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There's only one V.I. in PF, and that's the deity, Vald-Tegor. He actively works to make sure no other VI gets a hold anywhere. You can find more about him in the book Dragons & Gods. For vampires in general, look in the Western Empire. That book details them (although not as well as a lot of u...

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Looking for some help finding information in PFRPG books. Are there any vampire intelligences on the Palladium world? Is there a region were they dominate or a book where they are mentioned?

I did a quick search through my books but couldn't find anything. Even just which book has it would help.

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Lots of good work here. Still think this would have been a much better use of the pages in a GMs guide. Thanks! I've made that suggestion to Kevin and Sean. I think they see the utility of this, but there's an open question of how such an approach would affect sales for a given book. I'm not sure h...

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Lots of good work here. Still think this would have been a much better use of the pages in a GMs guide.

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Can the GM make a temporary but binding decision on the rules for the purpose of moving a game along? Yes. Does that make them always right? Goodness no. It is important when a group is started to establish norms and one that I always insist on if I'm the GM is that if there is a disagreement regard...

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In Rifts I think a land ship would probably be a walker with giant legs rather than treads but looks interesting. The problem with something like this is that it is too slow to run away but it isn't so tough that it can fight everything off so it would be confined to the less populated areas of the ...

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Languages in Sci-Fi settings are always a problem. In a realistic setting each planet would have hundreds of languages but that can be a problem for a 1 hour show. I think Stargate was the worst with this with every species in at least 2 galaxies magically speaking modern English but this is largely...

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Using a sword when rifles exist, isn’t a great idea. Melee weapons in Rifts should be backup weapons, or for special circumstance. As a general rule I would say you are correct, but in fantasy game like this it does come down to rule of cool. The problem I have always had is while the MDC of armor ...

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Based on the the last two Murmurs, BackerKit is now open for non-Kickstarter backers as preorders. Source: I didn't back the Kickstarter, but I preordered through BackerKit. Just out of curiosity what items did you get to order? Just wondering if they are allowing non-KS people to order exclusives.

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Since you mentioned Conversion Book I assume you want to know for Rifts. The Warlock, as presented in the CB1 rev, is an old OCC that is pre-RUE (Rifts Ultimate Edition) so it is drastically out date and does not have additional secondaries like those OCCs from the original RMB that were updated in ...

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It has been a long time now but I think the largest at a time was at OwlCon HU game that had I want to say 11 or 13 players. All I remember is that several games were canceled due to weather so I had extra players using 2 of each character (I was running 2 HU games so had 2 sets of characters so ext...

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The problem is that Heroes Unlimited is probably the most broken of PBs settings. The main book is horribly out of date and, in my opinion, most of the power sets or horribly out of date. That said, Matt Reeves did really good revising several of these in Rifter 79-83 especially the Super Sleuth and...

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I think you can order anything that will be available in a store, like the regular edition of the book and maybe the mutagen dice, can be pre-ordered. But anything that was a KS exclusive like the variant covers or minis that would be no. At least that is how I read it. Have you seen anything sayin...

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I don't suppose this Kickstarter will be using Backerkit and allowing late backers, is it? From what I understand No, you had to pledge at least $1 in the KS to get access to the Backerkit. We appear to be mistaken! From the 12 Jan Murmurs: "If you did not back the Kickstarter If you did not b...

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Seems unlikely. They usually hold them April/May and announce them the summer/fall before. They also tend to space them out a year or two so I would say the earliest is 2025 but I would put my money on the next important anniversary of PB, Rifts or maybe PFRPG.

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thorr-kan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:53 pm I don't suppose this Kickstarter will be using Backerkit and allowing late backers, is it?

From what I understand No, you had to pledge at least $1 in the KS to get access to the Backerkit.

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The Mutagen Green Foil covers look amazing. Still hoping we hit 1.2 to get the Triceriton.

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We are on the very cusp of 750,000 right now, but this is the slow period for these things. I hope we can get the Fugitoid unlocked, but that might be the last tier. As I write this they are only about $500 away from the additional cover print but with just 14 days left I just don't see them gettin...

