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I've said this several times, but I love these and use them regularly. Thanks for all the work you do.

I think you should do a ley line walker next. You could have a suggested spell list based on combat, espionage, exploration, etc.

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I didn't realize this was coming out! Awrsome! I won't buy the preview version, but I am eager for the finished book.

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I thought boxing didn't add extra attacks in ranged combat. Have I been wrong all this time?

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This idea is pretty imaginative. I wish Rifts had more RCCs like this, and less boring human-like D-bees. Good work! It would be fun to play intelligent slime molds, bodiless beings of pure energy, giant amoebas, etc. The problem with the wholly nonhuman-physiology character is, of course, that it'...

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This idea is pretty imaginative. I wish Rifts had more RCCs like this, and less boring human-like D-bees. Good work!

It would be fun to play intelligent slime molds, bodiless beings of pure energy, giant amoebas, etc.

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I offer this word of warning: Players like Rifts because they can be cool, weird, and powerful characters. GMs like Rifts because the world is wild and unpredictable. The limits of your scenario take away some of the best parts of Rifts. I think you and your players will both have more fun if you gi...

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I've seen almost all of the anime people are mentioning here (Vampire Hunter D, Battle Angel, Silent Moebius, Bubblegum Crisis, Appleseed, etc.). I never really thought about how much Rifts is inspired by anime. It sure is though. It's interesting that almost everything that anyone has mentioned has...

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The anime, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust has elements that are Rifts-like. Oh yeah, totally. How could I forget about this? The Vampire Hunter D movies and novels are an obvious inspiration for Rifts. Vampire Hunter D has a post-apocalypse/Wild West setting where vampires overlords rule isolated vill...

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What are some books, movies, comics, or games that having a setting similar to Rifts? I really like the weird genre-bending Rifts world, but there isn't very much official Rifts media. I'd love some more sources of inspiration.

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I sometimes play alone using the Mythic Game Master Emulator. It works great! Spell casters, psychics, and characters with lots of skills are the most fun to play.

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These are very useful to me. Something like this should have been in the main rule book. Conversely, I'd buy a book full of these.

Dog Boys and Psi Stalkers would be awesome.

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Condoroids and Octomen can't seem to be as cute as Mutant Rats like Magali in Machinations. I don't think I intended the Octoman to be cute, but he just came out that way. There's a Rifts group on DeviantArt that has a lot of great stuff, both published and un-published. I've also mapped out Rifts ...

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I made some artwork of my new character: an Octoman City Rat.

If you are so inclined, you can check it out on my blog.

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Anyone on here going to GenCon this year? Looks like there are a few Rifts games going on. I've never attended before but I'm toying with the idea. Any opinions?

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In Eclipse Phase, the TITANs mysteriously vanished and could come back at any time. That's pretty scary.

Although, I agree with Kirnos. In Eclipse Phase, human society still seems mostly stable.

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I don't know about high tech dwarves, but Columbia in SA1 and Queens Harbor in SB4 have Techno-wizard Dwarves. Phaseworld dimension books also open up dwarves in space, but IIRC they are still more techno-wizard than pure high tech. I'm pretty sure SA1 does not have any OCCs an RCCs for those dwarv...

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Thanks for all the responses. Like all things in Rifts, this question is not as straightforward as it seems. I think I'll just rule that you can't unless your RCC/OCC or something else specifically says that you can. That seems to be the best way. Only if the character has the skill and a shield (MD...

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Can a character parry ranged attacks? I thought that you could not, but while flipping through the RUE yesterday, I read something (I can’t find it now) that indicated that you could. I thought you could parry melee attacks, but ranged attacks had to be dodged. Is that true? If not, what is the is p...

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I have a question about random psionic powers. If a character is randomly a minor or major psionic, how many powers and how much ISP do they have? The Arkon in SA2 have a high probability of random psychic powers, but no indicator of what those powers should be. I thought there was a chart for this ...

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normally you are right. however there are a few RCC's that are specifically said to be able to take an OCC instead of their normal RCC skillset. for example the Dogpack RCC has the option of the "freeborn dogboy", where you use the Dogpack's attributes and special senses, but can take an ...

