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I just tried to whip up 10 pregens last night. My girlfriend and I rolled stats for all 10 and...wow, they sucked. Really bad. I couldn't even meet the Prerequisites on a few of the OCCs I was planning to use. (Keep in mind, the book says roll 3d6 in order, so there's no shuffling around.) Then, I l...

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Shadow Chronicles OVA would dispute this, the UEEF is mentioned to have nano-tech medical equipment that helped heal Vince Grants wounds pretty quickly (he didn't need a cast or bandages). I don't have the quote handy, but it gets mentioned when Vince and Jean are in the medical facilities on the M...

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Well this certainly fixes the proto culture supply issues most robotech rifts crossovers have kudos. Certainly that! Have you read (or read about, at least) the Robotech/Voltron crossover comic? Despite its flaws, it has an easy, ready-made little MacGuffin that sucks the SDF-1 into Voltron's unive...

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have ever looked at this site m it does not have MD or SD yet has weapon output in Joules and you can try to use that as a damage base sort of for ever 1 mega-joule 1-2 point MD or something of that range. The also have a tremendous amount of detailed information on all things, I personally love th...

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Thanks for the info! I've noticed the Wiki seems to use RPG information a lot, even though that's non-canon... Yeah, that's actually a sticking point at the moment. Once I received some clarity on that at the Wiki's forums from the folks running the site, it seems like the plan is to use the RPG's d...

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Since the latest edition of the game is still missing some of the capital ships of the Robotech universe, and there's really no clear indication of the capital ships book as a coming-anytime-soon sourcebook, I'm hoping to get as much of the canon (or as close to it as possible) information up on the...

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to be honest i have a hard time seeing the zentreadi as 'police'. their size and the size of their gear means they are going to be terrible at counter-insurgency, their one sided cultural programming means they can;t do hearts and minds work, and their force mix and tactical doctrines are much more...

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Anybody looking for some extra Zentraedi force cards? I have the following that I received and don't need, so I'm happy to mail them out to someone in the U.S. First come, first served. Regult Tactical Battlepod card (playing card sized single mecha) Regult Squad - Regult Support Option Zentraedi fa...

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Daeglan wrote:So Harmony Gold is the new George Lucas...

I wouldn't go that far.

Stalling and floundering is not the same as destroying ALL THAT IS GOOD ABOUT CINEMA AND MY CHILDHOOD. Not by a long shot

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yes i believe they had planned on two others and had a rough draft of the next movie which i believed they axed. Might take some digging -- they are certainly aren't hyping it -- but over on the Robotech.com boards you can check out the "development" area and there's some VERY small snipp...

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I'm sure this has been asked. Sorry. Could someone please explain the differences between the paperback, hardback and limited editions of the game? The description in the catalog says the hardback contains more material than the paperback, but is that stuff also included in the limited? What is the...

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Initial manuscript means he hasn;t seen it yet period. So he will have to edit it which means, typically, months and THEN HG has to approve it. I am a pretty harsh critic, but I disagree with this. It is more like once Kevin starts to edit the manuscript, it will take approximately a month. Then of...

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It seems inelegant to me. MDC is MDC, and if you're changing it based on the attacker, something is wrong IMO. Doing extra damage based on "weak points" sounds like a job for the critical hit system. I see where you're coming from, but to me, it works because I don't subscribe to the MDC ...

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Robotech: The New Generation RPG is slated for late this year according to Tommy Yune (Harmony Gold) from ComicCon

http://www.robotechx.com/forums/7-robot ... video.html

Also, lots more Robotech love!

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I really like the idea of dramatically increasing starship MDC, while leaving its XX m square values alone. This represents nicely the ability for ships to suck up incredible amounts of damage, while mecha can still sneak in and blast holes. I would also increase the amount of damage components can...

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I for one like what they did so far and what they announced for the New Gen book, because playing Invid Invasion and (to a MUCH lesser degree) Sentinels is still possible right now, if not fully detailed. But to get a "full-line" of books, they'd still have to do: - Marines book, which sho...

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Well, here's a few sugestions trawled from both Paladium's stuff and a few other games, kept simple to speed up play. Get agressive about range, in an older PG product (that I'm not home to track down at the moment) long ranges in space, say over a mile or so, should have a minimum target number of...

