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Giant2005

The War Bird is in Madhaven for any that are unaware of its existence. The speed listing states that you roll 1d6*10+30, but it also says that equates to 40-100 mph, or 64-160 kmph; which is obviously far faster than what you are rolling. 1d6*10+30 actually equates to a much slower 28-61 mph. Ordina...

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I think one of the pantehons guys (greek dwarf?) was a TW without psi, unless I'm remembering wrong You are remembering wrong. The only Dwarf TW in there is the impostor Vulcan and he has his Psionics. It doesn't mean much though considering Dwarves have the same psionic potential as Humans. There ...

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It isn't that power gamers are more common in Rifts, it is just that they are more overt. That is a biproduct of Palladium not caring about balance. The lack of balance creates a much bigger disparity between those that don't care about power and those that do. The reality is though that what they a...

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The rules I am looking for is shooting multiple weapons systems in one action (it burns 1 action per weapon system I know but takes place in 1 turn) like I shoot my missiles and my lasers at you at the same time. Generally, such a rule doesn't exist. However, Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guide page 174 ...

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Do you limit weapons summoned from Magic Tattoos to their most generic variants, or do you allow statistical variety in the choice of Tattoo? For example, is someone limited to a standard 2d6 sword, or could they have a more powerful 3d6 katana tattoo? Could the summoned sword be peak craftsmanship ...

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An experienced Voyager, Stone Master and even a Nomad can open a Rift, (and) instantly link up to all the available Atlantean Dimensional Pyramids. They can mentally scan and search the dimensions for Dimensional Pyramids connected to a desired world or different dimension without having ever been ...

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The Ultican for sure. They have a lot more MDC than the other Dragons, start with magic, and are master psychics. Plus they have these two traits which are extremely important: 1. They are small enough to still be able to go in to buildings and such during those hours when metamorphosis is not an op...

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i think it's just the regular sequence and it happens to be one of those cases of awkwardly worded explanations. This. That Sharpshooting perk just means that the Gunslinger can dodge and then shoot normally. For anyone without that Sharpshooting perk, firing after dodging would be shooting wild an...

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The Samurai is great in melee obviously, but most things can do it exceptionally well. Notables are basically anything with Auto-Dodge (so you can attack with both weapons while still being able to defend yourself) and Cyborgs. Cyborgs in melee make for some epic punchers though, their sword play is...

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Since RUE came out after Federation, you could just say that he has to or can use the Secondary Skills list from RUE. RUE Secondary Skills list includes several Pilot Skills. Is their something in RUE not aware of that overrides secondary skills. THe Battle magus says it can't pick ones for none ev...

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Axelmania wrote:
Giant2005 wrote:Getting close to Karl wouldn't be all that difficult with 4d Transformation as there isn't any defensive measures against it

Stab the 4D being with a psi-sword?

A 4d being can't be touched or even detected by something in the third dimension.

Giant2005

There is a Blind Fighting skill in Splicers (It is a Military skill). What is interesting about it is it actually gives a bonus to Body Flip/Throw and some other grapple-related maneuvers, so if you had a H2H skill that was grappling focused (like Aikido), your character won't be nearly as useless a...

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We are talking about a city full of mages, on a Nexus. Getting that much PPE would take a group of four mages less than five minutes. in fairness of course, the outcome of SOT was determined pre-RUE when Rifts hadn't yet adopted the "just take a free 10 PPE every melee round from a ley line, w...

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Dude ffs play your way I'll play mine. I like that you cut to the chase. Considering you and I ard fully aware that not a single person on these forums or anywhere else for that matter play the rules as written, as well as why thats the case, I saw no point continuing that thread.... Yet you chose ...

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jaymz wrote:Thus why he also HAS paired weapons.

But not with Rifles.

Giant2005

Sure it is. We are talking about a city full of mages, on a Nexus. Getting that much PPE would take a group of four mages less than five minutes. Not to mention that PPE is effectively infinite with a level five or higher Warlock around, even without a Nexus; or that Techno-Wizardry could reduce th...

