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- Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:31 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Danzi Characters
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1866
Danzi Characters
Specifically, the Shamans... Is there anywhere that anyone knows where the skills are laid out in a non-confusing manner? The shamans are confusing as all get out as written in the East book. (i.e.: does each type of shaman have 6 separate sub-classes? Or are the "OCC Related Skills" liste...
- Wed May 24, 2023 1:23 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Random Interstellar Empires/Star Kingdoms
- Replies: 908
- Views: 1763178
Re: Random Interstellar Empires/Star Kingdoms
As for Arrakis....maybe a side product of spice blows was free oxygen....though nothing was mentioned as such...only that waste gases from the process of melange-formation in a pre-spice mass were being released and exchanged. Missed that one first time... Nailed it in one. The worms (if I recall) ...
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:47 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Starship designs...
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 2752109
Re: Starship designs...
Speed: (Atmosphere) Hover to Mach 4.7; transatmospheric. Ironically, Terrestrial Escape Velocity, technically is slightly under M33, or about 11.2km/s. But, if your Hover system is a-grav based...theoretically you don't even need any thrust... Ignoring the RW stuff, love your work! Keep it up!
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:32 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Random Interstellar Empires/Star Kingdoms
- Replies: 908
- Views: 1763178
Re: Random Interstellar Empires/Star Kingdoms
My Great Question is...Where do ANY of the desert planets in science fiction get their oxygen from? Without forests or ocean plants to liberate oxygen, those planets' inhabitants should be asphyxiating(unless they're already living on borrowed time). Barsoom at least had a few valley jungles , but ...
Re: N.A.AT
The following are all 200 POUNDS unless told otherwise in description Voice Activated Locks & Ignition: / Mini-Digital Radar system / Laser Targeting System / Targeting & Combat Computer / Heads-Up Display System / Computer and Monitor / Water dispenser / Mini-microwave oven / Searchlight /...
Re: N.A.AT
ZINO wrote:...that fires special depleted beam...
?
How is the laser beam depleted?
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:53 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: What do you want in the Next Rifts:Dimension books?
- Replies: 111
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Re: What do you want in the Next Rifts:Dimension books?
I was thinking in terms of buck rodger more of the comic rather than disco tv show. Y'mean the Whitman comic from '79? I have had some of them before my mom sold over 500 comics for a total of a dollar in a garage sale. Best turing real people into comic images I've seen in a long time. Especially ...
- Sun Aug 21, 2022 2:54 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Starship designs...
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- Views: 2752109
Re: Starship designs...
taalismn wrote:"Stolen goods are never sold at a loss."
I beg to differ...are you talking about the thief or the fence?
Never heard of a "Loss Leader"?
- Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:04 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: The official Dimension Book 9 thread...
- Replies: 78
- Views: 137232
Re: The official Dimension Book 9 thread...
Axelmania wrote:I'm wondering if they actually got pretty far in doing up a cover.
I was doing a search today and came across this description: https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/11866
mentions item is SKU: PAL 0861
LOL...
Just followed the link. Apparently they are now Sold Out... "Kev'... Did you guys release it after all?!"
- Sat Jun 25, 2022 4:59 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Different Holy Symbols for the Gods
- Replies: 76
- Views: 18459
Re: Different Holy Symbols for the Gods
kiralon wrote:Rally looking forward to these for pretty much immediate inclusion in current adventure
Me, I really look forward to them being posted in a more accessible location. (Like here...)
- Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:07 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Starship designs...
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 2752109
Re: Starship designs...
And yet popular sci-fi started with 'adventurer'-sized spacecraft: Hans Zharkov's rocketship, Space Patrol's Polaris, Lost in Space's Jupiter 2. The Tardis doesn't count because of its larger-on-the-inside nature. Of course, part of the problem might be that the producers weren't scientists, and it...
Re: N.A.AT
Yup, though your write-up does sound more like an overloadable energy shield (that has to be replaced or physically repaired after use) as opposed to the "traditional" explosive pads. If you're going to stick with the depletable MDC mechanic, don't let Rules Lawyers screw you over. Think a...
Re: N.A.AT
Reactive armour - RA does not make a vehicle "immune" to incoming fire. It is a series of single use explosive pads that detonate when the incoming shell / rocket / missile hits the pad. Combined with the armour (slope / thickness / etc.), causes the incoming ordinance to be deflected / ca...
- Tue May 17, 2022 10:55 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Superheroes in US Civil war.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 33847
Re: Superheroes in US Civil war.
abe wrote:Would the food powers from rifter 91/2 be appropriate for civil war powers?
Since the entire book is intended to be a joke...
No.
