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You're Welcome.

You Munsters!

(I had to look that up. After my time. Did not detract from the joke being funny.)

So, many years ago, I played a shifter who made a pact and the GM, for whatever reason, didn't go with the standard Shifter pact, but a Pact of Magic. Looking back on it ...

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I am working an new villain for a campaign I am creating. I am looking to make a final boss type that the players will confront at some point down the road. My idea was to have a Demi-God that through some act in their past makes a Pact with a power of some sort to gain greater power. I am ...

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Yup, it Dragula'd me to the past as well.

Dang, now I've been humming this tune all night... :lol:

You're Welcome.

You Munsters!

(I had to look that up. After my time. Did not detract from the joke being funny.)

So, many years ago, I played a shifter who made a pact and the GM ...

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:lol: Rob Zombie FTW.

I am legitimately ashamed it took me ten seconds to get it. Man that's a blast from the past :lol:

Yup, it Dragula'd me to the past as well.

Dang, now I've been humming this tune all night... :lol:

You're Welcome.

You Munsters!

(I had to look that up ...

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There's a few cases of a demigod who is also a priest or sorcerer & calls upon boon from their parent/celestial ancestors. Sort of like Polyphemous or Cthulhu

The magic user who's also made a deal with other Powers is a deep-seated trope. No reason it can't be a demi-god, either with an allied ...

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The irony would be if the human purists decided to go transhuman and started transforming Venus into computronium to support their uploaded consciousnesses.
Maybe as a way of escaping the corruption of human flesh by rampant mutagens they couldn't keep out of their environment.

I'll admit, them ...

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Terraforming is heavily implied. probably by way of seeding the clouds and surface of the planet (which are in a cooler, more habitable zone) with Bioengineered microorganisms.. photosynthetic ones that would break down the CO2 into other stuff. this would gradually reduce the atmosphere into ...

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The Physical Mystics could utilize the martial arts from Rifts Japan. Or if you want to go whole-hog, the martial arts from Rifts China.

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The Robotech novels are awesome. It's too bad the animated adaptation they keep talking about never got off the ground.

Joking aside, I've always preferred the novels to the series. Though I prefer the 1E RPG to the novels; it's the bassackwards way I came into the fandom. Read about the RPG in the ...

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And the novels are still the only version of the franchise that has been given a complete run.

Have they done any novels that follow the story after Shadow Chronicles. I am not in to Robotech as much as I was when PB required the license and my TNR pile is almost Everest like in it's height ...

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And the novels are still the only version of the franchise that has been given a complete run.

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I don't think the MC OCCs are overpowered; differently powered, certainly. The PCCs work well for a BTS game for focused on the mysticism and not the horror aspects. Though they'd work in horror, too. The martial arts OCCs would work just fine in a splatterpunk or action horror game.

I think you ...

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For the 2023 #CharacterCreationChallenge, I did create a druid who had some other benefits. As mentioned above, I bent, folded, stapled, and mutilated the sources until I got what I wanted. But it serves as an example:

https://thewhiteminotaur.wordpress.com/2023/01/21/charactercreationchallenge-day ...

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With a high PPE reserve (relatively speaking), druids are useful in group casting sessions.

They might be more inclined to use techno-wizard devices. Their PPE means they can power them more easily.

If you're willing to import the right Rifter or Nightbane options, some skill choices might allow ...

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Palladium, and specifically, AtB content, I swear.

Polyhedron #52 had a contest back in the day. Describe and stat out the two folks on the cover. This image here, quoted for reference:
https://ibb.co/8Ltqk9rX

Polyhedron #58 has the winners. Third place was a pair of AtB characters! "Glutton The ...

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I got these all queued up and the completely lost any initiative. But they're up now. One six-person Civil Defense Unit for The Masters Saga:

Day 13 - Robotech 2E - Sally Rierdan, Civil Defense Unit Communications Specialist.
https://thewhiteminotaur.wordpress.com/2025/01/13 ...

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It took awhile, but I got there. A character for The Masters Saga.

Day 12 - Robotech 2E - Oliva Holm, ASC Civil Defense Unit Paramedic

Character sheet here:
https://thewhiteminotaur.wordpress.com/ ... ium-books/

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I think that he's not talking about a situation involving the bonuses for the specific attack move, but rather whether the specific move is even available.
HU2E,R:
Acrobatics: Automatic kick attack at first level; 2D4 damage.
Gymnastics: Automatic kick attack at first level; 2D4 damage.
BTS2 ...

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Other explanation: Genetic Bottleneck due to the Elf-Dwarf War. The dwarves figured out the ward symbols for "blonde" and killed thousands of elves before they were stopped.

Including those elves who cosmetically changed their hair color.

This lead to the collapse of the elven cosmetic sorcery ...

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The #CharacterCreationChallenge for 2025 kicked off January 1st! I am participating again. While not every character I create will be for Robotech or other Palladium games, there will be some to commemorate Robotech's 40th annivesary! Rather than spam the group, I will post links in replies to the ...

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Does anyone have a Hook, Line, & Sinker template?

The format has been used heavily since the Rifts Indexes, and I'm interested in adapting some ideas to that format. An existing template would ease work.

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Ok, so I recently scored a copy of Mercenary adventures and had am amusing thought.

Temporal Warrior right off his 6/10/14 year apprenticeship enrolls in Combat mage school. What's another 2 years for a guy at that point? Plus the two year tour would be a) easier than 6 years of being a Raider's ...

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Doesn't matter if it's powered armor or a battloid; if it can punch a hole through you or stomp you pancaked it's Something To Be Avoided.

Anti-Pain Serum troops come with a 20 MDC body suit and a Tirolian assault rifle. They're *just* strong enough to not be strawberry jam to Unicorn Power ...