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Redundancy exists in real life too. I can buy a cheap Huawei or Xiaomi phone, or I can buy an iPhone with worse specs for a higher price; yet iPhones still sell like wildfire. People sometimes have values that lie outside of specs or costs and sometimes they don't even have a choice. If your Spellca...

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jaymz wrote:Truck shot fire a two handed weapon single handed.

Being able to use a weapon with a single hand doesn't give you the ability to competently dual-wield it. If it did, the Paired Weapons skill would be redundant.

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The main defense against it I would use (the main defense I'd use against anything) if I were Tolkeen would be covering the city in Sanctuary spells. Hell, I'd use that spell offensively too and daisy-chain it right in to the heart of Chi-Town, so the caster can attack the city without impunity. Bu...

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-The FIWS can be used single-handed, which means that it can more easily be used Paired than NG-P7s. If you have paired FIWS, and you fire a dual blast from each weapon, that's 2d6x10 MD. If you use the Sharpshooting skill to be able to fire rifles single-handed, and you pick up two NG-P7s, you'll ...

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The main defense against it I would use (the main defense I'd use against anything) if I were Tolkeen would be covering the city in Sanctuary spells. Hell, I'd use that spell offensively too and daisy-chain it right in to the heart of Chi-Town, so the caster can attack the city without impunity.

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Personally, I like to apply the AP rule to railguns as well. It gives a good reason to lug around a 100+ pound weapon instead of 7 pound laser. The other thing I love about that rule is that it applies to a modified roll. So if the shooter has a hefty strike bonus the x2 range becomes much larger. ...

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Axelmania wrote:RUE 362 Missile Damage Notes

easy to overlook if only looking at the tables on 256-257

Thank you! I was making the mistake of letting those missile tables distract me.

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I'm sure that I once read somewhere of a bonus for AP Missiles that isn't immediately made obvious by their stat block (I think it is an increased crit range or something but I could be wrong about that), but now for the life of me I cannot find what I am talking about. Does anyone know of any bonus...

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Check out page 361 of the RUE. Only W.P. bonuses, the sniper skill, bonuses from the gun, and any bonuses specifically stating that they apply to guns (like from a Multi-Optic Eye). You want to be careful about stacking some of the bonuses too as some of them are for the same thing. A bonus on a gun...

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[snip) Getting back to the original question, first of all, the optional hero types listed in PU2, are all types of Mega-Heroes. Which any GM should be extremely wary of allowing into their game. I would only allow one, if everyone in the party was one (PU2 creates a lot of variety for them), and o...

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oh, plenty of stuff's been added. just details of who prefers what never is. that's a matter for the GM. firefighter, ironically doesn't seem to be an OCC from what i've read though. funny. Sure it is! Its Rifts name is "Burster" . If you are looking for a firefighter of the non-psychic v...

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A Demigod isn't a Half God, Half Human. It is a Demigod. There are no half-breeds in Rifts. The same applies to Amazons and Sea Titans and everything else capable of interspecies breeding. The more powerful parent's DNA overwhelms the weaker parent's DNA, making a child that is entire of that parent...

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:
Giant2005 wrote:I'd be happy enough letting the PU2 Immortals be used in Rifts, but I would treat them as a RCC, meaning they don't get to choose a second race, nor an OCC.

No-one gets to choose a 2nd RACE.

Hence my saying as much.

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I let them chose what ever occ they want as i use the this description , from pantheons of the megaverse ( the demigod can pick any occ that fits his human/d-bee background and interest with the following exceptions . cyborg robot juicer or crazy) if born in rifts . other wise i follow the conversi...

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I'd be happy enough letting the PU2 Immortals be used in Rifts, but I would treat them as a RCC, meaning they don't get to choose a second race, nor an OCC.

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Would a Vamp planet even have that many Vamps on it? If there are no threats, there isn't much point in making too many Secondary Vampires. Doing so just ruins a meal and creates another mouth to feed. It doesn't seem like a winning proposition.

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Both aspects of the spell are relevant:
1. Would it remove the Vampire's need for blood during the spell's duration, and
2. Would it mean that the Vampire only need two hours of sleep each day (removing the penalties for grogginess and such during the other daylight hours).

