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FrankSerpico

Well, the easy answer would be the Ninja from the Japan book. You could also convert a Mystic China OCC rather easily. There's also a lot of stealth/subterfuge focused classes out there. The Psi-Ghost from Psyscape, The Raider from Australia...

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Perth and Melbourne in Rifts Australia.

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It would be cool to see a re-emergence of extinct fauna like Elephant Birds and giant Lemurs on Madagascar. I find it hard to believe Malta would still be around due to the rising sea levels.

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Don't forget the option of a Totem Warrior using a wolf Totem from Spirit West.

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A possible scenario is you have access to the Transdimensional TMNT book could always be your Atlantean getting rifted to that setting and learning from a Time Lord...

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I may be in the minority but those look awesome

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It's listed in the "Rifter 73 sneak preview" right above "some surprises"

Good lookin out thank you

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From what I remember in the literature that came out prior to the Minion War, (I have yet to read any of the Megaverse in Flames books) gargoyles were very much second class citizens in Hades and Dyval. That, and the fact that if they allied with either the demons or Deevils in the event they moved ...

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I think there's been a trend to underestimate the non-North American powers because they haven't been focused on for so long. The Problem with England is not only does it have a Splynncryth presence plus Camelot, a Millennium Tree and types of magic the Demons or Deevils may be unfamiliar with, you ...

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Really well-made netbook. Nice work

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So much good stuff packed in such a small book. Have any of you used any TMNT alien races in Rifts before?

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I wouldn't be surprised if Euro and American had a lot of similarities. With English being the closest thing to an international language seemingly well into the 21st century on Rifts Earth, (near as I can tell from the China books, China experienced the same economic boom they did on our Earth, but...

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The Warlords have some pretty ridiculous Borgs at their disposal, and those Sovietski combat vehicles are no joke. If the powers in Russia were ever to unify I don't think it's wrong to say they'd rank right up there with the CS and Triax. However it will never happen. As for Colombia I wouldn't rea...

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The idea is not to have Vamps running rampant, they're biding their time and mostly do their dirty work through a set of the Psykes gang that has set itself up in the camp. I'm working on writing up the most prominent factions operating within the camp, so far aside from the Psykes I have the idea f...

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Well, as far as the Vampire angle goes, I'd have those who actually suspected that's what killed Zane not let that info get out to the public. Part of the wider campaign would deal with growing vampire infiltration into the Baronies. Also I kind of doubt the bulk of refugees would care about Zane's ...

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I'm going to be GMing a campaign with some buddies I plan to base out of a setting I'm creating in the Colorado Baronies. The backstory of the setting is that CS and Xiticix expansion along with increased demon activity from Calgary have forced a great number of Humans and D-Bees to flee south towar...

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I'd imagine hacking in an Australian setting would be at least slightly easier due to everything network-related being centralized in Perth and Melbourne, but I could be wrong

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Actually, I'm thinking back to where hacking started, now... not computers, but phone systems. While the CS uses radio, I'd not be surprised if some of it was automated handshake protocols, which a computer hacker (with requisite knowledge of radio systems and cryptography) could take advantage of;...

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Only one question: will Tatzelwurms show up?
Edit: My bad, they seem to be more in tune with Central European folklore. For some reason I seemed to remember reading about sightings in Sweden but I guess I was mistaken.

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Which book is the Paratrooper in?

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UC Santa Barbara has the banana slugs...also Ole Miss is now the Rebels Black Bears instead of just the rebels. Imagine the possibilities with a bunch of secessionist swamp bears down south

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I may just avoid the revised book altogether then. Maybe just roll with my original printing and pick up either the Sourcebook or Dark Conversions instead.

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Which book are the Kingsdale gangs described in?

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Another thing: Has Central America south of the Yucatan/Guatemala ever been described much? I know Panama is mostly underwater. That area could make for some neat material

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I do think many of the OCCs/RCCs and tech in SA2 could be considered overpowered, but I think that's a criticism that could be applied to most of Palladium's Rifts stuff from that period, such as various robots and Demon Queller abilities from Rifts Japan, several weapons and classes from Juicer Upr...

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I already have the RMB so I'm aware of the info there. I'll have to check out the revised sourcebook, thanks. As for the Vamp questions, was mainly just seeing if there was any reason to keep the non-revised world book if/when I grab the new one

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-Which book are the Republicans described in?
-Is there any info from the original printing of Vampire Kingdoms that's omitted from the revised edition?

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I have yet to get my hands on Megaverse in Flames, but reading what others have said about Ciudad de Diablo gave me what I think could be a good idea for a new power in NA which could legitimately rival the CS. I GMed a campaign some years back where my party was caught up in an internecine war in M...

