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This is a special case where a weapon passes through unliving things to hit living. And a Borg is a living thing. A machine body is still a machine regardless of how you interface it with a living creature. So if you fire a Phase Rifle at a Transferred Intelligence Bot, what do you suppose happens?...

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This is a special case where a weapon passes through unliving things to hit living. And a Borg is a living thing. A machine body is still a machine regardless of how you interface it with a living creature. So if you fire a Phase Rifle at a Transferred Intelligence Bot, what do you suppose happens?...

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This is a special case where a weapon passes through unliving things to hit living. And a Borg is a living thing. No, the brain inside it is a living thing, the rest is just machinery. The only borg that can be considered alive is the TW Anti-Monster Borg and that poor Dr. Octopus-like guy from the...

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killer cyborg, you're comparing to the wrong RMB weapon. you want the NG-P7. 1d4x10 damage with a standard ROF, in the RMB it was able to dish out 5d4x10 damage with a long burst, or 10d4x10 with a full melee burst. CB1 nerfed that i guess, but if you look at it with keeping only the original core ...

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And could you give me pg number on the R:UE for cyborgs having no HP/SDC? I'm just not finding it. I always figured they just used (Men at Arms) Basic Stat HP. That's the problem... it isn't listed at all (yes or no...) just "80+ % replaced with robotic parts". ...and I aint gonna go digg...

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[ This is going to make mages really powerful vs. borgs... since there are a number of spells that do damage directly to HP and that bypass armor..] Yah, but 'borgs still get some resistance to magic, and immune to powers like Bio-Manipulation, which offers some additional hints as to cyborg streng...

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Hera's a danger to pretty much all Zeus' kids with women other than her, she's certainly no Epim. Now that would be an epic piece of fast-talk; one of Zeus's women or his byblow kids persuading Hera that they didn't care one wit for having Zeus's parentage because they always thought Hera got a bum...

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Problem with all arguments pro / con here about Phase weaponry Vs borgs is... lack of consistancy through the books on WHAT constitues "A" borg. Technically, the Mechanoids fall into a grey area of borg or pilot; they are described as being intrinsicly linked to their "bodies" y...

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That is a cheesy gm trick to kill a borg with Phase Weapons. Plain and simple. Not a person i would care to game with if that's how they do things. Weak game styling. Finish the context in page 47, "immune to any attacks that deal damage directly to hitpoints considered a Megadamage being now&...

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CJ Carella wanted to convey a wide range of technological capabilities. So yes, some people from incredibly high technology empires had guns that did much more damage than people from much lower technology..... which is how technology works. The desire for 'balance' in a setting which is supposed t...

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That is a cheesy gm trick to kill a borg with Phase Weapons. Plain and simple. Not a person i would care to game with if that's how they do things. Weak game styling. Finish the context in page 47, "immune to any attacks that deal damage directly to hitpoints considered a Megadamage being now&...

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It would have to be some SERIOUS obsession for the character concept, though. Admittedly I could see a Beyond the Supernatural character like a Comicon nerd or otaku having a Lore: Comic Books, or some deep-archive Lazlo Rogue Scholar frittering away a skill choice to take Lore: Animation. So that ...

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If I recall correctly, Lore: Cartoon, or something very like it, has come up before. My two cents is that it's too narrow, and virtually useless as a skill, unless you're roleplaying 'Trivial Pursuit', Saturday Morning TV Edition, or expecting an attack by MLP or the Smurfs(in which case, I'd apply...

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abe wrote:for children only: cartoon lore?

Why would that be limited to children only? Plenty of adults watch cartoons and quite a few are involved in actually making them so would have to have some measure of knowledge about them.

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<many quotes snipped> That's the thing though, just because I referred to it as a Called Shot you're now insisting that it is one and bound by the Called Shot rules (which I think someone else suggested only apply to ranged attacks) yet the weapon itself so far as I know doesn't actually happen to ...

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<many quotes snipped> That's the thing though, just because I referred to it as a Called Shot you're now insisting that it is one and bound by the Called Shot rules (which I think someone else suggested only apply to ranged attacks) yet the weapon itself so far as I know doesn't actually happen to ...