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Or (I guess this is #4) ignore weapon damage values, volleys and number of weapons. Just say each round a ship is getting hit by weapons from one other ship is a loss of 1/8 of it's MDC. Thus, two ships can duke it out for 8 rounds. Dodging, getting the initiative, and weapons range then become ver...

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The heck with that! the AJA is a Gawds Aweful GERWALK OF DOOM!!! 10 LRMs, 60+ multi-missile SRMs (yes, SRMs), can carry two nasty gunpods, has a bit of firepower built in other wise, and if I recall it also sports some silly number of guided mini missiles, all on a respectably armored frame! That a...

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I would reduce weapon damage to 1/10th or add really good shields. The "Fantoma", the little haydonite ship, deals an average of 32000 MD if each weapon fires at the same target once and hits. That is more than twice the value of it's forward section. It's also more than the forward secti...

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I did some test runs for capital ship to capital ship combat after the deluxe edition of R:tSC came out. For ships of similar size, combat doesn't last more than one round. The damage they deal is far superior to the armor they have. Wow, that's exactly the opposite of what I wanted to hear. LOL! C...

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it really depends on how you want your game to feel. if the ship is a plot device only, then rolling lots dice is really just camouflage to move the plot along. on the other hand if the ship is a major focus of the story, then you need to be very detailed on just what the ship can do, sort of a sta...

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The AGA-1JF could be used by the EBSIS/AUL as a ground attack fighter/mecha circa 2025-2031. the what again ? I am into AUL and EBSIS mecha any time It's a guardian mode fighter/attack craft in one of the Macross II books. Specifically Macross II Sourcebook One....the only sourcebook, actually (not...

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Who's run capital ship combats before? How many actions did you give the ships? In Shadow Chronicles, they have two sections on capital ship's number of actions (the "full rules" and a "simplified capital ship combat" section). However, they don't do too much to explain huge arti...

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Wow...I'm officially blind Not really, but in putting together my own GM Screen for Robotech, I realized I was looking at the Starship Artillery Modifiers for missiles in the Macross II Deck Plans One book. It turns out they have another chart (not for missiles) that matches up with Shadow Chronicl...

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Wow...I'm officially blind Not really, but in putting together my own GM Screen for Robotech, I realized I was looking at the Starship Artillery Modifiers for missiles in the Macross II Deck Plans One book. It turns out they have another chart (not for missiles) that matches up with Shadow Chronicle...

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I still think it was the UGLIEST POS from that book. Everything else I actually liked, I just hated that thing... Oh DEFINTELY low on teh prettysale thats for sure....though battloid mode wasn;t TOO bad.... Could the LRV stats simply sub for the Garland? Just remove a wheel (for the 3-wheel Garland...

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jaymz wrote:You may get a warning for posting game stats... other than that I can;t see much wrong with for beingin line with the new RPG.

I didn't realize revisions were against the board rules as well. I guess it pays to read that stuff

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There aren't any true sniper rifles in TSC... The only thing that comes close is the ASC LAR-10L Heavy Laser Sniper Rifle... Would it be a big deal to just use the Rifts: TRIAX - TX-SL13 Ultra Sniper Rifle as a fill in for lack of a MD .50 cal sniper MD equivalent in TSC? Will that even fly u thnk?...

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*statted goodness removed to avoid any troubles....Oh well...*

Questions, thoughts, suggestions?

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I'm not versed in die equivalency so how do you go smaller than 1D4*10 while still maintaining the double digit damage (or at least tge average potential)? Like a 5D8 MD alternative? Something to that affect. Several of the Zentraedi weapons in the Macross book did things like 2d4x10+20 M.D., so yo...

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use the SLAP ammo in a Barrett. while I would like a really hard hitting shot I also don't want to munchkin this... What really impressed me on the Triax sniper rifle was the RANGE! Maybe I'll use the body with RT inerds since one of my squad characters has alot of mechanical and armoring skills......

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Ouch that's a 125lbs rifle!! And an assault rifle at that ... I guess it's too much to ask for a official sniper rifle for tge UEEFMC Source Book if it's e er published?? Fit any hand-held laser weapon from Shadow Chronicles or Masters Saga with a sight -- say +1 to +3 bonus to strike -- make a cal...

