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I'll have to double check to be sure, but I believe that HUII Hardware: Weapons Expert characters get W.P.Sharpshooting, a skill which HU Revised Characters did not have.

I allow the skill Sniper to be used with Crossbows as well.

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I really liked the first Mortal Kombat movie, and I liked the second one also (I might be one of two people who liked it). Yes, Shaolin Temple starred Jet Li (I believe it was his first feature film). I liked Five Deadly Venoms, although I was not as wild over that one as some others. Among some of ...

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I've done some modifying to many of the combat manuevers (mostly because their descriptions were misleading or confusing). Combination Parry/Strike and Strike/Parry can be used with the relevant bonus to Parry or Strike (depending on which manuever you're using) that are provided specifically by the...

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I don't know what measures you took to eliminate Mega-Damage, but if you just dropped all MDC to SDC at a 1:1 conversion, that changes a hell of a lot. A few of my measures included: Adding a Constant Damage modifier (+5, +8, +10, etc depending on weapon size) to energy weapons, and providing certa...

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I would also give a nod to Cyberpunks' cyber-psychosis effects for this purpose. Although I recommend little else about that game...

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Shaolin Challenges Ninja...one of my favorites...

That, along with Master Killer (A.K.A. 36 Chambers) and Shaolin Temple make my Best of the Best list.

Adding to the Worst List: Best of the Best III.

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I hope to be able to pour through my stuff tonight. I have six boxes full of martial arts magazines (Inside Kung Fu from the late 1970s,Black Belt magazine going back to 1982, and many Karate Illustrated, Martial Arts Training, Ninja, and others), so I'll be a little busy. I used to have that many,...

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Taking MDC out of Rifts, to me, really degrades the intent and the fun of the game. So I've heard, but really, keeping to SDC in Rifts has not impacted the level of lethality for me, with everything else in scale. It can be just as deadly as a high-end HU game (and add in Aliens Unlimited for even ...

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Bend Light can do a lotta things, but it can NOT parry you attempt to Colorize a Person, Place or thing any more so than than it can parry a painters paint brush from doing the same. Your looking at FASERIP's colorizations' power nemisis where it says you can, but that power comes in two differant ...

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I hope to be able to pour through my stuff tonight. I have six boxes full of martial arts magazines (Inside Kung Fu from the late 1970s,Black Belt magazine going back to 1982, and many Karate Illustrated, Martial Arts Training, Ninja, and others), so I'll be a little busy. I'd love to get a copy of...

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I keep a collection (on VHS) of the worst martial arts oriented films ever made. Seriously. These things are so awful, they're funny. Ninja Three the Domination. I happen to have liked this movie. I also liked the first two in the Ninja Series. The opening scenes were simply brutal on the golf cour...

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what kind of rules do you have for called shots in your games? One of the problems I've always had with called shots is that there's a penalty to strike, then a penalty to dodge, which kind of cancels things out, but often leaves things weighed against the defender. Called Shot: Minimum target numb...

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jade von delioch wrote:yes, i know that; it5 was oneof the best parts of New west.

New West was one of my favorite World Books. Many of my Rifts scenarios started in the New West.

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Presumably there places in Rifts North America where CS Credits are worthless. A lot of that would have to do with what level of detail regarding Economics the GM wanted. I like to have Credits as a simple system to determine relative value of things, but otherwise not every little town, independant...

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blinding someone is harming them, in a way. There is however no overt damage to either S.D.C. or Hit Points, and that was my qualification for "harm" or "hurt". But by your own qualifications, virtually every power with a 'non-harmful effect' has a saving throw if it is meant to...

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Steeler49er wrote:????/Hows it a nemisis?? Color Man affects matters light refraction, Bend light affects light itself.

The description of Bend Light lends itself to be an oppositional power to Color Manipulation.
Light affects color.

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So while I might not be able to replicate the Hulk (for example) I can generate an interesting and fairly powerful Hulk-like character of my own devising. Any character can become source inspiration, even if the precise levels of power can't be duplicated. And really, if you tried hard enough, you'...

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Actually, Bend Light is a very good Nemesis to Color Manipulation:
Not only can you parry lasers (roll like a normal parry, with a +3 bonus), but you can also separate the color bands in the spectrum.

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Stone Gargoyle wrote:Create Fire Constructs....Hmmmm.....

Try combining Create Force Constructs and CEF Fire.

I'm not opposed to stuff like that, but I do insist you spend two Major Power slots to do so.

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Thinking outside your own box.

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Penetration value for e-weapons might not be a bad idea: I'd want to work out some details in execution, but I'd be willing to try it. I think it would still go better to have armour have less MDC/SDC in comparison to small arms. I think I'll start a forum on it- so I won't change the topic in here...

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And certainly there are simple ways to keep menacing creatures menacing.
A vampire is still threatening in SDC or MDC terms.
Other creatures might be made Impervious to normal weapons, or simply given high(er) ARs.
There are lots of ways to achieve to goal.

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i was going to do the whole conversion thing the next time i ran the game, but i decided that i will not be running rifts any more because 1) i rather not have to go though with the whole conversion thing- i'm lazy like that, and 2) out of all the games Palladium has rifts is the most unbalanced. A...

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When I ran Rifts, I ignored MDC.
I have used it, and found I didn't care for the system mechanic.

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That's actually one of the things I like about HU is that the characters are not planet busters. For that level and scale of power, I'd tend towards a game like DC Heroes, which makes allowances for Superman, Green Lantern, etc. HU once reflected Kev's personal bias towrds the super-hero genre. Look...

