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I have a feeling that it is a personal decision of the writer. Like it was his birthplace. Or where his mother lived, or something like that. It holds some sort of personal meaning. The old adage, write what you know.

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it looks like it's there now: https://palladium-store.com/1001/produc ... eview.html

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I always liked how Aaron Allston summed up the different types of players from his book: Strike Force (Champions Game) Here is a summary of the types of gamers: The Pro From Dover (has to be best at what they do), The Builder (wants to make a permanent impact and fix the world), The Buddy (only ther...

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I found this article talking about Chrome Spray Paint vs. Silver Spray Paint

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I want to see a dark hidden faction within Lazlo. Maybe even two. If folks want to go with the college vibe, make it secret society style: Skull and Bones (A pro CS organization), Order of the Silver Eagle (A NEMA/Republican Society), Society of Thoth (A magical society bent on bringing Thoth). Some...

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A piece of my head-canon... Since Lazlo has always had an emphasis on learning, the city's major institution would be a university. One that's combined with and almost dominates the government. So instead of Lazlo having a traditional intelligence service, the university would a field research bran...

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I made it simple in my games: SLMH and Protoculture are interchangeable. The storage medium and duration is what is different. In Macross the human mecha did not have a storage medium, other than basic aircraft style fuel tanks. In the Masters saga the human mecha use SLMH Fuel Stacks (which basical...

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I think I recall some passage from somewhere when Proton Torpedoes were introduced, talking about them being new technology, and maybe giving a good description... but I can't find where that passage might be. They don't seem to be mentioned in the Mechanoids Trilogy. The original Robotech book has...

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A good example of what I'm talking about is the following: An Alpha specifically has Upper and Lower Arm MDC (same with leg). This shows up in Shadow Chronicles as well. When you look at the Macross Sourcebook it just lists Legs and Arms.... what? If your going to get granular, do it all the same. O...

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Shadow Chronicles and everything related to the New Generation, is basically a RUE version, or a version 1.5 of Robotech. Macross and Masters saga sourcebooks feel more like a true 2.0 version including character generation in Master Saga sourcebook. But they still fail due to the bad editing on the...

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I did a thought experiment and test on changing the MDC of everything, providing 'Scale' to the system. It kept the weapons in check IIRC, but halved or more the MDC of targets. But what it did do, was utilize something like SDC was supposed to be, for everything the hero was. Bigger than life. Nat...

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I did a thought experiment and test on changing the MDC of everything, providing 'Scale' to the system. It kept the weapons in check IIRC, but halved or more the MDC of targets. But what it did do, was utilize something like SDC was supposed to be, for everything the hero was. Bigger than life. Natu...

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I still think one of the quickest easiest things for Palladium to do, is grab all their 'Official' Material that is in every Rifter, and bundle them for each game line: Rifter: Rifts, Rifter: Heroes Unlimited, Rifter: <insert game system of choice> Greetings and Salutations. From a recent W...

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IIRC the Cabal of 24 didn't self claim that title. Instead it was Carl Gleba in the post mentioned above was the first instance of that. I am a fan of Palladium. I am also critical of Palladium. I can be both, and I am both. I want Palladium to succeed, grow, and prosper - Just like every other fan ...

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I had wanted to build three arcologies in the LA area of California and Las Vegas area of Nevada. One was sunken, and survived, and became a human safe zone (ala Coalition). One was destroyed, and another sunk into the earth. I dived a bit further into the Human safe zone, as it was the most fun to ...

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I think there is a problem with Robotech's stats based on Palladium's lack of editing. Shadow Chronicles is really Robotech 1.5. It's not a true successor, reboot, or 2nd Edition to the game books. Palladium did some minor changes, adjusted some numbers, then called it good. The fluff material was e...

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He's been working at the same company for the past 21 years. He's still working in the computer game industry as an Art Director.

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I'm going to say it's a Combat cyborg. Mainly because of the size in comparison to the soldier, and how on page 138 the cyborg is depicted against humans. Both pictures are from the same artist, and that usually helps determine things. Also you can always ask Chuck - he has been fairly active in the...

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I know your not looking for this, but others might: Cost of Repair: varies; Page 36 - Sourcebook 1 Revised Time to Repair Armor: 2 Hours for 10 SDC (I'm sure this can be MDC as well); Page 126 - Heroes Unlimited 2nd Edition I am sure there are alternate sources for this information as well. But as w...

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I personally would keep the transformation sequence to an action or a free action. Mainly because it doesn't make sense to make the process take longer. I just looked at the transformation sequence to a Valkyrie in Macross 0? (VF-0) and it takes 27 seconds from the time he hits the trigger for the t...

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I do know this forum software. But I am not sure, as no one has told me otherwise. But I did message it to folks who work on the website.

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it's not a cookie issue - it's a board back end issue.

Admin Panel \ Server Configuration \ Cookie Settings
Cookie Domain needs to be set as: palladiumbooks.com

Once this is set on the back end, everything should be fine.

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1st Ed Robotech. i disagree, throwing a mech into the mix means you have 'two layers' of character right off the bat, then there comes down to all the extra piloting stuff, weapons options, range, and chaff. All that and the OP hasn't even gotten into basic strike/parry/dodge items. I am going to d...

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Sometimes life is weird. There's a blue moon out, I saw a black squirrel, the Red Sox won another world series, and I agree with KC. There's no reason why eBooks shouldn't be a viable option for fiction based on Palladium IPs. Furthermore, there's no need for Kindle Worlds. If Palladium wants to co...

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Well as we can use Kevin's own words in this matter: Palladium Books is run by amateur game designers and non-professional editors. Therefore we can state that when we call Palladium's office, their answers are: suspect. And their books kind of prove that, when you have rules contradict themselves ...

