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LostOne

I had completely forgotten about those. Those would be ideal, I'll have to see if they're an option.

LostOne

Oooh, I had missed those ripper vibro blades when I skimmed Naruni Wave 2. Those are actually pretty decent, especially with the silvering. I've always been pretty underwhelmed with the pistol selection. My go-to's in the past have been the Manoan SK Stun Gun (south america) for multipurpose use of ...

LostOne

I meant where is the NG Super?

LostOne

Killer Cyborg wrote:I always liked the NG Super, but I'm old-school and I like combo-guns.

Remind me where that is?

I've never really liked the FIWS. But in this case I'll re-evaluate it for this character.

LostOne

What is your favorite pistol and one-handed melee weapons for a TW Juicer? Tech, TW and magical are all ok. Damage is great, unusual abilities like stunning or knocking down opponents are also great. My problem is I (and the rest of my group) tend to go for rifles and swords, but for this character ...

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To be clear, my question is not limited to TW weapons. I'm wondering if there are magical ways (like a specific spell or other class/race abilities not yet listed here) to refill conventional weapons. A spell that replaces spent ammo in a 9mm weapon, or refills the drum on a rail gun or refill the t...

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Are there any spells in Rifts that reload weapons (physical or energy ammo, either/or)?

All I can think of is the ability the Mystic Knights and Order of the Rose gets to refill energy weapons. Malvoren. Is there anything else that can do something similar?

LostOne

I don't do it. If the villain dies, fair and square... it's just another NPC. Agreed. I'm just trying to build a villain with several ways to escape while the characters can be deluded into thinking he's dead so he can be a recurring thorn in their sides. Without doing something that would make the...

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eliakon wrote:Have fun. It can be a blast. Assuming your party is interested in the detective work that is.

We'll see. They tend to be all about shooting all things.

LostOne

Variation on theme here I used previously in PF http://palladium-megaverse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=155988 Fifth entry down is the tale of Slyestria the Unknown (I hate to cross link, but long post is long) I like the writing style. I had actually come up with a similar villain idea after...

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Thanks for the ideas!

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And those are valid methods for the return. I'm more looking for how does the villain appear to die or consistently escape, but survive? Say they gun the badguy down, he appears dead. What brings him back next time? As he's dying he triggers a smoke bomb and teleports. Or soul transfer into a clone....

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I'm curious what GMs have done for that iconic hated villain who keeps coming back no matter how many times the group "kills" them.

Superpowers, racial abilities, magical spells, what has kept villains coming back to torment the players time and time again?

LostOne

Malvoren can control technology of war. The nano-plague is part of the war. It shouldn't really matter that the entire race would be natural technojackers or not given that it is unlikely there will be more than one in any campaign. So all you really need to decide is if the one and only Malvoren sh...

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Before I go creating my own thing for a game, is there anything in the books that establishes a strongly asian based community in North America? I'm looking to introduce a Yakuza type organization but was hoping for something already established if possible.

LostOne

Yeah, I ended up finding those when I googled later. There isn't as many mystical weapons in mythology as you'd think.

I ended up going with the Honjo Masamune but I'd still be interesting in hearing what weapons other people have used and how they used it to flavor the design of their morphus.

LostOne

Looking for cool ideas for use with this morphus attribute. Not necessarily looking for huge damage, but not averse to it. More looking for good/interesting flavor to add to the character. I'd love something from mythology that is less obvious than Excalibur/Gungnir/Mjolnir or the Spear of Longinus ...

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That would be awesome!

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As to a novel, whew, I would have to ask Slappy about that one as I would be the first to buy the first 5 copies though. I enjoyed the Rifts novels about the coalition troops. But those aren't the characters I'd have picked for a Rifts novel. The CS are always badguys in every game I've ever played...

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Finally bought my copy. I'd only seen the Legion stuff from Rifter 71-72, I'd fallen behind. I'm about halfway through it and this book is amazing as sourcebooks go. The artwork is easily some of the best I've seen from Palladium. My only gripe is the adventure reads more like someone wanted to wri...

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Finally bought my copy. I'd only seen the Legion stuff from Rifter 71-72, I'd fallen behind. I'm about halfway through it and this book is amazing as sourcebooks go. The artwork is easily some of the best I've seen from Palladium. My only gripe is the adventure reads more like someone wanted to writ...

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So I'm seriously tempted by the PDF at drivethrurpg. I've never bought one from them, how obnoxious is the watermarking? I'm assuming it isn't as bad as the red sample text on the preview.

LostOne

Thanks, I knew I had read some about them before Rifter 71. I'll have to go look at 30 and 32 again. I don't have anything after 72 yet and haven't bought I Am Legion yet.

LostOne

Where would be the main write-up for House Artemis, if there is one? I'm seeing it mentioned in Rifter 71-72 in the I Am Legion article.

LostOne

So I only have the Rifter 71-72 so far. I'm starting to leave clues about Legion for the party. Anyone want to take a guess at the dimensions and depth of the footprints in a plains area? I'm not good at visualizing that kind of thing and I have no idea how deep a footprint something with 10 legs th...

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ShadowLogan wrote:I did find that in the Cyborg OCC point #5 in RUE (pg46) they do list Main Body and Limb MDC for the various armors that are in Bionics SB and RMB.

Thank you for that, I had completely missed that. Bummer that the main body is lower, but makes sense.

LostOne

Is cyborg armor main body only? I'm only finding main body MDC listed. But the Malvoren can use cyborg armor. Seems kinda pointless (like an SDC) juicer) to only war MDC armor main body when a grenade will kill you easily by vaporizing your SDC head and limbs that are unprotected. So for people play...

