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I am not extensively educated with Robotech, could someone tell me if this skull and crossbones robot is on the good human side or the evil zentraedi side? I still kinda think we're jumping to conclusions here considering the popularity of the skull motif amongst many US military troops. Especially...

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And to clarify, it isn't like they've not had the better part of a ******* decade to get this all handled in the amount of books they pitched us on back when, y'know, GW was president. I don't care if every piece of equipment in Book 6 (/7 for those who count the prior Heroes book too) of this 5 boo...

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The unexpected discovery that this is not the last book in the Minion War conflict as we had long believed it to be. NO instead all the info on the Coalition's counterattack and the new equipment they are going to be wielding is apparently getting pushed into another book titled Coalition States, H...

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Maybe a little more background on what your campaign is like, so we can better advise you? I'm guessing most of the other players and setting focus on SDC races and lower MDC gear and monsters?

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The Game Master's Guide. It is a wonderful reference for looking up skills, psionic powers, weapons, vehicles and other stuff. It's a lot lighter to lug around than 30 other books. In that same vein, the Book of Magic. Same deal. SPells and magic referenced from all the books that came before it. I...

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Oh this should be a fun one. Ignoring the MB, original recipe or UExtra crispy...Huh. I'm torn between the GMG, BoM, CB1, or D-Bees of North America. I think I'm gonna go with D-Bess of North America. CB1 is cool and all, but so much of it is traditional races - D-Bees is much funkier and Rifts-like.

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Eashamahel wrote:No, sorry, I wasn't trying to be rude, I just meant I think I knew what you meant and wanted to be sure.

*nod* Gotcha, I see now.

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*shrug*, sorry, missed the one line.

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Ordered Chaos wrote:So after lurking on the boards for some time before actually posting I noticed a lot of talk of mixed class groups co-existing since "The Avengers" can do it.

Man, can anyone point me to those threads? I'd love to see how the regulars from last year would've lit into that topic.

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Vrykolas2k wrote:Clear enough?

Nope, definitely not. You both know where this is going. Film it, put it up on youtube, and prove your opposing sides of how long it takes a beginner to make a character.

Or slap fight it out.

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They are much, much cheaper/free in comparison to major sports leagues do to the relatively unknown participants and percieved lower level of talent? The secondary pro-leagues and especially the minor leages are often or almost always just feeder organizations to the main leagues, and in no way com...

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This has always baffled me about Palladium. I realize that roleplaying games are about playing through fantasy, but the idea that, on one hand, Sumo or Aikido are fully flushed out Hand to Hand skills that have 15 levels of improvement, and on the other, boxing or wrestling are simple skills that g...

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A natural roll at that, no bonuses of any kind.

Wait, does that mean Nate is involved in a Death Cult?

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Holy waves of nostalgia, Batman.

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Ooooh. Interesting theory. I've never considered that before.

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-And finally at the end we get the Pecos Empire, which is actually a pretty good breakdown and bit of information, though it's worth noting there are no mention of Orcs anywhere in it, despite them being said to make up a huge percentage of the Pecos Bandits in the conversion book, continuing Palla...

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Hell, I can spend an hour just deciding on what race to play.

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Yeah, England is definately one of the more imaginative books ever made, probably has a lot to do with the fact it was early in the history of the game. See, for me, England is where the imagination begins to end. Now, I love Temporal Magic (Temporal Wizard is still my most played OCC across all th...

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First thing to do is fix the stupid MDC creatures, make them MDC by location, because I refuse to believe that a dragon's toenail has the same MDC as his body. I admit it's been a while since I looked up the official rules since I made my own an eternity ago...but haven't there been guidelines/opti...

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I actually love several of the races introduced in Mindwerks...

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After that, Pantheons of the Megaverse has got to be high up their for the same reason, just pretty much a book of things that will never get used. I enjoy it a lot, but yeah, not very usefull for most, probably one of the worst if you were just trying to buy books that mattered/were going to be us...

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After that, the early books may or may not be the best written, depending on who you ask, but it's hard to draw a line and choose a place where 'early' books stop. Maybe in South America? Coalition War Campaign? Xiticyx Invasion? As a personal aside, I tend to divide Rifts up into 4-5 eras. The Mos...

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50 miles? Rifts earth isn't that hostile a place

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bradshaw wrote:there was a thread a while ago that explained this fairly well called Hades and Hades. I'd link it but well you know.

Did I miss something? 'cause unless this is some sorta "Teach a man how to fish" kinda thing...I don't actually know why you couldn't link it.

