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johnkretzer

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 ...

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A couple points... 1) Someone really brought 'facts' about NK as proof? Really? Where did you get that figure? 2) Almost no one today rebuilds anything. They replace it. And trust having worked as a auto mechanic literacy is not a very needed skill for a guy just replacing parts. And it is getting m...

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I kinda like the idea.

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Gackle Tooth: Because I am a strong but laid back kinda of guy. Zenith moon Warpper: Because people are tasty. kidding. Because I like their strong streak towards invidualism....and their relaince on being clever. Though as one I would defintly NOT EAT People. Elf: I just think it would be great to ...

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Nether wrote:So have you played Rifts recently? (2-4 weeks)

Yes.

Nether wrote:Do you play regularly?

Yes.

Nether wrote:Do you like the game but don't play at all?

I like the game.

Nether wrote:Have you played in the past but not anymore?

No Still play.

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I would also love a book about the weres.

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1st Character: That I remember and play beyond a one shot was a in AD&D Elf Rogue. I can't remember his name but played him for a long time. 1st Rifts Character: Gypsey Healer...died second session. Motivation: Just got a concept and go with it. Usuialy I read alot of non-fiction which sometime ...

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Wow both you and Shinitenshi accused for something I did not do....than did the thing you accused me of yourselves. I used word like 'probably' and 'most'....this in no ways means since in my games Lazlo is important that it is for everyone. But both of your statements seem to say since we ignore i...

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While all the list seems like interesting ideas...and not to dis the writters of them there are other things that people really want. Lazlo is soooo long overdue it is not even funny. Lazlo more than any area in Rifts is probably where most of the adventurewrs hang their hats. It should have been t...

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While all the list seems like interesting ideas...and not to dis the writters of them there are other things that people really want. Lazlo is soooo long overdue it is not even funny. Lazlo more than any area in Rifts is probably where most of the adventurewrs hang their hats. It should have been th...

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Rather see alot of other books before this...like Rifts: Lazlo or Rifts D-Bees of Europe.

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I have to say...I would not stay...as I view it as a zero chance of survival in the CS for myself...in the wilderness you might get lucky and run into a Cyber-Knight or other Heroes. In the CS even the 'Heroes' will turn you over to the secret police... I find it funny that people without any form o...

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unless you can give them a great reason. "Did you guys know the shemarrians riders actually robots controlled but a AI out of the old proving ground in maryland." So your plan is to give them int. you can't back up? When asked where you got this info...you'll say what? 'I got it from a fi...

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Maybe you could explain this to me then (honestly, I haven't completely understood it). Exactly what would I be doing wrong? Is intelligence really outlawed? Like... do you require an IQ of 8 or lower to be a CS citizen? I think I'll stop using quote now. EDIT TO CLARIFY: I've read the books and lo...

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I know in my games , its one of my house rules, dead characters are forfeited to the GM automatic, no open to debate , and filed away for future use and fine tuning, as a npc, or returned to the player after a later date. I am just curious why you have that house rule? Personaly if a character he i...

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Actualy I think you have...atleast I hope so...misunderstood what Balabanto is saying. As one of his players....this rule of any character you play might be published by him as copyrighted by him....only applies for the games to his Champions game, not in his Rifts game or FR game...etc. Just the s...

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Afraid I don't see why they'd be owing you money when you admit that they're playtesting for you, which is after all work. Work you enjoy but doesn't feel like work because of that is still work. Work helping out a friend is still work, there's just a bigger feeling of accomplishment when it's for ...

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I know in my games , its one of my house rules, dead characters are forfeited to the GM automatic, no open to debate , and filed away for future use and fine tuning, as a npc, or returned to the player after a later date. I am just curious why you have that house rule? Personaly if a character he i...

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The Coalition is populated by incompetent sheep who don't have the brain power to empty a boot full of **** if the pictogram instructions where written on the heel. The only reason the CS exists is publisher's fiat. Replace Coalition with "every single government in Rifts" and yes, this b...

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The city of Lazlo This city seems to be like the perfect utopia, in a world of fear, chaos, demons, hatred and the Coalition States, Lazlo has somehow managed to stand pretty much unmolested as the perect paradise where all induviduals regardless of their origin, race, eye-colour and philosophy, we...

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My deal breakers as a player are as follows... 1) GM who always allow the party to win...no matter what. 2) The GM who railroads the party. 3) GMs who are trying to 'win'. Note: I don't mean a GM who will play npcs intelligently but one who design encounters at a power level far exceeding the PC's. ...

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taalismn wrote:Gotta go with Air on this one; versatility being my main concern.

+1 I went with air for the same reason...

Though I have been waiting to play a air/firew warlock for a long time.

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I'll start it off .. an nothing is off limits !! (well within board rules that is hehe) 1) - Did you know .. at the START of the Coalitions Actual "invasion" The CS had the following .. a- 320,000 : Coalition Soilders. b- 100,000 : Dogboys. c- 316,000 : Skelebots. d- 308,000 : Coalition S...

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I am working on this idea what do you guys think? Ever thought of how one might fit in? The one I am working on had fallen to the dark side of their pantheon. I have done that for Zenith Moon Warpers because well I play one and planning on doing a Rifters subsciption on it(still in the works). Thou...

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And that's the problem. The game is fine as long as you're working with a group of like-minded people who can agree on the rules. But as soon as you deal with an outsider, somebody has to relearn the game, because no two groups play the same game of Rifts. Actualy you could replace the word Rifts w...

