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Putting this here because I think there are more of them in the Rifts series than in the other megaversal settings, but does anyone have a list of all the roll your own group tables? The ones I know of and have are: Spy Agencies, Ninjas and Superspies core book, pg 58 Travelling Shows, Rifts Vampire...

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Running them as Aberrant Mechanoids would seem to be the easiest option, that way you can tie it right into the megaverse with no problems at all.
That is what I would do.

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A few years??

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Blackwater Sniper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 7:26 pm Matrix

In the Matrix or out of the Matrix? Both?

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So, that second list you posted... uh, ok. How do you figure Star Wars? Fast space travel seems to be so central to the premise/setting. Sure you can pare it down to the essentials, but then is it even Star Wars anymore?

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Everything in Palladium books I take as suggestions.

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Hmmm, I would have just made the character in WoD, 5 points in a stat per dot, 20% of a skil per dot, and whatever doesn't convert directly, just roll random from the Palladium books. There is a lot of Palladium stuff to min max if you want it, but really, if you already have a character concept, it...

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What are your movies that you might show others or give as examples for what Rifts "looks like?"

My idea is Suckerpunch, as that it has that "everything goes" feeling.

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To answer my own question, looks like taking a character from N&SS and then moving them into Rifts to use the Conversion book to buff up powers to MDC levels.

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Eh, There are examples of DBZ characters getting one shotted by normal weapons... It works strictly by the "power up" method. So ambushes with normal weapons are still useful, much less MD weapons. So, again, is there anything in the Megaverse that has a power up mechanic? N&SS has som...

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dragonball power scaling is unrelatable to palladium powerscaling, as dieties in DBZ operate entirely differently and Ki cultivation means that a single person can vary WILDLY in durability and power based on their focus and emotional state. there's just too many "let's pretend"s needed t...

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Mo, I don't agree. I was meaning more in terms of what constitutes a viable threat to them... not the setting. Besides, the setting would more closely resemble Rifts anyway, since HU is Earth, not the bizarre cosmology of DBZ. Plus, with the focus on martial arts and power/ki, Ninjas and Superspies ...

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...Compete at in the Megaverse?
Gods, Alien Intelligences, Dragons, Hatchlings, Cosmo Knights?

This is NOT a conversion, but an actual question of where would the DBZ characters slide in at?

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Always have

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Glad to see you posting again!

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Ok, so with some napkin math, my idea for damage based on Momentum is the cube root in Kg m/s. So 1000 kg m/s is 10 damage. That maps decently onto the "humans have 9 HP" argument in the D&D community. So, these are my two equations for damage for momentum (impact injuries) and for KE ...

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Well, for my KE based damages I use is the square root of (Muzzle Energy in ft lbs) x the expanded diameter of the bullet). Using the KE accounts for the differing velocities through different barrel lengths, so it allows for a lot of precision in DC calcs. The bullet expansion allows me to get some...

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The general measure for MD seems to be mapped to Kinetic Energy, which makes sense. However, as I was looking over siege weapons, there is a bit where it says that they should be stay SDC. This is also understandable, but at what point should momentum be used to map damage for things like ramming wi...

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Jefffar wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:28 pm IIRC in the last book of the Sentinels Minmay used the Voice (capitalized in the novel) to like fry the brain of some dude who'd fallen into a protoculture vat and turned into a half human half Invid tentacle beast.

Oh, yeah. I remember that... So Minmei is also the first Bene Gesserit?

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If you spend time with the novels (yeah, I know) there is something peculiar about Minmei. Her voice takes on an almost supernatural quality by the end of the Sentinals arc. So while music may have caused a disruption amoung the Zentraedi, only Minmei could have so utterly devastated them like she ...

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Rando thought after being awake 30 hours... What if the Zentraedi had heard Sabaton, or Motorhead or different music than Minmei? Would they have kept their military bearing or become angry berserker avatars of war if they got pumped up on Swedish power metal or British punk-metal? Was is music, or ...

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Love that artwork.
Well, maybe third time's a charm for a live action movie.
That SDF-1 is enormous.

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OK, thanks, that what I was assuming.

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Which damage do I use for crashes and ramming? Are crashes dependent upon speed and sort of unintentional where it is dependent on speed and damages both parties, whereas a ram is a deliberate action and does damage primarily to the target and 1/3 damage to the attacker... which makes ramming an att...

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Thanks!

From 23:30 there is still more data as trying to smash a werewolf with big hammer is way less effective than the .50 BMG.
Anyway, great find. I like a lot of KY/Scott's stuff.
Not the most scientific, but the video allows for decent extrapolation of terminal effects.

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Certain timers are stressful, just based on their sounds. Have you played Scattergories? The timers I've seen for that seem intentionally offputting. Even something like the Final Jeopardy theme can come off poorly. Have some 20 second half-pleasant clip (maybe purring with chimes near the end?) an...