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And, if you have the money and are feeling froggy, you can have a Gizomteer soup it up to 6D6 or 8D6×10 damage if you are willing to let it melt to scrap a few hours after it is upgraded. The ATL-7 was mentioned by the person who posted before you. I hadn't read the Gizmoteer in a very long time, I...

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If your GM converts you into a Technojacker, that would be the safest and easiest manner to handle it, though I recommend it not be a racial (R.C.C.) conversion. I also recommend that if it happens via a Rift, that it be done "slightly" offworld (in nearby space/orbit) and it ends up with...

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Which Rifters had I Am Legion material? I Know 71-72 because that's the last one I have. I might be able to borrow the rest from a friend if I know which ones I need. Sadly I don't have the money to order the new book by the same name, which I understand collects all the Splicers stuff from Rifters ...

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DhAkael wrote:Dirt, rocks, maybe a few trees.
*shrug* who cares?

Because it's uncharted territory by the books. It's a mystery wrapped in an enigma behind an impassable wall of stone. There is opportunity there for the Rifts equivalent of a quest for a "holy grail" or El Dorado type macguffin.

LostOne

I'm assuming a rifted in Malvoren would be totally screwed by the nano-plague. Unless...can they be technojackers?

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What items do people like for their Malvoren? What weapons, armor, enhancements, etc? Are you literally grabbing parts off of destroyed power armors and fallen enemies or seeking things out? It's not hard to come up with great handheld weapons, but I'm having trouble thinking of shoulder mounted can...

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Additional question: Could a Malvoren recharge the e-clips of his party? If they know they're going to be hunting vamps in a few days could he load them for that so their energy weapons will damage vampires? Or do these weapons only hurt vamps if he recharged them and is melded with them?

LostOne

It could be argued that if they can connect with optic eyes and hearing implants (the the RCC specifically says is preferred), which all interface with the brain, that maybe the M.O.M. conversion isn't all that out of reach.

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I'm going with a "No" because their chemistry is too different from a human. Not sure that Crazy augmentation relies on chemistry so much as electrical stimulation of various regions of the brain. We don't have enough information about Malvoren anatomy to know for sure, but I was leaning ...

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The Malvoren from the D-Bees book meld with cybernetics and such. I got curious while reading them. Could they meld with M.O.M. enhancements and get the bonuses of a Crazy?

What about Phase Weapons?

LostOne

I would imagine where todays highways are would still be some of the best routes for traveled pathways. The asphalt and concrete would mostly be broken down but it would still be some of the flattest terrain for traveling and following the contours of the land or cutting through where needed (mounta...

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I'd put it somewhere in between Peoria and Bloomington, IL. If you used Google Maps to plot a course, it would show a driving distance of about 120 miles or so, but that is from downtown to downtown. The area that is under CS quarantine would also likely include much of the suburbs as well. Bloomin...

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Except I already had the map and it doesn't answer the questions I had. But thanks anyway.

LostOne

I was curious if anyone has made a list of the modern day locations of Rifts cities? For example, the book says Kingsdale is in the location (or near the ruins) of West Plains, Missouri. Whykin is Poplar Bluff, Missouri. I thought this could be very helpful for determining accurate distances using g...

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And honestly that's fine. I mostly just want opinions on max altitude. If I had the spells used to make it I could extrapolate there but since I don't see any fly spells that match the speed it's less straightfoward.

LostOne

Question about this item on p181. It says it is a TW item but is missing the typical spells and materials required to make it. It gives a speed and duration but fails to mention maximum altitude. Anyone have a guess? The speed is faster than any flight spell I can recall (Fly and Fly as the Eagle) s...

LostOne

Do they ever say the mettle in armor and weapons is precious mettle? It would make sense that that circuitry is precious metal. However I don't believe that military grade environmental armor and weapons are going to be 100% MDC ceramics and plastics. There is going to be fastenings, screws, spring...

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However the N.E.X.U.S. would be chasing them. I'm operating under the assumption that their departure from their world surprised the N.E.X.U.S. and it was still battling other houses on the planet. But at some point it would come looking I think, or just expand. It will have large spikes crash into...

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As I understand it if splicers come to rifts they are still affected by the plague but it does not spread. It may be possible for magic to cure it, but I know of no tech power that uses anti nanites. Credits would be an issue and tech cities would be an issue. My scenario specifically brings nanite...

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I do like the idea of hosting them in Antarctica, except that is so far away from North America it pretty much assures they won't clash with my favorite part of the world (USA region). I need some Splicers vs Coalition and Fed of Magic action. The Splicers are going to have some rough lessons when f...

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I've pretty much adopted Fell's UCG concepts but he isnt going to write it as a world book so... I guess I'm not familiar with this. Unfortunately most aren't. Politely ask he may tell. Then he should write it up for Rifter or post it on here. I think his plan was Rifters. But it doesnt help me fin...

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If there's already a thread on this, please point me at it. I'm open to feedback, suggestions, etc. I'm toying with the idea of having Splicer refugees crash on Earth. They traveled a great distance on a generational hive ship. My current thought is to have them crash in the California area beyond t...

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Zer0 Kay wrote:
LostOne wrote:
Zer0 Kay wrote:I've pretty much adopted Fell's UCG concepts but he isnt going to write it as a world book so...

I guess I'm not familiar with this.

Unfortunately most aren't. Politely ask he may tell.

Then he should write it up for Rifter or post it on here.

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