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Rabid Southern Cross Fan wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 6:03 pm Well, beyond the obvious that the Unicorn is a Battloid and not a Powered Armor....

Don't be deliberately obtuse. You know perfectly well the 2E RPG has Unicorn Power Armor in The Masters Saga, p81-84.

ShadowLogan wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 10:53 am Where did Palladium stat the Anti-Pain Serum?

Robotech 2E, The Masters Saga, p156-157.

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Yes. Yes, I am suggesting that!

That would work as a house rule. I don't see anything terribly powerful about it.

On a different tack, I recently purchased Yin-Sloth Jungles 2E. Holistic Medicine gets a really nice update with examples, and the Stalk and Capture skill for Military gives some ...

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It sounds like a Buckaroo Banzai episode, doesn't it?

Unicorn PA comes with a suite of less-than-lethal (LTL) weapons. Most allow a save vs Pain (non-lethal toxin) or inflict an effect. Anti-Pain Serum gives a bonus to SDC/HP, but doesn't actually give any bonuses against Pain. So Unicorn-equipped ...

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Maybe "prehistoric" "megafauna" worlds are the norm? That makes the human-sized Local Group races more special.

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Assuming there is no Megaversal Importing or Homebrewing for additional spells...

Honestly I can see 2 options, both end up the same in terms of practical use:
1. like in 1E they would have all the spells on the list (weather they can cast them is another issue)
2. they have all spells their PPE ...

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I'd leave them as the 1E game did. But I'm not a fan of the Shadow Chronicles canon, either.

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BTS has Astrology, which is just a specific Divination skill, and Meditation, which gives benefits beyond real life options.
...
N&SS/MC has Chinese Alchemy, Fasting, and Geomancy/Feng Shui.
Once you have meditation, I think Mudra from MC would fit. Especially if you also learn one (or more) of ...

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The Marines SB says 4 for a non-Energy Wizard OCC and added ones on place of OCC Related skills. I cannot find what the OCC gets!

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<Star Lord>
Finally!
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Soldier of Od wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2024 8:58 am My take on this is that, just like if you have more than one martial art forms, all attack moves are separate.

Except Physical skills specifically stack with MAFs.

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I've often felt certain spells should only be available as rituals, not invocations: protection circles, summoning, transformation.

So any of those would probably be good examples for conversions.

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Years ago, the need for materials bothered me as well. So I suggested that a lot of depleted natural resources were restored by Rift activity. That defunct uranium mine? Functional! That drained oil field? Refilled! Etc.

Basically, A Wizard Did It.

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As an aside, Astral Projection makes being a tourist on a budget much more feasible. Not interested in paying the fee to climb Mount Everest? There's a solution for that...

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In general, the bonuses from Physical Skills stack with the bonuses from Martial Art Forms. But MAFs are pretty specific about what combat skills they grant. Take Pao Chih (Mystic China): it only grants Dodge and Roll with punch/fall/impact.

But if a Physical Skill grants a Combat Ability, doesn't ...

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Fair enough. I mention it simply because the conversion rules in N&SS give ways for a psychic to acquire an MAF.

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There is a Pao Chih Martial Art Form in the Mystic China sourcebook for Ninjas & Super-spies.

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Yes.

And they must be punished for their arrogance!

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A very comprehensive series of writeups. Thank you.

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We've been watching "Secrets of the Zoo: <Zoo X>" recently on Disney+. The TMNT hardbacks are coming. My interest is rekindled, especially in primates. Search is failing to turn up anything here for me.

TMNT&OS gives us:
Apes: chimps, gorillas, and orangutangs
Baboons
Monkeys: all the monkeys ...

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Specifically, yes that's what I am looking at.
Looking things over and agreeing with the opinions above, I see nothing limiting a bonus to a one skill granted by another skill. Whether the source is OCC, OCC-related, Professional, Elective, or Secondary makes no difference. There's no reason your ...

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RockJock wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2024 5:01 pm Isn't there a tai chi (not the N&SS style martial arts, but a lighter version?) and/or yoga? Maybe it was just a Rifter.

T'ai-Chi was a Rifter article. It was fan material for Chaos Earth northern England/Scotland, iffen I recall correctly. No notes right now.

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(SHIFTY) wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2024 8:18 pm Could a OCC physical skill give a bonus to a physical secondary skill?

Gymnastics/Acrobatics for Climbing/Prowl?

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I will get back to this, I swear.

The effects of LL being changed is one thing but some of the stuff In BTS 1e is, as near as I can tell, completely unique. <SNIP!> ...but the big one to me is rips in magic. [
Unique it is. Rips of magic are a prime and well-loved (by me) example.

I also spent ...

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No problem, like I said it was a good excuse to reread the magic information in BTS 1e and there is some good stuff in there that you can't find in other books.
The effects of ley lines on mages and psychics and magic have been modified and simplified in the more recent games. But still a lot of ...

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TtGD, p13 says "...an Acolyte may select semi-magical skills such as Divination (in place of any O.C.C. Related Skills) and any of the lores." Divination is exactly what it says on the tin, defined in TtGD. Ignore Principles for Magic, since that's a special case, and the Acolyte gets it already ...

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After some thought, I feel like a Night Prince, a Hound Master or two, and 1-4 Doppleganger Warlords would make an excellent set of ruling bad guys for a smaller city in Nightbane, an evil domain in PF, or an enemy cabal in BTS.

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...or since the nature of the training is more than just getting a few extra skills, it's about specialization, port over the Advanced Training rules from Rifts HoH and smooth out some of the skills to fit the setting. Why reinvent the wheel?

Cause what I'm trying to offer PCs is their own ...

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