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Rogue Scholar Rogue Scientist Traveling Story Teller In no particular order. I want to play in your games since clearly combat isn't the focus. --flatline No, it is. But I maintain idea that knowledge is a more powerful weapon than a Boom Gun. Why do you think the CS's most dangerous enemy is an ol...

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I note that three Races have been mentioned in the postings of answering the "Top 3 O.C.C.s" question. *assigns some critical rearing homework* Man. Raising kids for listing races in this thread? Now that's a harsh punishment. Let's see now... Temporal Wizard Tattoo Man Full Conversion 'B...

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the Super solider OCC handles most rifts combat types. same with empowered and so on. The Demigods and so on are also in the immortals section. but as far as Rifts space Goes, you need to stick to one paradigm and stick to it. MIO was loosely based on the material In Rifts Manhunter. TMNT guide to ...

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There won't be Ley Lines most of the time anyway. This is for my long suffering and ignored Rifts: Space setting.

Now, I admit, it's been a loooong time since I read through PU2 - what in particular am I looking for in it?

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i tried running the normal 100:1 to one ratio and got rid of AR for sdc objects, the players did like yelling take 500sdc from my laser pistol and a suit of body armor that has 8000 sdc but in the end my players said if they want riduclous damage that they will play Final Fantasy Yeah, thoughts alo...

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So it looks like most used some pretty low values. Did anyone out there use a higher scale ratio?

Thanks so far guys!

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So I'm poking around with a couple new ideas today, and one of those ideas involves a setting with a lot of Rifts elements (like all of them, just in a different way), but I'm not convinced I want the nigh-invulnerability and uber-lethality of MDC gear vs. SDC gear coming into play in the setting or...

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Not that announcing specific titles means the vaporware phase has ended.

I always feel bad when the weekly updates hook another one.

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Get the main book. It has all the zombie material you need. The other books are interesting reads, but the setting doesn't lend itself well to long campaigns where you're likely to exhaust the material from the main book. --flatline I actually really liked the random tables from the second and thir...

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I took sing at a professional level in a "champions of the realm are summoned to the capital" game. I spent the first month of gameplay posing as a bard who'd been drawn to the city by the promise of a gathering of heroes unlike any other -and for the fame that would come with crafting the...

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Wasps, Runts, and Thin Men are awesome to use. The rest...eh.

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sexykitty wrote: I might be leaning towards just about every Hero type that doesn't rely on technology would/could fit in nicely in a fantasy campaign.

You've not lived until you've thrown a Troll with Growth and APS: Metal at a party.

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It is better to grouse at the Mod Edit than to ask permission. And congrats!

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OK, that made me laugh.

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OK, that's enough. There's only one way to settle this.

Dance off.

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awww, what's the fun in that?

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The Trickster Mage!

Martial Artists from N&SS go over quite well too, I've found.

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Mind Mages and Warlocks tend to be my babies of choice.

Though race restrictions/openings can definitely change things up.

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dargo83 wrote:sounds like someone has been reading ex heros. i have given some of my dead heads super powers like massive damage capacity, bone armor, damage resitance, bone claws, ect just to name a few i use Blacak Vault a lot I mean A LOT!!!!

bah, beat me to it!

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awesome! Good luck with your second slot.

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Awesome idea. But before we vote, let's see what their advertising departments have for us.

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These days I avoid playing rifts cause it is not Challenging and it tends to attract munchkins. I'm curious what RPGs are considered challenging - and what actually makes them that way. Seems more a video game thing than a tabletop; and even then, half of the challenges are just poor design on the ...

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Personally on this one I would put all the blame on the GM. This sort of thing needs to be house ruled. I allow one shot assassination type kills even when the target is in EBA or is an MDC creature, and the way I balance it is simply once a PC uses that type of ability it is now fair game to be us...

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No offense, but it sounds like you succeeded in creating your character concept (stealthy sniper) he just failed in his goal. To me, it sounds like the steps the PRules take to allow for longevity of PCs at the cost of realism is a double edged sword and overly lengthens the lifespans of NPCs as we...

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No offense, but it sounds like you succeeded in creating your character concept (stealthy sniper) he just failed in his goal. To me, it sounds like the steps the PRules take to allow for longevity of PCs at the cost of realism is a double edged sword and overly lengthens the lifespans of NPCs as we...

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OK, aside from the one bit, I'm pretty much on board with all else in the post - though with one caveat. If possible give the book a modern look in terms of art and appearence. It does not have to be full color or glossy paper. Yet it can't look like your standard PB product. Fans who invested are n...

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