Rallan wrote:Mallak's Place wrote:dead fenris wrote:got a guy joining our game who, while having played alot of D&D and white wolf, has never played rifts before. for a long time he was dead set against rifts, being too big of a mash up and way too easy to munchkin. in trying to get a starting OCC for him ill we have been able to come up with is a classic headhunter, good all around skills and not as easy to twink as a borg. any other ideas? the party does not really need anything, our bases are pretty well covered, just looking for a OCC that will be fun for a starting rifts player.
Let him play a Vegabond for a little while as a hire on to the party till he gets the hang of it then let him change to another character
Oh yeah that's great advice. Let him play as the guy who's got no spells, no psionics, no cool powers, no badass training in anything, sucks in combat, and whose only schtick is "I'm an unskilled everyman". That's the
best way to introduce someone to a game that's supposed to be about impossibly cool badasses running around blowing up robots and monsters
VAGABONDS can have Psionics. Everyone can have Psionics. Minor or Major levels.
Vagabonds from Rifts Main Book were Good. Even without Psionics. It is the Everyman OCC. At least back them. Not in RUE (which sucks btw). Give him a good knife, a Wilks laser and let him enjoy being the NORMAL Person. Which can be a Great thing. The group may run into places Mages, Supernaturals, Psychics, Cybernetic/Bionics are not allowed. Thats were the Vagabond comes in. PLUS in RMB he is the ONLY OCC that takes Baths and likes CANDY. Has SOAP and CANDY. Use the Candy or Soap to lure out a GB and kill 'em with the Wilks pistol when they do. Then take they stuff....Classic AD&D/D&D mentality.
It really depends on what the other Characters are.
NIGHTBANE RCC would be nice for a begineer. Supernatural Powers, Magical talents, Morphs between Human form and Supernatural form. Alot of cool concepts only a Nightbane can do IMHO. RIFTS Dark Conversions has the Nightbane Rifts version. Awesome RCC.
They used to "Humans" then one day they went through their "Becoming" and became more.
So much can be done. The Hero/Villian, Tortured Soul, reluctant Adventurer, etc...Alot of Fun can be had just Making a Nightbane.
Titan-Juicer ?? Not that powerful or Muckin.
Cold-Blooded from Merc Adventures ?? Anti-Vamp OCC conversion process. Pretty cool.
WERE-BEAST (Dark Conversions)
Invulnerable to most Damage, excpet Silver, Supernaturals, Psionics, and Magic.
Three Forms. Human, Were-beast, Giant animal.
Jaguars seem to be Popular by the writters of RIFTS. They love to hunt other supernaturals.
But my #1 choice. Nightbane.
The can be so many things. His Morphus might only have Physical Perfection. Which would be Great for a beginer. Look for Rifter #20 for extra Tables that are awesome.