Forums of the Megaverse®

Jesterzzn

How about we NOT have a pissing contest about who is the most accurate user of the most correct version of a word here? Because these are the Palladium boards, where half the dick-waving contests involve Merriam-Webster's dick. You have to admit it is impressive when waved with proper emphasis. A b...

Jesterzzn

It provides a framework for companies like Turner to jump on characters with viral popularity and then compensate the creators nothing. So, while it could be a great way for people to get their feet wet by writing material for already developed settings, it could also be a way for a person to watch...

Jesterzzn

Josh Hilden wrote:second - how are Amazons terms any worse than Palladium's?

They aren't. Now I refer you to the last sentence in my previous post. Same holds true.

Jesterzzn

Kindle Worlds is [allegedly] an IP mining project. It's [potentially] the worst kind of shady publisher practice. It provides a framework for companies like Turner to jump on characters with viral popularity and then compensate the creators nothing. So, while it could be a great way for people to ge...

Jesterzzn

I'm curious to see how quickly a neutral thread with no acclimatized subject bias (I am not a backer. I am thoroughly disinterested in the game. I don't care about any of the drama.) will last before being locked. Seems this topic is about as toxic as George Bush used to be way back in the day in So...

Jesterzzn

Okay, I'll ask you a few questions about CS cities. Only use information from the books, not information that you've made up yourself: 1. What is the average population? 2. What is the most common form of city government? 3. Is this the only form of city government, or are there others? What kinds?...

Jesterzzn

Could not stay away...what are your suggestions for a power game for those who have failed at it? I have addressed this topic in full on a few occasions, and you can search for mine, as well as many other's comments on this. There are quite a few that are very well reasoned. I will try and give a s...

Jesterzzn

Lenwen wrote:Impolite suggest .. can easily be seen as a Flaim bait.

If this is not a flaim bait ..

You have no idea what a flame bait is then ..

And I politly suggest you learn what flame baiting

Are you speaking in some kind of military code, or what?

Jesterzzn

Lenwen wrote:Flaim baiting is against the rules of the Palladium Boards.

Just in case you diden't know .

It wasn't a flame bait. It was an impolite suggestion. One I believe in completely.

Jesterzzn

I don't fit in, because I will not do anyone the way that I have been done here. Thanks. You wouldn't disagee with people, and then voice that disagreement in a civil manor? Beautiful .. How you try to pass off as a "Civil" conversation .. yet you follow that up with an incredibly GREAT ....

Jesterzzn

Crucible wrote:I don't fit in, because I will not do anyone the way that I have been done here. Thanks.

You wouldn't disagee with people, and then voice that disagreement in a civil manor?

Dude. Get off the cross and grow a sack.

Warning: User warned for trolling. - NMI

Jesterzzn

Jesterzzn, your OP was four pages and eight months ago, I know you're likely rather proud of it but I'm not re-reading this entire thread everytime it gets necromanced from the grave. Sorry, I made the mistake of thinking you were replying to my post. When you were saying "what did you expect?...

Jesterzzn

Well see, here's the deal. You're dealing with Rifts Earth. So no matter what you do, the setting WILL BE overrun by demons and monsters. If that bothers you, this may not be the game for you. KS did not follow any particular Anime Cliche when he wrote Rifts Japan, he followed Rifts Cliches. The en...

Jesterzzn

Actually most Japanese anime DO show the unique cultural side of japan, you just need to know what to look for, now unlike Alexander, I'm not a self proclaimed expert on anime or Japanese culture(thank the gods for that), but with the rich cultural refernces in most anime(not all just most) you cou...

Jesterzzn

I liked what they said about Aura's, although, again, i'm afraid they went overboard. How is any mage supposed to enchant or enslave someone at a party or anyplace public without anyone with see aura knowing immediately who's responsible? Only a handful of mages also have alter aura. I don't have t...

Jesterzzn

They get to select one spell from the list in step two every level. They also get one "other" spell every level so long as the spell taken does not exceed their XP level. At level 11 the player would have his Initial Spells from step one, he would have twenty spells from the list in step t...

