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Fenris2020

For the games the GM runs... Rule one: The GM is always right. Rule two: if the GM is wrong, see rule number one. As in the GM has the final say in things about His/Her game. What I hate here is when people say their House rules are 'The Canon Rules'. especially when their house rules say something...

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Ever been in a group where the GM is always right, and can't even be corrected on word pronunciation by speakers of the language in question?
On the flip-side, have you ever been in a group where the GM had no control of the game at all, especially as regards the Significant Other?

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I feel great about them.

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Here are some things I came up with to make the game more enjoyable and survivable. Because, as written, your characters have a chance somewhere below zero, unless they just run until the die. Which still means they die. Lower the zombie AR to 10 from 14. Halve zombie SDC and weird "we feel you...

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Yes, but I still just don't see where they get it from.
Kinda goes against everything in the books stated about any of the three characters.
Makes me want to point out that drugs are bad or something lol.

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Please answer my question. Which book has the LAST KNOW UPDATE on the Empress? Oh and also which book has her stats? Stats for Erin Tarn (Lady Prosek) are in Africa, idk if those are the most current though. ... if you buy into that conspiracy theory. Not saying it's wrong, just not canon afaik. Fr...

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If Tolkeen had won, all of the cringy CS fan-boys would be weeping uncontrollably.

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snip... but I don't see any problem with allowing them to use the usual changing rules other races enjoy. So what you are saying with the of the above is that Dragons in the Rifts game can't change their class to another class what-so-ever, when talking about the Rifts game, because Rifts does not ...

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The coming of Atlantis raised sea levels. Raised sea levels means more rain. More rain means fewer/ smaller areas of desert.
Of course, quite a few areas all over the world would be under water, due to the rise in sea levels.

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Most of the people will just have SDC capability. So when they start acting crazy, shoot a few with MDC weapons until they either calm down or leave. Crisis over. Crisis redirected. They panic and stampede away, trampling some elderly people and young children in the process. Then the people who we...

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For one thing, Dragons have to hit a certain age before they're adults... level doesn't matter.
As for taking an OCC, I'd allow it; most of the NPC dragons apparently have.

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Freelance Spy would probably be the best, since that's... already their OCC.

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I'd get rid of 90% of the meta-plot stuff, and the CS plot armor. I'd make sure it was explained that places like Chi-Town, the NGR, the War Camps in Russia, and so on are the exceptions to the rule of a post-apocalyptic setting. Same with the MD critters. I'd tone down the MDC a bit, especially wit...

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For Psi-stalkers, I ignore the rules in RUE.
Aside from that, they'd get the ps-sword and shield, and meditation added on to their other pre-existing abilities.

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Though I remember the Lone Ranger show where he used silver bullets because they flew straiter. From what I remember it was more because the high cost in firing a gun and the potential for killing someone with a gun. As to the original topic, wouldn't it be harder for the silver bullet to take adva...

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There are Godlings who have taken OCCs in canon, so I don't see why not... though they always had at least one level of Godling RCC before learning an OCC.
Kind of like switching OCCs.
Dragons have had the same treatment, in canon.

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darthauthor wrote:I'm 90% certain I saw an orc T-man in one of the Merc books.

Urlik Blackband
- Ogre Tattooed Man

Rifts Mercenaries

Page 81 to 82

I'm 100% certain that's an ogre, not an orc.
Anyway, they don't seem to be listed as an eligible race for magical tattoos, for whatever reason.

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It might be interesting to compare the stats of published un-augmented human N.P.C.s to the kinds of outcomes we get out of dice rolls in the rules as written. First book I thought of for easy comparisons: Rifts Mercenaries. Janet Braddock, Human Headhunter: IQ 17; MA 20; ME 18; PS 17; PP 19; PE 15...

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The Titan Juicer's PS is considered to be Supernatural Strength, but unlike Mega-Juicers, they are not mystical beings; there are several other examples in the game of OCCs and RCCs like this. It's not a big deal unless someone decides to make it a big deal.

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It might be interesting to compare the stats of published un-augmented human N.P.C.s to the kinds of outcomes we get out of dice rolls in the rules as written. First book I thought of for easy comparisons: Rifts Mercenaries. Janet Braddock, Human Headhunter: IQ 17; MA 20; ME 18; PS 17; PP 19; PE 15...

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Well, as far as I can tell, firearm accuracy is incredibly poor in Dead Reign compared to our world. -Vek “Headshots on a stationary target aren’t difficult.” I have to agree; the rule about burst-fire not being able to take out a specific target is also wonky; I'd say the book's author is either t...

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I suppose you could try "roll xD6+6" and roll again at a natural 16+ (or xD4+4 or whatever, due to certain races using different dice for some stats).
That would make player characters at least equal to the "standard" official NPC.

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RAW they couldn't. Personally I'd allow gods and alien intelligences to override that rule so you could end up with a TA vampire lord. However I wouldn't allow a vampire intelligence to override the rule so any TA vampire lords in a game I ran would have been cursed (or rewarded) to be that way (de...

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Library Ogre wrote:One thing I would include with WP Shield is a shield can always make an automatic parry, even if someone does a simultaneous strike.

That makes sense.

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And a single attribute below 7 grants a bonus of 1d4+3 to the attribute of your choice... thats big enough that I have had players *try* to get a low stat to buff another stat. So, as you mention getting a PB of 7 (a whopping -5% to a handful of skills) you can add 1d4+3 to IQ or PP... Except we ca...

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maybe he's caught asking erin tarn for an autograph Lady Prosek IS Erin Tarn dude Where do you get this idea? I've heard two other people espouse it, I just haven't seen any evidence. Erin Tarn has surprising insight into the Prosek family Erin Tarn has two bio-system fingers on her left hand Lady ...

