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- Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:24 am
- Forum: The Mechanoids®
- Topic: Is mechanoids space book still on going?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 23842
Re: Is mechanoids space book still on going?
Well shoot. According to the March 10. 2022 Weekly Update, there are no plans to release Mechanoids Space.
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 2:39 am
- Forum: Palladium Books® Games Q. & A.
- Topic: Official Excel Character sheet HF bonus
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8293
Re: Official Excel Character sheet HF bonus
I wonder if they are considering Horror Factor like an Insanity for which M.E. does give a bonus for.
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 12:45 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Expeditionary Force Marines' Universal Skills
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6539
Re: Expeditionary Force Marines' Universal Skills
But you allow a char to have a former class before joining up, you are going to have to make some choices on how to handle the old class. This is because there are not any changing class rules within the RT2 text. Didn’t first edition have rules that the 1st OCC skills and levels freeze at their cu...
- Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:09 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Is anyone doing anything with Robotech?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 21722
Re: Is anyone doing anything with Robotech?
Strange Machine Games also has a Robotech RPG, and are actively working on a second sourcebook.
There are also a number of “board games” being produced.
I rather liked the comics and I believe that Remix will be returning soon (was delayed due to pandemic restrictions).
There are also a number of “board games” being produced.
I rather liked the comics and I believe that Remix will be returning soon (was delayed due to pandemic restrictions).
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:34 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Some rules questions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3608
Re: Some rules questions
Palladium’s “Cutting Room Floor” clarification has this for “Power Punch” Power Punch: A haymaker thrown with everything the character has, his every last ounce of strength. A power punch ALWAYS counts as two melee actions (the blow lands on the second action). A power kick can also be done. For cha...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 3:38 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Space Pirate Charts
- Replies: 38
- Views: 34474
Re: Space Pirate Charts
This is great. I appreciate the amount of work that went into it. I'm looking forward to adapting it into my Robotech universe, in particular the Sentinels/Post-Sentinels era.
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Chris Meadow, of 90s Robotech fandom, has passed away.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4023
Re: Chris Meadow, of 90s Robotech fandom, has passed away.
I’ve never met him, but his fan work was inspiring to me. A sad loss.
- Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:03 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Is the S.D.F 3 in ...aslo anyone abot Robotech Remix...?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5010
Re: Is the S.D.F 3 in ...aslo anyone abot Robotech Remix...?
I can confirm that the SDF-3 in either form is not printed in the second edition.
- Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:25 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: which books the stats for
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6948
Re: which books the stats for
To my recollection, the 2nd edition did not get around to stating the Tokugawa in either form.
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:15 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Armor-Piercing Missiles
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12099
Re: Armor-Piercing Missiles
It may have been a house rule, but I’ve been playing with Armor Piercing doing a critical strike/double damage on rolls of 18/19/20
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 2:34 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Errata (and or nits) with with Robotech®: The Masters Saga
- Replies: 96
- Views: 198326
Re: Errata (and or nits) with with Robotech®: The Masters Sa
ok a bit of a nit The EP 20 and EU-11 gunpod bascialy do the same damage at the same range The EP 20 has a 60 round payload The EU-11 has a 28 round payload ... Is that some new stated because I go by the RPG, both with effectively unlimited (1000+) and the EU-11 has 50% longer range (6000ft Vs 400...
- Sun May 24, 2020 9:24 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: WHAT-IF-SCENERIO: Fully Fusion Powered NG VF Mecha
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15575
Re: WHAT-IF-SCENERIO: Fully Fusion Powered NG VF Mecha
I've got a colony in my game that was located an impractical distance form the UEEF supply lines, so they relied exclusively on SLMH and other alternative power sources. They adapted their own line of Alphas that used SLMH. I kept things simple and basically kept the performance the same as the non-...
- Sun May 10, 2020 2:38 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: What happened to the books?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15440
Re: What happened to the books?
I was thinking about my June birthday and I thought 'hey, how about getting the Shadow Chronicles? ' Funny thing, it's not part of the catalog? Something going on? The catalog should direct customers to the weekly update if there is something going on, please. I'm sorry you have to find out this wa...
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:58 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Beta Fighter, can we do it better?
- Replies: 225
- Views: 96938
Re: Beta Fighter, can we do it better?
Seto Kaiba wrote:ShadowLogan wrote:Seto wrote:My suspicion has been that it's a human reproduction of the Inbit/Invid's laser weaponry.
Oh my gosh. They do sort of look like Invid plasma ejector nozzles.
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:12 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Beta Fighter, can we do it better?
- Replies: 225
- Views: 96938
Re: Beta Fighter, can we do it better?
My late service upgrade to the Beta is that additional upgrade to the Alpha's systems that allow the Beta to "Fully Transform" while attached to an Alpha battloid. There is no reason I can see why the Beta Arms cannot be deployed when connected to an Alpha, granting the Alpha use of those ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:27 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Rifts: Titan Robotics, Raw Preview Edition
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4973
Re: Rifts: Titan Robotics, Raw Preview Edition
Still twirling my thumbs waiting for mine. Oh hum.
- Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:33 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: How many actions does it take to transform between modes?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9604
Re: How many actions does it take to transform between modes
For my game, I recently adopted rolling on the Pilot skill for the mecha. A successful roll means that the transformation requires no action. A failed roll means that it takes one action to complete. The idea behind this is that a skilled pilot may be able to maneuver the mecha in ways that can assi...
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 3:39 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: New Website
- Replies: 36
- Views: 24044
Re: New Website
Looks amazing. Finally, I see how the Boom Gun joint works.
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:53 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: UEEF Fleet Size/Numbers & Tirolian Star Cluster
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23046
Re: UEEF Fleet Size/Numbers & Tirolian Star Cluster
You’re right, Warshield. Filling in the timeline is a big part of the “play value” for me. Coming up with my own answers that can fit in what has been established. The index cards and outlines I have are almost close to those “yarn string” crime detective maps. haHA! I’m sure I’m not the only one wh...
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:20 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: UEEF Fleet Size/Numbers & Tirolian Star Cluster
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23046
Re: UEEF Fleet Size/Numbers & Tirolian Star Cluster
Warshield, you’ll find that the UEEF Marine Book is a bit of a...debated mess. For reasons even I can’t fully explain, there are sections of it that are inconsistent with what was being established as the modern Robotech timeline. Some say the material was based more on the novels than in Harmony Go...
- Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:41 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Portable Sentry Turrets?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5586
Re: Portable Sentry Turrets?
Bandit 6000 BigBore Automated Sentry Gun in the Rifts Black Market sourcebook.
- Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:03 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Sonic weapons
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4091
Re: Sonic weapons
The "Love It/Hate It" Robotech: Lancer's Rockers from Robotech 1st Edition.
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 12:12 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Peryton Energy Wizard: How many spells?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7336
Re: Peryton Energy Wizard: How many spells?
I just looked myself, and came up with two possibilities. One, there was a mistake and the paragraph is missing from the book, or two, while the text is a little poorly written, it would seem that the Energy Wizards are limited to the same selection mechanic, but get a number of bonuses due to their...
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:44 am
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Giant insects and other animals
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10131
Re: Giant insects and other animals
Robotech: The Genesis Source Book has the type of stats you’re looking for rideable sized insects. Granted they were not intended to ride originally, and they’re MDC, but you could easily adapt. The listings include attributes and such. Robotech: Return of the Nasters has a giant ant. Not as detaile...
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:33 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Campaigns on Carriers, Battleships & Dreadnoughts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7000
Re: Campaigns on Carriers, Battleships & Dreadnoughts
I’ve done this in Robotech. For the onship stuff, I had a “Hey, I think there’s a secret on/about this ship/mission”. So, while on the ship, the PC’s would interact with NPCs and go about finding out the secret. Think like how Dana Sterling in Robotech devised the plan to sneak into the hospital. Ac...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 5:25 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: New Marine Book
- Replies: 390
- Views: 292528
Re: New Marine Book
For me, I rewrote the spherians so the smooth form is non-combat, and then the spherian can “armor up” and there bodies transform into the more jagged version, realigning their crystal structure to be tougher, but with some minor trade offs. Similar to how heavier combat armor has penalties for huma...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 5:20 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: A Final Weekend of Robotech
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10822
Re: A Final Weekend of Robotech
The forums where still available after the first loss of license.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:18 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: New Robotech Academy Campaign Looking for Ideas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13596
Re: New Robotech Academy Campaign Looking for Ideas
Maybe to be more helpful, the ideas you’re looking for might be easier to see if you really develop your factions of the story. Creating a rich identity for your take on the Children of Zor will lead you to what they want. For example, are they also low on Protoculture? If yes, they are then wanting...
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:10 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: New Robotech Academy Campaign Looking for Ideas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13596
Re: New Robotech Academy Campaign Looking for Ideas
Looming at what you’re asking for help with, I’d suggest pointing your brainstorming in the direction of what really happened to Zor’s ship after leaving the Robotech Empire before it arrived on Earth. Remember, the Zentraedi question, “What happened to the crew?” When they get to Earth. We don’t kn...
- Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:04 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Robotech gone.
- Replies: 132
- Views: 114890
Re: Robotech gone.
Guess this would explain the silence on Ghost Fleet. Sad.
- Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:29 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Media similar to Rifts
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8941
Re: Media similar to Rifts
The anime, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust has elements that are Rifts-like.
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:21 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Which main book?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8098
Re: Which main book?
I went with delux as my purchase hardback because it had the additional material.
- Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:08 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Missile Ranges in the shows
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10518
Re: Missile Ranges in the shows
Tiree wrote:The ranges do double or is it triple in space.
Doubled is implied through a number of sources. Although triple cold easily be integrated too if the GM desires.
- Thu Aug 24, 2017 2:17 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What comes after the Minion War?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 28954
Re: What comes after the Minion War?
...and don't forget Mechanoids: SPACE pretty sure there's a giant pile of manuscripts on kevin's desk. i would love to see palladium actually catch up to all the stuff that is already in the pipeline, but right now, i'd say there's probably not much in the way of metaplot coming for quite some time....
- Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:48 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Can Slush Planets (Rifter #19 planet builder) support life?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9743
Re: Can Slush Planets (Rifter #19 planet builder) support li
Given the diversity of aliens in Palladium's Aliens Unlimited RPG, you can definitely have life on a slush planet. You've aliens comprised of living rock to sentient humanoid plants.
- Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:55 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: size conflicts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5043
Re: size conflicts
masslegion wrote:I guess what I'm really looking for is the original robotech.com ship comparion pics. For instance I don't have the Tristar image anymore
If you haven't noticed, Robotech.com is back online with the size comparison charts.
- Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:33 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Robotech Resources
- Replies: 46
- Views: 102949
Re: Robotech Resources
Robotech.com is back online with episode notes and such (although the mecha index sometimes counters some RPG stats...typical haHA!)
- Thu Aug 10, 2017 2:58 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Condor Fan Animation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5625
Condor Fan Animation
For those that like the idea of a transformable Condor, I justfound this fan animation of the mecha over on Robotech.com.
https://www.facebook.com/robotechinvasion/videos/1263923117007855/
https://www.facebook.com/robotechinvasion/videos/1263923117007855/
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:11 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: New Robotech campaign on Roll20
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7521
Re: New Robotech campaign on Roll20
Here's another question that came to me since my original post. Outside of Invid, what do you challenge the players with? Thinking of possible renegade human units, then eventually bringing them into space for that layer of combat- possibly some Genesis Pit creatures gone wrong. Just curious what o...
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:45 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: New Robotech campaign on Roll20
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7521
Re: New Robotech campaign on Roll20
RT.com if you go to it via the Internet Archive in the Infopedia section before the site was radically revamped and pared down (so early 2015 at the latest) might also help. At least for episode summaries and saga timelines (IIRC the comics are not part of these timelines). robotech.com has been re...
- Tue Aug 08, 2017 2:28 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Anyone read the new comic?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5289
Re: Anyone read the new comic?
I'll hold judgment till the second issue. Comics are just so short. I've read issue one and I'm not sure what to think. Some motivations for characters that we've come to accept over these years seem to have changed, or evolved in this new retelling.
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 4:21 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: New Robotech campaign on Roll20
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7521
Re: New Robotech campaign on Roll20
@MrNarrator I think to run Robotech well you have to be familiar with the setting, at least depending on how "canon" you (and the players) want to keep things. As for running on Roll20 I can't help you there, I don't do the online gaming session thing. I have a question, what is RAW? Rule...
- Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:12 pm
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: New Robotech campaign on Roll20
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7521
Re: New Robotech campaign on Roll20
I have a question, what is RAW? As for the Quick Creation models, I think they'd serve just fine, especially if you're trying to win over curious players to the system. As far as removing any percieved barriers to Palladium rule sets potential players might have. I played under a GM once for two dif...
- Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:30 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Starship supplement
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6723
Re: Starship supplement
Yeah, sadly right now it's just a hopes and dreams project now with the fan base basically cobbling together what they can from the first edition books and home brewed stuff.
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:32 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: 2nd Edition eBook "bug"
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3043
2nd Edition eBook "bug"
Hello, I purchased the Masters Saga eBook and noticed that on my Kindle Voyage, occasional sentences at the top of a page will be "skipped" or the top half of the letters will be clipped after advancing a page. . If there's a graphic, at times that graphic won't be displayed at the top. I ...
- Sun May 28, 2017 11:51 am
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Completely Tapped
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9237
Re: Completely Tapped
In my GM experience, a game is not GM's alone. You don't need the whole idea, just a solid defined part, because as we all know, the players help you "write" as it goes. With the amount of experience you have, you know this as well as any of us. Have you tried any of the online Story or Pl...
- Fri May 19, 2017 8:40 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Are the Speed of Missiles faster in Space than in Atmo?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17655
Re: Are the Speed of Missiles faster in Space than in Atmo?
In the first edition Robotech game, if a specific space speed wasn't listed, you could increase the listed speeds by 50% or 75%. I've recently interpreted that missile ranges could typically increase by 50% too in space based on texts found in other books for other missiles. (Not to sidetrack the to...
- Fri May 19, 2017 4:49 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: Crusader Drop-ship dimensions and basic cargo capacities
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4817
Re: Crusader Drop-ship dimensions and basic cargo capacities
While it's difficult to know the arrangement of the space inside the Crusaders (and the one image we have of the hanger doors open gives an appearance of wasted space) I would say you could look at the mecha compliments of the ARMD and the Daedalus of the Macross era, and the Garfish and come up wit...
- Mon May 15, 2017 4:12 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Novel trilogy
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5784
Re: Novel trilogy
Yeah I'm hesitant to buy book 1 or 2 if I can't at least get 3 some day in an e-book, to find out how it ends, hate starting unfinishable stories. Selling the e-book might also create fans who then want a physical copy of the first 2. Anyone have any interesting cliffs regarding Glitter Boys and th...
- Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:49 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Cross training skill selections
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9197
Re: Cross training skill selections
Musical could be extrapolated to pattern recognition. Could help with things like language, or cryptography.