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wasnt there options to see the simvan ranges at one point? Check out Rifts Map: Tribal wars on the first post. You're back! Please, help me. Where does the town called "Blackberry" on your map in Ohio come from? Is it from a book? From your own campaigns? It is one of the great mysteries ...

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If he keeps on giving Palladium money every time it comes up and Kevin S accepts it, the time limit won't help. Yes. I imagine the compensation for extension/renewal of the license is great for Palladium and negligible for Disney, to the extent that the license to Disney may be valuable to Palladiu...

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Mark Hall wrote:There was some non-canon stuff about a Wolfen empire in Rome in some of the Rifters, but I don't think it's ever been covered.

This is actually canon in the form of "rumors" discussed in the Wolfen entry in the Conversion Book.

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Kraynic wrote:
Rahu-Men were in the 1st Edition Monsters & Animals book (pg. 66-67).

Duh...I didn't even think of that. Thank you.

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What'd they rename the Rahu-Man to? CB1 was actually the first I ever heard of those guys, not even sure which Palladium RPG world book they got introduced in, I want to say a Hinterlands because snow? Savage Rifts calls them Vronwar (?) I'm not sure where they are mentioned first. I don't have all...

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:? Are you talking about the dragons in the main book being different than the ones in the Ultimate Edition? -STS Yes. The change in question was the creation of new dragon species, ostensibly to differentiate Rifts dragons from Fantasy dragons. There does now seem to be some overlap in Savage Rift...

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The barrier islands off the coast of Rifts North Carolina are new barrier islands formed by natural geological processes that created the current barrier islands. They are definitely not the current barrier islands. The Rifts coast roughly follows I-95, so those new barrier islands are roughly wher...

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It's the Quicksilver issue from the Marvel movies. Or, more specifically, the definition of "mutant" in the license to Fox (when Fox was its own thing) and what the exclusive license to all things "mutant" includes. If Fox has an exclusive license to "mutant" then can D...

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Mlp7029 wrote:Where can I get the SR map online?

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_in ... _id=189142

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All I can find that's on point is on pg 7 and 8 of Dinosaur Swamp. "The barrier islands of North Carolina were wiped clean and vanished in one fell swoop." "I-95...had become a rough marker of the new eastern shoreline." That second sentence matches quite well with the rough zoom...

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WB26 pg133 does have a map of the Carolinas and their coast line, which does include some small islands though it is hard to tell if those islands on the map are the the Barrier Islands OR something new created by the rise in sea level and loss of land (they just might be to small to appear on the ...

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I'm asking this question here, instead of the Savage Rifts forum, because I'm hoping to query the largest number of people most familiar with the original source material. TLDR: Is there a reference to the continued existence of the North Carolina coast and barrier islands ( as they are now in the r...

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It's a blurb in Lazlo's discription in the origional Rifts Main Book page 149. Lazlo is governed by two political bodies that serve as a check and balance system of government, they are the Congress of the Electorate and the Council of Learning. Both are composed of compassionate and intelligent be...

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They mention in Rifts Main Book the government being composed of a Congress of the Electorate and a Council of Learning, which suggests an essentially teired system, with at least one elected body, but the Council of Learning is more often referenced, so one presums the Council and not the Congress...

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Perhaps in trying to solve the refugee problem with outside interdimensional help Lazlo attracts the wrong kind of aid. Perhaps entities like the Splugorth from without and the Invisible Hand from underneath converge to corrupt Lazlo while creating criminal opportunity. Will the governors of Lazlo d...

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WB11 - Coalition War Campaign, pg. 26.

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It is not from Promise of Power. It is not from a "failed" movie. It is not originally from any Kickstarter, though maybe they used it on a promotional page that I wasn't aware of. No, I cannot actually say what it is from. Boo and hiss if you must, but doing so would violate my NDA. Brin...

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It is not from Promise of Power. It is not from a "failed" movie. It is not originally from any Kickstarter, though maybe they used it on a promotional page that I wasn't aware of. No, I cannot actually say what it is from. Boo and hiss if you must, but doing so would violate my NDA. Brin...

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That document is a home brew, not a cut/paste from any of Palladium's books.

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I feel like half-player character-races were only a thing in DnD before Palladium Fantasy came out. They were probably a thing in DnD because they were a thing in literature before, especially Tolkien. Most of what you got to play in early DnD was Tolkienish (Halflings, Dwarves, tall Elves from two ...

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The animation is originally from the kickstarter for the board game. Licenses can be extended/renewed in any number of ways (imagination and stipulations in the original agreement are pretty much the limit). Often, a contract will stipulate that a studio will lose rights if they do not make somethin...

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I don't have the book definitions of alignment in front of me right now, so you can totally throw this in my face if I contradict them. That being said I think you can argue Dexter is Principled (or Scrupulous, if following "the law of the land" is necessary for principled). The ends never...

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If you really really want to play that storyline, then GM the game yourself, and tell that story. But personally, it sounds like your idea for the game is heavily based on your own character background. In effect, you are the "main character" of the story. Even if the other characters are...

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Neither of the following responses may satisfy, and that's ok with me, but I think the way I see things does not contravene or complicate the rules. 1. Superficial damage: The story of the Murder Wraith in Juicer Uprising describes the Wraith being "cored" with laser holes and resulting in...

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I don't know if it really matters, but I'm under the impression that wood hurts vampires because it's wood. Some force needs to be applied to make it go into a vampire, but how much force is irrelevant. I do not imagine lead bullets (or lasers or whatever) bouncing off of vampires (maybe it states o...