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I think the problem here is that you've gotten used to the "YES YOU CAN!!" D20 system, where bonuses start at 12. Nope. 12 would be idiotic. All I'm suggesting is probabilistically balancing out the penalty range of 3-7 (or , with a bonus range of 14-18. Since a clear majority here doesn'...

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If 8 or less is below average getting penalties, and 16 plus is above average gaining bonuses, wouldn't 9-15 be average with 12-13 being right in the middle? Average is good. Most people are middle of the road average. A 15 is very good. Not as good as a 16 but better than a 12 since skill choices ...

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I think most high tech countries, would have some TV and radio stations. How independent they are would depend on the country. With the Coalition States, I think most media, which would cover radio, TV, and internet. There would be a few big channels from the main cities and a few smaller regional ...

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Another media problem: No satellites.
So, people have to go back to putting antennas on mountains and so on (and possibly have defensive measures in place).

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An interesting subject. I'd say the CS control over the media would be really similar to that of Communist Russia; the state owns the media, and tells you what they want you to know. Lots of propaganda, no comedy about the ruling elite. Quebec has always been our enemy/ Quebec has always been our fr...

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That counterexamples stink doesn't make a given term necessarily useful. I'd be into using something like "Brainitude" or "Smarts", the latter of which I've seen in some games. Brainitude could probably get claimed within the trademark declaration on PB's cover pages. I prefer t...

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Aermas wrote:
Orin J. wrote:
maybe he's caught asking erin tarn for an autograph

Lady Prosek IS Erin Tarn dude

Where do you get this idea?
I've heard two other people espouse it, I just haven't seen any evidence.

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Well I can't say anything better than Hotrod did. But do know Fenris, that even Hitler himself gave passes to certain "undesirables" in his regime. I'd have to double check but I think even his tailor got a pass. Yes, and one of the "passes" was for himself. The CS has been entr...

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The Forums of the Megaverse Rules recommend consolidating multiple sequential responses into one post. I can't really fathom why people would care enough to meet an interest in more usefully codifying what attributes represent with blithe dismissal. Demonstrably not caring is a type of caring. That...

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RAW they couldn't. Personally I'd allow gods and alien intelligences to override that rule so you could end up with a TA vampire lord. However I wouldn't allow a vampire intelligence to override the rule so any TA vampire lords in a game I ran would have been cursed (or rewarded) to be that way (de...

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I'm curious if anyone has used the Wampyrs from Nightbane Rifts. They aren't mentioned anywhere in riff's books, and didn't seem to get included in the Rifts conversion book 3. Seems like one could be an interesting NPC hook for Adventures through vampire kingdoms. Maybe there is an underground rai...

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It needn't exclusively be in reference to a formal education. Any perceived inaccuracy of the term would still be better than the current one, whose usage in general has long been recognized as controversial. A potential stopgap solution might be introducing a handful of meta skills. "Natural ...

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Well I can't say anything better than Hotrod did. But do know Fenris, that even Hitler himself gave passes to certain "undesirables" in his regime. I'd have to double check but I think even his tailor got a pass. Yes, and one of the "passes" was for himself. The CS has been entr...

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I have no problem with it as it stands.
I know people who know the WP in real life (I'm working on it), and it's amazing to watch (and spar with them).

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Veknironth wrote:Well, there are the Old Kingdom Highlands and Old Kingdom Lowlands source books. They haven't printed yet but they are slated to be out sometime in 1996.

-Vek
"R.I.P. Randi Cartier"

Counting the days!
Wait...

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Shields would be blunt, with the exception of the targe.

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RAW they couldn't. Personally I'd allow gods and alien intelligences to override that rule so you could end up with a TA vampire lord. However I wouldn't allow a vampire intelligence to override the rule so any TA vampire lords in a game I ran would have been cursed (or rewarded) to be that way (de...

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Part of it is that most of this is just cut and paste from the old SDC books. But there are a couple of mentions in a few places to suggest that MDC beings heal MDC as per the SDC healed Right, but as I said, there are a few mid-level spells that show their MDC healing ability is far weaker than th...

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Considering the risen sea-levels world-wide, I'd assume most of the Pacific islands are either gone or very much smaller than they were.
That said, I'd rather they weren't high-tech paradises.

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You'd allow Vanguard.... ...who would immediately get blasted into atoms by the rest of the party. Not if they don't show off, or if we talk as adults & decide, Vanguard-Dude is a trusted old friend & everyone kinda knows somethings up but he's been loyal & useful, so as long as no one ...

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If I was at a convention, I'd probably run a CS campaign. Psychics, Psi-Stalkers, Dogboys, Juicer, Borgs, & even Vanguard would be allowed, & let everyone sample all the different avenues of character type. Then point them at some of the crazier & evocative bad guys like the Splugorth &...

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Having run DnD at conventions in the past. You pretty much can't have people generate characters when you are trying to gather new players. With the much hated 4th edition you could have pregens and still let them pick their powers / cards. Similar when I ran Gamma World. I have always had a bunch ...

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regular Regeneration psionic will allow you to re-attach a limb and have it function fully again after the damage is healed (ie, you're at full HP/ SDC). Where's this written? It's not in the RUE ability description. Doesn't say it doesn't, either, which is why I prefaced it with, "I'd say...&...

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regular Regeneration psionic will allow you to re-attach a limb and have it function fully again after the damage is healed (ie, you're at full HP/ SDC). Where's this written? It's not in the RUE ability description. Doesn't say it doesn't, either, which is why I prefaced it with, "I'd say...&...

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