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Todd Yoho

Okay Todd. If you're listening. Why wasn't more detail put into any rumors or land information when it came to Virginia? I'm sure that's one possible route to get to Char, is head south from there. But no information was really put in that describes anything north of the Carolinas. So is any signs ...

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If you still say it's not that easy, I guess maybe the idea is right, but not for Char. Maybe Georgia or Florida needs some rebuilding.... If I'm reading the holistic totality of your posts correctly, you want there to be an established kingdom or technological city in Dinosaur Swamp and you're not...

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Karl Prosek's immune system is so powerful that he has only caught a fever once; his body was so hot that the heat traveled back in time and started the 1871 Chicago Fire.

Todd Yoho

I have been contemplating what would be required for an Ecowizard Golem. I came to the conclusion that the standard golem ritual will not work as written, the gemstones required for the Eyes and Heart are simply not something ecowizards play with. As I keep saying, the difference is in the flavor t...

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ya I don't know how much of LA is oging to be left by the time of the Catclysm unless some serious money goes to building better levies the stroms are only going to get worse which means LA might be the best place for prerift artifacts Louisiana is more than New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. No more ...

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Fear of Karl Prosek is why Palladium hasn't published a Chi-Town worldbook.

Kevin Siembieda thought Karl Prosek was named Emperor Tromm, but Karl Prosek broke the 4th wall and made Kevin fix his mistake.

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Glitterboy Pilot wrote:is dinosaur swamp ne thing like that?

It's exactly like that.

In fact, the Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp has a lot of info on playing those kinds of campaigns, and a LOT of the adventure hooks are centered around that fact.

Todd Yoho

so i don't own of the stuff on the american dinosaurs. Which you should remedy by buying Dinosaur Swamp and Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp. You should do it today. Don't wait. Just do it. is it like playing in south america? I'm not sure what you mean. You'll have to quantify that in order to get an ...

Todd Yoho

*face-palm* Gotta find somewhere else to discuss actually USING this extremely flexible RPG system No, and this is a very important concept that I'm sure will stir up more manure than it's worth, but here goes. Using the Palladium system is not at issue here. That's never the issue when this topic ...

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See, I would say no. Stalking itself does not have a base percentage for which you would add the +10% bonus. The additional bonuses provided through Stalking are synergistic plug-ins to related skills, but do not benefit from OCC bonuses. That presents a multi-tier stacking situation that I'm not qu...

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I think I need to bug Kevin for another intact copy. I use mine for "filing paperwork" too, but I've had to extract a few sheets because the nearest roll has run out... Wow... Todd uses his book just like I do... It makes a great cat litter pan liner, too. I often find myself fighting wit...

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I personally I'm glad the you spent the time and energy on writing them, and look forward to more if you manage to find the time. See, I loved writing them and I'm glad you liked them. They're not everyone's cup of tea, but the people who do like them seem to "get" the setting and materia...

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Well, I haven't bought the book, and I only skimmed some of it... And this seems to be one of the major problems when people bring up Dinosaur Swamp. Note that I'm not dissing you, but I hear this a lot and it gets frustrating. DS is a heavily detailed book and a lot of people "skim" it t...

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I am having trouble finding a Golem spell at all, it is not in the Book of Magic under Invocation nor under Earth Warlocks. Just where is it supposed to be? Book of Magic, page 147, bottom of the page, Level Thirteen Invocations; Create Golem: Ritual. Book of Magic, page 73, bottom of page, Level E...

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Wraith Soldiers look like a good class, but there are a limited number of them in existance. Exactly. The Brigades are mostly "mindless" in their duty to their territory. The individual soldiers with personalities are going to be extremely rare; at the most a couple of dozen in the whole ...

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he's a lawyer presumably he was working not on trial Definitely not on trial! I'm a medical records paralegal and technology/presentation support for a med-mal firm. I am having a slight problem figuring out how to get any kind of permanent effect with Eco Wizardry without something sustaining it. ...

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Gideon wrote:Holy crap, lookit 'dis zombie thread here...

BRAAAAAINSSSSSSSSS. NOM NOM NOM.

Todd Yoho

The "Swamp Tank" is not that different from a golem. I will consider the question, but one would think a classical golem made of mud and sticks would be well within the power of an eco wizard. Oh, easily. And apologies all around to everyone who has been bumping this thread. I've been tie...

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I'd love some material of the surviors of the confedeate states of america and how they adjusted to the rifts. Singing dixie on the back of a brontosaurs. I am going to get Dino Swamp with my annual gift to myself Christmas grab bag. Less Dixie and more college ball fight songs since most of the ba...

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Carl Gleba wrote:
Pure genius

Carl

Yeah, well, you were there every step of the way helping to bounce ideas off of and keeping me sane. So, it helped to be surrounded by genius when working on the DS project.

Todd Yoho

Todd, in another post (older than the hills come to find out) you had mentioned that you had to cut quite a bit from the books. Dino Swamp is one of my favorite Rifts settings...any chance of making another book with the stuff that had to be cut? Indeed, as Carl said, the vast majority of what was ...

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why are dinosaurs md? I don't have the book so I'm curious as to the rationale? See the original Rifts RPG where they started out as MDC by default. Then see New West, where they were pumped up a notch in terms of power, which was the standard that I had to use when writing Dinosaur Swamp. Prior to...

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I was noticing a lack in the Eco Wizard class, it does not say how long it takes to create an item. I have created a temporary house rule. 1) A Prototype takes a number of hours work to create equal to 1 hour per total number of PPE spent to create the item, including those spent on spells. This ti...