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With robots and 3d printing, they could have been in a post-post-industrial age. The NEMA forces did what they could to find pockets of people in relatively safe areas. They were pushed from where they wanted to be by chaotic forces constantly. People ended up where they could survive in a world whe...

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Calgary and St. Louis are the only two explicitly described as permanent and given a location. To be clear, these are Rifts that are always open, but to random locations (thus crazy monsters/civilizations frequently pour out of them). A roll table for the status of a constantly open Rift, and the po...

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I'm not an engineer or chemist or anything relevant, but doesn't recent work with carbon in advanced materials (graphene, graphite, nanotubes, etc.) make a lot of this MDC stuff relatively sensible (as far as sci-fi stuff goes)? Couldn't we look there an come up with "explanations" for MDC...

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I guess you could say more broadly that ARACHNIDS are not insects, camel spiders aren't insects. Disallowing insects also disproves "any animal" since insects are technically part of the animal kingdom... Is "raven" explicitly the smallest bird? If not, might want to go with the...

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Thanks for the input on this topic. I guess I wrongly assumed that anyone could use a TW weapon/device if it had a PPE clip/battery. I then went back to RUE (in the initial description of the Techno-Wizard) and read "People who are not psychic or mystically oriented can not operate the devices...

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This was just (re)posted on FB by the John Wick Presents page. m As a fan of Palladium, it made me think about the points made in relation to the Palladium system, and KS' stated resistance to game balance in his systems. In many ways I see the Palladium system as not simply a "house ruled AD&a...

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I would just like to point out that the Machine People are not animals, and technically are not even alive. They are fascinating machines, and are a good example of 'full AI'... but they are not 'alive' in that they have no aura, no PPE, no ISP, no CHI no blood, and apparently by implication... no ...

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I like Chiang-Ku a lot. I agree that the phrase "any living creature" is ambiguous. However, I would, as a rule, keep this to "animals" (including humanoids, or other sentient/sapient "animals") and animal like supernatural creatures, which is also ambiguous, but less s...

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The Sovietsky sourcebook will be your best source of info regarding a major power in that area, including some history. You of course don't have to like it or use it, but if you're concerned with canon then you should be concerned with them. There is mention in the Triax 2 of a Scandinavian Alliance...

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Hard to find! Probably nothing here that will satisfy everyone, but, you know, electromagnetic waves are wonky even without super fantasy/sci-fi stuff all around. SoT 6, pg. 13. "Magic, ley lines, dimensional anomalies and other atmospheric disturbances since the Coming of the Rifts only add to...

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I think of the Demigod and Godling as laid out in DB2 less as templates and more as guides. They establish a basic power level relative to other characters in the game. The pertinent parts are the MDC and the amount and variability of abilities. In the case of an extreme example like a "demigod...

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Actually, it's all rainbows and happy bunnies; an attempt to escape the nightmares...

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I would say the Splugorth have finer control over the consequences of their manipulations. It's a horrific process not because they can't get it to work just right, but because they like it being horrific. If they don't care about the fetus, or just want to add to the psychological suffering, they'l...

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I dig it, and I like the table a lot.

I'm picturing a seemingly normal space commuter (with, like, dark clothes, and a phase pistol) in a space bar, waiting for a space bus while surreptitiously trying to keep the Horror Puppy from jumping out of the duffel bag.

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I like where this is going. This seems to be meant to be a player character. So, if I understand correctly, the motivation for the character as an adventurer would be to seek out more knowledge, perhaps by assisting heroes who actively seek out other evil magic users for other reasons. I'm pretty mu...

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I like it!

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What experience table are Fallen Cosmo-Knights supposed to use? Also... I trust that -20% to skills only affects the skills they had prior to the Fall, not any they take after? They could be a bit more descriptive with the life-span, as well... still immortal, or simply go on for another thousand y...

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The rules for main body say it is the largest part or area/mass of the vehicle typically for humanoid shapes that would be the torso. If a leg was the largest area/mass then it could be the main body but that seams a bit unlikely. I basically agree. I brought up the leg thing only as an example of ...

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Sovietsky has Bunker creation rules right? It's not on me atm.

Edit: Also there's Fantasy city creation rules etc. ...in I forget which Fantasy books.

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I just thought of a question and I was wondering, would the round from Boom Gun still deliver the same amount of damage to targets (or, more precisely, anything that they hit) beyond its range? Doesnt Mutants in Orbit have space boom guns? Would that not answer this? (I dont have the book in my off...

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I haven't but I think it's an interesting problem from a GM perspective. Players have alignments they can follow, and they can create backstories that give purpose to their characters no different from good characters. So, as a GM you can give them challenges according to those backstories. To that ...

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I'm not a fan of the zen combat change. It's clunky, no matter how one looks at it. Even if it's cool thematically, it's a lot of info. One could simply have some flat bonuses against tech. The way its written seems needlessly complicated to me. The initiative issue is interesting. The cyber knight ...

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Simply Rfits MDC does not fallow any MDC to size rules that I can find. Iron hamer main battle tank weighs 65 tons and had 650 MDC.(this should logically be the heaviest armored thing from the company) The same company makes an air craft that weighs 200 tons and has 800 MDC.(has a large payload of ...

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I think the issue surrounding robot MDC (pretty much all robot MDC) is resolved, to some extent, if one imagines robots to essentially be vehicles, and not armor. They are not meant to be tanks. They are meant to be weapons platforms at best (and some I think are really just cool looking people move...

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shadrak wrote:I see on the various maps a city called Dragon's Blood but I can't find a reference to it in Psyscape or Federation of Magic...

Does anyone know where this city appears in Rifts Canon?

Pg 35 in Federation of Magic.

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