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Hunterrose

Hey Crimson! Thank you for that suggestion! I will have to track down a "Conversion Book 1". But if as you say they use a x3 multiplier that makes sense, and works for me. I've had mixed results playing the character so far, I'm going for a "Maxwell Smart" / "Inspector Clous...

Hunterrose

Hey folks, I apologize if this is a dumb question, but I'm trying to create a Lucky Psychic (OCC from Rifter 53) Character for an HU campaign. But I'm completely confused on how much ISP the character should start with. As written, it seems like he would max out at 10 ISP (2D4+2) which seems very un...

Hunterrose

Thanks for the recommendation!

Hunterrose

Found it!
Turns out there's some info in AU pages 96-97

Hunterrose

Sorry if this is already covered somewhere, but I'm not having any luck finding it in my books or in the forum search. My question is essentially, how do you handle this in game? I didn't find anything in HU and N&SS has suggestions for normal cuffs (50SDC) & Heavy Duty Cuffs (120SDC) But no...

Hunterrose

Anyone have a pic (official or otherwise) of the Silver City Skydome? I'm trying to wrap my head around the shape and porportions described in the book. The closest I can imagine is the Los Angeles Westin Bonaventure with an additional 20 story dome on top of it.... The Skydome, an experimental buil...

Hunterrose

Make them weak. Make them struggle. Make them human. Make them matter. This is Rifts... they don't have to be human. This is, and always has been, a Good Thing. I think Make them "human" is like saying make them relatable. Not literally homosapien. Kinda like how Pixar makes very "hu...

Hunterrose

I agree fully with this post with one caveat. My players all start with the PCC/OCC they want to play and go from there, I'm not going to force a player to be something they don't want to be just because of a lousy dice roll. Ultimately these games are meant to be power fantasies. So a perfect Stat ...

Hunterrose

Building on what Warshield posted, you can also give the PCs specific *Non Combat* tasks. So at the climax of the adventure, maybe there are MEGA GODS throwing moons at each other. And your PCs have no real hope of fighting anything in that arena. But maybe all they have to do while that's going on ...

Hunterrose

My approach to this has been to build up the PC's supporting cast and their world. We often start new players and characters with a one on one session. I'm very interested in finding out who and what the character cares about. From there I find or create antagonists that have opposing goals. Once yo...

Hunterrose

I'm interested. I'm in California and typically work M-F 8a-6p (ie - home by 6p PST)

Hunterrose

Congrats! I'm planning on doing a modified Terror on Route 65 using that HS map above.

Hunterrose

We are having a blast with this campaign. The summer slowed us down a bit, and different players have different time commitments, but so far my flowchart campaign is working great to create inter-PC connections and drama. I've been mixing and matching Adventure components from: Mutants and Mastermin...

Hunterrose

Cool! I'm interested. I still haven't quite figured out how to roll20 tho...

EDIT: I guess I have an account there. But I've yet to play a game on this platform.

Hunterrose

I'd love to do this as well! Although I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with my GM skills.

Hunterrose

It was nice to meet you Drewkitty!
I'm sorry I didn't get to see zyanitevp at all.

We ended up not making it to any Palladium games, but did a pretty fun "World of Darkness" game.

If there's any folks in the LA area that want to meet up and game sometime, we'd certainly be up for it.

Hunterrose

Looks like my friend and I will only be there on Sunday.

Hunterrose

zyanitevp - I think Drewkitty, myself (and my friend) are aiming for Sat, Sun or Mon.

Would you be available any of those days?
Would you be willing to GM a HU session? Or would you rather be a player?

Hunterrose

Got it. Thank you!

Hunterrose

My preference would be an HU environment as well. But I'm mostly just excited to play Palladium with other folks, so I'm completely flexible. I apologize but I'm still not sure what "CS" means. I guess we'd also need to decide who's willing to GM and how many people we can get together. I ...

Hunterrose

I'm definitely interested. Not sure what you mean about "not a CS Game" My friend and I are both interested in a playing with other Palladium players, and our prference would be HU/BTS/TMNT - ie low power levels. But we're flexible and I'm open to RIFTS as well, though I have less experien...

Hunterrose

Ditto. I talked to my friend last night about going, we aren't sure if we want to go Sat or Sun.
Although it looks like the only Rifts game is Sat morning at 9a?

Hunterrose

My group has been using counters or coins to keep track of actions per meelee. We generally allow the players to use up to 2 actions per turn. So a burst will take effect on the first action (and cost 2 actions), but the character will be able to do other things on their next turn so long as they ha...

