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- Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:21 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: New Rifts Novel Released! The Duty's Edge Thread
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5731
Re: New Rifts Novel Released! The Duty's Edge Thread
Without Spoiling too much. I like to read novels because they give me an insight of how other people view the setting (with creative liberties taken of course). So what parts of the setting have you looked into the most. From the preview I'm guessing this will give us a view of Africa and the Phoen...
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:08 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: New Rifts Novel Released! The Duty's Edge Thread
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5731
Re: New Rifts Novel Released! The Duty's Edge Thread
Kevin has released a new Rifts novel on DriveThruRPG , and physical copies will be ready for order in 2 weeks ( you can pre-order a paperback now ). I am the author and cover artist, and I hope you all get a chance to enjoy this story. Whatever you think of it, I'm happy to take questions, comments...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:02 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Cosmic Energy
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17415
Re: Cosmic Energy
As a GM I would have it that it does have a mystical aspect. And thus able to harm those that are immune to mundane damage. Destroying a Vampire....I would leave that as a story element y/n. As in, was this vamp just a passing mook, or was this a recurring baddie sort of choice. I totally get that ...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:01 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Cosmic Energy
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17415
Re: Cosmic Energy
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...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:18 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Cosmic Energy
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17415
Cosmic Energy
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,but...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:17 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: "invincibility"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4711
Re: "invincibility"
Invulnerability is a major power found in the Heroes Unlimited corebook. That ability renders the toon neigh invincible, invulnerable to most damage. Invincibility doesn't ring a bell. It does for me. This was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the post. I think there are a few cha...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:04 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11743
Re: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
'How would the CK having a FF let their energy resistance come into play verses phase weapons?' is the question I would ask. Since the text you wrote says this is something you think would happen. I think I explained things wrongly then. 1. A Cosmo-Knight with the Force Field option would be immune...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 4:41 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11743
Re: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
I would say that phase weapons ignore the CK's energy resistance. In the Hammer of the forge chapters I believe there is a fight in there where the bodies pull out phase weapons acting like it is their silver bullet verses CKs. Unless said cosmo-knight took the force field option . Since that utter...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:54 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11743
Re: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
The Beast wrote:ITWastrel wrote:Hey, anyone know when Mechanoid Space drops? I got a question now.
In the year 5,000,000,023.
One final question came up:
How do Phase Weapons interact with a Cosmo-Knights Energy Resistance?
Do they ignore it or do they get reduced to no damage?
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:33 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: "invincibility"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4711
"invincibility"
I am sure I read about a power of such type in a rifter but I can't seem to find it any more...
Does anybody have a hint?
I know it was in a character description and that is the only place it showed...
Thanks if anybody wants to take the time.
Does anybody have a hint?
I know it was in a character description and that is the only place it showed...
Thanks if anybody wants to take the time.