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I’m a little confused about the relationship between OCCs and RCCs. I had always assumed that if a race has an RCC, then it must use that instead of an OCC. Is that the case? Are there examples of races with RCCs that can forgo those and use OCCs instead?

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For the record, I really like the SA setting. I think that nations are cool and imaginative. I like that setting is based around the conflicts between its various factions. I also think it ties nicely in with the Atlantis, Mexico, and Underseas world books.

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Currently, I just add the shield parry bonus to the the parry bonus of a wielded weapon. In other words, using a sword and shield at level 3 would give you a parry bonus of +4 (+2 for sword and +2 for shield). Admittedly, this is pretty unbalanced. Another option is to let shield-users attempt parry...

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say652 wrote:A six Armed Full Conversion Cyborg.

I notice that you always seem to be making new characters. If you wouldn't mind, I'd love to see these character sheets. I'm compiling a big roster of NPCs for use in my own campaigns. All your characters might be useful to have.

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Jorick wrote:http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/96335/Rifts-Game-Master-Kit

This is the one! Thanks!

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I read a thread on this forum a couple of days ago that described a Rifts supplement on DriveThruRPG that contained some fast-play charts and 50 NPCs. There was a link to the product on DTRPG and I added it to my wishlist (I think). Now the product is no longer on my wishlist and I can't seem to fin...

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Alrik Vas wrote:Considering the amount of drawing I have done, I'm surprised I haven't posted anything Rifts inspired really. I'll have to remedy this.

You should! In my experience, a lot of role-players are also artists. When I started this thread, I imagined that it would fill with artwork. I was so wrong.

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Yeah, that's a radio. It gets better reception up there.

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Hey there! I made a drawing that I would like to share here. It's of a Condoroid from WB9: South America 2 . Being from Santiago, he is wearing some traditional Chilean threads. Too bad those don't help his PB score of 5. You can check out this handsome mutant on my blog. Do any other artists have s...

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South America 1 has hardware to expand the Splurgoth fleet options (Mothership and a smaller vessel it hosts, which is deployed globally), plus a Demonic-class vessel(part of a scenario outline) used by Pirates, and a few other vehicles. There is also the Pirate and Sailor OCC (might be different t...

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Other Rifts Books that might help with Underseas & Lemuria: -Rifts Japan (loosely, it has a few underwater units that could be encountered/utilized) -Rifts South America 1 (possibly even 2 IINM) has equipment and creatures that could be encountered/used (IIRC, Underseas references equipment fou...

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I've been reading World Book 7: Underseas. I'm pretty impressed with the ideas in here. Things like the dolphin power armor are ridiculous, but fit really well with the (already absurd) Rifts setting. Has anyone ever run a campaign on or in the water? Who were the characters and what was the plot. W...

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You've just got to trust the GM to do what's fair. I guess I've never felt like I've been picked on or "targeted" by the GM. As a GM, I also never target players (that I realize). If someone's shtick is that they have a cool pet or a cool vehicle, I'm usually inclined to let them keep it s...

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I've been creating a lot of sample characters to better learn the Rifts system. Here they are if anyone wants to use them as NPCs or pre-gens. My first campaign is in Atlantis, so you'll notice some of the OCCs from that World Book. Juicer Thug (Level 1 - Full Character) Juicer Thug (Level 1)...

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looks like a fully flushed out character, usually when I make an NPC, I only fill out the COC Skills and leave the OCC related and secondary skills empty, if the NPC is needed to do a job/task, then I can quickly add the skill to their sheet (if its essential to the story). In the back of RMB, ther...

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I notice that someone else has a very similar thread running right now. It's good to know I'm not the only one frustrated by the lack of generic NPC stats.

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I have an experienced role-player, but I'm brand new to Rifts. I have the RUE core book, and a couple world books are coming in the mail. One thing that seems to be missing from the RUE are detailed stats for ready-to-use monsters/NPCs. Is the GM expected to create these himself or they available in...

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