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Whilst gaming this afternoon, one of our players, An extremely funny and cool female,

proceeded to perform professional wrestling maneuvers in her power armor, as well as in her regular armor

at one point she performed a flying elbow drop, in her Terror trooper armor, as she was dropped from a helicopter, and ended up killing a enemy with this single move

while we were joking around, We thrEw out the idea that we should come up with a professional wrestling skill.

that idea leAd me to think about, what other exciting and interesting skills would be fun to use during an adventure, or were extremely beneficial in crucial situations

if you have any ideas please Post them,as it would be really fun to hear everyone's Thoughts
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The Palladium skill system is already bloated and schizophrenic. You should be removing skills rather than adding more.

For instance, all of the biological sciences are summed up in a single science skill, but if you want to be proficient with both rifles AND shotguns, that's two separate skills, even though in the real world Biology covers more than you could learn in a single lifetime and being able to hit a target with both a hunting rifle and a shotgun takes maybe a couple hours of practice every couple of months.

Go figure.

At least as of RUE, they no longer make pistols and revolvers separate weapon proficiencies. That was completely ridiculous. Energy pistol is still it's own WP, curiously enough.

Now we just need rifles, energy rifles, shotguns, and sub-machineguns merged into the same skill.

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Wrestling Skill + Performance Skill = Professional Wrestling. ;)

If the character has wrestling and performance, I see no reason they couldn't combine them. I mean, that's how the gladiator does it. :D
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Re: New Skills

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SmilingJack wrote:Whilst gaming this afternoon, one of our players, An extremely funny and cool female,

proceeded to perform professional wrestling maneuvers in her power armor, as well as in her regular armor

at one point she performed a flying elbow drop, in her Terror trooper armor, as she was dropped from a helicopter, and ended up killing a enemy with this single move

while we were joking around, We thrEw out the idea that we should come up with a professional wrestling skill.

that idea leAd me to think about, what other exciting and interesting skills would be fun to use during an adventure, or were extremely beneficial in crucial situations

if you have any ideas please Post them,as it would be really fun to hear everyone's Thoughts



Or you could just go here.. viewtopic.php?f=7&t=107188

rather than start an entirely new thread
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Akashic Soldier wrote:Wrestling Skill + Performance Skill = Professional Wrestling. ;)

If the character has wrestling and performance, I see no reason they couldn't combine them. I mean, that's how the gladiator does it. :D


nonsense!

you also need acrobatics. those people do backflips and stuff.
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Because I feel like promoting my personal interests:

I am working on a pro-wrestling optional ruleset for a potential Rifter article (about 30% complete). This post gives me hope that there is sufficient interest.

I mean not all Pro Wrestlers would qualify as having the current Wrestling or Boxing skills, but it is not just a single skill, nor is it an H2H. It is so much more. Also included will be information about some Rifts and Heroes (I hope) Professional Wrestling Promotions.

There, now I have to finish writing it.
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Rifter 3 has an actual HTH Wrestling and Rifter 7 has a HTH Pro Boxing/Pugilism. I think Rifter 7 has a North America Kick Boxing HTH as well. I could have sworn there was a Pro Wrestling one in there somewhere too.
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Re: New Skills

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on the skill thread on heroes unlimited section,I put down rapping & opra singing,what do you think?
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abe wrote:on the skill thread on heroes unlimited section,I put down rapping & opra singing,what do you think?



I think that's both awesome and potentially hysterical

I'm going to create a boy band occ or teen pop singer occ

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Sexual And gender ambiguity: 95%
Appear on the cover of tiger beat magazine :98%
Be a douche: 99% + 100% bonus
Wear Ed hardy : 97%
Create good music -99%
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