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Michael Barakofsky

Personally I think an open house every 2 or 3 years starting in 2019 would be wonderful

Michael Barakofsky

Another idea/suggestion for the police weapons is consistency. Most departments have a standard handgun, or at least calibur that they issue. There will be exceptions, but most pistols will be the same caliber/model(9mm, 10mm, or 40S&W), shotguns will be 12 gauge, rifles will .223 with a few .3...

Michael Barakofsky

I have a once a month game that has been going for 4 years. 6-7 hours a session. Some of the sessions have been "home base" only sessions. Stuff like food is going missing so it needs to be investigated. Or medical supplies are being taken. Gardening needs to get done. Vehicles need maint...

Michael Barakofsky

Well that depends on what the characters have access to. And if you are using rules options from other books. In Heroes Unlimited 2nd Edition there is a blurb that covers characters learning skills by going to school like how we learn stuff in real life. That rule set is not exactly restricted to HU...

Michael Barakofsky

depends.. did they have the tools and time to break into the more secure areas and such? most Police stations would have their weapons and ammo in weapons safes. same for most of the ammo. i would assume that after the Wave hit, those police still uninfected would have deployed to try and keep orde...

Michael Barakofsky

It verys for department to department but Most likely 9mm, 12g and 5.56 Thank you for the minor assist. My campaign is located in my home town (very original concept I know ) and our police force is kinda paranoid I guess. My town has a population of 30,000 give or take yet we have a police force t...

Michael Barakofsky

Ok so my players just finished raiding and clearing out the local police station. Now I am stuck, not for actual game ideas and things to do but for what the group got out of the station. I honestly don't have a clue as to what all could be found inside a police station. FYI: If it wasn't nailed dow...

Michael Barakofsky

Well my Dead Reign campaign is still going strong, sort of, I started running it back in January 12 2009, its on and off gaming as my group plays several different settings, Rifts, Heroes Unlimited, AD&D (2nd edition way old school now a days), Star Wars D6 system, Marvel Superheroes & Shado...

Michael Barakofsky

"Living through the Great Cataclysm One Day at a Time" and its supplemental material on the state of New Mexico and some of her communities, written by Daniel Frederick, has been an interesting read so far. I must confess that I am still working on reading my way through everything but I ...

Michael Barakofsky

In response to the River in Hobbs, NM: One, I ask you good sir, can you even prove you live in Hobbs? I am totally kidding In truth I was born in Hobbs, lived in Monument NM just a little ways outside of Hobbs until I was 23 then lived in Tahlequah OK for 4 years before moving back to NM living in ...

Michael Barakofsky

"Living through the Great Cataclysm One Day at a Time" and its supplemental material on the state of New Mexico and some of her communities, written by Daniel Frederick, has been an interesting read so far. I must confess that I am still working on reading my way through everything but I h...

Michael Barakofsky

McFacemelt wrote:Or the Minor Super Ability Evasion listed in the random tables in the back of PU2, but does not appear in any of my HU books.

PU3 actually and I made it simply provide a +6 to Auto-Dodge.

Michael Barakofsky

say652 wrote:I dont kill pc's stupid players kill pc's. Jussayin. I play characters with over ten thousand mdc. Regularly. And no way would I charge chi town!

Glad that I am not the only one with characters (in my case 2) with health so high.

Michael Barakofsky

one thing i always found kinda funny is the GM screen's people use, but then i guess for the most part any notes/characters i have are in a folder or far too cryptic for players to know what the hell i'm doing, (i also allow skill rolls to be done by the player, but if they start metagamming based ...

Michael Barakofsky

one thing i always found kinda funny is the GM screen's people use, but then i guess for the most part any notes/characters i have are in a folder or far too cryptic for players to know what the hell i'm doing, (i also allow skill rolls to be done by the player, but if they start metagamming based ...

Michael Barakofsky

In NG1 on page 61 under Task Force X Military Assets it mentions something called a Harbinger-Class Mothership. It is not detailed in NG 1 or NG 2 so I was wondering what book has it detailed? Or has it even been detailed as yet?

Michael Barakofsky

Ghost2020 you stated above that you give a -5 or -10 to the next attack after a dodge instead of the character losing the next attack. That sounds like a cool idea in my group the character that dodged (assuming no auto-dodge is possible) loses an attack NOT their next attack, so if a character has ...