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I might have a campaign idea in mind, set for Char. Since there's no law enforcement, there's really nobody in charge right? What if the right group (the players), pool their resources with a few NPC's, and take over the town? If they're patient, willing to gamble their profits for all the NPC's th...

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Rifter 23 has the updated dinosaur templates, and Rifter 24 has setting details for MesozoicLand.

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Which is perhaps to the good, but to answer in order: Yes, about %80 of the population does indeed live in 'coastal areas', but by the same token, many significant areas don't. Fairbanks, a major city, is more than 1,000 miles from a Coast, smack in the middle of the state, with significant militar...

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Killer Cyborg wrote:1. Hygiene- Let them know when their armor starts to stink. After a while, have them make PE checks to keep the armor on.

There is a section in Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp that addresses this issue.

Todd Yoho

PhelanMahoney wrote:Pssst! This a Pennsylvania thread not a Florida thread.

Venice, Italy reply much? But, fair enough. I've never been one to drag on a pointless, thread jacking debate.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread about Penn's Forest.

Todd Yoho

PhelanMahoney wrote:Amusing, but wrong place for those comments.

Uh huh...?

Todd Yoho

8. Florida keys Completely reshaped by the Cataclysm and the return of Atlantis. Although there are rumors of a cheeseburger seeking ghost patrolling the waterways who says a woman's to blame, but, after downing a few drinks, will admit that it's his own damn fault. 9. Disneyworld...orlando, its ru...

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We know Cuba has gone all Jurassic Park. They'd have some influence. I don't care if people think it's overpowered, I loved those articles. And I have always disputed that they are "overpowered." One aspect of that opinion is based on a very narrow interpretation of the setting where the ...

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I was just wondering if I should bother posting some really simple items, like the EW alarm system or the EW lantern...? Yes, you should. Do it yesterday. Or sooner. And when you are ready, you should definitely package all of them them up as .rtf or Open Office format like GB2098 suggests and send...

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Neenok's all environment, custom built, hover Behemoth Explorer named "Lazlo;" the original manuscript version that was edited out of Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp.

Now that was an explorer's dream machine.

Todd Yoho

Many thanks Todd, since its originally your PC, I'm glad to have your approval. You've contributed heavily to my Splicers "Universe"; House Shiva was fantastic and the Dinosaur Swamp books may as well be "The Yoho Field Guide to the Preserves." On an unrelated note, how's the RT...

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You, sir, are made of win.

That is an excellent cross-over adaptation for Splicers.

My only criticism is that I am jealous that I didn't think of it first.

Todd Yoho

Very nice. Very much in the spirit of Eco-Wizardry. Not-quite-necromancy as it's more using the natural ingredients rather than dominating them.

Todd Yoho

There's nothing that says eco-wizardry vehicles can't be created. I would see gliders and canoes as a natural extension of the magics. Honestly, anything that the Ewoks put together in RotJ would be about right. However, no, eco-wizardry cannot, and should not, be combined with technology/machinery....

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1) they need a set of design rules like those of Techno-wizards so that they can easily design and build new items. Most important is the substitution for "Required Gems" of "Required construction Materials". an eco-wizard isn't really intergrating spells into a device, he or sh...

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slappy wrote:Rifter 38 is just War Mounts. I think about 5. They're all good. My favorite one was the flying cobra.

The Japattanaga is one of my favorite creations! A rocket-powered, missile-launching, turbo-flying king cobra; what's not to love!

Todd Yoho

Because Dinosaur Swamp was never intended to include Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, eastern Texas, or southern Arkansas. Exactly. The original Rifts book description of Dinosaur Swamp covered Georgia and Florida only. Technically, the Carolinas weren't part of the regional description. However, b...

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Josh Sinsapaugh wrote:
<------- One of the authors.

Pashaw. Like that means anything! Just because you wrote it you think you have authority to speak about the contents!

<------------ Doesn't know what he's talking about.

Todd Yoho

Looks interesting, but I am still puzzled as to how this is History . In an apparent attempt to compete with the Discovery Channel and its bevy of associate networks, the History Channel seems to be pulling an MTV lately - showing more and more shows that really don't seem to have any historical me...

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The Galactus Kid wrote:Transdimensional TMNT is the most briilliant Palladium Book ever published. Its true. I read it on the internets.

For once teh intarwebz is right.

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dark brandon wrote:Just because you get an answer you didn't like doesn't mean you didn't get an answer.

Todd Yoho

pretty accurate in my oppinion. Especially the Bad. Even after Spirit West was printed, future PB writers choose to ignore it a a source of established Rifts canon. A prime example is the Dino Swamp books which place a seemingly important city (Char) right in the middle of a Native American tribe's...

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Josh Hilden wrote:Great stuff Todd!!

Thanks, man! I had such a good time writing that.

Todd Yoho

Take a look at my articles for MesozoicLand in Rifters #23 and 24 as a good model for organization and layout. That was one entire manuscript that was split in two for space reasons, but it was organized like the old style 48 page source books. Everything GK said is spot on as well, so I'll just dit...

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Because it smelled like fish.

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i used to know of a site that showed what the earth would look like if the icecaps melt. it had antarctica. honestly i dont believe anarctica would be a barren snow wasteland. i see it has being a land of barrren rock, and alien plants accustumed to subzero temperatures. Antarctica sans ice shield,...

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taalismn wrote:Dolphin Armor---I seem to recall an old Kirby comic..'Komanche: The Last Boy'(?) that had intelligent dolphins, killer whales, and aquatic weaponry they used...

Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth. Very much a Rifts/After the Bomb setting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamandi

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