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I’m very inspired by 80s/90s anime when it comes to Nightbane. Dark themes, hyperviolence, a hidden world just behind the surface. Faceless goons in suit who show up to brutalize innocents and get messily slaughtered for it. When Nightband punch a human, their head should explode into gore. Lots of ...

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We know the CS marches to war beneath the black banner of the skull and thunderbolts, but what was Tolkeen’s blazon? What symbol do the Revenge Squads paint on the scenes of their bloody retribution? I thought that Tolkien’s own symbol would be good, linked below. But if anybody recalls from the boo...

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I love the idea of the living scroll and quill, as I had that idea as well recently. I envision a lot of the Resistance as living a mostly medieval life. So much technology relying on metal, and it taking a lot of resources to try to replicate everything with things like ceramics, plastics and resin...

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Well, this got a bit off topic. My original thought was focused on just the conventional Earth 'borgs and power armors. There's way too much crazy technology and out there aliens with their own unique stuff. I hadn't even considered the Naruni stuff, but to clarify, I'm looking at 'borgs and power a...

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Some great discussion and points in the thread! From a military planning standpoint, the most important variable is usually cost for a weapons system, and the numbers we have are only the Black Market cost for most of the power armor and bionics, which is definitely inflated as it's contraband. What...

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The two technologies are developed for different reasons and and are value for different reasons. One is a medical technology that has combat applications and the other is a Military technology that has civilian applications. Even if you invested solely in Power armor tech you would still want Cybe...

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Before I start a flame war, allow me to clarify. I'm not asking "which is better?" (well, not necessarily), I'm asking why a military would choose one over the other? Obviously not all technology bases are equal, so some powers possess more advanced technology in one or the other; the Russ...

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What magical healing brings limbs back though? Got a guy in the game i'm running who got into a fight with a gargoyle while unarmored. Silly enough, he won (shot it in the eye a few times, danced around, got it staggered, stabbed it in the throat with a custom psy-sword type TW weapon), but he got ...

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I remember either a chapter in one of the earlier WB or a Rifter article that had standard TW armor and I think vehicle conversions, and what they would cost, but I don't remember where it was from. I'd use those as a base (if I could find them) and might allow for a custom idea from the player.

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The alliterative name thing was kind of Stan Lee's trademark, though it was very common. Susan Storm, Peter Parker, etc.

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Getting sucked through a Rift to who knows where doesn't seem like something you could really write a useful SOP for, as the destination is random and infinitely variable. It would also likely need to have all kinds of information the CS officially dictates is lies. Even CS grunts are kept deliberat...

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I have always liked the Golem spell, but this thread (and the older one linked) have been very educational about them. I have Revised VK so I've seen the updated zombie, it is pretty good. I do prefer the golem, though, for one, because it's not icky. You don't desecrate anyone's corpse making one, ...

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I haven't gotten a chance to run a game yet, but my personal canon drops a lot of the "extra" supernatural races that were in the sourcebooks and the Rifters. No lycanthropes, no Athanatos. Drop the whole Dreamstream and most of the Astral stuff. The Astral exists, and I might tie in some ...

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It's a classic problem; how much is the game a spelunking/camping simulation or a cinematic adventure? I Like what I personally consider a fair balance, but of course, I'm biased. The players are responsible for tracking their inventory and supplies, accurately, including encumbrance, and making sur...

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That always seemed to me to be one of the "balance" decisions, like "giant size" weapons only adding 1d6. Being some kind of giant gives lots of benefits, better armor on top of extra PS, damage, SDC, etc, would be more on top of something already very mechanically advantageous.

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Good thread! I have been wanting to convert Tattoo Magic to HU for awhile myself. I love T Men and it's a good fit. It would also make the animal tattoos actually useful. The tattoos giving powers instead of the ability originally written seems too strong. Most ape spells anyway, do I feel like they...

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say652 wrote:demonic appearance abrasive atmosphere experiments ApS plasma control radiation multiple live and increased mass.ccombat specialist energy Warhammer an anti gravity ring

My god, that one sounds like a beast. Wait, he has three major powers? Or is Multiple Lives a minor?

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when I saw the elemental power, I imidiatly though of the old tv show "captain planet", didn't everybody else? No, but I've been wanting to run a game with a group of all magic weapon users, whose rune blades are all mystically linked, each with a different element or focus, which can sum...

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I can't recommend Century Station and Gramercy Island supplements enough. They're some of my favorite setting books ever and they're chock full of interesting characters. Century Station details a super city that rode high on a wondrous super science invention, a seemingly perfect cold fusion techno...

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I like the idea! The question of mega or major seems to be a thorny one, because I think it comes down to resources. How powerful a power armor character is depends on how much cash have they got for their armor. The power of Necromancy, especially when applying to super powered zombies, comes down ...

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I do like it a lot, getting to the end of it now. One thing about the Mystically Bestowed options; they all use the Mega Hero experience tables. Are they supposed to be equal to a Mega? And thus should be restricted to a Mega Hero game? And why is practically every villain in the book a Mega Villain...

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If you could get someone to apply silver runes to them, they would be indestructible.

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Then why does my PFRPG reference WP Large Axe, even though it has no WP for axes of any kind? I get that the lack of axeness is a typo, but it later references WP Large axe. PF1 or PF2? What page? (i.e.: where, in which book, are you asking about?) PF2, first printing. There is no Axe listed in W.P...

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Then why does my PFRPG reference WP Large Axe, even though it has no WP for axes of any kind? I get that the lack of axeness is a typo, but it later references WP Large axe.

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Rifter #59 had an excellent TW article, mostly about converting a TW for use in HU, a concept I'm SUPER excited for! It included a cool setting idea (a TW WW2 that sounded super cool, and I hope gets elaborated on in another article!) as well as a bunch of new TW gizmos. One of which was TW Prosthet...