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Well as we can use Kevin's own words in this matter: Palladium Books is run by amateur game designers and non-professional editors. Therefore we can state that when we call Palladium's office, their answers are: suspect. And their books kind of prove that, when you have rules contradict themselves t...

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Military does not like to waste money. There are time we are told to disengage because the expenditure of a munition wasnt worth the target. The real reason the military is sited as wasting money is for the same reason the whole Government should be. Unfortunately the way the system is you either u...

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I'm going to go back to the entry on the Pepperbox Missile Launcher - because it clearly changes how missile rules are utilized based on conjecture here in this thread: The new MM-16 multiple missile launcher was designed after careful study of battlefield tactics. From eye witness reports and battl...

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And Al is supposed to be a Military and History buff, and knowledgeable of all things weaponry. But this stance is crazy, I can kind of rationalize it, but it's HARD. All missiles are guided, they have to be. Otherwise they aren't missiles, they are rockets. Now the guidance can be somewhat low tech...

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As it stood, the only way wave 2 was ever going to arrive was if there had been some sort of miracle retail sales of wave 1 product, which in itself was more than overly optimistic, given the majority of early buyers wil have already bought into the kickstarter. This then begs the question of why t...

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True - but with Black Market, you not only have Unguided Missiles able to utilize the rule of an Automatic Hit at 4+ Missiles. You also have Mini-Missiles able utilize the rules as well. Which I believe before, was specifically stated that it was not allowed.

Editing? Pshaw!

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I'm going to toss another tidbit to the topic: Rifts Black Market: Page 147 From eye witness reports and battlefield footage, it is obvious that a mini-missile is not quite as effective as most soldiers believe. Beyond the obvious hazard of the mini-missile being shot down before it can strike its t...

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As for the Homebrew Mecha using Concept Art, heck everyone does that all over the place. Extremely common to do the same with Star Wars. Usually they use concept art from the series the game is from... you don't see many Star Wars games using Star Trek concept art for ships, or vice versa. Maybe I ...

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I have seen folks use Macross II Marduk as a badguy in games. Usually as a splinter group of the Robotech Masters. But those games are always fleeting and few between. Usually the games sit somewhere in the holes of the original series. Reconstruction Era, Aftermath of the Masters, Rise of the Invid...

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My favorite thing to do is: Put them in the middle of combat/mission... It gets them to start acting like a group, and an immediate pay day at the end.

Otherwise I use the tried and true version of an Employer that hires them all and sticks them in a room ala the movie Ronin.

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I can't find my copy of RMB at the moment, but I did find my copy of the Sentinels (which has similar rules within it). Sentinels: Page 47 - Rifles Short Burst - 20% of Ammo/Magazine, x2 Damage, 1 Attack Long Burst - 50% of Ammo/Magazine, x5 Damage, 1 Attack Entire Magazine - 100% of Ammo/Magazine, ...

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I'm going to say this - because apparently I am not in the majority: I have never used Macross II rules for my Robotech games. Not even for my 'more homebrew' style games. It has always been Robotech for 1e and now 2e. And I prefer the both Southern Cross and Masters Saga for character creation.

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I do a 5 phase set of attacks, with everyone attacks on phase 1. I then even space out the number of attacks, as they grow. So like in the example above for 8 attacks, Phase 1, 3, and 5 will be 2 attacks while 2 and 4 would be 1. If someone has 4 attacks, phase 3 they would not have an action. Doing...

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dunno about the bundle of holding ones specifically, but the splicers I Am Legion one i bought recently (about a week ago give or take) is searchable, but basically doesn't have bookmarks (i mean, it technically has some, but they're all for the advertisements in the back of the book, which i presu...

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are they text searchable? or have bookmarks?

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Interesting that it describes a fleet and a colony. it is riddled with contradictions to current canon though (for example, we know that the SDF-3 did not leave "space station equality" in 2044, it left Space Station Liberty.. and not to go to earth, but to go to a system in the nearby Om...

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I always liked the 'One Command Structure' an amalgamation of ranks - you can find them in the old RDF Sourcebook.

I also like the idea that folks who had ranks prior to the formation of the RDF were able to keep them (honorary or whathaveyou).

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Years ago, I posted an idea about an Omnibus being created from the best Rifter articles for each game line. AKA, a Nightbane Omnibus, Rifts Omnibus, etc. AKA, there are fans of one game line who might not ever by Rifters because they don't care about other game lines BUT they would buy a book of a...

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To me, Cost is a factor. I don't want to spend more than 50 bucks on a board game. Make the game with Paper Mini's, then add on the plastic, pewter, or whatever mini's.

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Some folks just want to hate on the CS. It's easy to do, they are set up as a bad guy human nation within Rifts. But they also set it up so that players COULD play that group, why not? Not everyone loves Magic, Psychics, or Monsters. I personally like to play humans in games, and when I play those g...

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Anyone out there that can pass this off to Kevin or the staff at palladium it would be appreciated. but I'm holding an open invite and inviting Kevin or his staff to do a Cameo voice bite on our Real Play Super Hero podcast game show known as m If you have heard the show you know the players have a...

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As the admin of the site, yeah the link moved from the root of the folder to a subfolder. It's for future expansion in order to do a front page and/or blog or something like that.

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jaymz wrote:http://worldofjaymz.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Robotech_(Palladium)

Don't click the link. Copy paste it. For some reason it doesn't paste the link properly.

If you put the URL tag around the URL, instead of leaving it free... it will pick up the ) for a proper link....

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What do you like the least about character creation? Where to start... Standardization is probably my biggest pet peeve. Between all the books it's not standardized where it should be. Let's tackle something easy: SDC Base SDC, is there one? SDC in TSC is provided by MOS SDC in Macross is provided ...

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I could totally see a revamp of the character creation process.

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