Michael Barakofsky

Yeah just glad that when I first got it that I spent so much time reading it that I practically had the book memorized. I used to be able to quote the rule and be within 2 pages of where it was printed, I use pictures as navigational landmarks instead of page numbers, lol, but yeah it was difficult ...

Michael Barakofsky

If I still had my original copy I would be all to happy to tell you sadly (or maybe luckily depending on your perspective) my dogs munched it right around the time the black hard back with silver letters & image was released. I had to go about 2 weeks without the main book waiting for my hobby s...

Michael Barakofsky

Granted I have only been playing Rifts for around 20 years and there are those out there with more time in Palladium games then me but for my experience there has always been a penalty to dodge gunfire. My original copy of the Rifts RPG had it as a -8 instead of -10, and the as far as I can recall t...

Michael Barakofsky

I also give the P.P. bonus to shoot ranged weapons, no -10 to dodge (that's just silly) and it balances out just fine. Plus it just makes sense, not sure why that rule was ever in place. Well the -10 to dodge rule was made to reflect how hard it is for a person to avoid being shot in real life. Gen...

Michael Barakofsky

Nekira Sudacne thank you for the page numbers, after having read the rules in the RUE I think I am going to be sticking with the way I have been doing it for years now. RoF: Standard = 1 action used for weapons that fire single shot, 3 round burst, pulse (like the Wilks 457), and rail guns that have...

Michael Barakofsky

Ok this is getting embarrassing, , I have been playing and running Rifts for 20 years and other palladium titles on and off for nearly as long. My core group has never changed in all that time and we all own nearly all the books (combined we do own all the books with at least 1 extra copy per book)...

Michael Barakofsky

Oh Gawd. I should know this. I know they're in the R:UE and the R:GMG but I don't know where . I will look it up later this afternoon. In short, Rate of Fire is how many times you can USE a weapon. Not how many times you can act in a melee. That often confuses people. For instance, when you throw a...

Michael Barakofsky

Ok this is getting embarrassing, , I have been playing and running Rifts for 20 years and other palladium titles on and off for nearly as long. My core group has never changed in all that time and we all own nearly all the books (combined we do own all the books with at least 1 extra copy per book)....

Michael Barakofsky

If there is a Strike Roll, there is the potential for AR to be a factor. Keep in mind that not all spells have Strike Rolls - several mentioned in this thread (eg Fireball, Energy Bolt) have a Dodge roll but no Strike and AR is irrelevant without a Strike roll. thank you, thats how I have been work...

Michael Barakofsky

If there is a Strike Roll, there is the potential for AR to be a factor. Keep in mind that not all spells have Strike Rolls - several mentioned in this thread (eg Fireball, Energy Bolt) have a Dodge roll but no Strike and AR is irrelevant without a Strike roll. thank you, thats how I have been work...

Michael Barakofsky

Durring a recent character roll up session to introduce some fresh blood to the Rifts setting the following question came up: Does a magic spell ignore AR? I said yes because thats how I have always worked it, however my friend/roommate/co-GM wanted to know in which book that is said. I have spent ...

Michael Barakofsky

Durring a recent character roll up session to introduce some fresh blood to the Rifts setting the following question came up: Does a magic spell ignore AR? I said yes because thats how I have always worked it, however my friend/roommate/co-GM wanted to know in which book that is said. I have spent t...

Michael Barakofsky

Well I guess everyone has different situations they have to contend with, suffice to say that what works for 1 GM & gaming group may or may not work for another. Oh and my groups average game time currently is 6 hours per session once a month. It used to be 6 hours a day for 3 or 4 days a week p...

Michael Barakofsky

That also DOES NOT alleviate Slow Advancement Palladium has. which was the whole point! Could you elaborate on your slow advancement statement a little more please? You see I keep seeing people complain about slow advancement from the Palladium xp award system but in practice I have never noticed s...

Michael Barakofsky

Making it individual awards only, makes it a competition.. and leads to players wanting to one up the other.And generally leads to Player antagonization and gm player favoritism. I would have to say that depends on the players. My group has been doing individual awards fo over 20 years and the only...

Michael Barakofsky

My suggestion: Group all the XP the PARTY earns and dish out ... within 3 months you'll be lvl 4. Ie. If player A , B and C each do diffirent things, AWARD THE ENTIRE PARTY the same xp. you will get your levels and not feel like no one conitrubted. Now if PLAYER A is behaving badly, You deduct xp f...