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Question I just thought of: Can there be multiple "regular" pyramids on the same nexus point? There sure can. DB15 page 198: "Remember, a nexus point is typically 1-4 miles in diameter, so there is plenty of room for multiple pyramids." Who controls the ley lines then? They all ...

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Nuristas wrote:Question I just thought of: Can there be multiple "regular" pyramids on the same nexus point?

There sure can. DB15 page 198: "Remember, a nexus point is typically 1-4 miles in diameter, so there is plenty of room for multiple pyramids."

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How does one take control of a pyramid and how do you change who controls it? Can someone try and wrest control away from the person who currently controls it? I was under the impression that everyone within the pyramid that is capable of using the pyramid's functions is able to do so. Someone deci...

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If the caster of Featherlight was level 10, each brick would have to be small enough to weigh 1 ton, which means the 8000 ton pyramid would require 7980 castings of Featherlight to be made permanent in order to be light enough to be moved. Perhaps a better option than permanence would just be to ma...

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Then again, he might just be talking about the rules for hitting moving targets: at the full 300 mph, technically anybody shooting at the SAMAS would be at about -6 to strike, or -7 if the SAMAS are taking evasive action. They might be -6 or -7 to hit the SAMAS, but the SAMAS couldn't hit them at a...

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Of your options that would allow him to be an Operator, other than what you wrote, the only ones I can think of that would work are the following: He could have Cyber-Armor, or a Mo-Fuqian (Basically a more powerful, biological version of a Cyber-Armor from The Geofront). He could be wearing armored...

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i'm not actually sure you can form a link with elementals, actually. like, what do you offer them? they don't have any goals or anything. i guess you might be able to offer them a way to recover other elementals that have been bound into service too long but is that even something they bother with?...

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Is there anything stopping a Shifter from forming Links to the Supernatural with multiple beings? Sure the beings themselves might be inclined to prevent it as part of their contract, but other beings (like Elementals) aren't likely to care. Could a potential Warlock (someone favored enough by the E...

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How does one take control of a pyramid and how do you change who controls it? Can someone try and wrest control away from the person who currently controls it? I was under the impression that everyone within the pyramid that is capable of using the pyramid's functions is able to do so. Someone deci...

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Well, long term, the nexus is better, but it is going to be more expensive to keep (i.e. more people will fight you for your position on a nexus). I want to figure out how much a pyramid would weigh and how hard it would be to lift it... like was there anything about "and you can't move the py...

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Let's talk about one of those other classes that has immunities, the Magebane. (It's the only one I can think of at the moment) This class is "Impervious to Magic" and in the description it says they can walk through an Impenetrable Wall of Force, except according to you they would have t...

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That whole Impervious to Energy thing doesn't mention protecting gear though right? It kinda does... in the fluff. MKotWR can ride War Birds when the bird has their MDC energy aura active. I doubt they ride them naked, so one could extrapolate that the Impervious to Energy protects their worn gear....

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Beings that can absorb PPE can absorb more than just 50%, they can absorb up to 3x their base PPE as per page 21 of the Book of Magic.
Having said that, not everything can do it. If the demon's description doesn't mention that it can absorb energy from Ley Lines, then it can't.

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From their description in Dragons and Gods: "The Ultucan's arms are bat-like wings with a single clawed finger in the middle." That sounds a lot like their front limbs and wings are one in the same, which should make them a Wyvern, not a Dragon. Dragons have 4 limbs plus wings whereas Wyve...

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Nightlords (From the Nightbane RPG) make for some really convincing Fake Gods. They have illusion powers that let them basically do anything (think Mysterio from Spider-Man Far From Home).

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When a character is weaker than the other players, there are a few options I'll use to close the gap depending on how large that gap is and what suits the character. Usually some combination of having been through Boot Camp (Merc Adventures), upgrading from Human to Mutant Human (After the Bomb 2e),...

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This is actually my point here. You already have a system that must work perfectly and a penalty to dodge, requiring 3 attacks to fire the boom gun just once to me is ridiculous and it is clearly not part of the description. I certainly wouldn't advocate 3 attacks per shot, but firing the Boom Gun ...

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