Jesterzzn

He's the God-Emperor of a giant flea-market , not the Splugoorth race. Dude, you are a riot. Seriously. A riot. Let's see. Klynncryth is powerful enough in the Three Galaxies (your stated Tech level of renown) to have promised Phase World he can keep ALL OTHER splugorth at bay...and deliver on that...

Jesterzzn

Do they have FTL? No. Does Atlantis? Do they have forcefield technology? No. Do they have anti-matter tech or anything approching it? Ah, let me think. No. Ditto. Does Atlantis have FTL? Yes. Whether its a technological contra-gravity drive used by the Kittani, or a magic-based rift drive as used b...

Jesterzzn

Why do Mexicans buy Cabbage Patch dolls?

Because they come with birth certificates.

Jesterzzn

Ya know, I was going to reply with a nice long reasoned response, but when I read Samored seriously imply that the Orbitals could in any way shape or form out resource Atlantis, what's the point? 10 Dreadnaughts is just a number, probably picked because its nice and round and fits well with the math...

Jesterzzn

Isn't a space marine chapter only like a thousand dudes? Seven feet tall bio-engineered from the genes of supernatural beings whose whole life is dedicated to war to the point of it being worshiped dudes armed with technology so advanced that the people in charge of its upkeep know so little about ...

Jesterzzn

Yea, the 40k fluff text has whole worlds with armies comparible to the CS or NGR in terms of organization and descriptions of tech, and far larger in terms of numbers, being utterly destroyed by Space Marine forces numbering in the thousands. As in two or three thousand versus hundreds of thousands ...

Jesterzzn

I don't see Tattoo Magic as being like Techno-Wizardry, but more akin to Rune Magic, which is as serious as magic gets on many levels. Agreed. With Techno-Wizardry, the magic is in the item. With tattoo magic, the magic is in the script. It's a scroll written on flesh. That's a kinda neat way of lo...

Jesterzzn

It's already been stated that Splynncryth is on Earth because he finds it enjoyable. He won't go out of his way to save it because he already has plenty of planets and billions of people under his control. Atlantis is not some kind of lynch pin to his empire, it's his version of Las Vegas where you...

Jesterzzn

Alejandro wrote:This thread is over.

That sounds like a Sci-Fi production bad guy line...

Jesterzzn

I know how it works becasue many of my friends have fought over there I'm sorry. Really, but I don't care who you are, that's funny right there. On topic... No, any organization that has tight enough control to effectively outlaw something as fundamental as the written word should not have trouble ...

Jesterzzn

I could see them being used as a fringe military company. Suicide squads and close quarters shock troops, but nothing official and never as citizens.

Jesterzzn

Prysus wrote:First, I'll state MacGuyver didn't invent things. He built things from very unusual parts (more of a Jury-Rig skill). This, in its very core, is where the problem I believe i coming in.

No, the only problem is in taking this particular semantics debate seriously.

Jesterzzn

In my mind McGuyver was the ultimate Operator...and if you want to suggest he didn't invent things (speaking of situations that require a skill roll...) you better be ready to fight, cause them fight'n words.

Jesterzzn

Gamera is really neat.
Gamera's full of turtle meat.
We all love you, Gamera!

Jesterzzn

Japan has a great mythology, it has a rich historical record, it has a bit of a unique societal structure, and all that could have been used to great effect. Some of it got some play in the japan book, but there was too much focus, in my opinion, on the cliche ninja juicer, ninja borg, ninja crazy,...

Jesterzzn

I'd rather they just start with the classes in the main book. If they ever finish all of those, then they can work on the other OCCs. Yeah, that's probably a lot smarter and more realistic. After all, if you had all the OCC's from all the books all rolled into one, you've just shot yourself in the ...

Jesterzzn

At least, not to the best of my knowledge. Somebody feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here, and I'll retract the statement. The Merc Ops books introduces two high powered laser communication systems from Wilks. Need the laser comm skill to use those. There's also cell phones in the book as well....

