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Per rifter 50, now part of the setting, it leads me to wonder, could Nightbane learn this OCC much like Sorcerer/Mystic? Same inquiry regarding other magic OCCs in TTGD too I suppose. Based on the Nightbane Sorcerer and Nightbane Mystic classes, it can be inferred that any Nightbane magician should...

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Power Weapon only affects handheld melee weapons. Power Channeling will work, though.

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There's no mention of a P.P.E. or I.S.P. cost, so I think the force field is supposed to be an innate, biological property of the symbiote, not a magical or psionic power. On the other hand, it is as you say, bio-wizardry, so...

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oh god... the bonuses.. rolled a pleasure bunneh (4d6 drop lowest, min 10. Arrange as desired... house rule) and made her a vagabond just to see how well it would work with a simple rogue style build. It rocks too hard.. MA 32, PB 33 ... equals +20 to seduction. (used the 20 bio-e for extra ma, pb ...

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Interesting...

The original Psyscape version of the Amorph could only speak two languages at +15%, so the DBoNA version offers a new twist. It may be reasonable, then, to retroactively apply this change to other telepaths.

Of course, the GM is always right.

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I suppose if the P.P.E. storage is achieved through the use of a Talisman spell, then it would be detectable as magical, because there is a constantly active spell effect, but if I recall correctly, standard P.P.E. clips are just wires and crystals; no spells required.

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Shouldn't those weapons, since they are actually storing the magical energy, actually radiate magic? Much like one would expect a Talisman or Scroll to do so? In the case of Flaming/Lightning swords, it is the spellcaster storing that PPE and the weapon being an empty conduit, but in the case of th...

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My ruling - the brain is too dependent on language for him to gather surface thoughts until he has taken a trade language as it will not translate. Any attempt to communicate a short message will not translate. I use the book examples to back up the ruling that is based on science. His contesting s...

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Tor wrote:It almost looks like the thing is wearing a bra around its abdomen... anyone have any idea what that bit is? Its skin reappears below this adornment...

Kneepads.

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In taking a closer look at the cover of Splynn Dimensional Market, I noticed the guy on the right has a name... I don't remember seeing him in the book though... does anyone know if he got statted out and maybe I just forgot/overlooked him? If not... if we ever get Atlantis 3, I sure hope we finall...

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If these priests should discover the Mechanoid threat, it will be enough to catch Artemis' and Poseidon's attention, at least.

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I thought when discussing rules in the FAQ it was supposed to be canon rules, not optional ones. Nope. Answers on the current forum-based FAQ are provided by the forum users themselves. The only criteria required to get an answer added to the archive is for the original poster to accept it, and the...

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In the high-tech urban centers, it is conceivable that traditional firefighting is handled entirely by robots, cyborgs, and automated fire-suppression systems, with police and medical personnel handling non-hazardous fire duties. Likewise, the wilderness communities presumably don't have the facilit...

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Those three were never borg enough to even be partial though. Partial is actually a bad term, because the way Palladium defines partials, something like "semiborg" or "halfborg" or "mostlyborg" or something along those lines would be more accurate. None of those terms ...

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What is this "word of God" you are referring to? If you are referring to C.J. Carella's original ideas for the Nightbane... well... he's not the "word of God" for the setting anymore. Says who? It is completely within the rights of the fanbase to rank a game's creator more highl...

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There's a brief mention in Triax 1 that much of Mediterranean civilization was obliterated, and has only recently begun to flourish again, with various human and non-human groups vying for territory (in other words, the same story as everywhere else on Rifts Earth). The maps at the back of the book ...

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We're talking about the Empowered power category, on pp. 8-16 of PU2.

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For the Physical Metamorphosis: Demigod, Physical Metamorphosis: Monster options, I'd say you add H.P. and S.D.C. together to get M.D.C., and supernatural strength would inflict Mega Damage in hand to hand combat. Given the quasi-magical nature of the transformation, one could also make the case for...

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I like the concept of the Body Fixer, but the only ones I've ever seen were NPCs, and I've never played one myself. Closest I ever got was a Cyber-Doc.

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I should think that a field of magical energy has no physical surface for the globs to adhere to, but for the sake of argument, let's assume that it's like a solid bubble. In that case, the globs could bind the shield to a nearby wall or other surface, but then the character could just cancel the sp...

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*remembers when the Psycho-Stalker transformation into MDC was a big deal since Psi-Stalkers and most Juicers normally could not do that* *now apparently all Psi-Stalkers are Psycho-Stalkers to some degree* It's still kind of a big deal (maybe not AS big), because the normal Psi-Stalker power only ...

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[*] The Cipher Manuscript (Shadows of Light, page 139) Also known as the Venice Manuscript after Wilfrid M. Venice, a rare book collector who discovered it in 1912 amongst a collection of ancient manuscripts in a Jesuit college. Venice took possession of the manuscript and owned it until the time o...

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Looking at the psycho-stalker OCC. What do I transfer over from the RCC to make the juicer? The OCC says that i lose some stuff from the RCC including physical abilities, but that includes paired weapons and such! Does becoming a juicer really mess with that ability or am i suppose to keep that? Al...

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In many of the game I've been in, it has been standard practice that all aspects of character generation had to be done in front of the GM, if not the entire group. This was not only to prevent cheating, but also so that the GM and other players could offer suggestions and ensure a coherent vision o...

