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- Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:47 am
- Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
- Topic: W.P. Spear vs W.P. Pole Arms vs W.P. Staff vs W.P. Forked
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12728
Re: W.P. Spear vs W.P. Pole Arms vs W.P. Staff vs W.P. Forke
I realize this discussion is focused on long spear/ pole arm type weapons, but isn't a pair of Sai governed by W.P. Forked also?
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:42 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Scaling Combat Challenges
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13016
Re: Scaling Combat Challenges
I would let them coast for a little while. Let them fight the types of enemys you have been throwing at them, if for no other reason than to let them feel the effects of have more powerfull gear, then before they get too comfortable with it throw the more powerfull advisaries at them. Getting new st...
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:01 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Super Speed question ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1492
Re: Super Speed question ?
Was it under the Mega -Hero section of HU? I seem to remember something about it there.
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:02 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: randomer item table
- Replies: 1173
- Views: 2336090
Re: randomer item table
77. Slot Machine -- An old looking but functional slot maching. If the lever is pulled roll 3d8 to determine spin results. 1.(a). Cherry. If a single cherry is rolled in any slot the reels will spin 1d6 times finally comming to a stop on "3 in a row" of a single 1d8. (roll 1d8 to determine...
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:38 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: miscellaneous questions
- Replies: 0
- Views: 385
Re: miscellaneous questions
You're trying to kill a Millennium Tree?!?!!? You monster!
Without knowing for sure, I would say that the tree could draw enough energy to survive, but wouldn't be able to perform any of "miracles".
Without knowing for sure, I would say that the tree could draw enough energy to survive, but wouldn't be able to perform any of "miracles".
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:19 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Nets Et Al: A Question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5155
Re: Nets Et Al: A Question
How about a simple bola type weapon? Sure it doesn't completely incapacitate, but it can sure slow someone down.
- Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:09 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: randomer item table
- Replies: 1173
- Views: 2336090
Re: randomer item table
#54. Steampunk Goggles ---These goggles are carved out of wood with brass/bronze trimmings with inlays of intricate designs or gears placed into them. The lenses are not glass, but some sort of thin cut crystal. Colors vary (though ruby quartz is popular for some reason). Putting on the goggles alow...
- Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:29 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: randomer item table
- Replies: 1173
- Views: 2336090
Re: randomer item table
taalismn wrote:Zer0 Kay wrote:I can only assume Eeore led to donkey kick which led to kick... Low relation score. . Funny though.
Tenuous, but satisfying...
I just assumed that (arse) was another word for donkey, which led to getting kicked in the arse.
- Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:20 pm
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: Status of Container #2
- Replies: 38
- Views: 22316
Re: Status of Container #2
Step 1, make thread speculating the arrival of container #2.
Step 2 ...........
Step 3, Big Profits!!!
Step 2 ...........
Step 3, Big Profits!!!
- Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:44 pm
- Forum: Ninjas & Superspies™ & Mystic China™
- Topic: Can't believe I found this...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18530
Re: Can't believe I found this...
Wow, I'm glad I have the orginal version. Revised nerfed the crap out of my ninjistu.
Re: Questions
I believe you are thinking about Ferret Squad, out of the Rifts:Mercenaries book. As for what Merc company Ferret Squad is attached to, I think it's Crowes Commandoes, but I'm not certain of that. Mind probe interrogation team? Throw a Mind Bleeder in there along side your Mind Melter. Bio-manipulat...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:32 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Character Generation Prefferences?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1974
Re: Character Generation Prefferences?
He's basically saying instead of rolling 3d6 and putting the total on whatever stat you want, take each individual number and put it where you want. The limit being that you can't put more numbers into a stat than that stat allows. Ex. no putting 7d6 into a stat rolled for a normal human. Edit: words
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:13 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Skelebots vs a Glitterboy
- Replies: 169
- Views: 28873
Re: Skelebots vs a Glitterboy
Yes.....bad joke. It definately sounded better in my head.
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:16 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Skelebots vs a Glitterboy
- Replies: 169
- Views: 28873
Re: Skelebots vs a Glitterboy
Can we use the Biomancer's MDC trees here? *wonders if permanetly-spelled-MDC is an inherited trait that might eventually cause Rifts Earth to be exclusively populated by them* Be carefull with that line of thought, you run with it too much and you'll have players chucking M.D.C. pinecones and acor...
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:01 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Questions from a Newbie RIFTS GM
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2252
Re: Questions from a Newbie RIFTS GM
1. Paired weapons can let you parry attacks from more than 1 combatant (or 1 with combatant with 2 melee weapons), but the main advantage of having paired weapons is being able to parry with one and then effectively do a simutanious strike on the opponent. 2. I don't have my books with me right now ...
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:30 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Character Generation Prefferences?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1974
Re: Character Generation Prefferences?
I just ran the old T.M.N.T. adventure module a couple weeks ago, the one with the death traps in it. When my group rolled up their characters, I had them keep whatever they rolled, strait down the line, no picking where the number went. No re-rolling 1's. It worked out okay because of the rule in T....
