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tgunner91

Hi all, I posted this in the seeking gamers thread, but I'm posting it here in case it gets missed by other Chaos Earth players. I'll understand if mods remove it because it technically doesn't belong here. Anyway, I'm looking for a couple of players to join me and my son (maybe both of them- they a...

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I'm looking for a couple of players to join me and my son (maybe both of them- they are 18 and 20) on a Chaos Earth adventure. Right now it's a semi-one-shot with 2-3 sessions to play out during the early days of the Cataclysm, but if the interest is there this could go on longer.. The best characte...

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(snip)... The Melee type pairing are only useful when the multiple parts of a fight would not be able to intermingle too much though, IMO. If you risk having a player wanting to save his friend in the other initiative bunch over there, chaos will ensue fast enough. In these case, the old "ever...

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Okay, this is a pretty basic question, but I seem to be having problems wrapping my head around it. On page 339 of RUE you get the basic breakdown of a melee round, which is fine if everyone is running around with fists and melee weapons looking to beat the stew out of each other. Opponents square o...

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I added a couple of extra Rifters that had articles that Chaos Earth players would appreciate.

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I'm just adding to this thread because there have been new articles released since this thread was started. Rifter® #82 Highlights: Rifts® Chaos Earth® – Pyromancy, Nebraska Part Three – by Daniel Frederick, Matthew Clements & Kevin Siembieda. 50+ Pyromancy spells, the Pyromancer O.C.C., Zone Tw...

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Well, it is what it is: a nice reprint of an old book with a couple of goodies inside. One thing you missed was a nice piece of art that's on page 113. In the paperback this page, the one across from the experience points lists, was just a generic Palladium advertisement (yawn). The hardback has a g...

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Hey, I'm getting ready to expand my Chaos Earth campaign to new locations and I want to bring in new organizations too. One organization I want to include is the US Military. I know that many Rifts products touch on the USAFs but they're scattered all over the place. So you could you help me catalog...

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Yeah, that was what I was thinking. I have a new NPC that I've pulled into my campaign and wanted to make sure I was using her correctly. Thanks!

tgunner91

Hi all, I finally got my copy of Rise of Magic a couple of weeks ago and I find that I have a few questions about how it's used. Thanks in advance for fielding my questions! 1. I didn't see any rules at all about spell casting and how it works especially in combat. Am I missing something here? I hav...

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I would agree. The Juicer/Crazy thing doesn't look like an American technology. MDC weapons/armor, mecha, powered armor, AFVs, robots, and so on yes. I think the NAA also dabbled into cybernetics with the military specialists too. But not the human mod thing really. Would I allow Juicers and Crazies...

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Cool, glad to see I got it right. Thanks for helping me clear that up! One last question: mecha like the Valkyrie, the Zentraedi Male Powered Armor, and the Master's Bioroids use gun pod style weapons which aren't technically built in weapons. My knee jerk reaction is to use Heavy Mega-Damage Weapon...

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After going over the W.P.s for the game I've found myself a bit confused, so maybe you guys can help me out. Lets say I have a marine in a VR-011 Rifleman/Cyclone and I spot a Invid Scout getting ready to make mincemeat of a few Tirolian militia types. So I whip out my EU-5 Pulse Beam Rifle and take...

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yeah, you have it, looks like the old school rules...which is odd. Thought they'd use RUE style. Though for area spraying/suppressive fire, you can use a 1d6 to determine random targets, who all have to dodge (if the attack hits and they aren't behind cover) and take damage for a single round of wh...

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I just read the teaser in RPG Now. Great stuff. You can count me in!

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So I've been reading and rereading the section on ranged combat and I think I finally get it, but I want to make sure. So here's what I'm seeing, please feel free to clear up any misconceptions! In combat you have several ways of shooting, and some have their own to hit. Only characters with the rig...

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Nice report! Great terrain and lovely paint job on the miniatures. But I have a question, did you play without the Zentraedi reinforcement rule? That's Grell's strong point! I've played a few small games too. It's a great system and I've had a lot of fun with it too. The record keeping can be a bear...

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First class! I was wondering what in blazes those codes were!

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Wow! That truely rocks! What a cool choice for a gaming table. How did you make the big rocks with the buildings on it?

It's going to be games like this that fire people up to play this game. You should write both of these games up as scenarios and after action reports/battle reports!

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That's an interesting option. The easiest potentially too. Some black felt, a few rocks (or purpose built "rocks") and there you go. Boring perhaps... So what could be done to make this more interesting? 1. Maybe some of those extra bits frame the Valkyrie sprues could be painted up to mak...

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Very true. There are some YouTube vids on the game, but it's not the major players like you guys mentioned. I asked my local brick and mortar about it and they said that they had never heard of it. I'm sure that will change somewhat in the days to come. One thing that will help is to have some event...

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I guess it comes down to what makes money and what people want. I think GW did it right with LOTR. They put out the figures then put out a lot of books with scenarios and new odds and ends. That sucked out a lot of money from me and gave me a lot of game play in exchange. I want the get as much play...

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Point of order: Macross isn't remotely "done". There's another 2/3 of the product line to produce and ship still. What should be next for RRT? Wave two. With the other book lines they're working on, adding more books to it probably isn't a great idea anyway. From reading the other forums,...

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I'm thinking it's just a bad example. A UEDF squadron has, usually, 4 mecha and with support cards can go to 8. They could form a skirmish line roughly 16" long and could get close formation AND crossfire. Maybe. The Zents with 8+ mecha per squadron could easily pull this off. So yeah, it's jus...

