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Stone Gargoyle wrote:Nice one, Taalismn.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:Certain skills will be limited by education level, so none of the law skills, political science, stock market, marketing or bookkeeping would be able to be taken as secondaries. The advanced weightlifting would not be available as a secondary, either. I can see Cross-Dressing, Aerobics, Surfing, Pole Dancing and Breakdancing all available as secondaries.

Gryphon Chick wrote:The thing is that MI and SA would only really apply to certain people.
MI would be good for strictly bonuses to perception, but IQ kind of already covers that.
I really like the idea of SA, because then you could add bonuses to ISP and PPE based on it. I don't think it would add spells or psionics.
Perception and Spiritual Awareness could also be written up as skills to do the same thing.

gmapprentice wrote:would that last power apply in Heroes Unlimited?

gmapprentice wrote:i KNEW it didn't give the power of flight. I was asking if winged heroes could aquire the skill in Heroes Unlimited. I meant to say skill, not power. That was my mistake. Sorry, SG.

gmapprentice wrote:thank you. And speaking of powers, even though i never meant to type that, i am currently working on one called Disintegration Field. has that been done?

The Baron vonClogg wrote:I think that the most logical solution is to introduce some new skills that account for training with your powers. For most characters, this would be the equivalent of a Secondary Skill (going out in your backyard and knocking down cans with your EE:Fire). Characters with a background of some special training, like a Mutant Academy or special mentor, might get the option of a Primary Skill or even full Skill Program with more flexibility.

Dan's Ruling: Characters with absolutely no training or practice with their powers get 2 "power actions" per melee, plus an additional action at 2nd, 5th, and 10th level. When combining power and other actions, use whichever number of actions per melee is lowest. This is intended for powers that aren't primarily enhancing hand-to-hand combat skill (which are otherwise covered by the standard combat rules).

Secondary Skill: Power Control
Practicing on one's own, or with minimal guidance, can mean more comfort using powers in combat. The character gains an additional power action per melee (for a total of 3) at first level, plus another at 4th, 8th, and 12th. +1 to strike with any ranged powers or +1 to initiative while using powers at 2nd, 5th, 9th, and 13th.
Selecting this skill twice means that the character spends extra time in practice, and gains an additional power action per melee. A third selection of this skill grants +1 to strike and +1 initiative at 3rd, 7th, and 11th levels.

Primary Skill: Power Instruction
Directed training by an instructor provides more focus, and access to different bonuses. Trained characters gain insight into the way their powers function, and experience using them in combat. This allows characters to combine any single-action power usage into hand-to-hand combat, or combine single-action hand-to-hand action in powered combat (as long as this doesn't result in more attacks of one type than is typically possible). Characters can combine one action per melee at first level, and an additional action at 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th levels.
This training provides one additional power action, but does not offer more as the character progresses in level. It does, however, allow the character to apply a +1 bonus to any one combat stat already enhanced by their powers at 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th levels.

Scholastic Skill Program: Power Training
Power Instruction
Power Control
Any two appropriate skill selections, depending on the souce of the training, including additional selections of Power Control

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Hockey: 35/45+5/L
This skill is the knowledge of the rules of the game (1st %), and the physical skill to play the game (2nd % used in game play). Even those without this skill can play but do so with a -30 when playing against those with this skill
WP Hokey Stick (blunt): +2 Strike the puck, +1 strike another player, +3 Parry(another players stick)
+2 Parry/Block puck, +2d6 SDC, +1d6 HP, +15% skating
Prerequiste: Ice Skating

Jaegermeister wrote:Taunt (Rogue skill)
Characters use Taunts to insult and upset their opponents. They can annoy their opponents and make them so angry that they are less effective in combat - temporarily. Taunts should be roleplayed and they should make a certain amount of sense. Calling a large man "tiny" isn't much of a taunt unless there is some secondary meaning or background note, that would make it appropriate.

Attitude is also a key. A player who is able to adopt a snide, sarcastic, and/or insulting tone when roleplaying a taunt might receive bonuses for appropriate taunts, while an uncreative player should receive a negative.
Penalties: -3 to initiative and to strike, lose 1 attack per melee and are -10% to any skill or ability rolls.

Base Skill: 20% +3% per additional level of experience. Skill Bonuses: +1% for every one M.A. attribute point above 20. A Stage Magician character is truly a master of verbose witticism and King of the Cutdown. The class gets it as a class ability, a +10% bonus AND can take an advanced course as a secondary skill for double the penalties inflicted!

Taunt Modifiers
Condition to Attack Modifier
Taunt is especially appropriate +5%
Taunt involves more than an element of truth +5%
Taunt has been tried before -10%

gmapprentice wrote:good job to both you you!

gmapprentice wrote:thanks. I really need to work on thinking of new skills...

gmapprentice wrote:Nice ones, but i think the skill percentage for Soaking is a bit high.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:This skill is based on a subject brought up in the New Powers thread.