Michael Barakofsky

To avoid exploitation of the rules, I think GMs can group foes in terms of awarding experience. If 2 crawlers in tandem still only qualify as a minor threat, the GM might rule them as a single minor threat even if they are killed hours apart. Otherwise we run into issues like people ritualistically...

Michael Barakofsky

After what happened in the last season of Walking Dead, these head shots do kinda seem right at home. I don't agree that natural 20s would bypass helmets though, unless the helmet had some kind of opening. Depends on what kind of helmet I'd say. If it was one of those full coverage swat helmets the...

Michael Barakofsky

I want to thank everyone that has posted on here in regards to the situation I am in with this other GM. You have all helped to bolster my resolve to deny his attempt to run games at the store where I am running them. I am also happy to report that I have already attracted 2 new gamers to the Nightb...

Michael Barakofsky

But for the most part reward people using novel ideas, even if it is a failed roll, it still a legitimate use of a skill, and people should be granted xp for thinking outside of the box I do, if a player has any cool or unusual ideas I award for either the clever but futile or clever/useful entries...

Michael Barakofsky

This just came up in a game. Casting Magic in the Palladium Megaverse takes from 1-3 actions. The question that came up was if a Mage has auto-dodge and is casting a invocation, does the auto-dodge break the Mage's concentration and interrupt the spell? Or is the auto-dodge an innate ability and ta...

Michael Barakofsky

I used to pass out the original GM sheet a long time ago so all of my players could fill in their basic info. It allowed me to check things without having to ask in game. I kept these and tallied EXP as the game progressed each night. One night I noticed a player had one as well and on occasion he'...

Michael Barakofsky

70% for the head, I never saw the head as being that sturdy, my house rules that developed out of necessity have the neck at 10% of the main body and the head at 15-20% depending on various factors. I assume its because if you destroy someone's head than it typically instantly kills them. Akashic S...

Michael Barakofsky

You're GM sucks. I've seen some crappy ones, I understand why you played, since you were staying there... but how did he get other people to come over? And I think Exp is a little sketchy in this game to say the least. But I can tell you this, I gave my group 500 EXP for defeating Cormal the Destro...

Michael Barakofsky

There are times I, as a GM, have had to over-rule players acting in very unrealistic ways and force a character reaction. They rarely go down well even then, when the player is dead wrong (we're talking nonsense decisions here, of the "i'm not even attempting to RP anymore" style). But th...

Michael Barakofsky

In regards to this other GM, he off handed mentioned an interest in running Rifts games at the store where I now work/plan on running games as a Megaversal Ambassador. Sadly (maybe I dunno) I am a very polite person and I am not sure how to handle this situation. I gave an example of his running sty...

Michael Barakofsky

In regards to this other GM, he off handed mentioned an interest in running Rifts games at the store where I now work/plan on running games as an MA. Sadly (maybe I dunno) I am a very polite person and I am not sure how to handle this situation. I gave an example of his running style in my opening s...

Michael Barakofsky

Bummer I dont have either of those books. Off the top of my head its... Main Body (Entire Body as a Whole) = 100% Legs = 40% of Main Body Feet = 8% of Main Body Head = 70% of Main Body Arms = 30% of Main Body Hands = 5% of Main Body. Don't quote me on that though, I don't have the book in front of ...

Michael Barakofsky

Damian Magecraft wrote:What you describe sounds more like the players are there to witness the GMs grand story and not participate.

BINGO! and Thank you, thats exactly how he runs his games, I just couldn't think how to relate it in words from how it felt to experience it.

Michael Barakofsky

1. Do you hand out xp during the adventure or only at the end I try to hand out xp at the close of each session, sometimes its 2 or 3 sessions depending on if there is enough time for the players to do the math before leaving. 2. Do you allow players to level up during an adventure, or only after If...

Michael Barakofsky

That sounds messed up. Why was he controlling YOUR character...? Well I have been in something like 50 games of his (I was homeless at the time and he gave me a place to crash) and thats how he runs his games, not just towards my character but everybody (there were 5 of us that played in his games)...

Michael Barakofsky

I can tell you what Kevin has told me- What is right is whatever works for the group- the gm and the players. What is important is whether or not you are having fun- and a fun game is one where the players are having fun! Yeah, thats how I have felt ever since I started running games back when I wa...

Michael Barakofsky

That sounds messed up. Why was he controlling YOUR character...? Well I have been in something like 50 games of his (I was homeless at the time and he gave me a place to crash) and thats how he runs his games, not just towards my character but everybody (there were 5 of us that played in his games)...

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