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Honestly the numbers do not matter. My point I that some of the mutated animals may not be mutated into intelligent human-like beings. Some might be mutated into pack animals, by simply having high animal intelligence and large size.

Yes but those were the stats among those exposed to the plague. Among the children of those seemingly unaffected more mutants were born. Also, my supposition was that not every mutated animal was human level intelligent. Some could be mutated, but still animal intelligence. Perhaps a gopher or frog ...

Can intangible psi-ghosts touch each other when intangible? If not then I'd assume they are on different phase frequencies, which means they cannot combine powers to phase larger items. If they can touch each other, then MAYBE they could phase a large item together. What if the Psi-Ghosts were alre...

Can intangible psi-ghosts touch each other when intangible? If not then I'd assume they are on different phase frequencies, which means they cannot combine powers to phase larger items. If they can touch each other, then MAYBE they could phase a large item together.

P283 - I don't think it's been mentioned yet, but under the penalties for having a M.A. between 3 and 4, it says you get a -20% penalty to several skills, which include Interrogation. Then it gives several skills you get a -30% to, including Interrogation again! From the looks of the other penalties...

Another problem I cam across trying to generate a character for Mutants in Orbit and modern Rifts is that I roll someone who came up as a partial conversion Borg. Now back in the original Rifts that would have mean they were the Borg OCC (which contained full and partial conversion Borgs), which is ...

That's what I am thinking. Mutants in Orbit may be one of my favorite books, since it was made a TON of material was printed that would be appropriate to the Orbit setting. OCCs, D-Bee races, equipment, would all work in Orbit. If no one will make an updated version of the book, it would be nice to ...

Zapper, Warlord Cyber Doc, Tech Ninja, Sheriff and Yamabushi Monk. To name a few. Genius not only means smart it means you excel at things, perhaps a specialized occ? Good ideas, but I would throw in Zapper as a possible substitute for the Burster result, since it's not so much being a "genius...

Probably any of the scholarly type OCC, Cyber doc/operator/rogue scholar/body fixer things along those lines. Yeah, but since normal Rifts Mutants in Orbit can ALREADY pick from those OCCs, it sorta seems silly for the Deformed Geniuses to also have those OCCs. That would mean they are just Deforme...

When rolling up a Rifts Mutants in Orbit character I got a Deformed Genius from the Outcast station. So I get 3 rolls on the Unusual Characteristics table, plus the rules say I can pick an OCC... I'd rather stick to Rifts OCCs, so what are appropriate "genius" OCCs in Rifts? I'm thinking a...

I would say no, strictly on the literal interpretation of the rules. Detect vampire detects vampire, not vampire-ish beings. Atlanteans detect Rifts-style vampire because Atlantis fought Rifts-style vampires for generations. They didn't fight any other vampire-like beings for generations. BTW - My P...

That campaign I ran I started the character VERY low and had everything be much more powerful than them. They were all earth normal 20th century humans stuck on Rift's Earth. So after several games the power level has crept up to where could just survive on Rifts Earth, and I never let them go so hi...

I always figured that Nightspawn were magical creatures that had secret origins. They do not reproduce as Nightspawn. They wear a near-perfect human DISGUISE. This human disguise could parent children, who would be normal humans. The true form of a Nightspawn cannot breed.

You how the After the Bomb book hints that perhaps humans are long extinct and all those who seem to be humans might actually just be evolved animals? I like that idea, but if you did have real, honest to goodness humans appear, it would be neat if they had taken on the next level of human mutation,...

You could go with something ironic, like a prey animal riding the animal that hunts it. Rabbit riding a giant wolf, etc. This does bring up the concept of animal mounts in the After the Bomb settings. You have to assume that NOT every mutated animal becomes both intelligent and humanoid. Some might ...

I worry they are underpowered, since they can't generally wear armor.

I was considering a fan-made android app to help in Rifts gaming. It would be free, and you would still need the guy the books to play, but it would aid in combat, dice rolling, character creation, random tables, etc. Would there be a problem with me making this, or would Palladium frown on this? Wo...

Yes, they are very vunerable to death. This might be why they almost never leave psyscape itself. And yes, Specific Rifts stat entries trump general conversion rules. Which means the Amorph is SDC. Do note they do have TK force Feild, which gives a pretty decent defense in a pinch. I am aware the r...

This shapeshifter generally won't be wearing armor, so while he may have the ability to dodge attacks, being an SDC being means he's subject to IMMEDIATE death with one shot that connects from even minor Rifts Earth weapons. Now the weird part is that according to Between the Shadows, all creatures...

Well, that's at least a bit better, but I still like the idea of a steam-powered borg.

I always laugh at the sci-fi definition of a nuclear power supply. Obviously written by people who don't know that nuclear "reactor" just generate heat, which warms water, and generate power from a steam turbine. They seem to think a "nuclear reactor" has some sort of nuclear exp...

Since the zombie plague is specific to one SPECIES, just humans, it would be interesting to see researchers trying to understand it by successfully transferring it to ONE other species. For instance white lab mice, or cats, or monkeys, but only a SINGLE species. Their version of the zombie plague wo...

This shapeshifter generally won't be wearing armor, so while he may have the ability to dodge attacks, being an SDC being means he's subject to IMMEDIATE death with one shot that connects from even minor Rifts Earth weapons. Now the weird part is that according to Between the Shadows, all creatures ...

I'm working on generating some characters for Mutants in Orbit, so this is a threads for general questions I may come across. Feel free to answer with either official answers, or your opinion, if that's all you have. p6 There is an "insect" result p7-9. The Orbital Profession Table lists s...