Jesterzzn

Nxla is 2000 ft tall. No, he is 800 ft tall. You say tomato, I say tomoto. The world book clearly says that he is 200 stories tall (Twice), which is 2000 ft. If 200 stories were only 800 ft, rooms would only be 4 ft high. We know that’s not so.. so the 800 ft number is logically and clearly the mis...

Jesterzzn

Jay Carey wrote:are you sure you're not thinking of the Glitter Boy? there is a drawing by Long exactly how you are describing in the original Main Book...but of the GB

No I also remember a similar picture of the samas, its just not as detailed as the glitterboy one.

Jesterzzn

I'm pretty sure that's in the old main book.

Jesterzzn

But in 1994, gamers were picking up Pantheons at their game store and saying "whoa, my CS Grunt (or Vagabond, or Cyber-Knight, or whatever) is going to have to deal with this kind of stuff? Forget this game . I wonder what TSR is putting out these days?" Lord knows how those people manage...

Jesterzzn

Negalith wrote:Nxla is 2000 ft tall.

No, he is 800 ft tall.

Jesterzzn

Marrowlight wrote:
Prince Artemis wrote:I wonder if anyone here even bothered to read the book...

I imagine Jester simply licked a few pages to make his opinion of the book.

It's better than what I normally do, but letting people know you wipe your butt with a book to form an opinion is second date information.

Jesterzzn

I know this was a while back, but I just noticed it.

Killer Cyborg wrote:As for Laser Communications, the only reason that's a space-waster is because AFAIK there aren't any laser communication devices in Rifts.

You don't think anyone uses Fiber Optics on Rifts Earth?

Jesterzzn

I think about the Millennium Falcon... When they are using the turrets to fight off the Tie Fighters after escaping the Death Star...Heavy Weapons WP...but if they also had the Weapons Systems skill they would get an additional +1 if he passes his skill roll at the beginning of combat (to see if his...

Jesterzzn

How imperviouse to wear and maintenance? MDC structures take no damage from anything under 100 SDC/1 MD worth. Which would include wear and tear. Anything with moving parts will, at the very least, require maintenance where the parts touch. The parts might not be damaged, since they are MDC, but fr...

Jesterzzn

Another thread got me thinking... I didn't care for much of the Japan book, but I ended up using bits and peices of it. The main problem in my mind was that there wasn't anything there that made me say, "Wow, awsome idea." At least not in the same way that many of the previous books had. T...

Jesterzzn

I love to run South Pacific games and even games in japan, as those are the two regions I am most familiar with in the real world (other than NA of course).

Jesterzzn

meh the question is moot as after reviewing my RUE book last night (carefully) i have discovered that the Merc trooper receives no OCC bonuses. I put the Coalition grunt on Par with a merc so I guess that solves my question. I'm glad I read the whole thread before posting you were mistaken. And I t...

Jesterzzn

Anything that can fire bursts and also can fire U-Rounds is pretty dang expensive. Not just in ammo cost, but also in the clean up costs afterwards.

Jesterzzn

Ah, the squishy bits...

Squishy Bits - n. idiom. 1. The parts of an MDC creature that upon their death become edible by creatures of normal strength. see Furry Beetles, Impervium

But yea, basicly everything KC said...

Jesterzzn

I think wear and tear is best used as plot devices by the GM. For example, if your characters are starting to get a bit too well geared for your liking, let some stuff start to wear down. Maybe they have to find a guy to repair their new uber power armor before it will work right. Maybe the ATV gets...

Jesterzzn

When playing a human, I enjoy the Techno Wizard.

When playing an SDC D-Bee race, I like wilderness types.

When playing an MDC D-Bee, I really like T-Men like the Undead Slayer or Hatchling Chiang-Ku.

If given my choice of anything to play, I would probably choose a Human Maxi Man.

Jesterzzn

I think Alter Aura can mask the possession, and there are NPC's that use alter aura to appear scrupulous, so it could be masked.

What can't be masked is the magic, and the Dog Boys, at the very least, would be able to tell he was under/using/being used by some kind of magic power.

Search found 2035 matches