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One option here besides relying on Vanguard is to entertain the idea that not all of the Coalition Nega-psychics are necessilary Psyscape-style ones statted in WB12. Conversion Book 37 gives stats for his Beyond the Supernatural style NPs are boosted in Rifts Earth. They get abilities same as negat...

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I imagine the NSET are busy enough with the hundreds of thousands of DBs and mutant/psychics that live in the Chi-town burbs. A quarter of the population has abilities that can ping the senses of psy hunters. Some of them will be using those powers every single day. You can live for years in the bur...

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As a small note, for those arguing about the Boom gun on the Mastodon and recoil, if memory serves the main problem with mounting a Boom Gun into other vehicles isn't really so much the recoil as it is the shockwaves/vibrations generated by the Boom Gun. Only the Glitter Boy's engineering is up to ...

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I don't believe I argued for it allowing you to draw PPE (although I view the cord as part of you so you should still mentally feel the connection with the nexus through it) but rather that it continues to extend the duration of the Astral Projection psionic power. Once your mind/conscious leaves t...

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I think a distinction between self-defense training and military type training needs to be made. Jim Bob the woodsman might have training in several weapons and the willingness to use them in an emergency, but doesn't need to know rapid reaction drills. If you live somewhere that is generally safe y...

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Enough money and snobbery be damned, I'll sell you new spells.

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As per original CB1 there is no commentary about orcs having fae ancestry. That would be goblins. One interpretation of the WB10 wording is that orcs can only be standard juicers. Poor memories and phrasing don't combine well.

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Unless you are adding a major section update to a World Book, I'd rather see settings changed in an 'Aftermath' type book, that updates many of the individual settings at once. For character updates, there should have been update/conversion notes in RUE to bring older character classes inline with ...

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Where in the Caribbean do they arrive? Too close to SA and they might get scragged by some of the pirate fleets. If they arrived near Colombia they might be able to make a deal with the devil to get supplies. Their air assets might be useful for a little recon of the nearby Vamp kingdom. Depending t...

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The conversion notes don't say whether Wampyr are just mdc or take half damage too.

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Kelorin wrote:With the Minion War on the go, I hope the Atlantean Demon Hunter / Slayer (I forget which) from the Rifters will become official canon.

Unnecessary the Undead Slayer does that already.

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If they can do juicer conversions on Elves and Dwarves Orcs can't be impossible. How do you figure that? Orc biology could be radically different from either, or even not radically, just different enough to make it impossible. They are fictional races. they can be as similar or different as desired...

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If they can do juicer conversions on Elves and Dwarves Orcs can't be impossible. Some types might not be viable such as Delphi since orcs cannot be psionic.

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Wolfen tend towards combat classes. The bonus attack is nice and a higher average PS means more heavy weapon options. However the Wolfen in Rifts Earth tend to be more recently experienced with magic and have enough curiosity and ego to try to be shifters. As full Psychic capable they can be most PC...

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Kevin just disliked the 5th level character nuke of other systems and wanted to scale back the caster. Unfortunately he went too far in defanging them. As it is there is little reason to play a caster unless you want a challenge or you are doing more role-play than pure combat and they aren't very g...

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What about some GMO from Lone Star? Cows that make real chocolate milk? They would rather make breeds that are just very disease resistant and produce high meat yields. They also aren't trying to be too obvious in their use of GMOs. Though a lot of that can just be disguised under propaganda. I don...

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Keep the +1d4 to PP. The versions of skills in games like N&SS and TMNT are unique to their settings so you have to go to that dimension to learn them (or possibly could learn that version from a traveler who learned it there). We are not mandated to 'update' old skill stats to the versions fro...

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GhostKnight wrote:What about some GMO from Lone Star? Cows that make real chocolate milk?

They would rather make breeds that are just very disease resistant and produce high meat yields. They also aren't trying to be too obvious in their use of GMOs. Though a lot of that can just be disguised under propaganda.

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Depends on the class. Learning a basic soldier class could take a year of game time. Specialist men at arms like robot pilots/GB pilots are going to take a few a few years considering the complexities of the job. LLW and other traditional casters are less clear the time being more dependent on the t...

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They mention that the Dinos in Rifts might just be alien lifeforms rather than actual time displaced critters. This might explain the lack of feathers on raptors.

