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- Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:45 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Prison Extraction (Edited)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2962
Re: Prison Extraction
What OCC and race is your character?
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:52 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Atlantean children with demigods...answer with your opinion.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4314
Re: Atlantean children with demigods...answer with your opin
They think I do an amazing job as GM because I know mythology, historical data, etc. And by all rights, I should be a vegetable. Not have an IQ score that is in the 99th percentile. LONG STORY. I just want to thank you for sparing us your "long story" about your asserted intellectual supe...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:38 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Mind Melter OCC
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7172
Re: Mind Melter OCC
I'm surprised no one has put up Hypnotic Suggestion. It's truly one of the most powerful psychic powers in the game and is fun to play with. Having trouble with that pesky mage that wants to carpet of adhesion you or toss you in web? "I'm not a threat, you don't want to cast any magic on me.&qu...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:15 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Atlantean children with demigods...answer with your opinion.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4314
Re: Atlantean children with demigods...answer with your opin
Agree with Eliakon... if you don't follow or care about the rules, then the answers become arbitrary. It would all be dependent on whatever process you decide to use lol.... Assuming we followed book canon for a moment, I wouldn't allow Atlanteans to reproduce with a demigod. The "rules" a...
- Tue May 26, 2015 8:46 pm
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: ways to escape the most dreaded Carpet of Adhesion.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7889
Re: ways to escape the most dreaded Carpet of Adhesion.
A pair of easy slip-off mocassins over the boot so you can get out quickly, and a jet pack so you can then get into the air (for the tech guy... a nice fly spell for your LLWs).
- Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:23 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: whats next for rifts?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1964
Re: whats next for rifts?
I woud like to see Rfits Lazlo. A book on Chi-town. More development of North america. Nothing against the rest of the Rifts earth. Imo most games begin in North America. A proper Rifts Aftermath. The current one is too much copy and paste. I agree. Would love to see a proper Coalition book that la...
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:46 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: My New Game Log
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4154
Re: My New Game Log
No one can say that the gunfighter isn't the life of our little party.... lol That being said, it's getting more and more difficult to find creative ways for him to get out of trouble and not get shwacked by, I dunno, any number of the enemies he's made over the years, most recently a highly profita...
- Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:41 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: How many times have you had to reset your Rifts game?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3858
Re: How many times have you had to reset your Rifts game?
One, it involved traveling back in time and and killing and replacing our past selves. Now that is what I'd call a Temporal Paradox. Whenever something like that happens its because a wizard changed things. but- Wizard did it! Seriously the magic allowed us to replace our past selves despite the fa...
- Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:32 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What has been the longest delay for a rifts book Release?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 986
Re: What has been the longest delay for a rifts book Release
What ever happened to plans for the Urban Jungle book being hyped at the first open house? And the Deep South / Voodoo rifts books on the radar many years ago?
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:45 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: My New Game Log
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4154
Re: My New Game Log
isn't warlord scard going to die anyways? on a side note, i can't remember if the CS raided iron heart armaments yet at your point in the timeline, but if they didn't you should definitely try to steal their secrets too (which i'm presuming are actually the plans to make a factory that produces the...
- Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:00 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Psi-Tech Telemechanics and power armor combat
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1407
Psi-Tech Telemechanics and power armor combat
So, wanted to get some other thoughts on this little issue: Psi-Tech in the group has his souped-up Telemechanics skill (from the occ), plus the innate link to machines ability.... (page 75 in Psyscape). He has pilot robots and power armor, but not the basic or elite "robots and PA combat"...
- Sun Oct 13, 2013 9:08 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Year and month?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 547
Re: Year and month?
June 109 was the last month of the war. CS forces attacked just before the summer solstice (small window, however), but it was in 109, not 108.
- Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:58 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Defeating Impervious to Energy and Invulnerability spells
- Replies: 97
- Views: 5467
Defeating Impervious to Energy and Invulnerability spells
Been thinking a bit recently on the difficulties that non-power armor/robots face in defeating mages capable of casting these two energy-weapon defeating spells. Again, not considering PA/Robots being able to carry and utilize a significant amount of kinetic ammo, ie rail guns and missiles, this is ...
