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I let my players set their own level of immersion since it's more important for them to be comfortable and have fun than to adhere to a standard of play that makes them uncomfortable. I like to reward or recognize players that make more of an effort towards immersion and it actually seems to get the...

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This is why I do supervised character generation, but I also run character driven stories and I like to see creation to start brainstorming some ideas. It's also handy to be on hand to answer questions and enforce any set limitations. Ultimately you are the judge of what is appropriate for the game ...

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I would rule that the curse remains either until the duration expires or some other remedy is applied.

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You win.

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Touché! The chainmail bikini is CLEARLY the superior defensive solution for any combat situation.

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Last time I checked, breasts don't award a defensive bonus against sharp, mallet driven objects.

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Nobody cares about climate change anymore. One of my players is actively Christian and got really upset by a potential villain (or powerful ally) I introduced who had convinced a tribe of nomadic elves that he was God and actively encouraged their worship. I think his anger over the situation was mo...

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I guess it's fairly serious and gritty, character driven stories, but we break for frequent jokes and wise cracks (out of character, of course).

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It would depend on whether the character learned it as a ritual or an invocation. How many actions it takes as an invocation would depend on the spell level, but probably 2-3. The advantage to knowing it as a ritual is that you can bring in many more participants to help with PPE as well as incorpor...

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I abandon the search and make good use of the fact we can hear more of them coming. We can't make very good use of what we may have found so far if we're dead, right? Well...dead-ish, at any rate.

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Apparently Mathematics: Basic is not part of my skill set.

Thanks!

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How much would the average rail gun round weigh individually? Any canon sources would be appreciated, but I'm happy to hear educated speculation as well!

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Runner. I'm a sucker for rear mounted fleshy appendages.

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Don't forget Lemurian!

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A Mechanoid Necromancer with the spells of... -Death Bolt -Strength of the Dead -Transfer Life Force Yep, that's a bad day at the office. Ouch!!! I didn't even think of what they could do with Necromancer spells... There's been a lot of new magic since then. A Mechanoid with access to demon magic o...

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There are no official rules for races that roll 4d6+ for stats This is untrue. They are listed in the Palladium Fantasy: 2nd Edition core rule book. Along with exceptional attributes for characters with attributes of 2D6 and lower. Peace. To answer the O/P's question, you could get a cybernetic han...

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A Mechanoid Necromancer with the spells of... -Death Bolt -Strength of the Dead -Transfer Life Force Yep, that's a bad day at the office. Ouch!!! I didn't even think of what they could do with Necromancer spells... There's been a lot of new magic since then. A Mechanoid with access to demon magic o...

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A Mechanoid Necromancer with the spells of...
-Death Bolt
-Strength of the Dead
-Transfer Life Force

Yep, that's a bad day at the office.

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I'd buy a new TMNT edition in a heartbeat. First Palladium title I even played and I was hooked. The new series is very, very good and it could stir up a lot of new interest in Palladium if they could renew the license.

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This might not be applicable to your situation, but assuming you're playing a human there are also the quick character generation tables in ROBOTECH and Dead Reign that assign different attribute rolls to emphasize an area of excellence to guarantee an exceptional stat or two at the cost of the poss...

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Floopers. Instant escape and nobody would EVER suspect such a bumbling buffoon of any wrong doing.

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I've never had a problem with it. I think it helps when the couple's relationship is more matured or the people involved are individually more mature towards each other. In my group, all couples are 30 or over and the singles are mostly late 20's so it works out well for us.

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I like this, especially your take on the Book of Eibon. Summon Modeus and see what happens.

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Dunia wrote:• After their failure with the missing Experience tables in Black Market Book, it is repeated in this book.

Experience Tables are located in the very back of the Vampires Sourcebook on page 176 and include O.C.C.'s from Revised Vampire Kingdoms.

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Yes, so do I and that's what I used to run since I have both.

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No, didn't consider that angle because RIFTS has it with the Aberrant Mechanoids in Sourcebook 2.

