination.

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I would like to see a druid class (a shout out to Kon Thaak from back in the day), a priest class (modern priest; I've done it so I know it's possible), a witch class (both white/light and dark/evil witch), and maybe a modern mystic and/or a magician class.

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Thanks, I think I will check it out.

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I never heard of Explorer Unlimited but I will look into it. We may be launching a game on Roll 20.

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I would like to see them keep the usual suspects like werewolves, vampires, zombies, ghosts, & mummies, but I want to see them keep the mindolar, narcarant, dybbuk, and boschala. As for new additions maybe the imp, succubus, and golem.

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I agree. BtS is a horror based RPG that has such a wide range of possibilities and can be combined with several other books to further expand on that without affecting the basis of the game. like Boxed Nightmares, Nightbane, and Mystic China. Even sourcebooks like Systems Failure, Monsters & Ani...

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Ok. Well, my most recent Lazlo thread fell flat because the site is quieter than a morgue at midnight so I will refrain from posting there for a while and wait for things to pick up a bit before I continue it. This will give me a chance to work on my next home game.

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I don't normally buy Rifters, I feel that they are all over the place with content, but I am interested in this Rifter with the Yokai because several PCs have characters with a Japanese background (two demon slayers and one white witch) and this may prove to be useful.

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Ok everyone here is some food for thought. We all know who and what the current Lazlo characters are and what they do, but what would their alternate reality flip selves be like and what their story be?

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Ok, this is what I'll do. I will give you $20 and (checks couch ) 37 cents to freelance a new BtS book. A real book, minimum of 200 pages, not some rinky dink Rifter. Nobody reads those anyway.

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Oh Jeff, you and your shenanigans, Splicers is not BtS. Anyway, a re-release of BtS 1st edition with a nice hard bound cover, maybe toss in the Boxed Nightmares stuff in the back. They can even include some of the new psychic stuff. They can list it for like $30 and make all us BtS fans happy while ...

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That actually makes sense. Since the other two books are never going to happen, BtS 1 should just be released with a new cover.

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Well I have been contemplating running a home campaign involving various deities and deific planes and I am waiting on the Hades & Dyval sourcebooks (so I'm keeping my fingers crossed) and I am also trying to lock down a copy of Dragons & Gods. I also have the idea for a BtS/System Failure c...

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I did not know that. Well then, I am completely out of ideas.

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Palladium could always offer a monetary reward, a bounty as it were, to get the job completed. That might encourage some people.

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That's a shame. I have a hard time personally believing it, but it's a shame none the less. Maybe they could assign a special BTS task force of freelancers or mix and match personnel to finish the books they have been promising us. I have to believe that there have to be enough BTS fans out there to...

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Are Kitsune and Garuda considered Yokai?

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I agree with Holister. The auto defense doesn't make sense in a Medium. For the sake of argument however, the auto defense ability as I understand it would cut off his Mediumship abilities all together. Thanks. That's what I thought when I read it. The character seems to contradict itself so maybe ...

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So there is no regular, employed staff at Palladium doing their jobs? Just a bunch of freelance mercs doing whatever they want. That just seems like a bad business model to me. So I will clarify things for you...I was addressing the actual PALLADIUM STAFF to perhaps fulfill their obligations to all ...

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Just looking out.

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Well maybe they should get off their duffs and start writing some books.

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This is the most recent update he's made. I've been reposting it where I can to help him out. It such a great site that I would hate to see it vanish one day.

http://houseofbts.net/helpthehouse.html

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Wow, that is one complicated character, but my question is why give him the auto-defense mind block and make him a medium in the first place? I would just drop the auto-defense mind block and make it normal mind block and drop the bonuses provided by the multiple-personalities because again, its see...

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Howdy Folks I've been thumbing through my old BTS 1st edition and it dawned on me. Beyond The Supernatural has a direct connection to the Rifts Universe because of Victor Lazlo if I am not mistaken. So if this is the case, then doesn't the world of Beyond The Supernatural has more of a direct link a...

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I know things are a little slow over at Lazlo right now but before I continue with own thread, I thought I would be considerate and see if anyone else has anything planned that they want to run or continue before I continue with mine. If so I can step back and continue my story thread later seeing t...

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Ok, the last part of the first tie in for my Lazlo Thread is up. I will try and get the second plot tie up next week.

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Well, I am hoping to get other players involved. It's not really all that simple to have NPCs on the Lazlo site, seeing that it is primarily an in character player site. So it will be pretty much a plot set up followed by a waiting game.

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It would be better if they just put out the books like they were supposed to ... 12 YEARS AGO.

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I have too much on my plate right now to focus on a Lazlo thread and Hollister needs time to recover, so my next story will not take place until after mid to late June. I can post a glimpse into the setting of the game, mind you this story can take place anywhere bordering the wilderness or large pa...

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Howdy folks With Summer right around the corner, I am looking for new campaign ideas for my personal tabletop game. I have plenty of material from various books I've been amassing, but even though they are great, I am looking for stories that you as GMs may have used prior and let me know how they w...

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Wow, thanks for the link. I saw that book on Ebay not too long ago, but after seeing your link I think I will go back and get it.

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Well the thread I am a part of on the Lazlo site is winding down. Beat the monster, saved the day, and of course Ben is in the hospital because the bad guy shot him in the back and got away. I think that there may be some wrap up but I think that is about it. We were hoping more people would get inv...

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Ok then. I promise I won't mess this up for you....maybe

. lol. Anyway go have fun, give your family my best, I will keep things going on here and over at Lazlo. I posted on our FB page about Sunday, so hope you can make it Wednesday.

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Well I just about finished restocking my RPG gaming books after years of going without them. Managed to get myself the following books for my twice a week modern horror game. I typically use my own game for character creation, but I needed additional material for monsters, adventure ideas, gear, etc...

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I really miss the good old days of the site, but I guess nothing lasts forever. I would love to see all the old familiar faces postings and having a good time again. But with a heavy heart I do not think that will happen. Every time I go there all I see are the old ghosts as I stroll through a aband...

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There was LazloSociety.org for BTS but it is just not the site it used to be. There are several Facebook pages I know about also you may want to try, but other than here I really don't know of any others where there is much action.

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You can also just buy a copy of 1st edition on Ebay. You may also have luck getting a copy of Boxed Nightmares too.

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Pretty much what I said. There are a lot of loyal BTS fans have been waiting since 2005 for two books to finish your rehash of BTS into a "2nd Edition". Enough with with the RIFTS stuff cause we do not need more power armor sourcebooks, and we don't need any more zombies or rifters. Just g...

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Why is the Lazlo Site so quiet lately? Is it because BTS just isn't that popular anymore? It doesn't make any sense to me for Palladium to go through all the trouble to create the Lazlo Society website for one of their least popular games and then never do anything further with the BTS franchise esp...

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Jasper wrote:Best of luck! Joined your FB group. Maybe you'll put out BTS 2nd edition Arcane rules .

ROFLMAO......sorry but Black Rabbit is my own game system from the ground up, with its own full functioning magic system.

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Hello folks

Been yet another long time so I just figured I would pop in and see how everyone is doing.

Started my own game co and this is the current group page. Feel free to check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlackRa ... roup_cover

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