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I've thought about it as well. Free time on a Ley Line = Profit! You can make battery Talismans, or just make a mess of rings loaded with your default combat spells. If you're expecting trouble, load up on the Energy Spheres. Don't forget Amulets, as well. It's hard to get a lot of those bonuses any...

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More power sources is a necessity. The available options are either be massive and ridiculous with gas tanks, be tied to the solar power in an unrealistic way, or spend half your budget on an arc reactor, regular or high yield. Exoskeletons actually working differently, because they really are, is a...

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Rifts Canada But that said, I'm new to the game and am just learning about the different locales in Rifts. Are you, by any chance, Canadian? I have always felt that things can get pretty provincial in RIFTS when it comes to the world books. Everyone wants their patch to be the best. I live in the N...

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Super inventions are "as per the power cat definition" mundane. NO, in character, you tell people your source of power is magical. So they don't try to use an EMP on you. Very true. Who would believe the cloth cape makes you Invulnerable, Superhumanly Strong and gives you Sonic Flight? It...

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The man known as Dr. Winter never intended to be a superhero. A skilled psychologist, Dr. Nathan Frost was an expert in psychic phenomena. Many colleagues told him he was wasting his potential on crank research, but Nathan saw past the junk science and conspiracy theories to real examples of psionic...

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Damn, he's a daisy chain of divine power.

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1.) I think that they should combine the Robotics, Bionics and Supervehicles, just because those categories have a lot of redundancies and they need to overhaul them anyways. I would be cool with that as Robotics Unlimited . I don't think they really need too many more Hardware classes, but if they...

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I was looking over the Super Invention rules last night, and man, it comes with serious drawbacks. You get the initial boost of power with the set level, but that never improves past the presets. That's awesome up to the XP level of the powers, but bummer beyond it. Equal trade off I guess (so long ...

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How about making chemical based in the form of Gass and Liquids. I had that idea last night, as a whole new Hardware Genius category. Hardware Chemistry! You could make things like acids, glues, capture foam, fire fighting foam, super lubricants to trip people up, incendiaries for flamethrowers and...

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I had a similar idea, but it was just going to be a dragon hatchling who grew up thinking he was human. Has there been a dragon hatchling RCC for an SDC setting? Granted, a full on hatchling would be a little too powerful for HU.

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S.C.R.E.T. is a weird one when it comes to superspy alphabet soup agencies. S.C.R.E.T. is not supposed to be a unified agency all over the world, like S.H.I.E.L.D. is, but an agency in many countries that is modeled on the same design. That's always been interesting to me, and something you could pl...

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I enjoy these threads. Here a couple that are the same thing basically. http://palladium-megaverse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=124128 http://palladium-megaverse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=128957 Actually, this thread gives me another idea: A Super Spy book! Let's see the Palladium ve...

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I've always loved Spirit West, as well as New West. I think it does a really good send up of integrating Native Americans into the setting, and makes them a lot more interesting and diverse than I expected. The fetishes are really cool, and there is a diverse array of OCCs for mystic Native American...

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Inmate 1: "So what are you in for?" Inmate 2: "Distribution of banned media. I sold a couple of Encarta 95s and a New Kids on the Block album to an undercover ISS agent." Inmate 1: "Man! New Kids are my fave!" BUWAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh that is good! ...that's gotta suck thoug...

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World Book 17: Warlords of Russia

CYBORG WARLORDS FIGHT DEMONS IN THE MOTHERLAND! CYBERNETIC NOVYET SOVIESKI! IT BEST! DOES REAL SOVIET DAMAGE!

While we're making requests...can I haz Sovietski book naw?

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I just got Rifter #59 and absolutely loved the Packmaster upgrades! I just had the idea to bring in ARCHIE III's Bottweilers, just as something nasty and weird that NEXUS has cooked up to fight the pooches. People keep saying they beef up RIFTS conversions for Splicers; about how much should I impro...

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Unless, of course, you print the leaflets with pictographic comics about why Prosek stinks and they should rebel.

Those would definitely work.

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Killer Cyborg wrote:Can't go wrong with leaflets.
Never fails.

...But they can't read.

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A wizard did it.

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achsaber wrote:or the nightlords take over those priest and the flock are now fighting for them

Word. The Catholic Church is too large and powerful an institution to have escaped Nightlord takeover.

Pope's an Avatar, natch.

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WE AM SMASH FOR VENGEANCE. Ridiculous but awesome. Though, I don't need any additional inspiration to want to make a Ghost Rider Nightbane. I was actually thinking of a Talent, probably one of the greater talents, that would let you pump PPE into a personal vehicle, to alter and enhance it to fit y...

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New Inspirations for a NB character for me...ENJOY. Though I could make a Demon Bestowed from Arm.Unlimited too m m For the motercycle you could mod the "steed/mount" feature from R20 for it. Isn't that part of your Morphus, though? I was thinking something literally like Ghost Rider, whe...

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People believe that John Wayne and Clint Eastwood were real Old West figures, along with the likes of Wild Bill Hickock and Doc Holliday.

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Awesome! Glad to know my thoughts helped. But I think there can be no peace between the Nightlords and the Warlords. Remember, Warlords are a Nightbane gang, and the Nightlords want to exterminate all of the 'bane, especially any with a power base like the Warlords have. The Nightlords would work at...

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WE AM SMASH FOR VENGEANCE. Ridiculous but awesome. Though, I don't need any additional inspiration to want to make a Ghost Rider Nightbane. I was actually thinking of a Talent, probably one of the greater talents, that would let you pump PPE into a personal vehicle, to alter and enhance it to fit yo...

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