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keir451

So I'm setting up a possible crossover from RT to CE and got to thinking how well the various mecha might fare: RDF mecha might do OK due to armor and weapon systems SC Mecha as well for much the same reasons Next Gen would not fare well due to reliance on Protoculture and lower armor and limited we...

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Also figure that "money talks". It's possible that, indeed, some individual Dog Boy or other mutant animals may have been created as 'special orders' for some very rich people. There may even have been military or gov't interest in mutant soldiers to supplement human ones, but the laws (at...

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Can anyone point me towards the Rifter that had the variant mark V APC that was used as a chow hall for the CS Army?

keir451

I'm grateful to Kevin for making this very tough decision. I will see all of you in 2022!!!! Stay safe and well!

keir451

What I'd truly like to see is a CS World Book. One that takes all the different information on the CS and puts it into one book that includes information on their society, i.e.; TV stations, news programs, entertainment programs, religion, laws & legal system, relative education (even the Low Le...

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I'm putting together an adventure involving the Stargazer Corporations orbital space station, SG-4, near Phase World (top of pg. 45 Dimensional Outbreak) and was wondering if Carl Gleba or anyone else knew what its dimensions are? If you are using the Space Station Creation Rules in DB 6, Pg. 7 I w...

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I'm putting together an adventure involving the Stargazer Corporations orbital space station, SG-4, near Phase World (top of pg. 45 Dimensional Outbreak) and was wondering if Carl Gleba or anyone else knew what its dimensions are? As an R&D facility for new starships I figure it should be big en...

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Just out of curiosity is there a special exception for children under a certain age? I might bring my baby girl (she'll be 2 yrs by then). I ask not to be cheap but simply because there isn't anything listed on the OH ticket description.

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Alright, I got it. This is how I think it would go down. I am pretty sure that there are some skills in Rifts that will allow you to Spoof a fake iFF signal, or they could steal one off a legitimate vehicle. It might not hold up to closer scrutiny (ie scanning somebodies plates) but it seem...

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Short answer is: "Yes they can", this also means that Sea Titans can hurt Murder Wraiths as well as they are Supernatural beings too.

keir451

Do you prefer your fan fiction to follow the letter of the books or do you like to read characters in the environment but go in the direction the author wants to lead? As I am getting back into writing shorts about Rifts, my research has led me to some hard questions: do I follow exactly what the b...

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Rifts is loosely based off of old 2nd Ed. D&D, in that the total experience is divided between the players. Having said that you can award individual experience points for a particular character's actions plus they all also get (IIRC) 25 exp. for each skill used whether or not the roll was succe...

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Rifts Mercenaries, pp.19-29: Bounty Hunter OCC; OCC Bonus: +2 on initiative, +2 to pull punch, Freelance Spy OCC; OCC Bonus +1 initiative, +2 roll w/impact or fall, Master Assassin OCC; OCC Bonus +3 initiative, +1 save vs. mind control, Smuggler OCC; OCC Bonus: +1 initiative when palming, or involvi...

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IIRC in the original SB1, CS Col. Thaddeus Lyboc sells CS weapons to the Black Market (pre-War Campaign), so there are (at least) some old style CS weapons floating around. Going by what limited fluff we've seen mentioned the CS is more concerned with the possession of CS Power Armor first and weapo...

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Interesting points everyone. I see we've a couple that have made to "The Top", and I recognize that playing long enough is a key factor (as well as the way the XP system is designed). I'm curious how "powerful/tough" those few PC's were that actually made level 15 were? I know th...

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I typically use the HP rules from the old Rifts Main Book vs. RUE as they make a bit more sense, plus I always give PC's max HP on start. The Sohei seems a bit more of a Scholar/Adventurer vs. Man-At-Arms, but then again they do have Martial training so I'd say go with Man-At-Arms. Makes sense. I a...

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Vincent Takeda wrote:Something must have changed. I thought levels didnt go past 15?! Granted I havent bought a palladium book since dead reign... 20?

Yep, you're right 15 is the level cap. Too much D&D on the brain. Still the principle applies, has anyone ever had a character achieve max level in Rifts?

keir451

While they may shun modern weapons of some types (guns), there are some ways for them to get a ranged attack: -Spears and Knives can be thrown (they have to be retrieved and/or replaced) -there are some melee weapons made with ranged attack features that don't require throwing t...

