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According to Kev in Rifter #48, if you don't have the skill you can't attempt it - period. On the site I play on, Rifter material is not considered canon. If it isn't in an actual book, we don't use it. Period. The reason being that the Rifters are fan submitted material, not canon Palladium source...

According to Kev in Rifter #48, if you don't have the skill you can't attempt it - period. On the site I play on, Rifter material is not considered canon. If it isn't in an actual book, we don't use it. Period. The reason being that the Rifters are fan submitted material, not canon Palladium source...

Can a character use a skill he doesn't have? Of course the obvious answer is no, but are there formal rules for it? Personally, I think that a character should be allowed to TRY anything, even if he doesn't have a snowball's chance in Hel of succeeding. One house rule I am considering would be to ma...

I did note, and was noting here, that the game settings that don't have a meta plot woven into them are the ones that are not talked about much here. Oh yeah, I agree. I was just saying that games without a meta-plot aren't "dead" just because they don't have one. A good GM doesn't need a...

What do you need a meta-plot for anyway? A creative GM worth his salt will come up with one on his own. There are plenty of factions in these modern times to fuel many adventures and game sessions, if one would just watch the news and imagine perhaps what is going on behind closed doors, or in cover...

Yeah, probably not. I have no idea. And the rest of the book was cool. Just saying that when I saw that my first thought was "Rifts Death Star, Yawn." But the nice thing about role playing games is that I don't have to use it. So in my little corner of the megaverse, they simply won't exist.

Is it me or are the planet ships or whatever they are called in PW seem like a cheap death star rip off? Talk about unoriginal. I'm surprised Lucasfilms didn't sue Palladium for copyright infringement.

I am currently running a campaign that is almost the exact opposite of this one. The group is a CS special forces group that catches wind of a Federation of Magic plot to open a Riftgate to an alien dimension for the purpose of bringing an alien intelligence physically to Rifts earth in order to des...

Killing a vampire with a super soaker = clown shoes. Same goes for crosses and flashlights with crosses painted on them. I always thought that was stupid. Give them autododge, get rid of the water and cross business, and you have a pretty cool villain to fight. Could also make them vulnerable to fir...

Here is the house rule we use: How long does it take to suit-up in EBA? All "Men of Arms" O.C.C.'s take 1d4+4 melees to suit-up. All other types of PCs take 1d4+4 minutes to suit-up. This rule also applies to suiting-up in Power Armor Suits with one addition: If the pilot has a prep team a...

Here is an update on the CS game on EU. Contact GM Reaver via YIM or PM for OCC approval if you are interested in joining. You must have the ability to post at least once a week, and have decent writing skills. YIM is also required. The current group consists of: CS Commando CS NTSET Protector CS RP...

That being said, how long would it take an operator to perform this upgrade? Are there upgrade time guidelines in any book? OCC and skill descriptions are very specific about what is possible, but not about how long anything takes. Assuming they have a ready-to-go optics patch, I'd say 10 minutes, ...

That being said, how long would it take an operator to perform this upgrade? Are there upgrade time guidelines in any book? OCC and skill descriptions are very specific about what is possible, but not about how long anything takes.

Seriously, don't overthink this. Either use the cybernetic Multi-Optic Eye stats or use the stats for the Multi-Optics helmet from the main book's miscellaneous equipment section. Sounds good to me, the stats would be the same, just the appearance is different. The other option I was considering wo...

The CWC book says that CS armor can be hooked up to a multi-optic eye or to a multi-optic eye patch. Where is this multi-optic eye patch described? Book/page reference?

Come one, Come All! The CS wants you! Are you a human who wants to save humanity? Tired of the easy life in the Burbs? Looking for some excitement? Tired of D-Bee’s and Mages messing up your day? Then join the Coalition States of America in their fight for humanity. The CS 110th SOG (Special Operat...

Ok, here are my two cents on the whole sniper thing. I don't know if this skill is cannon, but I offer it to my players as an option. I think if they want to play a sniper, the should be allowed to have fun role playing the sniper process. This skill allows for that. Also, I think it is BS that you ...

Well, the Eurasia campaign sounds fun, but I was thinking of playing an NGR intelligence commando (sniper). He was captured by Brodkil and traded to Mindwerks for experimentation. There he was converted into an experimental full conversion 'borg and released. He wants nothing more than to kill Brodk...

I have been looking at your site and am thinking of joining, but have a couple of questions. Where exactly is this Merc Town located? Also, I read that it is strictly a North America rifts setting. If I made a character with a Japan power armor for example, if I came up with a good story about how i...

I can see two answer to the natural bio-regen. 1) They have a bald spot till the hair slowly re-grows. 2) They being has a natural hair length and the Nat. Bio-regen will restore the hair to it's natural length. PSI Bio-regen. would use #1 of the above. I think I would go with option 2. A mind melt...

J. Lionheart wrote:Transdimensional TMNT is your resource for all blackpowder weapons, from the Arquebus to the Henry repeater.

Yes. Transdimensional TMNT is the book you want. You might find a used copy somewhere, or might be able to purchase a pdf copy at drivethru rpg.

Thanks for the info. I guess if there is no heat damage from lasers, then the burster vs laser thread is kind of pointless. Thanks for the input.

Some RCCs can take OCCs. I might have over looked it in the books somewear, but I can not find the rule for this. Do you make the RCC then add the OCC to the RCC? Not sure, seams that it would make a very powerfull, and overly skilled character. Were can I find this? Only RCC's that explicityly say...

OK here is my take on the whole laser damage thing: Lasers do 1/2 of their damage from heat and 1/2 of their damage from light. Cite whatever real world scientific facts you want, but keep in mind that this is science-fiction The argument that lasers do only heat damage does not make sense when cons...

I would say that you could add a PS damage bonus only if you have the WP. Someone untrained with a knife will just slash away, while someone trained with a knife will know how to use it to inflict max damage. It would also depend on the type of attack made with the knife. I would say a slash would o...

In the Rifts novels people frequently take damage from laser blasts to their physical bodies even thought they are wearing mdc body armor. For example someone wearing mdc armor is shot with a laser, and suffers physical burns. There are no rules for this in the book. anyone care to share some house ...