I do the same as Vek - surprises are more narrative assasinations.
Unless the surprise is an improved hide or something. If I need to its a prowl or perception (one roll for the players - not both. Theyre not opposed rolls).
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- Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:41 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Surprise check
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3377
- Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:43 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Question: Mind Melter using Glitterboy
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7927
Re: Question: Mind Melter using Glitterboy
Mind melter....Asking three simple questions honestly get you to what it is. Is the Class a Racial class?.....No Not a RCC Is it a Job Class?....No Not an OCC. Is it a Psychic Class?....yes It is a PCC. fin ------------- The Mind Melter is an OCC. Because the book says. If your homebrewing due to l...
- Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:08 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Question: Mind Melter using Glitterboy
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7927
Re: Question: Mind Melter using Glitterboy
the complete schematic diagram and operational knowledge (emphasis mine) are clearly seen in the mind's eye." This part. Imagine if your grandad suddenly KNEW how to use Microsoft WORD. They still cant type at 1000 words per minute. I might KNOW how to use a gun. My aim would be poor as Ive ne...
- Mon Jun 20, 2022 3:53 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: starting vehicle
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3897
Re: starting vehicle
I'm taking your descriptions verbatim that its a vehicle that you get but the Behemoth is a robot not a vehicle. If that's all the description there is then as others said it is up to the GM running the game on what they are willing to allow. Maybe you are both running too different games and its no...
- Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:44 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: My Question Regarding Labassu Physical Attributes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1213
Re: My Question Regarding Labassu Physical Attributes
They possess people so the physical attributes are that of the host body.
- Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:27 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Examples of the Elven Language
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1845
Re: Examples of the Elven Language
Use the Elven NPC's as examples (Spread throughout the books) if you can gain some scope from how the name people. Most person names mean something else. Then there's the Elven lord Krill.
Re: Session 0
Tashas Cauldron of Everything has a little bit on Session Zero (D&D).
Otherwise try Sly Flourish https://slyflourish.com/running_session_zeros.html
Otherwise try Sly Flourish https://slyflourish.com/running_session_zeros.html
- Tue May 31, 2022 3:58 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Were-Shaman Transformation Size
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1279
Re: Were-Shaman Transformation Size
No - you turn into the animal, same as the human changes its size accordingly. IRL theres a 8ft+ human and a 2ft tall human.
The size before transformation is irrelevant.
The size before transformation is irrelevant.
- Mon May 30, 2022 5:01 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Wait, how many spells do 1st-lvl Wizard O.C.C.'s get in 2E?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1353
Re: Wait, how many spells do 1st-lvl Wizard O.C.C.'s get in
6 Common Knowledge spells: Decipher magic, sense magic, cloud of slumber, globe of daylight, and tongues, plus enchanted cauldron. 2 spells from lvl 1 2 spells form lvl 2 1 spell from lvl 3 1 spell form lvl 4 The wording is poor (from level 1) but my take is the additional spells are when you reach ...
- Mon May 30, 2022 4:54 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: HOW DID WE MISS THIS FOR 26 YEARS FOR NECROMANCERS
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1642
Re: HOW DID WE MISS THIS FOR 26 YEARS FOR NECROMANCERS
Both my high seas have that info in.
6 Necro spells. 6 common knowledge (associated with necromancy) to start.
2D4x1- PPE gains 2D6 per level.
6 Necro spells. 6 common knowledge (associated with necromancy) to start.
2D4x1- PPE gains 2D6 per level.
Re: questions
What do you all think of age costs for martial arts. it's not a cost, so much as it is training time. most skills are more or less folded into the time invested in developing your class skills, martial arts take.....more involvement than is normal. it's not a problem unless you want to have your ci...
- Tue May 24, 2022 8:49 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Longbow SDC Damage
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2536
Re: Longbow SDC Damage
2D6+2
- Sun May 15, 2022 5:32 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Flame Friend
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1456
Re: Flame Friend
Any other flame friends that get summoned get super jealous of the first one and dont obey the warlock. They just retaught with some ***** comment like "get your BFFF to do it..."
- Sat May 14, 2022 4:45 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Horror Factor
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1472
Re: Horror Factor
I add some common sense to the horror factor rule. For example on eof the players has armour bizarre (Rifts) which has a HF so every time he uses it I let the players who saw it have an additional +1 to save. The backstories are important too - if my family was murdered by Wolfen I might be even mor...
- Mon May 09, 2022 4:34 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Magic Wall Mass
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2484
Re: Magic Wall Mass
Hasnt come up in my games too often IIRC as we dont like the idea of dropping a wall on someone so we rule it out. We have played that you can decrease the level of your spell casting so make in the minimum 1st level size.
- Sun May 08, 2022 5:43 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: High Level Games
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2042
Re: High Level Games
I play Rifts...
- Sun May 08, 2022 5:43 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15895
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
Nekira Sudacne wrote:The OCC's that have listed gender restrictions have gender restrictions.