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:41 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11743
Re: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
RUE pp47 states that Borg are immune to attacks that cause damage direct to hit points. Phase weapons do not do damage direct to hit points. Phase weapons damage organic materials inflicting SDC or MDC as appropriate, and after depleting that SDC the damage comes off hit points as normal. Since the...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:04 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: More Rules Questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5479
Re: More Rules Questions
If there isa different between the published text and the FAQ, (even more so when the FAQ was answering a question from the last edition of the Rifts Game,) then the published text stands as canon. Since as of RUE Borgs are just MDC beings, This puts the old FAQ that the Borgs fleshy bits can be ta...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:30 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: More Rules Questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5479
Re: More Rules Questions
Giving them some sort of defense only seems plausible and in line with "how it should work" because otherwise people would enslave them much quicker and easily. There is however a danger to having an enslaved demon/deevil being it doesn't have your best interest at heart and can make your...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:32 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: More Rules Questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5479
Re: More Rules Questions
Greetings, I would first and foremost thank everybody who answered my last questions. Meanwhile a few new ones have come up: 1. If you are paralyzed, can you still fly if you have a mode of locomotion like Wingless flight and can hover and fly (aka moving "at will")? 2, If you are grapple...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:00 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: More Rules Questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5479
Re: More Rules Questions
Greetings, I would first and foremost thank everybody who answered my last questions. Meanwhile a few new ones have come up: 1. If you are paralyzed, can you still fly if you have a mode of locomotion like Wingless flight and can hover and fly (aka moving "at will")? 2, If you are grapple...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:58 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: More Rules Questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5479
Re: More Rules Questions
sure, however, since true names don't really have any power over demons, it's not really all that useful. Sure, you can summon that particular demon/deevil, but not much more than that. Unless your GM has a house rule otherwise of course. I haven't read DB10 - Hades yet, but in DB11 - Dyval, it sta...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 5:27 am
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Combat Encounters
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8971
Re: Combat Encounters
Well our cyber knight is using a particle beam rifle doing 1d4*10+8 md. takes a long time to take down or do enough damage for a gargoyle to flee. Then multiply the encounter by 8 gargoyles maybe. Thats a lot of damage that needs to be done to kill or subdue 8 gargoyles. alternatively, I feel like ...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:47 pm
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: Lizard Mage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2336
Re: Lizard Mage
drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Other thoughts....the LM listing said two magic &/or scholar classes. would it be within the realm of reasonable thinking to see a PCC as a magic class for this limitation?
I would assume so, since in Palladium RPG they are called Mind Mages. So that would thematically work?
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:42 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11743
Re: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
Create force field qualifies to stop phase beamers in it's title. Phase weapons are stopped by forcefields (DB2, pp122), whether magic or tech, and the title of the power kinda brooks no argument. Why would there need to be a "if mystically bestowed" qualifier there? I also don't think th...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:36 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: 2-Action Moves and Interruption
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4635
Re: 2-Action Moves and Interruption
It seems that I've been running my games with the "old" rules, where dodging uses your next attack, rather than just an attack. I've also been running where a 2 action move completes on the second action, and can be interrupted. I'd like to move to the "new" rules where dodging ...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:30 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: More Rules Questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5479
More Rules Questions
Greetings, I would first and foremost thank everybody who answered my last questions. Meanwhile a few new ones have come up: 1. If you are paralyzed, can you still fly if you have a mode of locomotion like Wingless flight and can hover and fly (aka moving "at will")? 2, If you are grappled...
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 6:40 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11743
Re: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
Which leaves me to wonder, what would phase weapons do to somebody who is "invulnerable"? Since he's only truly harmed by magical/psionic or supernatural strength attacks? As I recall, the wording in their description (phase weapons) implies that you have to specifically be immune to thei...
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 6:37 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: How does your cyber-knight interpret the code of chivalry?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11113
Re: How does your cyber-knight interpret the code of chivalr
glitterboy2098 wrote:player suffered real world schedule issues and just kinda faded into the background
Too bad, this really looked like something worth following up.
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:26 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: How does your cyber-knight interpret the code of chivalry?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11113
Re: How does your cyber-knight interpret the code of chivalr
Falsor Wing wrote:I just edited my OP with the new delux version but I'm not sure if that will bump the thread
Since I genuinely liked this thread, I'll take the necro risk. How did the story of this CK end? Did the Code ever get finished?
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:22 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Some rules questions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3606
Some rules questions
Greetings all, I have some rule questions. 1. Simultaneous attack: does it cost an action? Does it cost an action when you have WP Paired Weapons? 2. Parry: Parry does not cost an attack. I have 4 actions, my opponent has 11. I can (try to) parry all 11 of his attacks without any consequence on the ...
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 6:40 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: How much Money is enough or too much
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6008
Re: How much Money is enough or too much
I can actually totally relate to that. At the moment we are working from bank accounts, some of them on Earth, some on Phase World. It means that we have a rather "easy" time getting money to the location we need it, except when of course you need it an realize that the people you are bar...
