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Ted Smythe

I have a Palladium Fantasy world Elf player character in my campaign who has inherited a teammate's greatest rune sword. Among other things, the sword creates an aura of light and power around its wielder. In game terms this equals a +5 bonus to PB which, for the character inheriting the weapon, wou...

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Update: Without calling, PM or anything else, I received my payment today from my article in rifter #51. I had finallly gotten over that little disappointment in my head had finally left and I had written another article and was getting ready to submit it. Then payment. This is surely a sign that P...

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Was it ever resolved? I for one don't fault them for things falling through the cracks, especially CoT era, but assuming you ever - y'know - told them about it (in an email, not a forum posting they may or may not come across), it's pretty bad if they aren't doing right by you. I sent an email 13 F...

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Did you recieve the books that your work was published in without payment? And what did you write? I wrote the following: - The Star of Horus (with Allen Gardner) in issues #34 and 35 - The Torque of Amemait in issues #42 - The Dark Realm of Netosa (with Aaron Deskins) in issues #46 - A Megaversal ...

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I've been away from roleplaying in general for a while, but I was talking about this with a friend the other day and thought I would post the question here: Does The Rifter still pay contributers? If so, how long does it take? I had some things published in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, but haven't rec...

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I must have missed class the day we discussed Rifts geography. Where does the name Tolkeen come from?

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When the Hammer of the Forge (finally) wraps up, those back five or six pages will all be dedicated to me. The new instalment, Murmur's from my Mom's Basement , will showcase my incoherant ramblings and ravings on topics ranging from the state of roleplaying today, to why I hate people who tie up t...

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I'm a little confused about magic circles. Can any one with sufficient PPE activate and use them or just spell casters? For example, could a group of mercenaries with enough PPE activate a teleportation circle even if there is no practitioner of magic among them? If so, I assume the 'lore: magic' wo...

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I'd like it an available novel fashion so that I don't have to go through every, every , issue of the Rifter to re-read it. I think they should release it in a single volume with character stats and other information added at the end like they did with Perez' Machinations of Doom . Maybe they could...

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Is it ending any time soon? From the first post in the thread... The Phase world,s story Hammer of the Forge,ends in Rifter 44. But how does Gaby know its ending? I haven't seen anything online in or in the last Rifter to this effect. Does he have inside information or is he just asking a hypotheti...

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#86 - A box containing brand new copies of Rifts Australia 2, Rifts Australia 3, The Old Kingdom Mountains sourcebook and a variety of other titles Palladium has announced over the years but never released.

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Mine. I published a short story that appeared in Rifter #34 and #35. I could easily write a few sequels.

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The main book says that Hounds are vulnerable to magic weapons. I thought psi-swords might be included in that category as well, but it doesn't sound like it.

What does Dark Conversions say? I don't have it.

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Do psi-swords do double damage to the Nightlords and their minions?

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The first swimsuit issue had a lot of novelty value, I feel, and it was a useful tool to help make some easy cash for Palladium at a time when they really needed it. I thought the second one was a definite improvement: statting out the characters in the illustrations definitely made it more useful f...

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Nerdbane wrote:...personally, I think it was made 200% better by the illustrations!

Amen to that. I love the one of the pigs on page 83. That was pretty creative.

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Ted, I don't see anything of yours. I got my copy today, Reagren, and I did make it: The Torque of Amemait was written by my Facade. And if Kent Burles reads to this: The full-page illustration on page 68 is awesome! It will be a while before I can do more than scan this issue, but congratulations ...

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Has anyone gotten their copy yet? I am dying to find out if my article made it.

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I had a story serialized in Rifters #34 and #35. I sent it in as one work and then Wayne divided it in half. Originally, it was 49 type-written, single-spaced pages at 12-point font. In the Rifter , it ended up being 27 pages with illustrations. My recommendation would be to finish everything before...

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#42 - A human boy on a bicycle approaches the group, grumbling over and over, "I want my two dollars."

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Congratulations Nerdbane and Reagren! Seeing my name in The Rifter was quite a trip. I talked about it so much over the weeks that followed, my wife threatened to cut my tongue out. I don't know whether my next piece will be in this issue or the next one, but I can feel the excitement building once ...

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Are psychics and practitioners of magic using the 'see aura' power able to recognize a specific individual based solely on their aura? For example, if I read Charlie the Changeling's aura would I still know it is Charlie next time I use the power on him even if he altered his form?

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Undead Slayers or Undead Hunters? I'm pretty sure he means undead hunters, since he mentions yin-sloth. What you do is take the Wizard PPE base and use the offically updated spells from back of rifter 21. I did mean the Undead Hunter, but I could not find the answer because I was looking for Undead...