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While the SF OCC is a man-at-arms class the skill selection doesn't have a lot of limitations so you can run one that is exclusively a mechanical and electrical engineer with robotics skills (basically an operator with military training) or you can go the scientist/scholar route as well. Don't worr...

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Just trying to fill in the gaps as to what one of the NG Behemoth Explorer Mobile Factory (from Tolkeen war) might be able to produce. I know that twelve were enough to potentially turn the tide of the war with the CS, so what could you produce with just one? I currently limit it to producing weapo...

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Ok, so I've been spamming the series Overlord and it got me thinking about that seemingly rare creature the 20th level character in Rifts. I, personally, have never had a campaign last long enough to get a character to 15th level (not that I've ever needed to as I've had plenty of fun just running i...

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I might suggest the Special Forces OCC from Mercenaries, it gets a large selection of skills with next to no limitations as well as excellent combat capability. As for a scholar class, you can always use the Rogue Scholar or Rogue Scientist class form the RUE or old RMB. They are big on skills and ...

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Like the title says, looking for opinions on the best in general occ in the adventurer/scholar category. My game will be using heroes unlimited powers (mutants) and our gm is letting players select one of the mentioned classes, just looking for good near fighty and other non-fighty classes that wou...

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1. are you manufacturing parts or are you assembling a finished product, or is it a little of both? If your finished product is relatively small (such as an infantry weapon of one type, like a plasma canon) then you can probably both manufacture parts and assemble them into a finished functional we...

keir451

Just trying to fill in the gaps as to what one of the NG Behemoth Explorer Mobile Factory (from Tolkeen war) might be able to produce. I know that twelve were enough to potentially turn the tide of the war with the CS, so what could you produce with just one? I currently limit it to producing weapo...

keir451

Just trying to fill in the gaps as to what one of the NG Behemoth Explorer Mobile Factory (from Tolkeen war) might be able to produce. I know that twelve were enough to potentially turn the tide of the war with the CS, so what could you produce with just one? I currently limit it to producing weapon...

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RMB/RUE/Sourcebook 1: TR-001 Titan Combat Robot, TR-002 Titan Exploration and Light Combat Robot, TR-003 Titan Reconnaissance Robot, FT-005 Flying Titan Power Armor Merc Ops: TR-004 Titan Heavy Combat Robot, Titan Footman Power Armor Vampire Sourcebook: Titan Fireman Robot Rifter 4: TPA-006 Titan H...

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I'm trying to recall what books/Rifters have information on Titan Robotics products. Just trying to fill in the gaps as to what one of the NG Epxlorer Mobile Factory (from Tolkeen war) might be able to produce. I know that twelve were enough to potentially turn the tide of the war with the CS, so wh...

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People are unaware of how often women get pregnant and spontaniously abort before they even 'know' it, or in the first three months. It happens alot with OUT freaky bioborg stuff. This makes me wonder: could people who sense PPE like Ley Line Walkers or Psi-Stalkers be aware of stuff like this beca...

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In the past I used the band-aid of giving the CK Intuitive Combat and Telekinetic Leap at no I.S.P. cost, which could be used at the same time as other psychic powers. Changing the H2H to Commando gets an Autododge back in the mix, but doesn't particularly jive with the pseudo-Jedi flavor of the cl...

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I guess we'll just have to disagree. Yes, the CK is a powerful class, but it doesn't need the extra 1d4 bonus to achieve that. Between the bonuses from physical skills and the CK's psionics the class is more than powerful enough. The bonuses from skills are more than enough to raise the stats high e...

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I agree. The cyberknight's bonuses are not in any way mind blowing. Curious what method was used to roll up base attributes though... 3d6 plus exploding 6's doesnt produce those kinds of numbers. Cyberknight bonuses will seem reasonable when the base attribute method isn't already producing stratos...

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I recently rolled up a Cyber-knight just for lark, exploring a concept that came to mind and as I was totalling the bonuses from skills, etc., my base rolls increased drastically. To be fair my rolls were pretty high; IQ: 15, ME: 20, MA: 21, PS: 23, PP: 22, PE: 21, PB:17, Spd: 19. So you can see tha...