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 5:53 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The many stories of Isis
- Replies: 7
- Views: 532
Re: The many stories of Isis
I had a stud of a character bang Katrina in an Africa campaign many years ago, too.
Anyone run a campaign with Katrina in it where she didn't put out? lol
Anyone run a campaign with Katrina in it where she didn't put out? lol
- Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:17 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What do you want to see in the upcoming Vampire Sourcebook
- Replies: 14
- Views: 728
Re: What do you want to see in the upcoming Vampire Sourcebook
The last para in the new revised world book tells you exactly what's going to be in the follow-up vamp sourcebook.
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:53 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Quick Altess question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1191
Quick Altess question
Driving me nuts, can't find it... what book are the Altess from? (and page # if possible)
Thanks!
Thanks!
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:39 pm
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: Question on Shockblade spell from Merc Adventures
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1331
Question on Shockblade spell from Merc Adventures
The shockblade spell (lvl 8 combat magic, found on p.16 of the Merc Adventures sourcebook) lists the damage as 1d6 / level of the caster. Does this damage stack on top of the weapon's original damage, or does it replace the blade's original damage? So, for example, with a 3d6 sword and a level 4 mag...
- Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:29 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Books in development
- Replies: 122
- Views: 7600
Re: Rifts Books in development
I think it was Gleba who said way back at Open House 1 that he had plans for a Lazlo series. What ever happened? (Of course, the Minion War was also supposed to be wrapped up years ago too lol) Lazlo is clearly a high-demand book that would sell extremely well!
- Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:06 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What's the point?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 4011
Re: What's the point?
I have a very experienced gaming group, although they sometimes seem to play at 16-year-old rookies, in the same vein as KC's argument of how players often play in ways more reflective of low level/inexperienced characters. None of them (myself included when I play rather than GM) want to start at l...
- Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:49 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Mercenaries, most popular?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2144
Re: Rifts Mercenaries, most popular?
I agree that Mercs is one of the best books for Palladium b/c everything in it was a great addition to the game at the time... the good assortment of gear, really interesting merc groups, intro of Naruni, and some useful (or at least interesting) OCCs. I agree with Rat that Merc Ops was also an exce...
- Tue May 03, 2011 7:45 pm
- Forum: The Mechanoids®
- Topic: Anyone use Mechanoids in their games?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 104617
Re: Anyone use Mechanoids in their games?
I've both played as a character against Mechanoids as well as used them in my campaign when running as GM. I used them on Rifts Earth in a campaign in which the PCs were participating in actions against the first of the major threats from Plato's Planetary Edicts (ie, Mechanoids, and then as part of...
- Mon May 02, 2011 5:50 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Should PB give Official Canon answers more often
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2152
Re: Should PB give Official Canon answers more often
In my opinion, since Palladium has several significant conflicting rules, timelines, substantive material, etc, they do owe canon answers to sort out the issues. It can be fun for some GMs to work out the issues themselves, but I don't think dumping it on GMs is a long-term sustainable solution.
- Sun Apr 17, 2011 4:05 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Time line from 100Pa to 104/105 P.A.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 403
Re: Time line from 100Pa to 104/105 P.A.
I raised 104/105 timeline questions earlier in the GM forums, and I'm bringing over a couple of my observations. Again, I love Palladium to death, but the editing/consistency could be improved, especially in relation to the Rifts timelines. Trying to piece together a coherent timeline for key 105PA ...
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:30 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Rifts 101-105 PA timeline
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1767
Re: Rifts 101-105 PA timeline
Thnx for the posted link above, but it's a little dated, so I've been compiling my own timeline. And, shocker, inconsistent dates galore. I love you guys, Palladium, I really really do, but for pete's sakes, please fix your editing and consistency. I'm actually surprised you guys don't have your own...
- Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:33 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Rifts 101-105 PA timeline
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1767
Rifts 101-105 PA timeline
Hey all, Was wondering if anyone had pulled together a timeline of key events on Rifts Earth from roughly 101-105PA. I'm particularly interested in 105 (months & days as possible of the key CS war events + Juicer uprising, etc)... anyone have something they pulled together from canon that they c...
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:00 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: totally silly powered sea inquisitor
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1069
Re: totally silly powered sea inquisitor
well assuming that damage has become mystical because of either the sea inquistor or burster part of this equation i think my have solved our how to kill a cosmic knight thread Nope, I don't think we have. The Sea Inquisitor only inflicts double damage against EVIL supernatural creatures, hence it ...
- Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:53 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Hat of Invisibility-- What type of Invisibility
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1693
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:54 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Hat of Invisibility-- What type of Invisibility
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1693
Hat of Invisibility-- What type of Invisibility
The Hat of Invisibility from the Japan World Book... would you rule it is invisibility superior or invisibility simple, or could it be either one (both kind of invisibility hats are made)?
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:27 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Melee weapon question.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 393
Re: Melee weapon question.
Well, the phase sword from Phase World is 4d6+PS damage, in SDC or MD depending on the target's structural make-up.
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:46 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The Vangaurd.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 4254
Re: The Vangaurd.
Bah. At first I thought the Vanguard was a ridiculous and unneeded concept. But then I thought about what this secret little society would really be like, and I finally decided they'd be like a closeted knitting circle that talks big and likes to think they're powerful, but they don't walk the walk ...
- Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:38 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Can rifts be to the past?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1395
Re: Can rifts be to the past?
Rifts can open to wherever and whenever you want
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:39 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: How much do you use Rifters?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 641
Re: How much do you use Rifters?
I like/use the specialization rules in rifter 30. With a couple tweaks.
- Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:31 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Tolkeen War
- Replies: 4
- Views: 507
Re: Tolkeen War
mobuttu wrote:106 PA.
Close, but the Coalition's first "low-yield" nuclear attack and outright invasion began in October 105PA.
- Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:26 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Object Read vs. The Sunaj
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1284
Re: Object Read vs. The Sunaj
Meaning; no matter what YOU say, someone else will say otherwise. That may be true, but some statements are more logical and reasonable than others, employing common sense and/or empirical standards lol If you've said a certain person is GM and the GM calls it, then to argue it is to lack common se...
- Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:09 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Object Read vs. The Sunaj
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1284
Re: Object Read vs. The Sunaj
DhAkael wrote:Meaning; no matter what YOU say, someone else will say otherwise.
That may be true, but some statements are more logical and reasonable than others, employing common sense and/or empirical standards lol
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:22 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Object Read vs. The Sunaj
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1284
Re: Object Read vs. The Sunaj
what... I mean What? Seriously, this is...WHAT!? They are undetectable OR they kill you (have you killed; whatever), or do a smear & disinformation campaign. heck if the yanks can keep a lid on UFO stuff for well near 80 years...I think a culture several THOUSAND years old can keep their secret...
- Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:48 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Automatic dodge question.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 254
Re: Automatic dodge question.
Yeah, there's still a common-sense element to it. The character should know the attack is coming in order to auto-dodge it. That said, let's say the guy's in a sword fight vs. 2 opponents, and you can imagine a swift, dynamic fight where one of the opponents momentarily slides in behind the characte...
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:06 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Will we ever get a Lazlo rift book?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 822
Re: Will we ever get a Lazlo rift book?
At the very first open house, I believe it was Carl Gleba who said in one of the little Q&A sessions that he hoped to tackle a Lazlo book (might have been 2?) once the Minion Wars were done. Of course, I don't think anyone anticipated the Minion War series to be taking so long. Given it's been f...
Re: CS Units
Aaryq: If you're looking for Coalition units of some renown (which I believe you said you were), there's not a whole lot mentioned in Rifts canon, but your best bet is to comb through the Siege of Tolkeen books, which described a couple (but even those mentioned are mostly squad-sized units as oppos...
- Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:03 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: XP?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2150
Re: XP?