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I have a couple questions about converting undead slayers the Yin-Sloth Jungles book to the second edition rules: How much PPE do they start with? How much do they get each level? Where is this written down?

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Slag wrote:It's probably best to keep them out of N&SS entirely since the combat rules are so different there.

Thanks. A very well-written article by the way.

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I had a question about this same article: how do weapon katas mix with weapon specialization and weapon mastery? Or do they not mix at all?

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Thanks. That seems awfully strange to me, but they get so many skills at creation that I suppose it evens out in the end.

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This has probably been asked before but here I go anyway...

Do ATB characters get additional secondary skills as they increase in experience? If so, where do I find that information in the book?

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Sorry, I know you guys don't want to hear it but Avatara is correct. Until Palladium gets on its feet they need to get product out that sells and that's Rifts. I would think at this point, income is income. Whatever they can sell, they should, regardless of which line it comes from. My fear as that...

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Joscap wrote:How well does Ninjas and Superspies work with palladium world..? How would you do it?

Check out The Rifter #27. It has an excellent article about mixing Ninjas & Superspies with the Palladium Fantasy game.

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I hope the book on Dwarves will focus more on the subterranean parts of the Palladium world than just the Dwarven species. That would be cool.

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#27 - The character group suddenly encounters a road paved with yellow bricks. A small group of people approaches, singing and skipping as they go. The first is a scarecrow. The second is a mutant lion (full biped, full hands, full speech, no looks) with an irrational desire to prove his masculinity...

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PPE Channelling. It solves this problem quite nicely. Why it is not canon, I will never understand.

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Denaes wrote:Palladium doesn't have much in the way of consistancy so thats no biggie

No, Palladium just doesn't rewrite their entire rules system every three to five years.

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problem with that is your characters reverse and want the lower score and when characters have a stat over 20 the only fail when they roll a nat 20 and that just seems wrong I did not say it was a perfect system. Besides, I have not used the supernatural extensively in my campaigns so far. By inclu...

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Prior to Nightbane I just used a d20 roll. Bonuses and penalties were entirely circumstancial, higher the better. No bonuses from the character themselves. I usually have the character 'save versus IQ' by rolling under their IQ on a D20, but I just finished BtS2 and thought it might be time to intr...

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I want to incorporate Perception Rolls into my other Palladium campaigns, particularly the fantasy one. I was wondering if any of you had any ideas or guidelines on how to do it.

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Can changelings be turned into vampires like humans and dwarves can? If so, do they retain their shape-shifting ability?

Also, can they be turned into werewolves, etc.? And do they retain their special ability?

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I am looking to set a campaign in Rifts Texas, but it will include visits to Los Alamos, Houston, San Antonio and Fort El Dorado. Does Lone Star cover all of these places and, if not, where should I look for more information? Thanks. Note: I do not have RUE yet. Does it have the information I am loo...

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I had forgotten about Allu Demons and I like your reasoning, EPIC. Thanks.

The original question remains however.

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lather wrote:
Ted Smythe wrote:Do minotaur's have hooves like a cow or toes like a man?

On the cover of the Old Ones book he has human feet.

Yes, but pictures in some of the other books depict them with hooves. Are there two species of minotaur?

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Do minotaur's have hooves like a cow or toes like a man?

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Nekira Sudacne wrote:...MDC creatures regain 2d6 MDC per 24 hours...

Thanks. Do you have a reference on that?

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Most mortals regain SDC and Hit Points at a certain rate for a full night's sleep. Is there a corresponding rate for MDC? If so, what it is?

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Sorry, I guess I mixed up Blade Priests with Blade Mages...

(Still, anybody know where to find/buy the Rifter that discusses Blade Mages?)

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Edge wrote:See also: Blade Priests can reattach severed limbs.

Which issue of The Rifter is this in and where can I get it? None of my usual online sources carry it any longer.

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It's been going well. I have been playing by email with one other person. So far, he has determined that Civieth is behind the attacks on two neighboring villages in Northern Mexico. He has met Sheriff Kynes, captured Boo and is hoping to evade Boo's buddies long enough to turn him over. Next time h...

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Since I know someone has read it through by now, I am wondering if there is any new or additional information about the Battle of Eagle Pass/Peak in the Rifts Ultimate Edition. If any one sees anything, will they please post the page number. Thank you.

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from the other palladium games I'd allow psychics and mages, tech stuff obviously wouldn't make sense since tech items don't work in pf (well without an energy converter doo hickie) I gave a PFRPG2 character a HU2 laser rifle once. During the game I described it as a magic crossbow with a limited n...

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Check out this book. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0843950781/redirect-home/slcolibrary0f-20/002-9506481-1643201 One of his short stories is about a closet door that leads to a dimension full of carnivorous clothes. I don't remember a lot of the other stories, but they were pretty weird at ...

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