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Mantisking wrote:
Sentinel wrote:Also see such comics and Manga as:

Fist of the Northstar
Storm Riders
Weapons of the Gods

I own partial runs of all of them.

Well, you already know.
It was for others who aren't as advanced as you.

Sentinel

In no way would I claim that the crappy quality of his films reflects any skill Steven Segal may actually possess, nor would I use this topic to qualify his discipline or dedication to his art(s).

But, he has been in some really craptastic movies, yes?

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Y'know, I think I preferred your humming.

Sentinel

Also see such comics and Manga as:

Fist of the Northstar
Storm Riders
Weapons of the Gods

Sentinel

Marvel SH RPG also had the benefit of the Universal Table, and a boatload more powers to select from. Each power was a distinct entity (just because you had Flame Control did not mean you had Flame generation, for example). Marvel also had the advantage of 30+ years of published comics for players a...

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Just because you see it in a narrow view Sentinel does not mean others have to agree with you. But, others do. a good GM can deal with it versus outlawing it out right. A good GM can also decide he doesn't care for it and alter it to suit. The GM is the arbiter of the rules of the campaign after al...

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to be honest. if you're offering this viewpoint as a GM, to give the players a challenge, or that you don't mind players having this ability, go for it. more power to you. heck, let'em have APS: Great Old One... if you're arguing that, as a player, you should be allowed to have this application of ...

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Natasha wrote:
Sentinel wrote:
But they're not MDC worlds.

To some extent, the disparity ratio between Armour and Weapon damage is a persistant problem there too.

I see where you're going.

We don't know where we're going, but we're on our way.

Sentinel

But they're not MDC worlds.

To some extent, the disparity ratio between Armour and Weapon damage is a persistant problem there too.

Sentinel

Better balanced for my tastes. The AM was a generic super-martial artist, with no real focus or orientation, as opposed to the N&SS martial artists who had more focus. A Jujutsu master obviously focused on grappling, while a Tae Kwon Do DMA was a kicking machine. The AM was just a little too gen...

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I've read quite a few Japanese and Chinese comics featuring the use of Chi, in a cinematic context. I don't really place limits on it, because (A) there are so few characters that have it to begin with, and (B) the amount of Chi possessed by Chi masters will quickly deplete if they burn through it e...

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Penetration value for e-weapons might not be a bad idea: I'd want to work out some details in execution, but I'd be willing to try it. I think it would still go better to have armour have less MDC/SDC in comparison to small arms. I think I'll start a forum on it- so I won't change the topic in here...

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Well bend light just bends light, not a power that alters EM feilds. But you can parry lasers if you have this power. Remember too, the act of having your color changed is not in any way going to impact the characters' nature or abilities. It's not damage causing in itself, so it's actually of no h...

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Grendalhall and Rockjock are on the same page as I. I couldn't see a reason to load up more abilities, earth-shattering or not, to a class of character that already had sufficient super-abilities. And certainly, one could use the variant Juicers from Juicer Uprisings (I certainly do). If you want a ...

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I do allow Power Stunts, within reason, as I'd stated previously. I don't have a formal system for them, because players can come up with more situations then you can possibly prepare for. There are instances where a player will ask to do something, like use CEF Air in combination with Spiral/Vortex...

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I had looked at the conversion rules when HU was still in the Revised edition, and the changes were more workable. I found I still preferred the DMA to the Ancient Master. The HUII version was more powerful (in some ways) than previously, and those new special abilities weren't accounted for (of cou...

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Anything made by Steven Segal? I have Above the Law, which is his first, and is not too bad actually. I have Hard To Kill, which is better if you have a version with additional scenes (Directors Cut). The theatrical release has some ??? moments which are explained by the "cutting room floor&qu...

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Penetration value for e-weapons might not be a bad idea: I'd want to work out some details in execution, but I'd be willing to try it. I think it would still go better to have armour have less MDC/SDC in comparison to small arms. I think I'll start a forum on it- so I won't change the topic in here...

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As a long time super-hero gamer, I am one to constantly push barriers and boundaries, and see new ways to combine things that make for a rich and complex game campaign. In super-hero games, wizards and sorcerors adventure side-by-side with mythic warriors from ancient pantheons, armoured high-tech w...

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I was never completely clear on that one myself. On one hand, it could have been understood to be special case (like Hwa Rang Do and Moo Gi Gong combined), where it was an exception to the rule. On the other hand, it could have been another example of crappy editting and unclear language which real...

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I was never completely clear on that one myself. On one hand, it could have been understood to be special case (like Hwa Rang Do and Moo Gi Gong combined), where it was an exception to the rule. On the other hand, it could have been another example of crappy editting and unclear language which reall...

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Shaolin vs Lama? wow...then you might as well just put all those old kung fu movies on your list because they were all basically the same. With slight variations of course. I get the other movies, but Shaolin vs Lama just seemed out of place. Have you seen it? Some of the old 1970s Kung-Fu films ar...

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Penetration value for e-weapons might not be a bad idea: I'd want to work out some details in execution, but I'd be willing to try it.

I think it would still go better to have armour have less MDC/SDC in comparison to small arms.

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I never cared for Lee Kwon Choo myself. I thought the idea of a "non-violent" martial art was a good one, but I felt that Aikido covered that pretty well, compared to Lee Kwon Choo which did not. Any style could be used in such a manner really: I could take Sankukai, and never use the punc...

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Black Eagle would make an excellent set of scenarios. Hopefully, your players will be better role-players than the actual actors. Heh. I have to find it first. I have a factory copy on VHS. Does "Kung Pow" count? I mean, it's really more funny than bad. A friend of mine keeps trying to ge...

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