The OCC's that do not have listed gender restrictions do not.
This. Anything else is up to you as the GM (or player)
- Fri May 06, 2022 1:47 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15895
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
You know all PB writers other than the owner are freelance. If no Diverse people send in drafts then no Diverse people get published.
You are started to sound racist dude. And IRL racism is not acceptable mate.
You are started to sound racist dude. And IRL racism is not acceptable mate.
- Fri May 06, 2022 1:42 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Rifter 40: Where are the Barbarian Experience Tables?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1575
Re: Rifter 40: Where are the Barbarian Experience Tables?
Veknironth wrote:Well, it is the correct answer is it not? Brony was looking for the Experience tables for Barbarian subclasses. Makes sense to me to just use the main class EXP table.
-Vek
"I just beat Prysus to it."
- Thu May 05, 2022 1:54 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15895
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
ITWastrel wrote:That's my position.
I'm simply gonna say thank you for clarifying.
- Thu May 05, 2022 1:45 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Rifter 40: Where are the Barbarian Experience Tables?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1575
Re: Rifter 40: Where are the Barbarian Experience Tables?
Made me laugh - it' so yoi.Veknironth wrote:Well, I'd just go with the Barbarian EXP table on page 179 of the Northern Hinterlands book.
- Mon May 02, 2022 12:31 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Rifter 40: Where are the Barbarian Experience Tables?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1575
Re: Rifter 40: Where are the Barbarian Experience Tables?
Experience tables, in general, have been one of the more egregious buttpulls Palladium inflicts so as to fill up page space. They are in no way formulaic, particularly with respect to run of the mill humanocentric classes. Using one of the previously printed tables, such as that for Mercenary Fight...
- Mon May 02, 2022 12:27 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15895
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
2: Greyness in character is great. Should I turn in this drug money or keep it? Should I kill the orc babies or let them grow up and attack us? Should we burn this village as a warning, or burn all the villages as warnings? Greyness out of character is less great. It is the responsibility of the GM...
- Mon May 02, 2022 12:18 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Please, just don't do this. Cancel '22
- Replies: 34
- Views: 62115
Re: Please, just don't do this. Cancel '22
I trust Gencon to enforce it and they have enforced their rules in the past. I've seen a number of pics from attendees of palladium not doing so and attendees milling about maskless. See the difference? Not to mention it was iterated in this very thread there was doubt palladium would even enforce ...
- Sun May 01, 2022 1:26 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Prices for PA repairs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1039
Re: Prices for PA repairs
SB1 was perfect - Thank you mate
- Sun May 01, 2022 5:25 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Antarctica: Mention of surrounding oceans & islands?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2133
Re: Rifts Antarctica: Mention of surrounding oceans & islan
Blue_Lion wrote:From what I herd it is reskinned Alaska so it may not.
It is definitely no where near this description at all
- Sun May 01, 2022 5:24 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Issues with a Chiang-Ku Temporal Warrior
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1436
Re: Issues with a Chiang-Ku Temporal Warrior
If you are a natural MDC creature who does MD with there natural strength (or SNPS) then I allow your PS damage bonus to be added to a natural MD attack (so your SNPS punch damage). Just try and think that there are munchkin type builds for characters in Rifts and you are one of those - which is ver...
- Sun May 01, 2022 5:17 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Millennium Tree Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1902
Re: Millennium Tree Question
Well I dont know about sees but Millennium trees can be planted. PFRPG Eastern Territory: "The great Tree was planted by the legendary Arch-Mage Lictalon as a living reminder of the defeat of the Old Ones by the forces of Light." He may have dug up a tree and re-planted it. You'll have to ...
- Sun May 01, 2022 5:10 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: MD Melee Weapons + Supernatural PS
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5277
Re: MD Melee Weapons + Supernatural PS
TLDR this post but I have one trail of thought.
If you add a spike to a tank track and run me over I dont think the spike is going to create that 1D6 exact damage, the being squashed by a tank overrides it.
If you add a spike to a tank track and run me over I dont think the spike is going to create that 1D6 exact damage, the being squashed by a tank overrides it.
- Sun May 01, 2022 5:05 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Which book has the best power armor and robotics?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3500
- Sun May 01, 2022 5:04 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Prices for PA repairs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1039
Prices for PA repairs
Hey Rifters So I was looking for prices for repairs (in general) for PA, vehicles, cybernetics etc. to restore MDC. Just general prices from which to start defining my exact shop prices. I thought they might be in Black Market but I sprawled through and didnt see them so my lazy ass thought I ask th...
- Sun May 01, 2022 4:54 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15895
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
Western Empire uses Wolfen as slaves - so humans the bad race right?
I agree a greyness of good vs evil is more interesting for me and my player group.
To answer the OP - it's whatever u wish (longest thread ever for this simple answer)
I agree a greyness of good vs evil is more interesting for me and my player group.