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to expand on what glitterboy said, I could totally see a year without a summer, being a thing IE it never really warms up for a year (or more), with that said, actually greenhouses have higher yields per area than traditional open air farming, the biggest issue is that they are expensive. with that...

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hello, I know I have lots of questions these days. I'm sure this is in RUE or another source but I am having troubles locating anything that says whether a full-conversion 'borg needs to eat and drink. Are they powered completely by their internal power source (nuclear?). I seem to remember that th...

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I would say that the brain still needs oxygen and some level of nutrients to continue to function, but as for actually eating or drinking .... no, they don't need to actually consume real food. Most likely the brain is kept functioning by a limited circulatory system that provides oxygen and nutrien...

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well you have to figure that the 'suburban sprawl' that forms most of the east coast extended city zones IRL would still be mostly SDC.. and as shows like Life After People have demonstrated that normal materials wouldn't last 300 years.. and the various Tsunami's in recent decades have shown that ...

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On the topic of mega structures I have this image in my head of there essentially be king three large "mega cities"; the first ne encompasses the entirety of the East Coast megalopolis (or at least from Rhode Island/Connecticut down to Ft. Lauderdale), the next is Denver megalopolis in Co...

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I was reading Shemmarian Nation, and thought the idea of ARCHIE-3 have android infiltrators in Atlantis to be interesting. I started wondering, though, why not have those infiltrators start smuggling in the parts for a few WMD's? Sprinkle them around the continent, in major population centers, and ...

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On the topic of mega structures I have this image in my head of there essentially be king three large "mega cities"; the first ne encompasses the entirety of the East Coast megalopolis (or at least from Rhode Island/Connecticut down to Ft. Lauderdale), the next is Denver megalopolis in Col...

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I am really happy to get some more CE setting material. I am still waiting for U.S. Military OCC's and has anyone said anything about U.S. military personnel abroad? Do we still have tens of thousands of troops around the world in 2098? And if we do are any of them able to get home? We don't know m...

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I toyed with making a COS version of MOS for Civilians. Civilian Occupation Specialty. I really like civilian O.C.C. in Dead Reign book. Personally, I think that would have worked better. Of course I'm still a fan of the old HU system, too. I liked the forward in Psychic Scream (are we gonna abbrev...

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[quote=Warshield 73]Agreed. I haven't gotten too far into Psychic Scream but it looks good so far.[/quote]
Fair 'nough. I've read Psychic Scream and was, well, kind of disappointed. Some of the new Psychic OCCs just really don't make any sense at all.
Hope others get plenty of use out it nonetheless.

keir451

RockJock wrote:I'm not done with the new RAW book yet, but I like what I see. Not perfect, but it adds needed depth.

It is great to see something in print.

Absolutely!

keir451

Some of the best skill systems involve you just taking a single skill for your career, like "Dental Tech" and then using that skill for everything related to the profession. No argument from me! The job covers a wide range of training making us generally knowledgeable about many things bu...

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something of a limitation of it being a game really.. PB is better than say, D20 at such skill diversity, but no RPG is going to be able to handled every possible combination of personal history, education, and experience. i would assume that to make such a character you'd pick a medical focused fi...

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I got my copy a few days ago and have enjoyed reading it! Admittedly there are areas which I disagree with, but I felt that the basic idea was very solid and that the First Responder OCCs add a very important dimension to the game as it IS a disaster scenario setting. I liked the vehicles and the Ha...

keir451

Sounds like it'd be fun! Alas I am not making it to GenCon this year. I'll look forward to hearing about it while I prep my own campaign.

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the Cheyenne Mountain Complex relies on ventilation from the outside (filtered, of course) and has its radio antennae placed just along the surface of the maintain. the eruption blast doesn't have to take it out, it could be rendered silenced with just enough ashfall. given its proximity to yellows...

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So a question is...how big was the Yellowstone eruption? I mean it took out NORAD . That is a long way away from Wyoming and hardened to boot. So taking it out is... a trick. That may depend on what other volcanoes erupted as well, Yellowstone isn't the only one in that region. the Cheyenne Mountai...

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