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I know it is not in a RIFTS book but the VC-33 (aka Mom's Kitchen) from the Macross books of the Robotech RPG would be a cool thing to bring in for this kind of thing. I used a salvaged one in a Robotech game recently so that my team could sneak into an area where Invid were present so that we would...

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I am still open to this if there are enough people that are interested in meeting up.

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Anastobe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:54 pm Follow up question. If a creature has + to all magic saving throws, does that apply in the battle of wills?

I would say no. The Battle of Wills itself is not "magic" just to see who has the stronger force of personality.

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Bloodletter Ancient weapons(specifically blades). The HTH bonuses are welcome, but not spectacular, and physical skill-wise, these guys suffer in comparison to the Martial Dragons. With the progression of books, I’d give them the Fencing skill and allow an updated version of these folks to take a n...

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I just say that it is an innate feeling they have at all times. They know how much energy they have to call on and how much each spell they cast needs. It is part of their training as a Magic User.

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Since it is your first time running and their first time playing I would keep things simple: 1.) Restrict character choices to what is in the Main Book so that players do not feel overwhelmed. 2.) A lot of the same tropes that exist in D&D can be used here as well (meeting in a bar, being part o...

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To be honest I would not worry too much about an actual number value, I would focus more on playing it based on a description of what is going on during the firefight as most of the MD weapons that they will be using will just punch holes in everything. I would just vary the size of the hole based o...

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I just saw this. Has anything happened here? I'm an experienced player (over 30 years) have a ton of Rifts, all but one of the HU2, and about half of the NB books. Very familiar with the system and would love to get into a group as a player and or part time GM. As you said above, all I hear about a...

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I had an NPC that turned into a player character who was a Fallen CosmoKnight turned Mystic. The backstory that I came up with was that he was tricked into destroying a ship full of refugees by an evil god who had been trying to subjugate them. The god came to him with a story of them being invaders...

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I currently live in a small town about an hour east of Reno, NV called Fallon. I think we are far enough away from most things that the odds of surviving are pretty good but I am not sure. lol

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Since they started off fighting the Zentraedi it makes sense that there may be larger versions for fighting an enemy that size. Thing is, that's only the novels/comics/RPG. The Tv series makes no such claim as the Zentraedi not only never mention the Invid, no one in the UEF (ASC or REF) know about...

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And the same goes true with the animation. What are generally written off as animation errors, with SOME creativity could be used to be more creative interpretations. Just recently on Facebook, it was pointed out that the inconsistent animation of MOSPEADA could actually be used to make the Invid a...

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I was just wondering if anyone has incorporated RIFTS Manhunter into their games as either it's own Dimension (as presented even though it does not say so) or did you make it part of the Phase World setting and just change some names of places (Mainly Earth)?? I used it as part of a Phase World camp...

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Candy wrote:This would seem to reduce the importance of that firetown spell which exists for that purpose.

I do not have that book and so I was not aware of that spell. This is a house rule I have had since around the time when Wormwood was first published so I just stick with it.

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I started with 1E way back in 1989 (My first Palladium RPG) and so I am very fond of it. I still have my first Robotech character as well (Erik Black, 9th level VF Pilot) to this day. Macross was my favorite time period but the setting I played and ran in most was Sentinals (love that book and the F...

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I just use a House Rule that if someone with a Wormwood symbiote leaves Wormwood, they must feed the symbiote PPE each day to keep it viable. It is usually about 10 or so. It can be from themself or someone else can channel it into the symbiote (if they can use PPE that way). If they miss a day, the...

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For almost any D20 based game I run (and most that I play in), I roll 4d6, re-roll 1's and 2's, drop the lowest. For Palladium, if it is a race with a specific stat roll (ie- 3d6+4, 2D6+12, etc) I still let them roll one extra die and re-roll 1's or 2's and any bonus die that may come from getting 1...

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I once made a Psynetic Crazy (and no, for the record, I don't play Crazies like Robin Williams on speed--regardless of what RUE suggests) who had 17 psionic powers at level 1. I made them all defensive/healing. Even the 4 supers. The concept was that he was created as kind of a sick joke, since Min...

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I have a Human Wilderness Scout who has 2 minor psi powers: Object Read and Sixth Sense, which can be very helpful when scouting a new area.

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I don't have too many House Rules but here are the one's I have put in place and that seem to work well: 1.) Characters with Natural MDC: Instead of just one MDC Score I have it separated like Hit Points and SDC. Like normal HP, characters gain a D6 per level to MD Hit Points. MDC however only goes ...

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Thank you, good sir or ma'am! That's all I expected. As I've explained, I know full well my concept would be obsolete compared to true magic OCCs by middle levels. This is something that I wanted to be effective 'right out of the box' at Super Spy level 1. If it works well, then the lack of spell l...

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I had a group that were manipulated by the minion of a god but not by the god themself. Had a group in Silvereno that was trying to figure out a connection between the Vampires in the town and the Mining shaft where people would disappear and was closed (the connection was that the vamps there were ...

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Heck, I think if a DBM were trained, he could do magic as well. The aversion to magic is only a cultural one, not an absolute, hence the word "most". I don't think it is a cultural aversion (not completely) but more to do with large amounts of PPE hampering their Sensing abilities. Magic-...

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I can see why it would be annoying but to my knowledge the Wilderness Scout has never had Psi Powers as part of it's OCC Build. The only way they can get them is by rolling to see according to the third way in Step 4 of character creation. I think this one of those editing mistakes that was left in ...