Hunterrose

I had decided that if the Villain took ANY HP Damage that he would flee. But the players have no way of knowing whether he's taking SDC or HP damage aside from my descriptions of his behavior. They made the decision to go for a knockout while the villain was clearly still very much healthy. I was pr...

Hunterrose

I'm planning on being there!
Badgename is likely to be: PK Eiselt

Hunterrose

In a slightly off topic note, I've been GM'ing some games recently. Everyone in the group is fairly new to the game (although more or less experienced with RPGs in general) This weekend we were playing a lowlevel sin city-esque mystery adventure and the two players were up against a much stronger op...

Hunterrose

Thank you.

I'm not sure I or my players are ready for that. But I find it fascinating to hear about how people are making it (and other aspects of the game) work.

Hunterrose

How does that work with tasks that require more than one action per meelee or with dodges or, say "attacks of opportunity"?
Do you shorten the the melee time? ie - melee = 7s?

EDIT: What about super fast or time altering characters?

Hunterrose

Very cool post.

Hunterrose

There's some great suggestions in this thread. I may have to implement them in my campaign.

Hunterrose

I think the first thing you and your players need to do is to agree on what kind of game you're playing. As Glistam said, if the players want to be "murder hobos", let them, but create consequences. This seems like the perfect set up for a fantastic Space Pirate Adventure. So your players ...

Hunterrose

I agree with Gilstam. If the Villains are massively intimidating then the Heroes can feel accomplished when/if they win.
But if the Heroes start out overpowered, it throws off the sense of adventure.

Hunterrose

We had a successful game 4 this weekend. I have Will Garret (Psychic Detective) and Liao (Taichi Ghost) doing a murder mystery. I'm using a modified GUMSHOE scenario as my base. The players made it about 3/4 through and we had a blast. Should be finishing this weekend. One of the things I'm super ex...

Hunterrose

Those suggestions are all great.

Hunterrose

Was the "Three Star Triad" (or any organized Chinese Mafia) from NS: Mystic China ever expounded on in any of the expansions or Rifters?

Hunterrose

Axelmania wrote:A GM could always take an "always on" approach too, like instead of transforming to APS, they're just always like that, it was turned on by default and the zombie can't will it to turn off.

This is what I was thinking.

Hunterrose

Just out of curiosity, Are any other discussions on the actual in game usage of PB and MA.
I know there are some Rifters that codify some of the Charm and Seduce and Intimidate skills, but they seem a little more unweildly than I would like to deal with.

Hunterrose

What about something like APS: xxx but always on. A Zombified Metal Guy would be terrifying.

Hunterrose

This site has a nice school layout: http://rpg2030.blogspot.com/

Hunterrose

Just out of curiosity - What are the stakes of your adventure?

Like are they concerned about innocent casualties? Do the PC's have wants and needs? Do they have any NPC families or obligations?

Hunterrose

I'm intrigued.

Hunterrose

This sounds cool. Is there a pre-generated version of this somewhere?

Hunterrose

I dig this idea, a lot. I'd love to get into a game with just NON powered characters. And this is a great variation.

Hunterrose

We had a pretty successful adventure yesterday, 4 players + Gamemaster. Some characters meeting for the first time, and I have lots of seeds from their solo outings that were sprinkled in. So different characters had slightly different reactions to some events. We have 5.5 hours worth of session rec...

Hunterrose

Thanks for the feedback, but I think you misunderstood my question. I'm not worried about missing players, but rather plot and pacing within the event itself.

So if I have all my players sitting there in front of me, and the next step in the adventure is: "A few days later..."

Hunterrose

Thank you! This is all helpful.

Hunterrose

Also we will be recording our session this weekend. Mostly for our own reference, but we're open to the possibility of podcasting it.

Hunterrose

Dumb n00b question here: I'm running a modified LOOSE IN THE CITY for my players. We've basically finished section One. (which was run as a bit if a dungeon crawl - mostly as an introductory and tutorial for the new players) But after that the book says - Several Days after the mall incident.... How...

Hunterrose

That would also give them motivation to pursue non lethal solutions.

Like it's fun and all to take a baseball bat to the the heads of ahundred undead things, but if these are "people" that can potentially be rescued then...

Hunterrose

Is Rali asking about "Morale" maybe? Low Morale could feasibly lead to amoral decisions.

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