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Actually, now that I recall, in the Mechanoids Sourcebook, Hagan has a special helmet that boosts his Telemechanics when he's in his power armor or robot vehicle. While that is a special case, I'm sure a similar version could be ported over for other characters. Up to the GM, of course!

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I agree that telemechanics would allow movement and even basic combat, but nothing as skilled as even general Robot/PA combat training. Now, if you're interested in a psychic PA pilot, the Psi-Tech from Psyscape is a good way to go. Near constant Telemechanics and bonuses when linked to a vehicle!

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As a spin-off of an archer, I could certainly see TW-harpoons! Even bigger payload than an arrow, even! I believe Quebec has a triple-launcher for true versatility.

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Long time, no post, here, but I'm wondering if it's worth mincing words. Makes the issue more complicated to go with "like supernatural strength, but not *quite* supernatural strength." If a race or class has supernatural strength, then just go with supernatural strength; shouldn't matter ...

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What? Just because you say so? Blahahahahaaa! It continues!
My thoughts: I wouldn't mind seeing Palladium pick up the TMNT license again! Or another intellectual property. TMNT and Robotech are both strong IPs and not something obscure. What do y'all think?

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I would consider a TW-Shield in the same way as a weapon in the way features are added. One spell or two programmed into it. Not that there's a lot that are "shield specific" such as Deflection...or Targeted Deflection. Of course, with say, Targeted Deflection, Telekinesis, and Wind Rush, ...

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I'll likely have it apply to armor and clothing, but nothing else. I'd hate to see a good character get whacked by a pump pistol. Pump pistols are physical damage, not energy! That's what I'm sayin'. A character immune to energy, likely the most common weapons in Rifts, might think he can go about ...

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I'll likely have it apply to armor and clothing, but nothing else. I'd hate to see a good character get whacked by a pump pistol.

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Got a quick question: does a Mystic Knight's Impervious to Energy protect his armor and clothing as well? I wasn't sure if it only protected his body, or his armor as well, much like a Burster's aura does.

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The N gage video game was well received and quite honestly a remastered version with more rifts OCC could be something worth doing, on Steam or something, but guess, not quite sure about the copyrights. Worst come to worst, a new video game might the best choice. Why? Looking for something new on y...

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Well, really, just about everything is disposable in a Splugorth arena.

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Why palladium hasn't cashed in on the ebook market simply boggles my mind. They have so much intellectual property that would provide hundreds of novels. They could literally print their own money with ebooks. They've started publishing PDFs of some of their older titles. I'd love to see the newer ...

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I can see dropping a disposable parasite on a random slave for a temporary boost. Something like a Black Claw or Beastifier for whatever reason the owner wants. A full Bio-Borg on the market might likely be something of a long-term investment, especially if (as according to the book) they compete fo...

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Not a bad idea, maybe it would extend the side-effects out over time? Or maybe they are just options which wouldn't be used due to the side-effects? I mentioned those in particular due to them being on the Bio-Borg random tables in Splynn Dimensional Market. They have short lifespans, but don't off...

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In Splynn Dimensional Market, the section on creating Bio-Borgs states that parasites/symbiotes with a short lifespan are extended to the lifespan of the Bio-Borg. Now, I was wondering: should that keep ones such as the Spinetwister or Black Claw from causing their horrible side-effects? I'm also ra...

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I'm fine with the way Splicers is all on its own; the last thing it needs it to bring in supernatural forces or the Minion War. That would be like dropping a Glitter Boy (armor and all) into Beyond the Supernatural. Besides, Humans in Splicers have a lot of problems as it is (and its just perfect th...

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Whatever your GM allows. Personally, I wouldn't allow it, but then again, I view Splicers as a dimensionally isolated setting. In my opinion, while bringing Rifts characters to Splicers would be a bit off for the setting (such as tech in a world that is anathema to it), I think a Splicers character...

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If a Splicers character had, say, chemistry or even genetics, do you think they should be able to synthesize the nutrient bath needed to feed their bio-tech gear? I can understand it being a controlled resource in the Splicers setting, with the materials being a pain to find out there, but I'm plann...

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I can at least say that my query has started a rather healthy discussion!

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Yeah, this might be cynical, but NDA's be damned: drop Bruckheimer already and hit up del Toro!

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it isn't that hard to get a high damage ranged weapon in splicers either. it's just that the close-range weapons get even more destructive. i think someone worked it out and found that flying blades are the most efficient overall, and you can get some pretty impressive damage with them. Point for p...

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In Splicers, their up-close weaponry outweighs their long-range weapons, with a few exceptions. In Rifts, its easy-peasy to get a 1d6x10 MD railgun. And who knows what sort of havoc metal slugs in a Splicer's body would do, thanks to that nanite plague. does not work that way, thank the gods. The m...

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In Splicers, their up-close weaponry outweighs their long-range weapons, with a few exceptions. In Rifts, its easy-peasy to get a 1d6x10 MD railgun. And who knows what sort of havoc metal slugs in a Splicer's body would do, thanks to that nanite plague.