Re: N.A.AT
13) Laser Communications systems: up to 10 miles 14) Motion Detector and Collision Warning System: Detects objects within 5,000 feet (1024 m) and alerts of an impending collision with an alarm and flashing red light; triple the range when fast moving objects are on a collision trajectory (providing...
- Sun May 08, 2022 4:00 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15315
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
No they don't, and I even mentioned it - World of Alessia for DnD 5e. Excerpt from setting in question on page 4 of the Kickstarter FAQ: For most, discrimination of any sort is rare. Although strong racial bias does exist in backward corners of the world and among the ignorant... On the same page, ...
- Sun May 08, 2022 4:49 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Starship designs...
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 2752109
Re: Starship designs...
Fun part is, If I recall the design of the rifle correctly, some of the blow-out ports are under your heinie if you don't dismount it first. Don't know about you, but I like my man-parts where they are, and uncooked, thank you! I admit the Bazooka-scooter inspired a Robotech Bloopers frankenmech of...
- Sun May 08, 2022 4:23 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15315
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
If you have a problem with the official, printed, paid for in American money books, say the ones with the absolutely racist, sexist, and xenophobic text, that's a company problem. I'm pretty sure I have never paid American money for a Palladium product. Your money has ducks on it. Your argument is ...
- Sun May 08, 2022 4:14 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Different Holy Symbols for the Gods
- Replies: 76
- Views: 18459
Re: Different Holy Symbols for the Gods
Hotrod wrote:Sheesh, there are a lot of gods in this pantheon. I still have Thoth, Horus, Apis, and Bennu to do, and that's just the light part of the Church of Light and Dark.
Just be glad Kev & Co. didn't fully import the Egyptian Pantheon... 3000+ gods of varying powers.
- Sun May 08, 2022 4:07 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: WP Paired melee PS/Punch damage bonus
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8506
Re: WP Paired melee PS/Punch damage bonus
He then accused me of arguing for Boasts stance. When nothing in my posts actually supported that idea. I was addressing what did the mook do to earn bonus damage, not Boasts house rule. Technically, I don't have a stance... I'm just trying to figure it out like everyone else! I haven't HR'd it, 'c...
- Thu May 05, 2022 9:13 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Starship designs...
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 2752109
Re: Starship designs...
I'm imagining the French motorscooter( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_150_TAP#:~:text=Surely%20one%20of%20the%20oddest,to%20carry%20a%20recoilless%20rifle. ) with the recoilless gun mounted on it as an example of a post-war/occupation attempt to make up for industrial R&D losses. I've seen...
- Thu May 05, 2022 9:05 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15315
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
ITWastrel wrote:If you have a problem with the official, printed, paid for in American money books, say the ones with the absolutely racist, sexist, and xenophobic text, that's a company problem.
I'm pretty sure I have never paid American money for a Palladium product.
- Tue May 03, 2022 12:12 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15315
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
Okay... on the topic of the hijack... Xenophobia is bad, we get it. If you don't want it, don't include it...but since most games involve humans killing "monsters"...it kinda defeats the intent when you do that. After all, the monster may be bigger and stronger, and live differnetly, but t...
- Sun May 01, 2022 3:31 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: WP Paired melee PS/Punch damage bonus
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8506
Re: WP Paired melee PS/Punch damage bonus
Bringing fists into things is interesting, because yeah, double punches are rare. BUT I have seen it happen in martial arts forms before, I'm pretty certain. Horse-riding stance, with simultaneous punches thrown from the hip, both arms doing the same thing. Not sure what the combat purpose would be...
- Sun May 01, 2022 2:40 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Alternative Chargen
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2846
Re: Alternative Chargen
On some other points... Personally, I have no issues with MA - after all, we've all met people that were ugly as you know what on a stick, but simply drew the eye and eased the mind. The same is true with PB...I can remember one lady I met that was...wow... But talk to her, and when she was trying t...
- Sat Apr 30, 2022 6:49 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: WP Paired melee PS/Punch damage bonus
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8506
Re: WP Paired melee PS/Punch damage bonus
Killer Cyborg asked: But out of curiosity, does anybody know how things stack up in real life combat? Does dual-wielding come out more lethal than two-handed weapons? Speaking purely hypothetically... Depends. Generally speaking, the two-handed weapon IRL is "more" lethal, in that you can ...
- Sat Apr 30, 2022 6:06 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Different Holy Symbols for the Gods
- Replies: 76
- Views: 18459
Re: Different Holy Symbols for the Gods
Traditionally they seem to be about as long as the handle (and, seem to be multi-part construction). (i.e.: photos of various ancient Egyptian art pieces - statues, sarcophagi, etc.) For example, here is an article about the discovery of Tut's tomb, and a photo with the included crook and segmented ...