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Just a point here... ...but if a person wants to get the advantage of a 'called shot' (i.e. the lesser amount of MDC of a neck) then you would need to make a called shot... ...with all that entails. You don't get a 'free' called shot just because your using a garrote. Or more to the point if you wa...

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Dumb question is there a ignore button? For the Palladium forums it's called your Foe list, you put someone on your foe list to block seeing their posts (although you can still click on it and display it anyway if you choose). You click on the person's Profile selection, then it will give you choic...

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Just a point here... ...but if a person wants to get the advantage of a 'called shot' (i.e. the lesser amount of MDC of a neck) then you would need to make a called shot... ...with all that entails. You don't get a 'free' called shot just because your using a garrote. Or more to the point if you wa...

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Isn't there a rule that dealt with assigning a percent of a target's SDC/HP to various body parts (such as a person's arm has 20% the SDC/HP)? Edit : I just found it, starting on page 16 of The Compendium of Contemporary Weapons , it assigns 50% SDC/HP to the Main Body, 24% to the head, 7% to each ...

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Unless I've missed something skimming the thread shouldn't something like a Vibro-Garotte be WAY more dangerous than it's sounding here? It's a mega-damage inflicting weapon that's what amounts to a called shot to the neck which means there shouldn't be very much MDC for the neck before you just *po...

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If it's not in the main book it's surely in the GM's Guide that you don't get anything to replace a duplicated skill, if you pick two or more skill programs and they all have one skill in common you're just out of luck you can't get other skills as a result for those overlaps, just like if you pick ...

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Are there any examples where "guided" is used and it's explicitly not "self-guided". I always figured guided was short for self-guided since wherever I can remember it being defined they usually specify it meant 'self'. Though obviously never JUST self since the pilot does the i...

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Mutants 'not' created in a lab, aren't humans. Therefore human law doesn't pertain to them. The books state that countries have not caught up and enacted laws making mutants citizens, so no. The book also states clearly in black and white that mutants have no rights. So wait we have two human paren...

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Given their prevalence in the world books, I think there's a good argument that Rifts Earth HAS been invaded by Alien Intelligences. WB 1: Several Vampire Intelligences WB 2: Land ruled by Splugorth, with occasional visiting splugorth. WB 3: Hey, look, another Alien Intelligence WB 4: 4 alien intel...

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It's been awhile since I've watched Robotech but I believe so. In Macross, the fold drive disappeared it took with it more power conduits and other materials than they could replace so they took advantage of the modular nature of the ship and shifted the sections around effectively bringing the shi...

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"all Rifts® characters only get ONE Hand to Hand Combat skill." sounds like it could have been describing the maximum you are forced to start with. After all, some characters don't get any combat skill at all. Those that do start with any start with 1. The GMG came out September 2001, is ...

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combat training: I.E. Hand to Hand skills aren't physical skills like Body Building or Acrobatics they're a synthesis of things that work together. Running isn't a physical skill like boxing, it doesn't add an extra melee attack and is available as a Secondary skill. Physical skills have many diffe...

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say652 wrote:Personally, i don't like it. But the argument was sound with no intelligent counter i was stumped. They got me.

Uh no the argument wasn't sound and plenty of intelligent countering by everyone.

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I admit when I look at the Hardware class and the general computer skills in Heroes Unlimited I get a feeling like I'm reading someone who just watched an episode of The Rockford Files and how they treated technology and computers. Daniel Stoker They didn't watch the Six Million Dollar Man that's f...

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None of the Palladium books have every allowed that You sure? Allowing it would not require exicitly saying to stack them, just a lack of condemnation for doing so, since stacking physical skill bonuses is the norm. If I don't need to be told I can combine Boxing and Wrestling then I don't need to ...

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I had to go with what the book said, it makes sense because of the Requirements to gain the suits bonuses. Things only have 230mdc anyway. A few missile volleys can handle them if they get out of hand. Low mdc, Crazy bonuses. Since any Hand to Hand that gives Autododge is specialized i don't really...

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Dashi that is where I will dare to disagree with you. Cite was provided showing it doesn't stack in Ultimate, but never before? That would mean we have earlier cites? Page 30 and 45 in RMB don't seem to prohibits basic/elite stacking. Same with hand to hand. I'm not certain anything prohibited a Bo...