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With Macross basically done and with the shipping of product in progress we're getting to the question: what next for the game? I think a scenario book with more cards would be nice. It could cover the battles of the 1st Robotech War. Or it could be split into and released in parts. Say a book 1 tha...

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Sounds like an interesting game. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like a cool idea. Where are you getting the civilian OCC? Robotech Macross has one, so does Beyond the Supernatural. Also System Failure has some useful OCCs too. No civilians, but lots of survivor types. Plus it has a lot of SDC wea...

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I can play any character on any level, but I prefer low powered games/campaigns. As in, "SDC is still useful, or even the standard." The interesting thing is that Rifts Earth still is basically a SDC kind of place. Page 357 in RUE says that M-D weapons are still uncommon and that most tow...

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so why would I want to play a farmer? Depends IMO. Playing a farmer who finds out that his community is in serious danger, and only a handful of people (the party) believe him, could make for a lot of fun. Farmer Claude doesn't have tons of mega damage armor suits, blaster/lasers out the ying-yang,...

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That's a great article random. Thanks for tossing in that link. Lots of food for thought.

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I was just looking at the "wimpy humans" thread and got to wondering about campaigns. How powerful do you like your campaigns? Is everyone a Glitterboy or some battlesuit jock with hundreds of MDC or do you play with 'real' people trying to make it by with SDC weapons, mixed armor, and may...

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Right now I only play with human characters. Yeah they are weak, so you have to work hard to succeed. That means many more XPs. RCCs that can get by without breaking a sweat don't get a lot from me. Why should they? When you have super abilities most things come easy. So what do you learn? It sounds...

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Lord Death wrote:U need to get Rifts Chaos Earth Rise of Magic to get that info

It costed me a pretty penny, but I finally broke down and got it. Now I need the magic book to fully use it.

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I would assume that my home town of Decatur, AL would survive to some degree or another. It and the nearby city of Hunstville become the core of Golden Age Weaponsmiths. In my Chaos Earth campaign my players are the remains of a NEMA unit stationed at Redstone Arsenal. That campaign will set-up my R...

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Are there any rules for this anywhere? I know that the old Palladium RPG had some, but I've not seen anything for Rifts. Could someone point the way?

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Hi all, I just got a copy of the Rifter #19 and I'm loving the magic classes. However the Chaos Witch seems to be missing some stuff. Is this a glitch with my download or did the Rifter #19 have a misprint. Was the missing text ever published? It's kind of important because I'm planning to use one a...

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Not quite yet. The MAC is unlocked at $325K. A $40 monster too! But it's going to have to be a pretty huge kit! I don't know, I might get one down the road though. What I want are principally Destriods and Zentraedi.

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Yeah, it's an add on that will run $40 for a single model. It's going to be really big...

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Seriously though, a handful of people pledging hundreds of dollars each for relatively little return doesn't mean the game's a sustainable prospect. People have a hard enough time finding enough people locally to run a session of the RPG. You can't use the internet as a workaround for a tabletop ga...

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And with Skull-1 on the horizon I've decided to up my pledge! LOL! Now I'm at Battle Cry. So much for my painting commission money going into 15mm toys!

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I'm in for $90. That's enough to get the base set and Rick's fighter. Great stuff! I can't wait to see the final product... but I've waited 30 years, so no rush.

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That's the thing about Robotech: Its most popular chapter is Macross! Macross' mecha are iconic and well recognized in the US by gaming and anime fans. Heck, they are the designs that kicked off Battletech which is a very popular board game. Macross will have the greatest draw and appeal so it's the...

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"They would have to be in stands of like 4-5" Not necessarily, I've seen 6mm skirmish games that have infantry models mounted by themselves. Check this out: m Or this: m 6mm can look very nice on single bases and you can get a LOT of units on the board. Imagine say a New Generation battle ...

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if those are the models for sale sign me up. I do not need the game rules for buying these. is he only gonna do the macross era or is he working on all 3 eras? I want some cyclones! There are a couple of guys out there wanting to do this. I know one of them wants to do all three eras. I'm curious t...

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Here are some quick pictures to show you what could be:

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Kevin posted this on a recent update: "● Rifts® (and Robotech®?) Miniatures. Carmen Bellaire and I also continue to discuss the feasibility of releasing a Rifts® and/or Robotech® miniatures game even if it’s on a limited basis to start. Let us know whether you might be interested in such produc...

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Well, it isn't a movie but it's a great TV show: Fringe. Not too supernatural, but lots of wierd and creepy things that do go 'bump' in the night:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series)

Besides, you've got to love a show with John Noble!!!

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[\quote] RUE also added the enahance close combat and range combat rules, which include things like to-strike modifiers for shooting at moving targets and clarification of how to dodge missiles. this has resulted in a few oddities with weapons and vehicles from older books no longer being as lethal ...

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Thanks guys, that was what I was looking for. I went on ahead and grabbed a copy. It definately shows its Robotech roots (the first parts of the book look just like Robotech: Macross). So is the equipment in here 'obsolete' by the recent edition? That is the impression that I'm getting. MDC scale cr...

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I'm looking to get 'into' Rifts. I know the game has been around for a while, but I've never really had the interest to jump in until now. I've seen that Palladium has posted the 1st Edition of the rules on DriveThru and the price looks decent. This edition was printed in '95, so just how outdated i...

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Well, the New Generation Sourcebook is going to be rather different from its predecessors. It's going to be the first "saga sourcebook" that's going to be light on mecha stats; since all of the mecha that showed up in the New Gen eps have already been statted in Shadow Chronicles , any me...

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