- Sat Apr 30, 2022 12:51 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Newbie Question: why are Laser/Energy Weapons rare in HU?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3610
Re: Newbie Question: why are Laser/Energy Weapons rare in HU
Laser weapons, in general, because they weigh in the multi-tonne range for combat effective weapons. Because they have obscenely expensive components that are generally single shot (think about a $5000 single shot pistol weapon with $50000 rounds). The ones that are multi-fire do less damage, and ta...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:59 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Do you think it,s time for 3nd Edition Heroes Unlimited?
- Replies: 127
- Views: 40572
Re: Do you think it,s time for 3nd Edition Heroes Unlimited?
DnD 4e is best swapped out for Pathfinder 2e which improves upon 4e in a lot of ways so I am told. I found 4e hard to grokk with so many choices, although the cosmology was a lot better. Me, when possible, I'll stick with my preference for 2nd ed...and not simply because I have a metre and a half s...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:39 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: PF Plus 5e?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5015
Re: PF Plus 5e?
You know what would work great is Spelljammer. Each setting is enclosed in a Crystal Sphere, and to travel to other planets you go via the astral (same as the upcoming new 5e Spelljammer). Erm... I agree, the setting is cool. But I'm pretty sure the phlogiston is not the Astral. If I recall (unless...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:57 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Alternative Chargen
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2846
Re: Alternative Chargen
Looks good. The only issue I have is for deriving HPs. Strong doesn't necessarily mean resiliant. (How many "glass cannons" have you seen in literature, or met IRL? Think about a fighter with a "glass jaw" - one hit in the right spot, and they collapse like wet paper.) If you wan...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:32 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Game Setting differences
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- Views: 2380
Re: Game Setting differences
Simple... PFRPG is a role playing game.
4th & 5th ed D&D are streamlined for playing a computer game with pencils & dice.
When it came out, 4th was described as for intended Power Gamers, and ROLL players.
4th & 5th ed D&D are streamlined for playing a computer game with pencils & dice.
When it came out, 4th was described as for intended Power Gamers, and ROLL players.
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:11 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Different Holy Symbols for the Gods
- Replies: 76
- Views: 18459
Re: Different Holy Symbols for the Gods
HR - didn't review all posts, but for your crook & flail...the tails of the flail seem too short.
Otherwise... cool.
Otherwise... cool.
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:02 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Settings settings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1876
Re: Settings settings
Hmmm...playing a Utopia...you end-up playing a character playing a role in a game.
Utopias are BORING. If you're not a "drone," you're likely to end-up leaving for a more chaotic world...whether you can survive is a separate issue! (See Robert Heinlein's "Coventry.")
Utopias are BORING. If you're not a "drone," you're likely to end-up leaving for a more chaotic world...whether you can survive is a separate issue! (See Robert Heinlein's "Coventry.")
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:51 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15315
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
In Northern Hinterlands (Pp. 174), we're introduced to the Barbarian Warrior and the Barbarian Keeper. Aand unlike most other O.C.C.s, they're delineated pretty strongly along gender lines (Barbarian Warriors are pretty much exclusively men and Barbarian Keepers are pretty much exclusively women). ...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:27 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Godling R.C.C. Magic Powers and others
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5841
Re: Godling R.C.C. Magic Powers and others
Greetings, 1. Does this mean that if pick a class I get all the initial spell knowledge, OCC bonuses, P.P.E amount and class abilities? 2. If I pick this multiple times (Say Shifter + Ley Line Walker), and I get OCC bonuses / P.P.E amount, are those cumulative or only the largest apply? 3. What hap...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:08 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Anybody ever play an Ogre T-man?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3074
Re: Anybody ever play an Ogre T-man?
Manoa is more known for their technowizardry than conventional technology. An Ogre T-Man washout(maybe 2-3 tattoos) bought from the Splugorth, who escaped slavery, found Manoa, studied to become a TW, and proved themself enough to get a couple more tattoos wouldn't be the most fancypants character ...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:40 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: WP Paired melee PS/Punch damage bonus
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8506
Re: WP Paired melee PS/Punch damage bonus
To keep it simple I'd do the following, if a strike hits....even if the character is using two melee weapons or using empty handed strikes, each hit gets the PS bonus added to it. This is how I used to play it back in the day (TMNT), but now I use the second option (which I realize is very much a h...
- Mon Apr 25, 2022 1:00 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Random Interstellar Empires/Star Kingdoms
- Replies: 908
- Views: 1763178
Re: Random Interstellar Empires/Star Kingdoms
Valshaun (Anvil Galaxy) The final nail, however, was the use of chromosome-targeting bioweapons that specifically targeted victims by gender. I must admit to this part confusing...logically any such weapon would *only* attack males, since to release an "X" hunter would be to kill both gen...
