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ZorValachan

I prefer 1st edition with a magic point system I made myself. People having SDC and physical skills boosting attributes as well as SDC along with Armor not changing to match it throws things out of whack IMO. Soft Leather armor is completely useless with 20 SDC. 1 hit and I've wasted 75 gold. Not we...

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apparently nothing much changed for the bearmen between editions. I got my book yesterday and Yin-Sloth today. So, once again my 1st edition collection is complete.

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I'm kind of doing the same as you. There is a "recent" thread (from last year) on rpg.net that goes through the whole 1st edition book. From reading it again there are a lot of "implied" but not flat out stated. It seems to me there are 5 ways of combat. Hand to hand: this is up ...

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I was able to snag a $15 copy on ebay over the weekend. Thanks for everything. That will tide me over until i get it. I'm starting a new game. I was a Robotech fan and that RPG in the 1980s got me into gaming and 1st edition Palladium hooked me.

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Thank you very much! that is 1st. My second has different stats.

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I was hoping someone would be able to help me. I am starting a new game using 1st edition Palladium Role-Playing Game. It was the game that sucked me into Role-Playing back in the 1980s and I've been having an itch to go old school. Sadly, my 1st edition Monsters & Animals book was ruined while...

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I was hoping someone would be able to help me. I am starting a new game using 1st edition Palladium Role-Playing Game. It was the game that sucked me into Role-Playing back in the 1980s and I've been having an itch to go old school. Sadly, my 1st edition Monsters & Animals book was ruined while ...

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I was introduced in the mid 1980s to D&D (I don't remember if it was AD&D or Red box), but I didn't like it. I collected G.I. Joe comics and in one of them was a full color Robotech RPG ad. I got my mom to send a check in the mail (didn't know FLGS were a thing) and dove in. There was a defi...

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I was happily shocked to see my article from #51 referenced in the HU High-Tech Robotics article. Nice to see someone using a bit of my work in their own article. Good to see the BTS2 reference as well. I like when an article actively brings other relevant settings into it

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Bird and Bat for flight scouting. mouse/ant/fly for getting into spaces and not being seen scouting. Horse/camel for riding. Mule/donkey for hauling. Spider for making people spaz out and do the dance.

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If you are looking for a system for computers/cyber-decking (where a person's mind/spirit goes into a computer network to do things), I would suggest looking at TORG. It is a cross-genre game, but has a 'cyberpunk catholic theocracy' realm that has a lot of good ideas (even if you toss out the theoc...

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I noticed a lot of people voted GMPC, maybe it's because I'm used to playing in a smaller group (usually the GM plus 2 or 3 others) but the GM always had a PC that stayed with the group full time. He never tried to take the spotlight though, he always played minimal roles like drove the truck or wa...

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dumbo, zentraedi, etc. I thought one of the rules was had to be human and another rule that seemed to be broken was a 14th level guy, when it had to be 1st level.

I would have said Mindprancer (my brother's favourite), but was beat to it.

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Compared to your example, all our regular GMs were pretty stingy (although I don't remember us thinking so at the time). For example, a goblin party with 12 goblins, a shaman, and a chief would probably have counted as a single major menace rather than 12 minor menaces and 2 major menaces. --flatli...

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After reading Madmanmike's post, I remembered one player who had a 'Highlander' type character. The only other thing I remember is a non PB fantasy game in which I had Ren and Stimpy and the 'magical chocolaty ice cream bar'. One character lost the 'Don't pee on the electric fence' game. Oh, and All...

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Water only burns them if it touches their skin and is "flowing"... The only change to it is the have to touch their skin part it was always necessary to have flowing water. As for the touching their skin unless they are wearing environmental body armor most of the squirt cannons and rain ...

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There is a Changeling NPC in one of the adventures/encounters in the "Island at the edge of the world"book. This will give you some idea about how xenophobic the people of the PF world can be, where changelings are concerned. ..as well as the 'trials' that they use to find changelings. My...