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Woah!! That's a LOT of stuff there!! It is a Palladium game Be aware that a good portion of it truly is errata, too. Sometimes that means as little as a "it says 1dx410 M.D. but means to say 1d4X10 M.D." but others are nitpicks and stuff based on the shows animation, or a lack of info in ...

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Rather than start my own thread, I figured I'd dump all my notes/revisions here as well, just so's people can match 'em up to the OP and see what's what. I tried a (slightly) different approach that's mostly just errata, but also includes a few minor tweaks to bring the Mecha in line with one anothe...

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KSN wrote:use MECT Silverback bonuses gor tge LRV maybe?

Thank you both! I don't know why I didn't immediately think the same thing for the LRV...musta slipped my mind

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Where did all the full sized Zentradi go? They didn't all micronize did they (per TSC retcon) ????!!! Female Power Armor FTW so what's tge low down? My guess has two parts: (1) The in-game/in-setting explanation is that there are so few full-sized Zents running around that they just aren't a necess...

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Howdy folks! As part of my return to the Robotech RPG after many moons, I've finally finished all the reading (TSC, Macross and Masters Saga books) and am currently working on converting the mecha/equipment from STRIKE FORCE (Book to the revised systems. I like doing things a little on the simpler s...

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They explained on the TSC DVD why they went direct to DVD and why they will not be doing another TV series. I have also given up hope on ever seeing the new gen book. Which really should have been first priority over material that was never seen on screen. The Core Era books should have come first ...

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I so want to see this movie. The effects are pretty awesome. I keep thinking of how space battles have been getting cooler and cooler on screen ever since Babylon 5 and the reimagined Battlestar series. Especially considering the "they look like us now!" hysteria in Battlestar, Robotech s...

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I think it comes down to complete failure on both parties (HG and PB) parts. HG has this property that may be the only thing people know them for (I know if it is the only thing I know of them). Then After decades they release TSC but fail to follow up other than to license the RPG and the live act...

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Please don;t remind me about HG not being a DP9 product anymore... Sorry! Believe me, I feel your pain. I've also been waiting patiently for JC Blitz, and I'm sure I'll be pretty advanced in years by the time that ever sees the light of day.....which, ironically, is why I'm back playing Robotech af...

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Why pay for a license that you have no intent on releasing books for? That is just a horrible business decision. I would like to think Kevin is smarter than that. Companies often pay for licenses under the belief that they'll have time and money to devote towards it, and get a bunch of money in ret...

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I had written a fairly nasty post about Palladium and their delays. I didn't post it because that's not what I want to be about. I want the New Gen book. I want the Marine's book. It frustrates me that Palladium delays these books repeatedly. They aren't the only gaming company to do so however. I ...

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As to the part in bold...PB should have had it written into their contract that HG had a specified amount of time to reply after PB submitted the material to them. As well..the reply could not be "we don't like it" but would have to be detailed on what they wanted changed. If they did not...

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The Spaceship Book was one of Marker's pet project. So unless someone wants to pick it up, also as a priority, I doubt that it will be made. We are probably going to be lucky to have some spaceships added to new books. What happened to Marker, that it wouldn't be finished? Didn't you get the Memo? ...

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From "Triumvirate", General Leonard: Proto-engineering has completed the first consignment of the new Armoured Gyro Assault Choppers, henceforth designated as Ajax (AGAC). I really don't see how Proto-[insert term] makes it a clear reference to Protoculture. To me it sounds like "Pro...

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As for the Hole "All Alien tech is robotch and its all proto. powered", you do know how that wouldn't work. I mean come on, they reverse engineered everything from simple computer and comm. tech, to anti gav. and weapon tech, basically every engineering, heck every tech field would me eff...

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I believe the resources on board Zor's battlefortress (with supplies from the Zentreadi wrecks) did sustain Earth's military (and civilian) protoculture need through all three sagas, and that most (if not all) Earth starships, mecha, and civilian vehicles operated on protoculture during the three s...

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in one sense this is nice, since it means you can always move, thus allowing for mobility in combat, but it's also annoying since there isn't any specific mention of how mobility effects things like action types, targeting, etc. Yeah, one of the things that drew me back into Robotech is that it's N...

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