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drazool

They seem significantly different, with the Nightbane write-up having significantly increased power. Nightbane get Greater PPE for point buy, psionic powers, and a variety of 'powers' to choose, that go beyond simple stat changes. While the BtS write-up gets a smaller pool, and spends the points to ...

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Thank you both for the help. I did plan on tweaking all of the creatures, personality wise, I was just looking more for stats (and types) so I didn't have to homebrew everything. I planned on running werewolves like a tribal race of people, like Vikings, so they will all be different. I am going to...

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I like the rules in concept, but there is one major issue: what happens to cyborgs? If the brain is getting battered around inside of the borg head, it seems like most borgs would be either dead or badly brain damaged. Although, this could be simply handwaved. Also, I would rule that these effects a...

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Keith_gearlds wrote:It's just that some of the content I've been reading is vague at times and then outright contradicts itself at others.

Welcome to Rifts! There are many examples of vague and/or internally contradictory rules in the system. We love it anyway

drazool

You can ask most of the other guys. I'm pretty liberal when it comes to magic, after all I am the imbecile who uses deck of cards: permanent, card dagger, endless deck of cards and 52 cards to the face to kill GOOs deck of cards can be temporary or permanent card dagger enchants the top 2 or 3 card...

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You can ask most of the other guys. I'm pretty liberal when it comes to magic, after all I am the imbecile who uses deck of cards: permanent, card dagger, endless deck of cards and 52 cards to the face to kill GOOs deck of cards can be temporary or permanent card dagger enchants the top 2 or 3 card...

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Honestly, a character trying to research magic and really push the envelope with what is possible would be a really fun thing to GM. I'm thinking of a Nicola Tesla type personality who uses magic rather than technology. Might have to create a new skill "Spell crafting" or "Technical: ...

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Are you saying as GM you approve it or that it should be on a case by case basis by the GM? And what should the GM use as a rule of thumb? Because if it is his whim then we may as well through the rules out. I mean that since it's a house rule, the answer to your question is "the difference is...

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[...] what are some of your favorite [rulings] as a gamemaster? Why? Your gun cannot burst-fire or go fully-auto unless it's stated as a rule under the weapon Keeps a particular type of abrasive player from even joining. All palladium books are open/cannon for a Rifts campaign, though not the rules...

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I think the new Vampire Kingdoms book says that Juicers can't be turned. But that's stupid. I think it's a great selling point for Vamps to hire some Juicer guards. "Work for us for a few years and we'll make you immortal before you burn out." But the method I'd use if I were going to bec...

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life is suffering, always and forever. I remember reading in one of the books that even the safest villages daily deals with death, rape, and drug abuse. Pretty much everyone in Rifts Earth suffers from some shade of PTSD (also remember reading it somewhere). Literally every character has felt loss...

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Step one: pay Ichto to fast-grow you a clone body (or three). For best results, start this process within a year of becoming a juicer. step two: live free and juice hard step three: pay Ichto to transplant your brain into your fresh, beautiful clone body. step four: have them rip the bio comp and ha...

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Are you're referring to the emphasis on conflicts between organized groups that seems to be more prominent since 2000? Pretty much. In the first era, we were constantly told that the world was mostly wilderness and that large, organized power blocs were the exception, rather than the norm. As of RU...

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OK, bear in mind it's been a **long** while since I've had an opportunity to play (anyone in the southern Minneapolis/St. Paul area around here?) The one and only Rifts GM I had would have you roll three sets of basic stats, and you could choose whichever set you liked. This tended to prevent anyon...

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Re: Good and Evil: Yeah, it's a major gripe that I have, honestly. It actually robs the setting of some potentially interesting conflicts, that aren't just about good vs evil, or even evil vs evil. I think the story of two essentially good aligned empires going to war, fighting over what they believ...

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Personal power comes at a cost, and that cost is not always apparent. That beauty does not equal goodness, and conversely, something that looks horrifying is not necessarily evil. Humanity is a quality that many possess, but not all humans have it, and many who aren't human have plenty of humanity. ...

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I would imagine other than inuit not many original survivors or surviving settlements. Alaska is very tectonically active even today and with the sea level rise/tsunamis/volcanos blowing pretty much all the major stuff along the coast line would be totally wiped off the map. The interior was alread...

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why would i use a gun that is only useful against juicers when there are other guns that work well against almost everything? Juicing killed my brother. I am going to stop every juicer, ever, with a gun that emulates a fourth level spell. good for you. now if you can shoot a juicer, you'll be able ...

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I would approach this two ways, depending on whether the character was a player character or an NPC. If a player character: Give them tantalizing hints that someone, somewhere has developed a technique/spell/whatever that would extend their juicer lifetime. Tune the quest so that it can't really be ...

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There are small Russian communities in Alaska in RL. Do you think this might mean there would be some Mystic Russia classes from up there, ie Mystics, etc.? Side question, what do you have in Alaska in your game? I would say that there would be a reasonable amount of cultural interchange. The Berin...

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But it seems like we already have a ready made system to handle this, and that is in the form of rituals. Since invocations can be ritualized, just extend the casting of your spell to fit the amount of time it takes you to gather up enough PPE to cast it. You get the framework of the spell going, th...

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It might just refer to long-term storage though. I'm not sure if the cap applies to pooling PPE during a ritual, harnessing a burst of PPE for immediate use from a blood sacrifice, tapping an Energy Sphere or a Talisman, etc. good point...i'd probably ignore long term storage for this, it's basical...

