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RainbowDevil

Thanks for that, folks. I'm really after "monster" stats though (ie what their attributes are, combat abilities, etc), not character creation/BIO-E tables.

RainbowDevil

Does anyone know where I can find the stats for giant insects to use in After the Bomb? I know there are stats in the main rulebook and the supplements, but I don't feel the stats from the original sourcebooks are comparable to second edition and the stats in second edition are incredibly vague. Wha...

RainbowDevil

Hey folks, I know that the Rifts books have very simplified rules on converting SDC things into MDC and vice versa, but just out of curiosity how do people here handle supernatural immunities? For example, some of the BtS supernatural beings are impervious to normal SDC weapons. However, most Rifts ...

RainbowDevil

Thanks a lot for that! Hmmm.... none of them are quite what I had in mind. I'll just make do with normal hand to hand and then use the mystic focus ability to improve my spell strength. I was hoping there'd be something similar to the hand to hand styles from WB: China, but with a slight mystical ad...

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Personally, I love them! My character in the gaming group that I run uses Ludicrous magic. I agree with eliakon, though. Many of the spells tend to be one-off gags and not really useful in a lot of situations. For example, my character originally had Descriptive Combat, as I thought it was so cool, ...

RainbowDevil

Hey folks,

Does anyone know where I can find rules for different magic hand to hand styles? Ideally, I'm after one that improves your spell strength. I know of Arcomi in one of the Rifters, but I'm not a fan of it.

Regards,
RD

RainbowDevil

Awesome.. so its a "just use discretionary" thing really.. wasn't going to do it.. just more of a question really. Discretion is the better part of the Palladium rules, honestly. If you're coming to Palladium from RPGs with more rigid rules like D&D, you'll find that Kevin Siembieda c...

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Does anyone have any recommendations for any OCCs that specialise in using sword-type magic, ie a great blademaster that has some magic to do with his weapon style? I have the rules for the Blade Master (or was it Blade Mage?) from one of the Rifters books, but the player isn't too big a fan on thos...

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Every now and then I notice spells in Rifter that refer to "instant actions". I understand the use of "instant" when it refers to the duration of spells like fireball, but is there such a thing now as an "instant action"? I assume it's something just in Rifter, as I can...

RainbowDevil

EXACTLY!

RainbowDevil

Thanks for the replies, folks! I think I'll just stick with keeping him a straight mutant in rules. I wanted him part Tasmanian devil, part faerie (I can't remember their name - but the faerie lover ones). His dad was a mutant Tasie devil, his mum was a faerie lover. I'll just keep it as a devil, bu...

RainbowDevil

Does anyone know if there are any rules for playing half-faeries in any of Palladium's games, whether from an official source or Rifter? House rules at a pinch if there really is nothing else.

Regards,
RD

RainbowDevil

Thanks for the suggestions, folks.

RainbowDevil

Does anyone know of any random gemstone generation tables (along with their half carat value) for Rifts? I want to be able to roll up random gems for the games I'm GMing at the moment, to help the mechanic of the group.

RainbowDevil

My main problem with the one for one conversion is the high end items. Sure, basic things aren't so bad, but then when you get vehicles, TW gadgets, etc that cost in the order of one million or more credits, it becomes impossible for the group to ever reach that level of wealth.

RainbowDevil

Okay, this is no doubt one of those "how long is a piece of string" type questions, but does anyone know if there's a *general* credits to dollars conversion? If I wanted to use the items from Rifts, such as vehicles, in a Heroes Unlimited campaign, what would be a good general conversion?...

RainbowDevil

I guess it all depends on what sort of campaign you're running, but why can't there be some down-time between sessions? Most adventurers wouldn't be on the road constantly, but rather journey to one town, maybe hire a room at a tavern for a few weeks while in town, go check out a few job offers for ...

RainbowDevil

Actually, yes you're right, using the sprinkling salt rules would be quite appropriate

RainbowDevil

"I can see arguments either way."

So, what are both of your arguments for and against then?

RainbowDevil

Hey folks, So, I have an interesting dilemma. How do players treat faeries when it comes to salt water? While faeries (at least in Palladium, I'm not sure about Rifts - but Palladium faeries is what I'm using) are unable to cross a line of salt, do they have similar problems with salt water? In the ...

RainbowDevil

Thanks a lot for that! I tend to think it'd be possible to create a whole book on the wilderness, if you collected all the material out there - on cold weather, dehydration, disease, even geysers and stuff from the demon/deevil books. Even additional rules for tracking, building traps, etc. Honestly...

RainbowDevil

Hey folks, So, for the second time so far, my After the Bomb group has decided to resolve disputes by setting buildings on fire and smoking/burning the bad guys out. No more wood structures for them! Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knows if there are any rules for starting fires for Palladium game...

RainbowDevil

Are the converted stats from the Dyval/Hades books really comparable though? They seem fairly weak to me. Keep in mind, they also have no stats for their converted powers/attacks, just their SDC/HP/AR. Sure, you can say that a demon attack that does 4D6 MD just does 4D6 SDC/HP, but I don't think tha...