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 6:37 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11743
Re: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
I2E is NOT a barrier spell, and only protects against "energy" weapons, a class of weapons like lasers, flamethrowers, natural fire, particle beams, and such that project or launch energy beams or blasts that burn, shock, explode or scorch the target. A phase weapon is NOT an energy weapo...
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:00 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Remote Gaming During The COVID-19 Pandemic?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9739
Re: Remote Gaming During The COVID-19 Pandemic?
(OP here) We've settled on Discord for us. Audio only. We're all 38+ years old, no one is interested in cheating and I trust them. They roll badly enough they aren't fudging even if I felt inclined to question it. We play on discord too. Audio only and works like a charm for posting maps and images...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 3:39 pm
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: Telekinesis and Mud
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3103
Re: Telekinesis and Mud
Would you allow TK to “excavate” mud or otherwise remove it like a TK bucket? Let’s say a character or object was sucked into a sinkhole and needed rescuing. Technically you only have visual on the surface and mud isn’t very cohesive. I basically treat it as an extra set of hands. If you could do i...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 4:19 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11743
Phase Weapons vs Impervious to Energy
Greetings, While playing we had a short discussion regarding Phase Weapons and Impervious to Energy. Does the spell block phase weapon damage or not? In the end we ruled it was special, just as some other types of energy and it was not blocked we were left wondering. Curious how others are ruling/pl...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 4:57 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Gods and Rifts Earth
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5251
Re: Gods and Rifts Earth
To quote the MDC listing in Pantheons of the Megaverse for Tezcatlipoca: "...to start on Rifts Earth and grows as the number of..." So, yes; it has to do with the lack of worshippers. I guess you could say that the lesser amount is the basic value for the god in a location with few or no ...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 4:55 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Gods and Rifts Earth
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5251
Re: Gods and Rifts Earth
The Fantasy books Dragons and Gods and Garden of the Gods may have information on this. I doubt they have specifics for how a mortal becomes a god but it probably has enough that you could house rule it. As for the difference in MDC I believe gods are more powerful in there own deific realm or home...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 4:54 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Gods and Rifts Earth
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5251
Re: Gods and Rifts Earth
Drenched in ambient PPE as Rifts Earth is, it's still not o the same level as the gods' base-dimensions of power, where they're at full strength. Maybe it's because they're built/born of the primordial material of that realm, or because their home universe serves as the focal point/gathering pool o...
Re: Lazlo RAW
Greetings everyone. What follows will be my spoiler filled review of the Lazlo Raw book. When reading the book and when writing this review, I have kept in mind that this is only a raw, preview edition and not the finalized version. Any part of it is subject to change for the final release version....
- Fri Dec 04, 2020 2:19 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Gods and Rifts Earth
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5251
Gods and Rifts Earth
Greetings all, Is there a reason that gods loose MDC on Rifts Earth? Is it due to a lack of worshippers? If so, what number would be enough to restore them to full power? While we're at it? Would said basic number of worshippers also transform mortal or supernatural being or Creature of Magic X into...
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 2:37 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Supernatural Being
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2902
Re: Supernatural Being
Both Rune items and artifacts can generate a Null aura. Show an example of a Rune item/weapon that does this. In other words, quote your citation for this. A ring that did just that and was indesctructible as a lesser rune item would be an artifact. Only in the archeology sense of the word artifact...
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 1:26 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Supernatural Being
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2902
Re: Supernatural Being
Both Rune items and artifacts can generate a Null aura. A ring that did just that and was indesctructible as a lesser rune item would be an artifact. Which ever Rifts book has rules for Rune weapons should have the rules for Null aura if you don't have the Nightbane book with the artifacts in it. I...
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 1:20 pm
- Forum: Ninjas & Superspies™ & Mystic China™
- Topic: Entrepreneurship
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5207
Entrepreneurship
Does anybody have an idea how they would use this skill if a PC wanted to use it to generate income?
Thank you for your advice.
Thank you for your advice.