I had inherited a habit from an old GM of generally giving out limited amounts of XP (part of it was balancing some powerful characters in the game). Eventually, my players grumbled, so I began keeping track on Palladium's XP sheet, awarding it exactly per the sheet's criteria. That was still too lo...
- Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:58 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: How would you rule on plasma cartridges?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3009
How would you rule on plasma cartridges?
So, curious how people would rule on the effect of Naruni plasma cartridges vs. the 2 spells "impervious to energy" and "invulnerability." Both spells obviously make the spell caster invulnerable to energy attacks. The cartridges are physical casings that are converted to plasma ...
- Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:20 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Ratty's Robot Pilot OCC
- Replies: 61
- Views: 8673
Re: Ratty's Robot Pilot OCC
Palladium's system is caught in the middle of what I would consider the two real norms for role-playing. In some cases you can have as many skills as you want, and they are all linked to some attribute or other common method of determining the chance of success. An example of this is in D6, where y...
- Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:36 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Ratty's Robot Pilot OCC
- Replies: 61
- Views: 8673
Re: Ratty's Robot Pilot OCC
Ratty asked for my thoughts, so he opened this door. Welcome to the Jason Richards school of O.C.C. design. First off, fine work by r_b. I agree with his thoughts, particularly on physical skills. In my opinion, for a skill to be included in a list of O.C.C. Skills, it must pass the following test:...
- Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:03 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: How to Deal with Players that have Big Egoes
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1275
Re: How to Deal with Players that have Big Egoes
Kill him.
No, not the character, the player.
X-p
No, not the character, the player.
X-p
- Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:57 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Ley Line Walker vs Juicer, who won? Check it out
- Replies: 113
- Views: 10215
Re: Ley Line Walker vs Juicer, who won? Check it out
you weakend one for this thing and decided in the one who had the most options versus the most effective one. I was there when a very inebriated Rat tried to craft this confusing disaster of a sentence... it was awesome lol Rat is so dedicated to Rifts, he still checks the forums and posts while mi...
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:58 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Initiative bonuses?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2180
Re: Initiative bonuses?
Because Palladium has not done a good job over the years maintaining consistency in classes. It's a degree of editing and detail that, as much as I love this system, Palladium has never had. You compare earlier OCCs to more recent OCCs, you can see it pretty clearly. But, it's too late for our intre...
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:44 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Ley Line Walker vs Juicer, who won? Check it out
- Replies: 113
- Views: 10215
Re: Ley Line Walker vs Juicer, who won? Check it out
An interesting battle, but I have to say I probably would have played the juicer differently that you did. I'm not sure if you stuck to the distance rules for spell casting, but if you did, just for starters I'd have to say I would have kept the mage out of range for most of his spellbook, whittling...
- Mon May 31, 2010 9:53 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Anybody think its weird that the Naruni's "Stealth" PA...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 478
Re: Anybody think its weird that the Naruni's "Stealth" PA...
@ Dog: But that "prowl bonus offset by mobility penalty" problem won't be just for the Variable Camo Armor but also for whoever wears the Ghillie suit over any heavier armor. In other words, the Ghillie suit's bonus is still gonna be negated by the penalty to physical skills that most arm...
- Sun May 30, 2010 7:44 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Pro-Coalition Campaign?
- Replies: 139
- Views: 5580
Re: Pro-Coalition Campaign?
I don't think that the individual characters have to be evil just b/c the Coalition itself has some inherently unethical policies... it's when the characters break free of their conditioning and see a different world that those who play the characters have to decide if they'll continue down a pathol...
- Sun May 30, 2010 7:29 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Anybody think its weird that the Naruni's "Stealth" PA...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 478
Re: Anybody think its weird that the Naruni's "Stealth" PA...
@ Dog: But that "prowl bonus offset by mobility penalty" problem won't be just for the Variable Camo Armor but also for whoever wears the Ghillie suit over any heavier armor. In other words, the Ghillie suit's bonus is still gonna be negated by the penalty to physical skills that most arm...