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Yes and no. Mega-Heroes (and villains) can't be mimicked, as they are supernatural beings. However, some Immortals have the Immortality mega-power without actually being Mega-Heroes, and without otherwise being identified as supernatural. In this case, the mega-power (and any other applicable abilit...

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Hi, all. Still fairly new here, and I wanted to know how everyone deals with people that whine about how complex the Palladium system is. I just ignore them. In the past I would dump on their particular favorite game (especially if it was erroneously lauded for simplicity), or make an argument for ...

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What non-TW device would be used to facilitate casting 'Summon Shadow Beast', for example, I don't have a clue. Something like a duck call or dog whistle would be my guess since it can be used to "summon" an animal(s). Less likely, though possible, would be a radio/phone or other messagin...

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I don't think the device focus is intended to alter the actual parameters of a spell, so if a spell has a range of touch, the Techno-Wizard still needs to touch the target by hand. Maybe you could get away with touching the device to the target, but it still shouldn't be able to extend the spell bey...

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Bionic P.S. is equal to Extraordinary P.S. per Armageddon Unlimited, p. 12.

I would still use Superhuman/Robotic P.S. for full conversion and brain transplant cyborgs, personally.

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TD TMNT does have a bit on artillery in the story on civil war soldiers getting pulled forward and they you heading backward. IIRC it is a 12lb Napolean gun and it had a damage of 2d6x10. It's actually two 6-pounders, but you're right about the damage: 2D6 x 10 for cannon balls, or 8D6 for canister...

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The Techno-Wizard's standard equipment includes several items that would be suitable as magical foci: Multi-optics band -- spells of visual detection (e.g. See Aura, Detect Concealment) Flashlights -- light-based spells (e.g. Blinding Flash, Globe of Daylight) Mini-tool kit -- spells that help or hi...

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The books say there are good AIs, but fail to provide any examples. The books provide many examples of evil intelligences, as well as lots of context suggesting that "any" should be something more like "could theoretically be any, but they're mostly evil jerks with little to no sense...

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Nightlands mentions San Francisco several times in Lilith's writeup (one of her avatars is a police captain), but its Nightlands counterpart is only referred to as "the Nightlands' version of San Francisco." So, basically, you can call it whatever you want. Some suggestions: Leaden Gate He...

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Why did you not give credit for the Pirate Articles? As presented in the Rifter it would appear to a reader that the sample Articles are your own creation, when they are a nearly word for word copy of the actual Articles of the real Captain John Philips. m Huh. Thought I did. The following is an ex...

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Chiang Six was a character in Villains Unlimited who later became the prototype for the species. Where the character's name originated is anyone's guess.

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It is specifically stated in the Multiple Lives description that complete disintegration prevents the body from reforming. One could argue that the energy essence is the superbeing's true form and is therefore inherently separate from the physical body -- in fact, this may be the case for some Alien...

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Disintegration leaves no remains.

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The only Rifts sources I know off the top of my head would be the magic Animal Tattoo descriptions in Atlantis (p. 89) and the BoM (p. 232).

Slightly different stats can also be found in Monsters & Animals for PF2.

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BOM,p119 The Spinning Blades spell temporarily transforms a ordinary knife or short sword (SDC or MDC blade) into a magical weapon of destruction. The enchanted blade floats in the air and one, new additional blade appears for each level of the spell caster, creating a circular fan of blades..... T...

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The spell description doesn't state whether the closure of the chasm occurs with a violent surge or with a gentle caress. Either way, I think victims who are still in the chasm when the spell ends (or when the spell is cancelled by the caster) should be entombed in the earth, but that's just me.

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I don't think they demand the complete shutdown of a policy-violating site, either; they just ask for the removal of the offending material.

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I don't think it destroys the energy essence, so much as it prevents the essence from separating from the physical body.

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I would say yes. In fact, you don't even need to know the superbeing has a particular power to negate it; all super abilities possessed by the target (or by superbeings inside the target area, if using the "blanket" effect) are negated. However, I would argue that the instant decomposition...

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Regularguy wrote:Does the Mega-Power of 'Immortal' include a "does not age" perk?

Strict reading says no, but it is logically implied by the term "immortal."

Still, if someone wanted to play a Mega/Immortal character who looks 2,000 years old, I would be okay with it.

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I think Cellular Rot & Decay shouldn't work on invulnerable characters simply because it's a minor power. If it were a major ability, then I'd agree with the half damage idea. I think it would work on Zombie Flesh though (possibly at reduced effect because of Zombie Flesh's innate regeneration p...

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I don't recall if the Azverkan Knights of the True Vision (Mindwerks) have a specific code, but they are specifically called knights, so...

There's also the Bogatyr in Warlords of Russia. That's all I can remember without actually going through every book.

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Technically, a lower primate is a non-simian primate such as a lemur, loris, or tarsier. Where are we drawing the idea that "lower primate" means prosimians? Wasn't aware it was a technical term used in zoology. It's outdated, so you might not find it in texts from a recent decade. I thin...

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"If only we were in Antarctica, I could use my power of penguin control..."

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Technically, a lower primate is a non-simian primate such as a lemur, loris, or tarsier. As someone else mentioned, this may simply be a case of the author using a technical term in a nontechnical way (such as the oft-nitpicked "organic material"). It's also possible that the ability to co...

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In Gramercy Island, Raptor Red was a Physical Training character who was granted super abilities by experimentation, becoming a Mega-Villain in the process. I don't recall any rules being presented as to how this could be applied to player characters, but you could still use his write-up as a model.

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