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:49 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: On Game Balance and a Defense of the Palladium System
- Replies: 48
- Views: 35893
Re: On Game Balance and a Defense of the Palladium System
What I personally like the most about Rifts are the following things: You can make the character you wish to make. There is bound to be an OCC/RCC somewhere which fits the bill for the concept you have in your head. If your DM allows it, you are golden. Combat is "meaningful". I mean by t...
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:22 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Altess Immortality?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4447
Re: Altess Immortality?
i would presume also that with the wealth they all have, they can easily afford life extension treatments and such so that they are effectively immortal, and the 250 years limit is their "natural" lifespan without all that This is what I would go with. So basically they would live 25000 y...
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:20 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Supernatural Being
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2902
Supernatural Being
Greetings,
From my understanding a Mega-Hero would detect as a supernatural being.
is there a power which would prevent for example a psi-stalker or a dog-boy or a being with the power detect supernatural to sense such a being?
I didn't really find anything, so it seemed like a good idea to ask.
From my understanding a Mega-Hero would detect as a supernatural being.
is there a power which would prevent for example a psi-stalker or a dog-boy or a being with the power detect supernatural to sense such a being?
I didn't really find anything, so it seemed like a good idea to ask.
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 3:40 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: What do you want in the Next Rifts:Dimension books?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 117898
Re: What do you want in the Next Rifts:Dimension books?
I love the Three Galaxies but truthfully I don't want anymore books until someone steps in to kind of guide the direction of the entire thing. It is just such a mess IMHO. I guess I should have said that for Three Galaxies is the OCCs really need a MAJOR update. As they currently are they are out o...
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:17 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: How much Money is enough or too much
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6008
Re: How much Money is enough or too much
This is not a new problem if you play Rifts. Characters with large combat robots can cost tens of millions and repair and rearming them can also be expensive. For me I never had trouble with large amoutns of money. My players were usually honest and I kept a master list of money and equipment to no...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:24 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: How much Money is enough or too much
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6008
Re: How much Money is enough or too much
In a space based campaign I would let the team have a ship. Just so they don't get stuck traveling economy or buisness class. Cause you know there is going to be some sort of "random encounter' while in transit at some time or another. Whether the ship is made through he simplistic point table...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:22 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: How much Money is enough or too much
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6008
Re: How much Money is enough or too much
This is not a new problem if you play Rifts. Characters with large combat robots can cost tens of millions and repair and rearming them can also be expensive. For me I never had trouble with large amoutns of money. My players were usually honest and I kept a master list of money and equipment to no...
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 2:19 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: How much Money is enough or too much
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6008
Re: How much Money is enough or too much
Greetings, In the Three Galaxies, money takes on a whole new dimension when you look at players who want their own spaceship or who want to get something going. As soon as you hit space and want to dream of a special ship, you quickly look at a price of hundreds of millions, if not billions of cred...
Re: Lazlo RAW
KEEP US POSTED PLEASE I am also curious. Is it the haven of goodness we all expect/want or is there the evil lurking presence we all didn't want to see. Are the new OCC "new"? Details are of course not needed nor requested but a better feel of the book would be great. I might order it dep...
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 3:57 am
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: How much Money is enough or too much
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6008
How much Money is enough or too much
Greetings, In the Three Galaxies, money takes on a whole new dimension when you look at players who want their own spaceship or who want to get something going. As soon as you hit space and want to dream of a special ship, you quickly look at a price of hundreds of millions, if not billions of credi...
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:41 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: On Game Balance and a Defense of the Palladium System
- Replies: 48
- Views: 35893
Re: On Game Balance and a Defense of the Palladium System
What I personally like the most about Rifts are the following things: You can make the character you wish to make. There is bound to be an OCC/RCC somewhere which fits the bill for the concept you have in your head. If your DM allows it, you are golden. Combat is "meaningful". I mean by th...
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 2:21 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts GM Collaboration?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8584
Re: Rifts GM Collaboration?
Since it seems there's some interest in adding to this thread, and not so much in using another medium right now, I'll post here for the time being. So, I guess I'll start further back in the campaign so that there's some context. If it seems like the campaign jumped around a lot, it's probably bec...