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so, in game terms, how would you simplify the "terminal velocity" thing so that it doesn't hinder the game, is quick to use and is understandable by a 13 year old? For mega-damage creatures we always change the S.D.C. damage to M.D.C. 1D6 per 10 feet can add up. I don't care how tough you...

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@Keir451: I always loved Heinlien myself from that time period. I understand your point. And I like realism in my games too(more than the people I play with) but I am not a scientific type person...so the minor point elude me. I am also willing to suspend my personal knowledge and go with the flow. ...

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Necronomicus wrote:about the only reason i have all the rifter's. they have lost a customer.

Shrug...if they had kept it...I would probably have stopped getting Rifter...so they would have lost me as a customer...your point?

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Hey john, well yeah that's my gripe, I don't care for many of his PA and robot units or the fighter designs. But I actually find it really easy to theorize on where the technology of today is gonna be 80 yrs. from now (the basis of Rifts tech starts w/Chaos Earth) and then project 200+ yrs forward....

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My only complaint was SOME of the tech, the background and society info was killer. The underlined I can agree on, the background info was well done. I did enjoy the interview w/ General Rasheem. I also liked most of the weapons and body armor, but I didn't like the power armors (as I've already st...

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You could always go with location....

They might be vulnerable while on holy ground...in or out of water....etc.

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I have to say the Prosek's family is up there....because with everything on that list they still only care about power and will do anything for it.

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I think the CS would have human/D-bee porn and etc. But it would be more propganda than anything else. It would show why it is evil...and there would always be the morale lesson on why it is wrong. Sorta like the pulp novelsd about homosexuals in the 40's/50's. Of course all the 'actors' used will ...

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For some reason, the more you hate a group, the more you wonder what it would be like to have sex with it, human psychology is just odd that way. Actualy it is nothing odd about it. Racist generaly hate because of power and control issues. Power is related to sex. So they get the whole control and ...

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I think the CS would have human/D-bee porn and etc. But it would be more propganda than anything else. It would show why it is evil...and there would always be the morale lesson on why it is wrong. Sorta like the pulp novelsd about homosexuals in the 40's/50's. Of course all the 'actors' used will b...

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I had to exclude the mainbook because probably half the people here would have chosen it if it was an option. The Dimension and Chaos Earth books would have made the list too long (the limit is 50), and they veer off in a different direction anyway. Though I have to admit Wormwood is among my favor...

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I agree the Werewolves should have a source or World book of their own like the vamps!! A very misunderstood and likely underestmated Player Character! G +100 Werewolves are awesome....and can work as the good guys if you get rid of the whole Medival European BS about wolves being evil and crap...

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D-Bees of North America is my favorite so far....though all of them are pretty good.

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I would not mid seeing it....but it would have to be soft cover...it would have to have stas...new picture optionaly....

As long as it does not interphere with other books coming out...like game books.

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Recycling? Was not most of the citys nuked? That would not leave alot to recycle...meh...also in 200 years from now with increasing levels of mining tech...why do you think anything will be left even very deep? Heck they probably had to mine the astroieds. I like the Deevil idea as it suddenly cast ...

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Pysic Body Field or Telekinic Forve Field...for those of a more defensive bent.

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Are there certain areas that are mined for... well whatever raw materials MDC stuff is made of. And where do they get the funds to do all the stuff they do? Millions and millions of skelebots especially. Other than that, how do they feed all their citizens. Does the breadbasket still exist? That so...

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K20A2_S wrote:The over abundance of ai's throughout the books is overkill imo.......there doesn't always need to be a puppetmaster being everything.......it gets played out...

That I can agree with....massively powered beings are overused in Rifts. But with the CS it sorta makes sense to me.

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Perhaps there is an Alien Intelligence pulling the strings and levers behind the curtain of the Coalition puppets? If the CS ever falls prey to the dreaded YAAI in canon, I will burn all my Rifts books and never touch the game again. Actualy...I think this is the only possible way that the CS with ...

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I think that your idea has merit, but it is not something that i would use personally. The way tjat I do it is to use hit points as the body's physical ability to take damage and it does not increase. SDC is a person's mental toughness and resistance to pain, which is why it increases each level to...

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Personally, I wouldn't like to play this way, though. I go for realism as much as possible, and a 40 year combat veteran will die just as easily as anybody else if they're shot in a vital area. Yeah but a 40 year old vet would know how not get hit in those vitals than say somebody who has not been ...

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Anybody ever thought of switching SDC and Hit Points and stacking Hit Points as a kind of "Skill Points" or "Fatigue Points" on top of the MDC of body armors? I'm thinking cut all armor MDC's universally in half and have the "Hit Points" refresh after every encounter o...

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Almost all of them (other then some of the newer stuff). And three Free Quebec for some reason . . . (Aside two NGR's I'm not sure how I duplicated, and two Atlantis books). There was a common joke that my books began breeding . . . I have to start teaching my gaming books how do that. The most com...

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The Galactus Kid wrote:All of the above.

Same here

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Rabbit Armor Rifts World Book 28: Arzno: Vampire Incursion page 91. ~ Josh Sigh no one gets the classics anymore... in more seriousness. How about mono edged steel feathers that the armor can shoot or fling sorta like(warning comic book reference possibly out of date) Archangle when when that guy g...

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