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You can add in extra features beyond the standard, if you don't mind the increased risk of rejection that everything you add beyond the standard load-out to get more diversity.

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Odd how people seam to think the only way to trasfer over is replace the brain, thus commit murder. We some powers in rifts can transfer intellgence, take a persons mind and transfer it to a new body, it is a type of ai in source book 1. We know that rifts tech can do a direct nero link from cyber ...

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My thoughts on this. You CAN get bio-systems for the entire body sure... ...you can even (possibly) get cloned tissue replacements. But you are still not going to be 'human' again. Just 'less borg' Specifically you are not going to get your PPE back, your not going to get back destroyed magic or ps...

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i keep seeing people refer to clone bodies for borgs in reference to japan, but i don't remember ever seeing that in the book. which doesn't mean a lot, it might just be some offhand reference in the book i overlooked. the main issue i can see with clone bodies is that of central nervous system.. f...

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no because an adult brain would not fit into an infant's or a child's head. Well you COULD do that (an old horror comic had an elderly scientist successfully convince a judge into helping conceal his work in exchange for both of them getting brain-transplants into infant clone bodies then kills his...

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Do you have a source supporting that? Unless there's a general rule, I have to assume that's a species-specific advantage per RAW. And why would you assume that? Why wouldn't physical skills that improve the body prove just as good improving someone who's MDC as someone who is SDC, i.e. MDC gets MD...

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Is anyone actually wanting to have a serious and polite discussion here without insulting opposition saying they don't grasp English because we disagree on the contextual implications of a statement. The fact is the Palladium Books has several races with Psionics: None who are able to become Cyber-...

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SDC bonuses are SDC bonuses until they are not. If you are an MDC being, you can get the SDC bonuses as normal but they won't help against MD attacks unless you accrue 100. They could qualify as a nice defense against Phase Beamers though... a kind GM would let those harm your SDC from physical ski...

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Again which races? What specific source said they got psionic abilities? And what was the limiting text that was overcome? D'norr Devilmen, Vanguard Brawler and one other I forgot. The OCC itself talks about the psionic abilities that none/minor/major/master get. The Vanguard Brawler NPC says nothi...

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It's worth looking at both magic/psionics entries. Most races lack inborn magic abiltiies yet can learn them. Psionics on the otherhand are often randomly available to many races. Stating this lack of inborne random ability doesn't restrict learning abilities. The book blatantly says they have NONE...

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Ok, I an curious as to the nature of a latent nightbane? Are they immune to transformations? Can they be turned into a vampire, for instance? There is no canon information on this, but the Wampyr O.C.C. gives the strong impression that they might be unawakened Nightbane who were turned before they ...

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Page 118 is simply saying the Nightbane Mystic OCC has no psionic potential since it develops the talents instead, something you normally lose when you practice magic (like the sorcerer) so the Nightbane trade the ability to gain psionics for re-activating their free talents per level. They don't s...

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Actually I said they were investigating terrorism in Minnesota and then the city of Tolkeen all of a sudden declared themself a kingdom (which is why "Kingdom of Tolkeen" is mockingly put in quotes) claiming all of Minnesota was their land. I see no evidence that city had any sovereign cl...

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Look, everything should be tanks and APC/AFV's, realistically, we get it. I think the real issue with giant robots is their stats. They done messed up big time and made them too vulnerable and most of them don't deal the damage needed to make up for it. That's pretty much it, the bigger the vehicle...

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"D-Bees have no rights because it is human land" is a circular argument that tries to say that it is true because it says that it is true thusly. D-bee's have no rights Why? Because D-bee's have no rights? Why don't they have rights? Because they don't have rights. Its circular. Especiall...

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This isn't a house rule of mine. I'm sticking to the RAW which are: Page 88: Psionics: None. Nightbane lack the capability to use psionic Powers. Page 119 1. Psychic Powers: Unlike human mystics, Nightbane have no psionic potential whatsoever. There are 3 points of rule which I hold to be true base...

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The CS sent a diplomat back in a body bag (presumably they were dead inside it, otherwise that's a hilarious prank) but we don't know who killed them or what they did prior to that death which might have led to it. Well that's just ridiculous excuse-making, the CS murdered the diplomat and sent him...

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