Re: N.A.AT
Just found this... That being said, I don't know if anyone caught it, but the use of "affront" in the OP's wall-o-text.
Homonyms... "a front" I'm guessing by context is correct. An "affront" is an insult/offence.
Homonyms... "a front" I'm guessing by context is correct. An "affront" is an insult/offence.
- Sun Apr 17, 2022 4:12 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Do you think it,s time for 3nd Edition Heroes Unlimited?
- Replies: 127
- Views: 40572
Re: Do you think it,s time for 3nd Edition Heroes Unlimited?
5th edition has "Dungeons & Dragons in a beige banner across the top of the book. 4th has "Dungeons & Dragons" in a "medallion" at hte top of the book. The 4th & 5th ed books I have are so I can figure out how to convert back to 3rd or 2nd ed...if I ever find a g...
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:22 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Starship designs...
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 2752109
Re: Starship designs...
Something tells me some of the Gene-Techs might take the idea of these "mass produced knock-offs carbon copy factories" as a personal offense of sorts and strike them on sight, but considering they are usually quite blase and uncaring of what we usually define as offenses, maybe that's ju...
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:07 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: On the topic of Revised to 2nd ed conversions.....
- Replies: 1667
- Views: 1251051
Re: On the topic of Revised to 2nd ed conversions.....
Hmmm, Mirage est une Quebequios, oui? As a *French* Canadian, she should have French as her milk tongue, and English as a learned language. Other than that, I can see some serious issues with her liver in her future, along with depression and bouts of soul crushing guilt. Short of that, if she start...
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 9:48 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Starship designs...
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 2752109
Re: Starship designs...
The one thing everyone seems to forget... X-Ray bombs use a nuke as an innitator. EMP!!! From orbit, it can cause serious economic / electronic / electrical damage to large parts of the hemisphere under it! 'Post' nukes are likely used for a range of lesser-grade weapons apps, but there will still ...
- Sat Apr 02, 2022 9:06 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Do you think it,s time for 3nd Edition Heroes Unlimited?
- Replies: 127
- Views: 40572
Re: Do you think it,s time for 3nd Edition Heroes Unlimited?
Sam - which version of D&D? Things went seriously downhill with 3rd and later. 4 & 5 are essentialy paper and dice video games. 2nd Ed was easy, as long as you can figure out THAC0 (To Hit Armour Class Zero). I had a friend that couldn't do the math to figure out what AC he'd hit with the ro...
- Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:53 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Starship designs...
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 2752109
Re: Starship designs...
WZ-SCS-X9 Ethereal Stealth Command & Support Cruiser (aka ‘Nightshade’, ‘Blackaster’) “We ease into the system, deploy our shrouded missiles on long orbits that intersect the planet in a few weeks, and scram. Our sleeper-missiles coast in, looking like so much innocuous space debris if they reg...
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 12:27 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Vampiric Dragons
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3913
Re: Vampiric Dragons
3. The dragon's chosen to practice a form of magic that is somewhat "vampiric" in nature (this will require GM to create the branch of magic) Already created, if I recall. There is a Life Force powered magic...using stolen life force...covered in one of the PF books. For an alternate, a (...
- Tue Mar 29, 2022 12:22 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What would be a good kinetics based gun for a gunfighter?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 8964
Re: What would be a good kinetics based gun for a gunfighter
Another spitball idea that I've been knocking around for a long time would be to create "vibro-blade bullets". Either by use of disposable vibro-blade generators as part of the bullet (if you can pack explosives into a bullet...) or temporarily imparting the vibro-blade "field" ...
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:11 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Random Interstellar Empires/Star Kingdoms
- Replies: 908
- Views: 1763178
Re: Random Interstellar Empires/Star Kingdoms
The Spacial Mage(?) may have gravitational effects in their spell list. If they do, used appropriately, you could cause objects to slow for easier targeting, cause weapon attacks to have reduced effectiveness. (Deflecting incoming fire.) Are the Space Mages in Mutants in Orbit, one of the Phaseworl...
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:00 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Random Interstellar Empires/Star Kingdoms
- Replies: 908
- Views: 1763178
Re: Random Interstellar Empires/Star Kingdoms
GR Guns - Phase World page 125 "Gravitonic Technology" GR Guns, Vehicle mounted - same, page 155. For "weaponising" gravity, closest I can think of would be the so-called black hole gun in the Hammer of the Forge fiction. The Spacial Mage(?) may have gravitational effects in thei...