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:14 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Purifiers (Serial FanFic)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 15470
Re: Purifiers (Serial FanFic)
Keep 'em coming Prysus. I really enjoy reading this stuff.
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:00 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Robotech Tactics Kickster II
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8136
Re: Robotech Tactics Kickster II
I missed both of the other kickstarters and would have contributed had I gotten to them in time. Even with the problems they have had if PB does another one, I would contribute. That of course is assuming I have the cash to spare when it comes along.
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 7:42 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: randomer item table
- Replies: 1173
- Views: 2336090
Re: randomer item table
Sorry Drew, you have made an error. The game is to first post something related to the previous entry, then go with an original, random idea. If you turn the book of love into number 21 and think of something to compliment Zero Kay's post it'll be gravy.
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:39 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: randomer item table
- Replies: 1173
- Views: 2336090
Re: randomer item table
12. A man , dressed all in black, with a wide brimed hat and white collar stands over an unmarked grave. He hold some sort of religous book and a small silver cross. Praying out loud, you hear him ask forgiveness from his Deity for the blood spilled by his own WRATH. 13. You don't find it, so much a...
- Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:17 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Another Operation
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1104
Re: Another Operation
It's a toss up between the CS troops and Asalyn for me, but then my instincts are usually wrong so I prolly should have chosen the Bugs. My, point being, I am of absolutely no help here.
- Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:50 pm
- Forum: After the Bomb® RPG & TMNT®
- Topic: A QUESTION ABOUT W.P ON THE CHARACTER SHEET...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3875
Re: A QUESTION ABOUT W.P ON THE CHARACTER SHEET...
I have found myself asking that same question. I used to just try and squeeze both range and RoF in there, usually ending up spilling over into the margins. As a concequence, I really started to dislike using the character sheets provided due to lack of space/ having to write exceedingly small. If y...
- Wed Sep 03, 2014 7:50 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: post apocalyptic music genres
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7390
Re: post apocalyptic music genres
In the first Rifts novel, there was a club/bar that the characters went to deep in the lower leves of Chi-Town. The band was playing some kind of heavy metal/punk "music", the kind of stuff where you can't even understand the lyrics if I recall correctly. They had a very phallic sounding n...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: New Dragon-God
- Replies: 54
- Views: 21335
Re: New Dragon-God
Well I'm not an Iowa native, so no offence taken. I'm willing to bet that I hate on Iowa more than you anyway.
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:36 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: New Dragon-God
- Replies: 54
- Views: 21335
Re: New Dragon-God
Oops, my bad. I am still getting the hang of the post editing feature, also....I'm kinda dumb.
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:43 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: New Dragon-God
- Replies: 54
- Views: 21335
Re: New Dragon-God
As far as blood powers perhaps in addition to what you and Glistam have worked out, his blood can be used to give tatoo powers to supernatural beings, not that he ever would do that on the palladium world.
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:38 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: New Dragon-God
- Replies: 54
- Views: 21335
Re: New Dragon-God
Any other candidates out there? I know there's a demon-lord-dragon-god in the Indian pantheon, and Apepi in the Egyptian, Styphathal might like them. Oooo this gives me an idea for another dragon-god pantheon, separate yet not necessarily opposed to Dragonwright. My unnamed Chiang-Ku, Quetzalcoatl ...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:01 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Lizard Mage as one of Dweomer's Magi?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2708
Re: Lizard Mage as one of Dweomer's Magi?
Oops, just looked at it again. It's not Achillies Heel, it's called Achilles' Syndrome.The Disease lasts for the lifespan of the infected, unless cured by magic. A restoration spell seems to be the "easiest" way to cure it. Other ways include an elixer from the Splugorth, the healing touch...
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:51 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Tell me about your campaigns.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1824
Re: Tell me about your campaigns.
I cannot wait untill my son is old enough to game. He is only 4 right now, but I have been sewing the seeds. He, of course, loves superheroes and he saw me using my dice and he really wanted to play with them so I had him roll for some random powers from HU. Going with a 2 major 3 minor template he ...
- Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:45 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Lizard Mage as one of Dweomer's Magi?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2708
Re: Lizard Mage as one of Dweomer's Magi?
Have the Lizard Mage get infected with the "Achillies Heel" disease from MIF, turns MDC creatures into SDC creatures
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:03 pm
- Forum: Palladium Books® Games Q. & A.
- Topic: where&when of the shadow-reduction of Dragon breath weapons!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4220
Re: where&when of the shadow-reduction of Dragon breath weap
I was always confused as to why a Thunder Lizard didn't breath lightning as an attack.
- Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:02 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Paper Miniatures?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1777
- Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:58 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Rifts Paper Miniatures?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1777
Re: Rifts Paper Miniatures?
Those paper minis are the brain child of forum user MADMANMIKE, perhaps with time he would endeavor to do some Rifts sets. As I understand it, PB allowed him to put them up. He came to them, not the other way around.
Please correct me if I have this wrong Mike.
Please correct me if I have this wrong Mike.
- Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:54 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Kormath's Blood, Come up with some ideas for its powers.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 949
Re: Kormath's Blood, Come up with some ideas for its powers.