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:nope.

And it is RDB2 that has the Phase Powers.
RDB1 ia wormwood.

Doh! I forgot.

drazool

First off, to your argument that illiterate people don't use the internet, I will counter you with any three year old with a tablet. They may not be able to read, but don't confuse "the Internet" with "the world wide web". Just because the average person doesn't browse to a trad...

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I'll save that guy until my party is level 2. Then they should be able to take him.

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nevermind, I found them. Pantheons of the Megaverse, p93.

fun.

drazool

I've seen them referenced in a few places, but I don't know what book they come from.

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I mean, topic says it all. Are there any other phase adept power in other books?

drazool

I strongly disagree with the setting default tech level, and especially the description of many towns as having roughly 1920's technology, or worse. Any images that you have in your head of how things are in the Rifts setting are necessarily incorrect if they conflict with canon. If you say so, the...

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I strongly disagree with the setting default tech level, and especially the description of many towns as having roughly 1920's technology, or worse. Further, I mentioned in another thread that I would expect most adults to own at least one MD weapon, and know how to use it. In my opinion, the town ...

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Aikido is not pacifistic According to Ninjas & Superspies it is. I love Eric W’s work, but he wasnt always the most accurate. “An RPG says it is” is not a real strong argument. Whether it is or isn't in real life wasn't what I based my answer on. I based my answer on how the book defines it in ...

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superman should have almost no MDC, for the hulk 700 or so is appropriate, but he should regenerate something like 2d4x10 per melee.

"realistically" superman would take damage from a SDC kryptonite bullet, and might not actually have any MDC

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The more salient question is how much MD should the creature deal? How many samas are you planning to destroy in this fight? adjust damage such that the creature should deal that much damage, on average, for the number of melees you intend for it to last. Don't forget to factor in mini-missiles! th...

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I don't have the stats for a samas in front of me, but basically, figure out what the average damage your assault squad will do per attack, and extrapolate out from there. If they're shooting 1d4x10 weapons, they should average about 25 damage per attack, per samas. if they have 6 attacks, or whatev...

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I strongly disagree with the setting default tech level, and especially the description of many towns as having roughly 1920's technology, or worse. Further, I mentioned in another thread that I would expect most adults to own at least one MD weapon, and know how to use it. In my opinion, the town d...

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Most people aren't supposed to have MD weapons or armor, and somehow they're managing to live long enough to reproduce. I figure most villages are in relatively safe locations (safe-ish), and people probably breed like rabbits to maintain their population. Your average girl in town is probably popp...

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Specifically, from the invulnerability power from heroes unlimited. yadda yadd "Most physical attack do no damage whatsoever!", with some qualifiers. It then goes on to mention that psionics, magic, etc do damage. ok from conversion book: add SDC, HP together, they become MDC, same batch o...

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So I heard about these lizard mages, you see, and I thought I would write one up. I kept thinking, this guy seems strong. There's like, one sentence, buried in the RCC "Not recommended as a player character." So, you know, maybe I shouldn't bring one as an NPC to play along with my players.

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ok I figured it out, the reason I couldn't find the rule is that it is only in the original version of the conversion book. the revised edition removes the bit about a vagabond getting an extra minor power.

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I like it, amusing idea, but be careful, your essentially playing a colony of people also man scouting was never so intense, you send a 2 inch tall scout out, but you have to be careful, after all its a big world out there and if the mecha isn't careful people may begin to question why he refuses t...

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I'm just having trouble finding the writeup.

drazool

I like it, amusing idea, but be careful, your essentially playing a colony of people also man scouting was never so intense, you send a 2 inch tall scout out, but you have to be careful, after all its a big world out there and if the mecha isn't careful people may begin to question why he refuses t...

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I'm going to encourage my players to try to look beyond super high megadamage tanks and engines of pure destruction and try to look at the possibilities of things not so overtly powerful. Then it's time to start singing the praises of the Vagabond! Huh? you mean my invincible giant fire breathing w...

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Well no, but now I'm gonna!

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So I had this idea for a dbee race, and I think it would be hilarious. The various races of the planet Rhodan lived in a fairly harmonious setting. A race of high-technology and magic, they had little need for their fleet of Giant Mecha. These engines of destruction, left over from long forgotten wa...

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Its like, if I wanted my character to be a font of deific power, sure. I mean, why stop there? REAL ULTIMATE POWER is just a few steps away. Really, I'm more interested in determining what a motivated human mage could get done at low levels of experience, and the answer is, quite a lot, actually! I...

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Its like, if I wanted my character to be a font of deific power, sure. I mean, why stop there? REAL ULTIMATE POWER is just a few steps away. Really, I'm more interested in determining what a motivated human mage could get done at low levels of experience, and the answer is, quite a lot, actually! I ...

drazool

I'm going to encourage my players to try to look beyond super high megadamage tanks and engines of pure destruction and try to look at the possibilities of things not so overtly powerful.

drazool

well, with create magic scroll, energy sphere, talisman, and access to a ley-line, all of which can be achieved at level 1, it's possible and in some ways easy to develop enough PPE to stash copies of energy sphere with enough PPE to get a full 100 PPE boost in a talisman. in addition, you can just ...

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Let them copy favorite movie/comic/tv characters to the best of their ability. Sometimes the best introduction character is one you're familiar with already and don't need to focus too much time on it. I told my group of players to start thinking of a character they wanted to play, less in terms of...

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