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Steampunk doesn't require magic. Steampunk is the dystopian side of the 19th century. The haves are living in great houses with the latest gadgets and the have nots are living in overcrowded tenements. You have business magnates rubbing shoulders with old money and nobility. The expert craftsman are...

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RMB was unclear about whether you needed to have all the PPE needed at one time. If so you need energy sphere to personally make high cost items. Not sure if RUE clarified.

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Mercenaries has some customizing options for vehicles in GAW section.

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I think the slaves idea refers to the work camps at the fringe of CS territory where some DBee criminals get sent for de facto life sentences.

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They are likely to at best be an average of the component types.

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Well you need Annihilate, Impervious to Energy, Energy Bolt and a million in materials for the gems and the 8 inch or larger artillery piece. That's a good start.

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Splynncryth could rift in thousands of Metzlas and wipe all but billion strong assaults. He doesn't conquer RE because he loves to watch lesser beings struggle.

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Whatever you decide keep it consistent.

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As a wolf breed the fur will muffle some of the muscle definition.

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Superspy with magic option is closest I can think of.

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My group likes to build a new or existing settlement and combat happens as a result of needing to do work to make money or deal with those groups opposed to the new power bloc.

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If you want to shake up the MiO setting toss in a Star Hive from DB2. That'll keep em busy for awhile.

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Many of the islands are going to be pirate havens or Splugorth outposts, probably slave holding centers before being shipped to Atlantis.

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Might work if you are a Cyber-humanoid out of Bionic handbook. Otherwise you are probably too large for a standard PA. However, they think borgs can't pilot military vehicles for some silly reason.

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It isn't particularly clear in WB3 if they can or cannot buy new standard invocations or if they just get the ones from their time under tutelage. Is there an update to the first printing?

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A roundhouse kick can kill a person who fails to defend properly. SDC is part of the cinematic style of Palladium games.

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I have a related speed question. First, the set-up: the character in-question is riding a bicycle through the woods; what is his safe travelling speed? Second, the specs: the character has six minor powers: Extraordinary PS, Superhuman PS, Extraordinary PP, Extraordinary PE, Lightning Reflexes, and...

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You could justify more casters existing in space after the Arkhon invasion shows that there is something up there. There are spells that let you last quite awhile if you don't have air. Steal ideas from Aliens Unlimited and PW for monsters.

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Start with Dragon experience chart to begin with.

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You could base the penalties to hit in normal usage on the size of the weapon. -2 for pistols. -4 for SMG or bullpup. -6 for rifle sized weapons. And railguns or hvy weapons are just a no go. Maybe add a close quarters battle skill to reduce penalties.

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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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There is probably an effective upper limit to how many energy weapons you cobble together whether from weight concerns or the cooling needed to keep functional. This especially applies to railguns which in reality tend to melt the coils.

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I thought Arzno had mention of another clan although Skellian is also involved.

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glitterboy2098 wrote:that's something lots of people "remember" but no one can seem to actually find in the books.

I think it is a side effect of Leyline Storms, but not an ever present effect. Even a heavy electrical storm might interfere with the radios.

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Does it need to fully charge the battery or can it do light charges periodically to extend range say 20%?

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Are you aware that nuclear reactors have moving parts? Parts that move in order to turn that reaction heat into electricity? Enter a shutdown state and they don't move (mainly because you've taken the fuel rods out of the working liquid, meaning no turbine activity). Less wear and tear on the engin...

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Well, we can throw out what Palladium thinks of skills, I guess. I was reading earlier and they say that a mechanical engineer can make nuclear and fusion reactors so I'm at a loss, honestly. I take that to mean they design the structural components rather than the power cores. Most of the mass of ...

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From the ground up you need an infrastructure that few places on RE have. You can scavenge from existing components but the result will be sub par compared to purpose built parts tested to work together. Up to the GM how feasible some ideas are. Mini missiles are easiest but barring a major tech bas...

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Fade towns make any encounter near a ley line interesting. A few ideas to make them odd. The town is made of a Master vampire, his Secondary vampire minions, and their cattle. The townsfolk and any who are there when it shifts are affected my a memory alteration that prevents them from believing tha...

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Hey, IRL the Russians developed a silenced grenade launcher for their special forces (in addition to some silent rifles that fire 9mm AP bullets). Why silence a grenade launcher you ask? Simple, so the enemy doesn't know where the Grenades are coming from. Actually it was a ripoff of the British WW...

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