To answer the OP - it's whatever u wish (longest thread ever for this simple answer)
- Sat Apr 30, 2022 1:09 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Alternative Chargen
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2961
Re: Alternative Chargen
Nah disliked most those ideas.
Palladium isn't complete and could use a tweak here or there for what Id like but I prefer it still to what youve suggested.
Palladium isn't complete and could use a tweak here or there for what Id like but I prefer it still to what youve suggested.
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:51 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Settings settings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1966
Re: Settings settings
And there is no excuse for justifying this. I find it interesting these days that stereotyping and racisms in rpg seems to be a worse crime then running around murderising things. To me racism is bad, but killing is way worse, but i have never seen a thread decrying the wrongness of running around ...
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Barbarian OCC Gender?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15895
Re: Barbarian OCC Gender?
In Northern Hinterlands (Pp. 174), we're introduced to the Barbarian Warrior and the Barbarian Keeper. Aand unlike most other O.C.C.s, they're delineated pretty strongly along gender lines (Barbarian Warriors are pretty much exclusively men and Barbarian Keepers are pretty much exclusively women). ...
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 4:09 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Loved it!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5571
Loved it!
Im back home safe n sound but absolutely shattered!
TY to all who attend and to all who worked hard to make the past week just so freaking awesome!!
Went by sooooo fast - CANNOT WAIT til another
TY to all who attend and to all who worked hard to make the past week just so freaking awesome!!
Went by sooooo fast - CANNOT WAIT til another
- Sun Apr 17, 2022 7:30 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Raw Lopan and Land of South Winds Editions Coming Out
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2156
Re: Raw Lopan and Land of South Winds Editions Coming Out
Hotrod wrote:This week’s update included announcements about raw editions of these, with some interesting details. I’m curious to know more, and I plan to order both.
Likewise
- Sun Apr 17, 2022 7:26 am
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Common sense Open House rules we should try and follow.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8348
Re: Common sense Open House rules we should try and follow.
Will you both be at the POH 2022?
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:48 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Common sense Open House rules we should try and follow.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8348
Re: Common sense Open House rules we should try and follow.
Woot! Yey! Open House! Yey!
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:34 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Lopan
- Replies: 62
- Views: 4363723
Re: Lopan
Reagren Wright wrote:If you read the latest update 3/10/2022 then you will
have heard The Raw edition of Lopan will be out this
spring. Been keeping quiet way to long. Now I can sigh.
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:31 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Game Setting differences
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2443
Re: Game Setting differences
When I GM D&D I use their rules.
When I GM PFRPG I used their rules.
That's probably the biggest difference I can think of.
When I GM PFRPG I used their rules.
That's probably the biggest difference I can think of.
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:29 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Please help me find a painting.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1802
Re: Please help me find a painting.
This from one of the PF RPG books?
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:25 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Palladium Open House -- April 21 - 24 !
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3128
Re: Palladium Open House -- April 21 - 24 !
Got my passport, Got my ESTA, got my Fit to Fly booked, got my comfy facemasks, got my dollars, booked the flight seats...
I need to buy a suitcase though. And finishing prepping the adventures!
I need to buy a suitcase though. And finishing prepping the adventures!
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: What are you planning to run at the 2022 Open House?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6810
Re: What are you planning to run at the 2022 Open House?
I submitted: Where There's a Will, There's a Way. RPG/World setting: BTS Summoned for the reading of the last will and testament of a complete stranger, Mordias Eldritch, four beneficiaries agree to spend the night in the late man's manor house. What is in it for our psychic guests and more importan...
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:12 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Hotel conference rooms
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13281
Re: Hotel conference rooms
I recall that they mentioned they had NOT booked them.
- Sun Feb 20, 2022 6:40 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Worn magic items
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6660
Re: Worn magic items
Well, we had this happen in the game I'm in and I think I need a consensus. If you have a magic item that is a worn item (necklace, ring, bracers, etc.) does it have to be worn in the traditional area? Can you have a magic ring, but wear it on a string around your neck, or have it in your mouth, or...
- Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:53 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Can we choose OCC's for Rifts games at Open House?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5914
Re: Can we choose OCC's for Rifts games at Open House?
Games are encouraged to have pre generated characters. There will likely be zero bring ur own characters-it’s not like an adventurers league thing
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:12 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Game Submissions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10322
Re: Game Submissions
OK - I sent in 3 games
- Sun Feb 13, 2022 9:13 am
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Game Submissions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10322
Re: Game Submissions
Ok - Bought my weekend ticket. Cant afford the VIP Thursday else I would've run a game them too (its expensive to travel from another continent so savings must be made).
- Wed Jan 26, 2022 3:45 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Invisible penalties.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2162
Re: Invisible penalties.
Since you cannot see the invisible character, the penalty to strike them would be the same as if you were blind, with less of a penalty if you take time to try to hear or smell them. Disagree. As others mention, fighting something you cant see but can see everything else would be easier than fighti...