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I always thought the Wolfen fit in pretty well in Europe and I always hoped Italy would be fleshed out at some point. Kinda makes sense that the Gargoyles wouldn't be the only PFRPG race with a large presence there what with there being a rift linked to the Palladium world large and active enough fo...

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I think one of the main problems with people assuming the CS can or would engage in all out blitzkrieg against the Calgary Rift is the main problem with them engaging in an all-out blitzkrieg against any other power in NA: there's simply too many current threats out there for them to ever throw that...

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Haven't there been some mentions of Scandinavia having near-NGR level tech?

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^Yeah, but is there really anything there that would be that much of an upgrade from what they've already gathered from Lone Star? I'm still of the opinion that the CS has decided it's not worth the risk, and Westward expansion is the last thing on their mind at this point. Sure, if we just ignore c...

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What makes people think NORAD possesses some great technological advantages that the CS doesn't already have? I believe it's been pretty well established that the CS is either equal to, or better than, the pre-Rifts American Empire when it comes to most facets of military technology. When NORAD was ...

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Number 16 has a campaign based around the Chosin reservoir campaign in the Korean War that's compatible with both Ninjas and Superspies and RECON.

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Like I said, if the CS was capable of a smash and grab operation involving NORAD they'd have done it by now. It's more than likely they studied the matter and decided it wasn't worth the effort, and would require a long term occupation with construction crews, engineers and such to get them into NOR...

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^I think if the CS thought they could take and secure NORAD that easily, they'd have already done it. Mounting and maintaining an operation that size would require a full-scale invasion/occupation force, and running supply lines through an area where you've got a Simvan/Psi-Stalker war going on and ...

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Why would the CS even want to bother with the Baronies or Arzno? Neither of them are openly antagonistic toward the CS, while they tolerate magic and D-Bees they aren't militantly pro-Magic and anti-CS in the way that Tolkeen was, and they pose absolutely no threat to the CS at large. They have plen...

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Aside from Manistique and Northern Gun, Free Quebec and Los Alamo, which American kingdoms does the CS even trade with? They weren't doing business with Tolkeen, they aren't trading with any of the people I mentioned in my previous post, and it really doesn't seem like seeking out new trade partners...

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Where are people getting this "the CS is the breadbasket of the whole continent" stuff? Last I checked plenty of American kingdoms/states like Lazlo, the Indian tribes, the Baronies in CO, every faction of the FoM etc. had no trading relationship with the CS at all and were still capable o...

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Buddhism doesn't really have a pantheon like Hinduism, Greek mythology and most of the stuff covered in Pantheons of the Megaverse. IIRC the Shinto brand of Buddhism is still the dominant religion in certain parts of Rifts Japan though.

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I'm thinking of writing up some updated world info on Mexico and the Southwest focusing on a war between Vampires down in Mexico and its effects on the surrounding area. I'm thinking it will start off with a surprise attack by combined forces of Ixzotz and Muluc rifting into Milta, and managing to k...

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I agree with the Middle East idea. I think Israel could probably be lumped in there too as well, unless they got lucky through some sort of dimensional anomaly like certain Japanese cities, the country probably would have suffered the same fate as South Florida and other low-lying coastal areas. It ...

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I don't have the revised Vamp Kingdoms book, did it have any new info on the merc outpost at Tampico? IIRC they were unconnected to Reid's Rangers. Ran a campaign where my PCs ended up aiding them years ago, and were rewarded with the use of Tampico as a de facto port/staging area for missions.

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It'd have to be Skraypers for me. I think the average decent GM was more than capable already of integrating HU characters into Rifts or vice versa on their own, and we already had the Conversion Book. I know I'm in the minority, but I like Africa. The battle vs the Horsemen is a really cool "h...

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Vampire Kingdom vs Vampire Kingdom warfare: Has interesting possibilities. Weaken each other, leave one in control of area allowing it to expand unimpeded, push one north further into North America, and so forth. ^I'd love to see an expanded New West/Mexico book that gives us a Vamp Kingdom civil w...

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The stats for spriggans are on pg 107 of the Conversion Book

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Telemechanics+speed reading+total recall

telemechanics gets you the full schematic of any tech you can read, speed reading and total recall allows you to go over it whenever.

My lv3 TW just started with all of these abilities

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There is also some canon Madhaven material in Rifter 36: treasure tables, new OCCs, Darkhounds, and TW Gear

^Thanks for that, I'll have to grab that issue

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Great to see there's still a community out there. Found an online campaign through Google, and just picked up Mutants in Orbit on the cheap after wanting it for years. Feels good, man.

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