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I love the timer idea. I used it.... once. My players noped out of that and basically said they play RPGs for fun, not a tactical exercise in stress. So that was the one and only time I used it.

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My experiences are very similar to Killer Cyborg sadly. I also have to deal with the players spending too many minutes going over scenarios in their heads of what might happen if they cast THIS spell instead of THAT one. Very much a case of analysis paralysis. Fortunately I never had to worry as mu...

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Um... those stories are kinda painful. Were those bad players or just... bad at remembering things? Isn't that what a character sheet is for?

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A "problem" that I have observed is that wizards (especially) seem to have too many choices when it comes to options in combat/utility. Mundane characters or psionics (or those who get a fixed number of abilities) pick their options and those are their options for that game (at least). A w...

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The CS is evil and horrible and treats 99% of humans like trash (the 1% lives very safe, very nice lives).... the "problem" is that outside the CS everything treats humans like food. If you are lucky enough to find a rando town of nice humans and d-bees that get along and everything is gre...

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Did you keep the rule that the Flower of Life can't grow within 1 mile of a ley line? Ironically, protoculture plants can grow on Rifts Earth, though not within 100 miles of a ley line, Conversion Book, pg 35. I did keep that to explain why the Invid are on Earth, and very violent, but not as endem...

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I change Rifts causal event to the Rain of Death from Robotech. Basically I just add the REF to Chaos Earth, or add monsters and Rifts to Robotech. The REF still leaves, the Southern Cross still defends Earth, but now there are monsters and magic instead of just the Robotech Masters. The Invid still...

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A wargame, like Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) or 40k. You move counters or minis around a battlefield. At smaller scale a unit can be a single model which is what most miniature wargames are so that you have a bunch of individual models. At larger scales such as Axis and Allies or Risk, each unit repr...

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So, I'm done with the playtest version because I'm stupid and wanted to waste a lot of time. If anyone wants a copy for playtesting, PM me. I can email it or give you a link. If you have Tabletop Simulator, let me know and I'll send you the links for that. Hopefully, someone might want to play it. -...

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I second everything Sambot and desrocfc said.

I appreciate the fact that old Rifts books are still just as useful now as they were when they were printed. The no new editions of Palladium rules is a feature IMO.

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Oh, yeah, definitely talk about magic and psionics, especially in relation to the setting and the role they play in a party. I am also wondering what you mean by the rules seeming dated? I know that there is some sort of meta-definition for "modern" rules, but I don't really get it. I have...

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It certainly sounds familiar... but I can't find it either. I've read more than a few books that have something similar in it, but I think the closest one is Platoon Leader by James. R. Mcdonough... although it is a pretty common theme. "Don't use the same route."

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So, was this used in a game? Were you using CP2020 rules and just posted it here or did you try a Recon/Megaversal version of it?

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He could fire it from a crouch or prone... better than standing up straight like a dork on the battlefield.

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In the reading of source materials for my project, there is an absolutely humongous number of Dog Boys in the CS military. They are used in the ISS, they are used as front line combatants, as recon troops, as specialized anti-psi and anti-magic troops... While the leaders of the CS might consider Do...

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My bad on calling it the AC-29 instead of the Aircastle... Not having bombers is a fault I see in the CS doctrine. While Fighter Bombers are nice to have so they can switch off, a dedicated bomber is certainly something to want in a large scale conflict, especially since dragons and other anti-air s...

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What do they use for bombing targets and what book is it in?

Thanks.

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Just because I am always looking for more info on ballistics and stuff, do you have any source for this?

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So, building the boardgame, and digging through the worldbooks and the Coalition War series, I keep reading bits about Magestock. I got the info for Tolkeen and Freehold, I am either missing or skipping the info on Magestock, the third part of the tri-city area that gets rekt by the CS. Where is the...

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As an aside, you might want to look at pages 28-29 of Free Quebec. LOL, sometimes it's nice to be reminded about the thought and research I put into that manuscript. Man, that was almost 25 years ago...... From that book: "each Air Company usually has 1D4+6 Death's Head Transports and 40-60 ot...

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Oh, yeah forgot about WP Sharpshooting...

Thanks.

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OK, so it's decided that the DHTs are a transport unit. I am going to assume that the unit being dropped off is "in charge" of the DHTs until some set time period when they break off and go home. This leads to an interesting question. For aggressive assault commanders may want that additio...

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Since ranged combat bonuses are not stacked on top of HtH bonuses, the max you can really get is a +3 for an aimed shot (+1 every 3 levels) and perhaps a bonus of +1 or +2 from the weapon or optics itself, leaving most characters with about a +8 at 15th level just from weapon proficiencies. An addit...

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