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Best Rifts Mages in the Rifter

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I wasn't much of a Rifter fan at first but I'm beginning to realize just how much great material I've missed and would like to have your opinions about what are the best back issues that I should pick up. Mainly, I'm on a magic kick on and love Rifts magic and mages. So what Rifters do you think would give me the coolest unique mages to play? I saw the space magic, pretty nice stuff in my opinion.
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Dweomer Mage Rifter 17 page 56... fun mage of a different sort. Based around understanding and manipulating the flow P.P.E. can be very scary for another mage to face in battle.
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IMO both the Cannibal Mage O.C.C./NPC villain (Rifter #52) and the Ancestral Mystic O.C.C. (Rifter #55) for PFRPG are two of the most unique mages you'll see.

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Thanks. I love the ideas. I'll have to look them up and pick up the back issues.
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Rifter 8 had a bunch of Necromancer variants. Rifter 21 has the PPE Channeling rules which are far better than the current magic casting rules. Rifter 3 should have the Spatial Mage in it. There's the Ludacris Mage and Trickster Mage in Rifter 9.5 that look fun to play (I haven't had the chance yet).
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The best mage in the rifter, optional cat., be the card mage.
(not the trickster mage.)
Worst... the laser mage. :roll: :roll:
Oh.... for got the "Cargo magic" mage...... er... nah that one is plan stupid.... not even worth mentioning as magic.
At least the laser mage has magic who's PPE costs are in line with the other magic costs.

In the rifter canon cat. .... hummmm I think there be only one and that be the Zodiac mage. Which is quite better then any rifter optional class mage.
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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:The best mage in the rifter, optional cat., be the card mage.
(not the trickster mage.)
Worst... the laser mage. :roll: :roll:
Oh.... for got the "Cargo magic" mage...... er... nah that one is plan stupid.... not even worth mentioning as magic.
At least the laser mage has magic who's PPE costs are in line with the other magic costs.

In the rifter canon cat. .... hummmm I think there be only one and that be the Zodiac mage. Which is quite better then any rifter optional class mage.


What Rifters?
The Card mage sounds interesting and the laser mage does sound a little out there but you have me curious now. Why the low marks on that one?

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I will have to change the best mentioned because the "Card Mage" is a PF based mage.
New best will have to be the denomer mage.

Laser Mage.... cause it's overall theme/concept is just stupid from my POV. [With the cargo magic it is the insanely low costs of the spells that make it absurd.]
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Ludicrous Mage (Rifter 9 & 1/2)
and the PPE channeling rules are a nice variant on casting. (issue 21)
Both can also be found in "The Best of the Rifter" collection book.
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Another vote for Ludicrous Mage. Fun, versatile and different.
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Dweomer Mage one of my favorites. Also like the Shade Mage which I'm guessing might become
cannon one day since most of the spell magic is cannon (Rifter #20 and 28).
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Zodiac Mage is pretty awesome! Not sure which Rifter it's in though. Sorry.
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Witchcraft wrote:Zodiac Mage is pretty awesome! Not sure which Rifter it's in though. Sorry.

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Song magic will be good for Bards.
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there is a song mage in one of the rifters.... but it is not a "Bard!" like in dnd.
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The High Chef from Rifter #32. :-D
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