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Don't get me wrong, though: I'm certainly not against trashing robots in a high-damage slugfest!

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A mega-damage horse anyway. I was curious about the way damage, hand-to-hand in particular, seems to stack in Splicers. I've done a few test builds (a little time-killer of mine) and, for example, I've cooked up a Biotic with a total karate kick damage of 6D6+6 MD, using couple leg and exoskeleton o...

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Give how much official and unofficial material for Splicers exists in The Rifter, Palladium could get away with doing a composition book of that stuff.

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I do see the silver lining that Splicers has received a lot of support in some very good articles in the Rifter. Kinda makes it an "underground" Palladium IP (though not quite hipster, fortunately)!

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Mwahaha! This has been a pretty awesome debate! Thanks for the useful feedback, y'all!

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Could y'all help me out? I'm wondering which issues of the Rifter have optional and official material for Splicers. I've got an extensive collection scattered about, but might have to fill in some gaps by ordering the books later.

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That's an unusual comment message you have there, eliakon. Now I'm curious about that.

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I take the opposite view. I look at the huge number of conflicting rules as evidence that each lines rule set is subtlety different, and thus I only use the rules from the other games as guides. If you go to that extreme, then even Rifts doesn't match Rifts, because different times a rule is descri...

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I have to admit, I forgot that Splicers had Fencing as a skill, too. (I've got the book, but haven't played the game yet, unfortunately!)

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The Physical skill Fencing says it adds 1d6 damage for swords; should this count for Mega-Damage swords? I believe it should, due to technique, rather than pure brute strength. What do y'all think?

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While WPs aren't specific to Rifts, this came up from a topic in R:UE. I was discussing Weapon Proficiencies with a friend of mine about WP: Blunt and WP: Staff. He's the sort who favors staves as a signature weapon for his characters and I mentioned that staff weapons are covered by the aforementio...

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Food for Thunk: an alternate timeline where Tolkeen won the defensive war against the Coalition. Though suffering huge losses in casualties and collateral damage, the city still stands. The CS forces, having taken as much of a beating, end the siege and slowly retreat to their own borders. My estima...

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This thread has been running for quite a while! Any word from Palladium Books about these ideas?

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Rifts is too hard to make as an MMORPG. You would need to remove a core aspect of the system, character type choice. Granted many man at arms types are pretty similar for a video game purpose, but how do you balance crazies and juicers versus headhunters? Magic would suddenly be really powerful com...

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I think that Palladium should license their properties to Amazon Kindle Worlds so that those that wish to write fiction based on those properties could do so and both Palladium and the authors could get paid to do so with no overhead on the part of Palladium. I'll admit, I'd never heard of Amazon W...

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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... eDifferent

I'm sure most of y'all have seen this.

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I think that Palladium should license their properties to Amazon Kindle Worlds so that those that wish to write fiction based on those properties could do so and both Palladium and the authors could get paid to do so with no overhead on the part of Palladium. I'll admit, I'd never heard of Amazon W...

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I have to admit: this one went a wee bit off topic.

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Okay, so I just saw the movie, and I enjoyed it. However, I quickly noticed something: when we first meet the character Valka, she's wearing a rather ornate mask. It looks rather insectoid for something in a movie full of dragons and Vikings. Then it dawned on me: it looks a heck of a lot like a Xit...

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Well, Vin Diesel is a gamer... So he has probably even heard of Rifts and understands what gaming is. I think he'd probably do a lot better job then most people. It'd really depend up on the script. Oh, I know the dude's a gamer. His character in "xXx" had a tattoo of the name "Melko...

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nexus might also try accasionally robots based upon other animals (i.e birds,reptiles and such) The game already has exploding rats, bots that resemble rats, and Cable Snakes, for a start. One idea could be bots that look like dogs/hounds as a parody of "man's best friend." Spiders are al...

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I'll give SoL (D'oh!) one thing: they did boost the Athanatos' power from the Rifter article to the sourcebook.

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A matter of curiosity, but what is the deal with Shadows of Light? I've picked up some folks like the book and others don't, along with questions about it being canon or not. What I'm wondering is, what do people like/not like about this sourcebook?

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Hmm...I can see your point about the CSI skill (you listening out there, Bruckheimer?!). I'll admit, it doesn't come up much in my games; hard to find clues out of plasma-blasted tech-bandits! Still, Military Etiquette doesn't come up much, either, at least for me. My group tends to consider that so...

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No game system is perfect, and everyone has their own ideas of what should be classified as what. If you're the GM, I suggest you modify your house rules to match your take on it. Agreed. You will never get people to agree on how skills should be modified in a discussion like this. Everyone has dif...

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Swift-13, I can assure you that the new robots that are waiting to be released will be more pleasing to your eye via aesthetic and design functionality,maybe a little too pleasing and concerning (especially for the players) after you see what's been cooking for Splicers. Not to mention I have also ...

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They are not coming. I would be on 'ever'. Which is sad, since I know both would be purchased by those few I know who still pay attention to Palladium, the only reason I didn't buy MoM:1 is because I was waiting for them all to come out before placing my order (since no one sold Palladium anywhere ...

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