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SNIP (allowed the GB pilot, because he promised -and upheld it- he would not stay in the suit 24/7. Well dont forget staying in the GB for longer then 24 hours causes really nasty side affects, Rifts Ultimate edition page 71 3rd paragraph under Glitter Boy Armor, near the end of the paragraph. read...

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I know it is not canon, but I further my vamps power by having the fact that do not have reflections make them 'invisible' through any 'non living lense'. So a vamp can be seen by a person's eye (reflection on the eye is living), but not through video, cameras, etc. So the vamp couldn;t mind control...

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I just had a thought about a 'modern' spell that would allow the caster to alter his friction ridges. He could change them a bit and if he had an appropriate Fingerprint comparison skill (CSI, Forensic Science:Fingerprints, etc.) could replicate another person's from an examplar.

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Like several others have said, we consider shields partial cover while engaged in combat. This requires an opponent to make a called shot to hit the bearer and use two attacks. If the shield is large enough, it may be used as full cover if the character sacrifices other actions. Multiple enemies ca...

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In my group, players always held onto character sheets of their own. Some GMs, myself included, would ask for copies to look over between adventures (for planning and, occassionaly, to audit for mistakes). I've had players who I have had to insist on handing over sheets for, mainly because said pla...

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I'll add an edit. For a long time we do GM gets 'official' sheet and anyone can make a copy to take home to plan out future stuff. I've never had a problem making a copy. In our current D&D 4th we use the old character creator software and the players keep a file of their character and I have an...

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I must be odd. For 95% of the time we roll the dice as is and in order. Player picks race, dice are rolled, and then character classes are chosen. If someone rolls dismal (7 or under average) he can keep the rolls or roll the whole thing over. With RUE we do whatever the thing is where they get a bo...

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... dice rolled on the floor cause those living under you to go crazy. When I switched from Purdue to Mizzou (in state tuition is much cheaper), I met 2 guys who were into gaming. We started to game in their room each day from like 6pm-12am. After 2 months the two girls living below us (coed dorms h...

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... people would want to keep their character sheet between games. Purpose of thread: New (and old) GMs (all games, not only PB) sometimes will go some time thinking a way and encounter later someone or some group that does things differently. maybe some of us can add things to help GMs and players ...

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So I'm looking to make a few maps, as in world and national scale maps, any good programs out there to help? I used to use Illustrator for this sorta thing, but don't have a copy of it at the moment, and am always more comfortable drawing digitally than physically. My info may be outdated (it's bee...

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Look at your group. Talk about it. Make a discision everyone at least is aware of before the game starts. Clear communication in the group playing is important, especially when peoples perceived conceptions could be proved wrong later. My history: Hated the first RPG I played D+D (1st edition based ...

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Another thing is that with X number of people who have lived across Y number of years, most (if not all) stories are thoughts people have had already. A great example I have is this scenerio: A group of people have a weird/unusual experience and get through it. One of the group is 'out' for a day. H...

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somehow my post got a partial sentence deleted. Must be because I was rushing from my room in vegas to see a show What I wanted to state was that today we have hundreds of examples of conversational and slang Latin. Graffitti on walls, comedies, and even some poetry (Cattullus does the most hilariou...

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I think the situation is that Latin has been dead for so long that nobody knows what conversational Latin even sounds like. --flatline So monks and priest that have been taught And passed down Latin since the Middle Ages don't know what Latin sounds like? A conversational version of a language and ...

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My Pet Peeve... ...bringing in Non-Rifts O.C.C.s (I understand some people having only a limited amount of resources to work with...but I'm willing to lend my collection). ESPECIALLY HU characters. Now, I try to be flexible as a GM...I can roll with the punches and create content "on-the-fly&q...

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shameless plug- Rifter #51 article Mundane Doesn't Mean Boring expanded on RUE for taking longer time, no stress, superior tools, etc. as well as other things that could affect skills.