Gryphon Chick wrote:The thing is that MI and SA would only really apply to certain people.
MI would be good for strictly bonuses to perception, but IQ kind of already covers that.
I really like the idea of SA, because then you could add bonuses to ISP and PPE based on it. I don't think it would add spells or psionics.
Perception and Spiritual Awareness could also be written up as skills to do the same thing.

Mental Intuition: The character gains +1 to perception at first level, and then another +1 to perception at levels 4, 8 and 12. The character gains +1 to initiative at levels 3, 7, 11, and 15. This also adds +5% to all Divination skills.

Spiritual Attunement: The character has trained in becoming more aware of the unseen. This adds one foot per level to Presence Sense, Sense Evil, Sense Magic, See Aura, and See the invisible (whether psionic or spell). The character with this will also gain +1 ISP for every 2 MA points over 15 and +1 ISP point per level in addition to those already gained by being psychic or powers. This also adds +5% to all Divination skills.

gmapprentice wrote:that looks better.

sorry for saying it seems a bit high, it's just you're basically giving a ton of people the ability to get another, free, superpower. from my perspective.

Steeler49er wrote:
I really liked these skills you've posted as well but, I myself was wondering if Soak should have some kinda mention as to what classes of power are and are not applicable to use this.

And secondly, would you 'consider' (only consider... Im not trying to sound disliking of what you wrote I'm really not, it's great the way it is) dropping the 20 point absorbtion to something smaller but something that also Grows with you per level?

The reason I ask is cuz once you take a skill in PB you can't take it again when next you've got a skill slot as per the rules against doubling up on skill. I like that flexability (and NOT fer power gaming, just fer the fact that it's there if you want it and PB doesn't want it) so if you did this you at least see some growth over time... Even if it was just a little...

Again, not trying tobe a pushy guy and I Do like the ability/skill... I what I wrote is Real something you can ignore... Please do not take my comment as being in disagreement with what you wrote, as I'm not, it's really really is just a question only I had and nothing important.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:

Steeler49er wrote:

Again, not trying tobe a pushy guy and I Do like the ability/skill... I what I wrote is Real something you can ignore... Please do not take my comment as being in disagreement with what you wrote, as I'm not, it's really really is just a question only I had and nothing important.

I did not take it that way.

So, if I rework it, it can read as follows:

Soaking: The superbeing can cause his energy expulsion powers to soak up the first 5 points of similar energy damage at level one, plus 5 points per level, from an energy expulsion attack. This is useful for characters with no immunity or resistance to energy expulsion attacks. The type of energy must be the same or similar to the characters own (so no light expulsion characters can absorb darkness attacks or cold, but could absorb fire, electricity,or lasers). A failed roll means the character takes normal damage from the attack. Base Skill: 20%, plus 4% per each additional level.

Steeler49er wrote:one last thing, could one combine this with Matter Expulsion powers as well???
Actually don't answere that, it's most likely and therefor overly redundant thing of me to ask...

gmapprentice wrote:Save-Breaker (Superpower Skill)

A superbeing with a power that requires a saving throw can take this skill to increase the number needed to save against it by one point. Cannot be taken as a secondary skill.

That sound alright?

gmapprentice wrote:i was trying to say it makes it harder for others to save against it... did i not write it properly?

gmapprentice wrote:i like the skill... seems like we need it by now. my only question is, what skill category would comprehension be in?

gmapprentice wrote:it seems like a lot of skills just get tossed in technical. oh well.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:

gmapprentice wrote:it seems like a lot of skills just get tossed in technical. oh well.

That is because they are heavily book related.

Book Learning: This skill reflects an interest in books and study. Adds +5% to all Technical, Science and Medical skills.

Stone Gargoyle wrote:This magic skills thread started up in the Guild of Magic & Psionics:
http://forums.palladium-megaverse.com/v ... 9&t=108164

Mantisking wrote:W.P. Claw: This skill includes weapons such as the Japanese Nekode, the Indian Bagh Nakh, and the claws used by the martial artists of the Fu Chiao Pai style. Bonuses: Start with +1 to Parry and Entangle at level one. +1 to Strike at levels 4, 7, 10, and 13. +1 to Parry at levels 2, 6, 8, 11, and 14. +1 to Entangle at levels 3, 7, 10, 12, and 15.

ZEN wrote:I think some fine control skills would be good additions...

Partial Transformation
For all powers that alter the character's physical structure, this skill allows characters to transform single limbs or other portions of the body.

Morphic Form Mastery
Allows characters who can transform into fluid, plastic or gaseous states to have a finer control over the cohesion, movement and extensibility of the body while transformed.