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But of course! One of the players in that campaign was secretly a sympathizer and when discovered by the party...let's just say it got ugly. Like, ion bolt to the back of the head ugly.

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I'm actually prepping a campaign involving the grand crusade as well. I'd like to hear more of your development process though. I like the idea of going through England and being part of their deployed crusaders.

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That's a fun idea. I may incorporate it into a future campaign since the campaign mentioned at the start of this topic has already ended.

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Have you tried just offering them a chance to run? My experience has been that a potential new GM is more apt to run if they know there are people who would be willing to play and support them as they learn the ropes.

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Excellent idea. I tend to avoid much tentacle play during combats I run, but how does it work out for you?

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D'oh!

It's my kids fault, I swear!

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Grab 'em off the street, tie them to a couch, and make 'em watch episodes of "My Little Pony" back to back for 48 hours while The Dark Elf stands behinds them and whispers in their ear: "You want to be a GM. You want to be a GM. You want to be a GM..." They'll GM after that: I g...

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So I take it you would suggest using most of the lesser demons and even some of the weaker ones in more of a guerilla type fighting style? Makes sense and would fit with lots of Russian mythology. When required, yes! Demons aren't stupid even if they aren't particularly intelligent and will absolut...

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Giant2005 wrote:High Yield.

This and "High Capacity" for M.D. armor and vehicles.

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1. A Larmac because I too prefer to just go with the flow sometimes.

2. A Titan because I would move mountains to help people and so would they.

3. A Pogtal Dragon Slayer just because I think they're exceptionally cool.

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I've actually used a 4 demon pack of Unclean to great effect on more than one occasion. I have also used a Koschei as a main villain, but I think it works best when the players have a Kuznya in their midst. I assume you used the unclean more as a harassment type of encounter? Just wondering bc they...

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I've actually used a 4 demon pack of Unclean to great effect on more than one occasion. I have also used a Koschei as a main villain, but I think it works best when the players have a Kuznya in their midst.

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I'd recommend keeping survival in the wilderness and the elements in focus during your campaign. It can and often will make otherwise mundane encounters more challenging. I don't think it's a good setting if you're just going to run based off of numbers and attributes, but if you really play up the ...

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It looks like a cool system, I may give it a try since I have a hard time justifying a RIFTER purchase for PPE Channeling rules.

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I find ritual casting is either before or after the adventure by my experiences.

Is there any reason you choose to use M.E. as opposed to P.E.?

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"Is this on the tour?"

That's all I'm gonna say.

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Is your ritual speed determined by the level of the leader or the average level of all participants?

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Does your channeling rules affect rituals and external sources of PPE?

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I run it like this: They don't get both . They can make either 2 magic attack or 8 physical attacks. Or 1 magical and 4 physical. Magic takes longer to cast so it eats up time. How does that work out for you and your group? In your 1:4 example, does the one spell take the full 4 actions (out of 8 p...

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Do you find these rules superior to what is in RUE? Seems like a significant handicap at lower levels by your example, though providing a way to cast higher level spells faster at higher levels which seems like a very reasonable trade off to me. Its a unique system. I find it is no better or worse ...

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I had definitely considered elephants or some kind of mutant mammoths. Good call on the Triceratops and I'll definitely look more into the Teepowka as well. I think I'll also need to dig into my RMB and look over the Fury Beetle againl.

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I can't say I disagree with you. Perhaps one or two for the whole tribe since the things eat so much or maybe use them as a mated pair for trading purposes when not out ransacking and pillaging.

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Do you find these rules superior to what is in RUE? Seems like a significant handicap at lower levels by your example, though providing a way to cast higher level spells faster at higher levels which seems like a very reasonable trade off to me.

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I would ignore everything everyone else said and use the PPE Channeling Rules found in Rifter 21 . Don't have it. What do they do? cliff notes version: a caster can channel an amount of ppe per melee action based upon his level class and race. Quick version: mortal casters can channel 5PPE per mele...

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