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I like the idea: a magical sniper. Really like it. Battle Magus is ready-made for this. Using the RUE psionics rules (where being a Major psychic no longer affects your "other" skill selection...don't care if it's a typo or omission...I run with it ) you should be able to achieve a better...

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After looking at the Super-Spy again and the Mystic the way I would approach it is to build your Super-Spy and then figure what powers a 2nd level Mystic would have available to them and give them those powers (frozen at that level as it says). As someone who has played and run RIFTS since it was fi...

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I have a BBEG who is a Wolfen Necromancer named Seldrac who started out on the Palladium world but was defeated by a small group consisting of a Human Warrior, Wolfen Ranger and Elf Long Bowman. Seldrac had kidnapped the infant children of the Human and Wolfen to use them as sacrifices in a ritual t...

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I also have some old files for RIFTS and Robotech that I still use to this day. One is the Excel Character Sheet that I found many years ago. I have made several changes to it over the years to make it compatible with the RUE and still need to work on a few other things but it is still an excellent ...

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I may need that. I loved Tiger Woods PGA tour 2004 but it wont run on Windows 10. Unfortunately, VMs really aren't made for gaming. I am not saying it can't be done, but when I tried to do it years ago it wasn't the best experience, I really haven't tried it since so it is possible improvements hav...

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I would actually think that they would still limit what duties they would be assigned to as Sea Titans probably normally take on the toughest things (fighting MDC Creatures and such). I could see them still being assigned duties where they would be less likely to encounter something that could hurt ...

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I was wondering because I have the books but no one to play it here in town almost everyone plays 5th edition d&d. Yeah I know what you mean. As I said, I might be willing to run a game in Reno once or twice a month depending on how many people join in. A good place could be Comic Kingdom on Mo...

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Problem with that is Psi-Stalker abilities to sense the supernatural or track them is hampered by Ley Lines and Nexus points make it useless. They're not being put there to sense incoming mages, they're being shipped in for a meal and then shipped back out again, to keep fed and keep the PPE levels...

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Does this mean (from fleets of the three galaxies) that cosmo-knights do full damage to vampires or at least half damage and can destroy them? Even defining “cosmic energy” is difficult. Scientifically, it is a mixture of protons, alpha particles, and heavy atomic nuclei. It behaves like a laser,bu...

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Hey all, Is there a god of the undead in the Palladium pantheon? I'm looking for something that is roughly equivalent to Orcus from the list of AD&D demon lords. I have an idea for a game that revolves around a god of this kind, and if there is something that already exists in one of the Pallad...

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Is anyone running a rifts or phase world game? I sometimes run Palladium games (Mainly RIFTS but I also have HU, Robotech, BtS and Fantasy). I have been thinking of starting a new RIFTS game soon if you are interested. I live in Fallon and usually run my games at the V Titans Games and Comics store...

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1. Yes with the exception of P.P.E. which is 3D4X10+20 +4D6 per level. 2. Same as above. P.P.E. is 3D4x10+20 +4D6 per level 3. I believe, and this is pure opinion, that they would stack. Powers Unlimited 2 for Heroes Unlimited has rules for making Godlings too but I doubt that's what you are lookin...

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These are awesome!! Thank you so much for all your hard work.

Some Robot/Power Armor Pilots would be great for a future one.

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Don't forget Beer!! There is that Budwieser Missile in DYRL when Hikaru is flying to take on Dolza (?)

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The way I see it is that Boxing is not just a physical skill of hitting someone, but it trains your mind to act and react more quickly and that translates into the extra attack per round. Attacks per round are a measure of how quickly your character can react in a combat situation, not just physica...

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The way I see it is that Boxing is not just a physical skill of hitting someone, but it trains your mind to act and react more quickly and that translates into the extra attack per round. Attacks per round are a measure of how quickly your character can react in a combat situation, not just physical...

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I recently made a few tweaks to the Excel Based sheet I have.

Here is the link once again:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9T41 ... HNHeV9KQkk

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Hi. So my game has ninjas & superspies h2h styles in the Rifts earth setting, because I and my players found "basic, expert, martial arts, commando, assassin" to be dry bread. Some styles from N&SS have automatic critical strike from behind. This bleeds into "unable to parry/...

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I love your argument here and think it makes a lot of sense. Good work.

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Here is the link to the Excel sheet I have for RIFTS. I have not made any updates to it since last year so be aware.

It is on my Google Drive but I have set it to be completely public so no Google account needed.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9T41 ... HNHeV9KQkk

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Do Prometheans count as Supernatural Creatures? I know they get Supernatural Strength but I wanted to clarify if they were true Supernatural Creatures.

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But most of the costs are still in armor grade materials. The suspension of a modern tank is damn finicky so isn't much worse than the repairs to legs. Plus since robots and PAs are so common the specialty shop that has time to fix your vehicle might be booked solid for months. Yes the prices seem ...

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If you can find a copy of the RIFTS GM Reference Screen there is a panel that has the costs for repairing MDC on armor, power armor, robots and vehicles. Thanks, Devjannz, but the GM screen doesn't include repair to normal vehicles; only body armour, power armour and robot vehicles. True but I woul...

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If you can find a copy of the RIFTS GM Reference Screen there is a panel that has the costs for repairing MDC on armor, power armor, robots and vehicles.

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SRoss wrote:Sammy Porter!

I have to agree with this one considering that my very first RT character back in the late 80's (A VF Pilot ont eh SDF-1) ended up getting married to her.

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I had an adventure I came up with a while back (before the Shadow Chronicles came out) where I brought in a old Palladium Books bad guy to put the Robotech team up against: The Mechanoids. Here is the little overview I wrote for it: "Years ago the Tirolian Empire became locked in a deadly confl...

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