Maybe his blood could be a key component to crafting powerful magic items." During the forging process, cooling the metal in the blood of Kormath..." I like the idea but it says it takes up to a year to cool (and once cool is "white-metal" which is presumably no longer liquid), ...
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:17 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: contest most mdc possible in a playable character
- Replies: 94
- Views: 53457
Re: contest most mdc possible in a playable character
Well, it's official. I am NOT a munchkin. None of these builds/combinations would have ever occurred to me. Being a munchkin doesn't require thinking up strange combinations or builds, just roleplaying a PC out-of-character to gain power. True, that is a facet of being a munchkin, but I have also a...
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:54 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Kormath's Blood, Come up with some ideas for its powers.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 949
Re: Kormath's Blood, Come up with some ideas for its powers.
Mabey his blood could be a key component to crafting powerfull magic items." During the forging process, cooling the metal in the blood of Kormath......"
- Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:45 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: Phase World Corps/Mega-Corps
- Replies: 122
- Views: 84523
Re: Phase World Corps/Mega-Corps
Ty'lurr's Starship Towing Sevices- "The best hooker in the 3 Galaxies".
- Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:56 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: CS Propaganda
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2281
Re: CS Propaganda
I did a search for the StarWars recruitment posters, some of those seem to fir pretty well, especially with some re-tooling by someone much more talented than myself. I would have provided a link, but I don't know how to do that without posting a link that is is loinger than the rest of this post.
- Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:38 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Zavor as a weapon against the CS
- Replies: 103
- Views: 9692
Re: Zavor as a weapon against the CS
It's not any magic that causes them to split, it has to be something magical that causes damage. I'd have to agree with this. A Zavor merely touching or comming into contact with something magical is not going to split it. Otherwise how would they even hold a magical weapon without splitting uncont...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:12 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: NG 2 Errata
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7702
Re: NG 2 Errata
Pg. 214 Mountaineer ATV - Cost "850,000 million credits for nuclear, ...."
Wow, this had better be the worlds best friggin' ride EVER!!!!
Wow, this had better be the worlds best friggin' ride EVER!!!!
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:55 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: This is how you should make your T-shirts Palladiumbooks
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10059
Re: This is how you should make your T-shirts Palladiumbooks
I would have gotten the Panthershark one, i love the artwork, but I can't stand the fact that the shirt is bright red. A poor color choice in my opinion. As it stands, I have a Rifts logo, the "I (skull) N.Y." , the classic "Dog Pack', and my favorite one, the Megaverse in Flames &quo...
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:02 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Some issues that popped up at a session
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6541
Re: Some issues that popped up at a session
FatherMorpheus wrote:5. 1 critical success, 98, 99, or 100 auto-failures.
I was under the impression that 98% was still passing, while 99 and 100% were failures, assuming the character had 98% in the skill to begin with.
- Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: Ninjas & Superspies™ & Mystic China™
- Topic: Can't believe I found this...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18530
Re: Can't believe I found this...
This is the edition of NSS that I have.....I never realized they changed those things.
- Sun Jul 27, 2014 5:34 am
- Forum: Palladium Books® Games Q. & A.
- Topic: Smallest creatures in the megaverse
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5008
Re: Smallest creatures in the megaverse
Their damage doesn't get cut that much though... isn't it something like 1/3 or 1/2? Still a huge amount to inflict directly to brain. If a Shrinking superhero entered Dead Reign, I'd say entering the ear means avoiding that whole NAR issue since they get direct brain access. After determining how ...
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:08 pm
- Forum: Palladium Books® Games Q. & A.
- Topic: Smallest creatures in the megaverse
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5008
Re: Smallest creatures in the megaverse
HU2 p286
Shrink - the character can get this small --> .
Shrink - the character can get this small --> .
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:42 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: This is quite puzzling
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3098
Re: This is quite puzzling
Wow, there seems to be quite a bit of hate for puzzles. If I were to end up implementing any of them, I would not make them an impediment to the progression of the story. I would regulate them to something like 'lil side missions or treasure rooms, stuff that would be helpfull, but not necessary to ...
- Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:24 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Operation Windfall 2
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10806
Re: Operation Windfall 2
Ha...that reminds me the episode of Family Guy when Peter writes an erotic novel for men and the audio book is narrated by Betty White.
- Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:02 pm
- Forum: Rifts®: Dimension Books
- Topic: contest most mdc possible in a playable character
- Replies: 94
- Views: 53457
Re: contest most mdc possible in a playable character
Well, when I said "edition" i meant printing. Also, I'm dumb and should have realized what HU2 meant, sometimes I ask dumb questions that I don't think all the way through, not realizing that I actually knew the answer. Either way the problem has been rectified as I picked up a new copy of...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:42 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Operation Windfall 2
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10806
Re: Operation Windfall 2
Kinda feels like cheating....the sword seems to make things too easy for Alrik. I mean christ, He didn't even have to cough up any blood.
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:13 pm
- Forum: After the Bomb® RPG & TMNT®
- Topic: TMNT rap battle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3238
Re: TMNT rap battle
I love the ERB's, but this last season was on the weak side. It had some pretty good moments, but overall was inferior to season 2.