RainbowDevil

Hey folks, In my After the Bomb campaign, I'm including supernatural creatures and demons. The problem is the vast majority of demons in print are for Rifts and have MDC stats. Even though there are conversion rules, I've heard a lot of criticism about it, and I'm unsure the stats are really equival...

RainbowDevil

Hey folks, I was wondering if the PE attribute grants you a bonus to save against drugs and disease too, or is it just against poison and magic? Drugs and disease seems one thing that is rarely granted a bonus. I assume that's just because they're rarely used in the game, and so is an oversight, but...

RainbowDevil

Overall, I do really like the alignments and having clear beliefs for each alignment really helps new PCs. I just find some of the names odd.

RainbowDevil

using the D&D to describe things the only truly good alignment is the Chaotic Good because if you get into the "lawful" aspects the person looses the ability to act when a loving act or good deed is needed, because they have to ""follow the rules"". (i.e.: The misc...

RainbowDevil

Well even the idea of having "good aligned people" being (at least mostly) law-abiding is a big assumption on PB's part, in my opinion. Whether one does or doesn't follow laws doesn't say much about how good they are, just whether or not they believe in the authority of Government. That's ...

RainbowDevil

Hey folks, Just wondering, are other people a little confused by the titles of some of the alignments in the Palladium range too? Many of the titles seem quite illogical to me. Sure, Principled, Anarchist, Miscreant and Diabolic are fine alignments. However, the rest don't seem to make sense from an...

RainbowDevil

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 t...

RainbowDevil

How I would rule this 1) you can always lower MBAD so that is not an issue. You just willingly lower it to activate your ability 2) when you voluntarily allow possession [/i]you are possessed[/i]. Period. Dot. End of story. Not just part of you is possessed. The entire person is possessed, and all ...

RainbowDevil

Just to clarify with my character - he's not actually a medium, but a Bubblemaker. So, he has a mediumship ability, however that's not the sole focus of the character like it is with Mediums. Regarding why I'd have both a medium and mind block auto despite the two seeming to counter the other - well...

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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; this would include the psychic link to his spirit guide -the source of his abilities- being seve...

RainbowDevil

Hey folks, So, I have a question for you all, wondering about the interplay with the following abilities. My character is a Medium (well, has the Medium's ability to commune with spirits by being a channel anyway). He also has multiple personalities and mind block auto-defence. In normal situations,...

RainbowDevil

I tend to use fishing as basically a "wilderness survival" skill when it comes to coastal areas.

RainbowDevil

Hi folks, I'm designing a new city for my supernatural After the Bomb campaign, and I'm at a loss to come up with all the infrastructure to include. Even though it's in After the Bomb, it would be more like a Rifts city than a post-holocaust city in terms of the feel and level of advancement. Any id...

RainbowDevil

Perhaps music could give you a bonus to perception, due to the above pattern recognition?

RainbowDevil

Actually, our gaming group uses a lot of domestic skills. After the Bomb is good that way - the domestic skills somehow seem more useful, plus some of the skills from other areas have been moved to domestic. I think there should be a distinction between domestic skills chosen as secondary skills and...

RainbowDevil

Hmmm.... I perhaps tend to use my GMPCs a little more actively than the others who have commented here. Partly, that's because I love making up characters to use in RPGs, but the vast majority of the time everyone turns to me to GM - so I'm kinda stuck in situations where I'd like to play more, but ...

RainbowDevil

Thanks for the responses folks!

RainbowDevil

Hey folks, I have a question regarding the Mind Block psionic power. In this thread I'm going to use the wording from the BtS rulebook, but I think the wording from Rifts is pretty much the same (plus, my games take place in an SDC setting, not Rifts). "A Mind Block will prevent penetration of ...

RainbowDevil

For me, it's when the GM says "You'll all be using pre-generated characters". If I am unable to make up my character myself, I get bored *very* quickly.

RainbowDevil

Oh, you mean creatures from the Nightbane sourcebooks? I'm not sure what the "SN" acronym is. Double-barrel shotguns do double damage, though, which is why the 10D6. When you combine that with a Night/Ghost Hunter character, who can create 2 bullets per level with a single action, reloadin...

RainbowDevil

What are the SN beings?

AR and Natural AR aren't really any different for supernatural creatures, so not clarifying it's natural doesn't really matter.

RainbowDevil

Hey fellow GMs! I was just wondering what do you all do regarding supernatural PS, more specifically in non-Rifts games? It seems as though almost every supernatural creature has supernatural PS, and I tend to think it's a bit overkill. I can understand that maybe, since they're supernatural, their ...

RainbowDevil

Does anyone here have any experience with playing characters with multiple personalities? If so, how did it go? Any specific pointers or pitfalls you wish to mention?

Regards,
RD

RainbowDevil

I'm not after something that also calculates its BIO-E, stats, etc.

RainbowDevil

Thanks for that, ShadowLogan. I'm not looking for anything so complicated - purely something that works out the animal type.

RainbowDevil

Thanks for that, Glistam. I'd better go and study Excel properly then! I haven't used it for over 10 years

RainbowDevil

Hey folks, Has anyone ever discovered a way to make random rolls on tables, but electronically, ideally even an app? What I'm looking for is a way to take the random animal table from the TMNT games and get the programme to choose a random result. The problem is you can't just use normal random numb...

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