Fine Control Energy Expulsion
The character has put long hours of practice into limited and maintained emission of generated energy, with a greater degree of fine control. This would allow a character with the power to create and release blasts of fire to form and maintain a blowtorch effect released from one finger (useful for welding and cutting).

Dimensional Control Mastery
Characters able to teleport, distort space, create dimensional rooms, etc. The skill concentrates on extending the range, speed or duration of the power, and increases the accuracy of targeted effects (or navigational rolls).

Matter Creation Mastery
Increases the skill and capacity of the matter creation power, allowing the character to create greater weights of matter, and to create it in artistic or more usefull ways, such as creating sculptured rock in a short amount of time, shaped to look like a specific individual.

Mind over Body
The character has practiced many hours at pushing the maximum limits of the super power, gradually seeing gains in the range and force of the power's effects, though not the powers duration or fine control. (this skill would apply to only one power at a time, but could be selected for multiple powers)

Gryphon Chick wrote:ZEN posted these to an older thread:

ZEN wrote:I think some fine control skills would be good additions...

Partial Transformation
For all powers that alter the character's physical structure, this skill allows characters to transform single limbs or other portions of the body.

Morphic Form Mastery
Allows characters who can transform into fluid, plastic or gaseous states to have a finer control over the cohesion, movement and extensibility of the body while transformed.

Fine Control Energy Expulsion
The character has put long hours of practice into limited and maintained emission of generated energy, with a greater degree of fine control. This would allow a character with the power to create and release blasts of fire to form and maintain a blowtorch effect released from one finger (useful for welding and cutting).

Dimensional Control Mastery
Characters able to teleport, distort space, create dimensional rooms, etc. The skill concentrates on extending the range, speed or duration of the power, and increases the accuracy of targeted effects (or navigational rolls).

Matter Creation Mastery
Increases the skill and capacity of the matter creation power, allowing the character to create greater weights of matter, and to create it in artistic or more usefull ways, such as creating sculptured rock in a short amount of time, shaped to look like a specific individual.

Mind over Body
The character has practiced many hours at pushing the maximum limits of the super power, gradually seeing gains in the range and force of the power's effects, though not the powers duration or fine control. (this skill would apply to only one power at a time, but could be selected for multiple powers)

The entire thread can be found here:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23002

Stone Gargoyle wrote:

gmapprentice wrote:it seems like a lot of skills just get tossed in technical. oh well.

That is because they are heavily book related.

Book Learning: This skill reflects an interest in books and study. Adds +5% to all Technical, Science and Medical skills.

The Oh So Amazing Nate wrote:

Stone Gargoyle wrote:

gmapprentice wrote:it seems like a lot of skills just get tossed in technical. oh well.

That is because they are heavily book related.

Book Learning: This skill reflects an interest in books and study. Adds +5% to all Technical, Science and Medical skills.

This is great for Lolz! A mountain man character immediately popped into mind with the skills of Play instrument: Banjo/Mandolin/Dobro/Jug Sing: Bluegrass and HTH: Butt Whuppin'

No disrespect intended

taalismn wrote:Glassworking(Technical)---The art of working glass, for both industrial and artistic purposes. Trainees of this science learn the fundamentals of glass; the chemistry, different types, and production methods of. Basics of glass-blowing, shaping, and manufacture are also taught. Low-level practitioners can produce basic glass vessels and simple artifacts, while more advanced glassworkers can hand-make high-quality goods and even laboratory-quality glass instruments. In the world of Rifts, glassworking is a highly valued skill outside the industrialized cities, as glassworkers can produce products of great utility and beauty, from drinking vessels and widow panes, to medical pipettes and lightbulbs.
Base Skill: 60 % + 3% per level of experience for basic creation; -20% in the creation of precise(laboratory-quality) or exotic forms.

Lense Making(Technical)----The art of shaping and polishing glass for the manipulation/amplification/focusing of light. Covers lens-grinding, polishing, and mounting for such items as telescopes, reading glasses, magnifying glasses, and microscopes.
Base Skill: 50 % + 3% per level of experience; +5% if Glassworking is also taken. +2% to Communications: Optics if attempting repairs on optical systems.

Sexual Techniques-Advanced(Domestic/Rogue)----This is the study and practice of the arts of sexual pleasure. Practitioners of thiis skill will have extensive knowledge of errogenous zones, sensual massage, aromatherapy, and methods of arousal . More to the point, this skill trains a CONSCIOUS awareness of the process. Successful use of this skill on a person adds a +1d6 to M.A. when dealing with that person again. This skill may be taken multiple times for each humanoid species(so a knowledge of how to turn on a Wulfen accounts as one skill selection, while Vanguard Brawler sex techniques counts as another).
Base Skill: 20% + 2% per level of experience. Adds a +5% to Seduction skill

Stone Gargoyle wrote:I'd like to find a skiing skill but don't know enough about skiing to write it myself. Anyone want to try it?