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I think I understand what you meant. There are some systems like you describe. Points for disadvantages/advantages, social standing, wealth, etc. but there are other systems which are not where everything is bought by points. many dislike level systems because everything levels at the same time. I'v...

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mrloucifer, good things for me to hear. I like the dog thing also because it can seem so 'natural' that even someone who isn't too skeptical could easily see that as just dogs barking over a cat or something.

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My Pet Peeve... ...bringing in Non-Rifts O.C.C.s (I understand some people having only a limited amount of resources to work with...but I'm willing to lend my collection). ESPECIALLY HU characters. Now, I try to be flexible as a GM...I can roll with the punches and create content "on-the-fly&q...

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If the first night, it is very easy. The PC shows up in the next session as having been delayed. If the group knew about him earlier (like pre-game they were friends), he got delayed and had to catch up to them. If hired to do a job, he sent that PC after the others as back up. other choices. Before...

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This is not the typical 'I want Beyond Arcanum, so I can play my arcanist!” thread. I have perhaps very different views on the 2 missing books for BTS-2. I do not know if anyone shares my thoughts and concerns, but if enough people do, maybe as the books inch up on the pipeline, these can be taken i...

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I've done all. in D&D 4th, I got fed up with them constantly updating the rules each month (to keep new rules from breaking with old ones). So I said 'we play by canon/RAW as of the Nov 2010 update'. I made 3 houserules, 2 of which I discovered were actual rules I had overlooked in a supplement,...

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according to what ZorValachan posted, that would appear to be the case. I would, however, strongly recommend you consult with a lawyer before doing so. while that appears to be what the act says. "case law" concerning how the courts have actually interpreted it, may and likely will throw ...

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Let's see. Online MMOs I normally pay Females. Back in the early 90s, text based MUDS had a larger percentage of male characters than females. Playing a female character had the effect of men giving me kewl l00tz 'cause they thought I was a girl. This transferred over to Everquest. By WOW time peopl...

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I've had 3 that go for a tie, although they were more 'campaigns' than one session/adventure. 1) HU (1st edition). My brother was GM we were all basically a good and decent group without a-holes, but we were young adults 18-19, except my brother who was 2 years younger. Our -superior- university edu...

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By copyright law, rules of a game cannot be copyrighted. 1st edition Palladium Fantasy was clearly related to 1st edition AD&D, so far as I could run D&D adventures with mental conversions and the games never slowed down. If you're just playing with a group or getting a group together and no...

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I don't want more OCCs. Personally I think there is OCC bloat and a lot of new OCCs are just Kewlerz forms of older ones. I do like expanding and clarifications of existing things, OCCs, Skills, Powers that "push the envelope" and "think outside the box". new ways to approach thi...

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I once came up with an out of session rate of EXP earning for when player PCs or GMPCs were not there for a game session. So they advanced a bit, but not comparable to those who actually were present in the adventure. I tweaked and refined this when I wrote my own fantasy based game. That was what m...

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My biggest peeve? Players out right denial when I see the end game of their argumen I mean give me a break I have been playing for over 35years the last 25 as the guy behind the GM screen, it is highly probable that i have heard and seen most every conceivable player scam already. You got caught......

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For you to have it, the thing better be on your character sheet. For example, "I light a torch.' Then i say, "Do you have a torch on the sheet?" "Umm, no." "Well then you can't light what you don't have." I once had a player forget to write his hit points down. He...

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For years we used the system where characters with more attacks just get to use them all at the end of the round. A few years ago we started using a chart someone posted up here that broke the round into 15 seconds and your number of attacks determines which second you attack on (initiative determi...

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Biggest permanent rift. The first 1 or 2 weeks St. Louis is told to be pretty stable compared to most places. So if I could get out in that time, might be able to live. After the Arch becomes the gate. So long...

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