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In PB games leadership seems to have more to do with attributes than skills but if you are creating an NPC leader I like the Rogue Scholar. Give them a decent MA and a lot of lore and history skills. I would also use the leadership skill and maybe even the theater warfare skills from Robtech 2e Macr...

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WB1r pg 27 right side of the page under "Nightvision"... vampires have excellent nightvision capabilities I assume you mean Revised edition, I currently only have the originals. How good is "excellent"? Yes, 1600ft in total darkness, no ambient light required. Vampires were subs...

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Glitterboy2098 has more or less summed this up. Between changes in the leadership at Palladium, that this product is leaning into the core skills of the Palladium Books team and that this is a remastered special edition rather than a completely new product, this is as close to a sure thing as a Kic...

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Over 700K now What surprises me is the number of backers, almost 4,500. I mean there were more than 5,000 people following the campaign before it launched but I never thought they would top 4k. And it looks like there are lots of people who are doing just $1 so they can get a few items on Backerkit...

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I was visiting home in Illinois right after the book was released and Just for Fun in Peoria had a good stack of them. Here in Houston one store I went into had a couple of copies last month so I have seen them in the wild but it all depends on the store. Some just don't order Palladium stuff.

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No, because I allowed my players more freedom with the palladium catalog and generally use the most expanded version of the content provided, I use the events as markers of time then the specific timeline of events as-written. Infact, I've changed so much of the lore to make so much of the content ...

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Per the description of the Myrmidon it is a Exo-Skeleton. Other examples of Exo-Skeletons like the NG-Gladius expressly state in their features and systems of note the armor gets the features of EBA not PA. The Myrmidon just says "Standard, plus the following:" Does that mean the Myrmidon...

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As with most things I think it would depend on a few facts. - Why is the pack unsupervised? Did the human CO die? Is there a Psi-Stalker? Did the pack kill the supervisor? - What is the relationship with the CS? Are they on the run or trying to get back? - How did they meet the freeborn and wolfen? ...

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"To be clear I am a sucker and will be supporting any KS PB puts out, and probably at my usually high level, but I do want them to finish Bestiary ASAP." With all due respect Warhield, the above is precisely WHY they have zero incentive to prioritize Beastiary 2. To be clear I assume you ...

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They could just make a big book of OCCS. Noooooooooooooooo! :badbad: This is such a bad idea for so many reasons but the biggest reasons is that it will be out of date the minute it is published and it will take forever to write and we have all waited long enough for Bestiary 2. They should just go...

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mobuttu wrote:
Hotrod wrote:What Rifts monster/demon/creature would you want to see me try first?

Pick one: Brodkil, Gargoyles or Secondary Vampires.

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These are great and were a huge help in my last few convention games. One thing that I think PB has always needed and you've done a great job. Two suggestions: 1) Have you considered doing 3 or 4 versions instead of 15? What I always thought would be helpful, and I did this for Robotech 1e back in t...

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When I saw the subject heading pop up I thought "huh that's stupid" I mean people have been complaining for years that PB doesn't put out enough books. But, then I read the post and I mostly agree. Bestiary 2 hangs over everything PB does right now and they need to clear it ASAP. My one he...

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I thought the I heard the older books had "shadow updates" in new printings that where supposed to bring RMB-era books up to RUE-era standards? Shadow updates are a bad system. If the goal is to make is so players do not feel the need to rebuy a book, doing a update with an official errat...

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Is there anything in any of the PF books about the demons (Hades) and infernals (Dyval) relationship to the old ones? Do we know if they served them or fought against them in the war? What about the lords of either realm? If there is nothing in the books I will take best guesses or head canon from p...

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The original NGR/Triax were updated in one of the Rifters but other than that no. You are correct that all of the pre-RUE OCCs need an update and even some of the older post-RUE could use a tweak here and there but there hasn't been anything. I was hoping after the Triax update in the Rifter that we...

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In Rifts I always say the only skills that players need are whatever they need for combat and Lore skills. Everything else they can just buy the services in a town or from a traveling Operator. In they alternative they can buy a drone robot, Triax or NG, and have it upgraded with additional skills. ...

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I don't have my books handy but I thought there was some information about the ancient dwarves in Library at Bletherad.

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Do you mean facade, when they look human, they are not detectable? you said in morphus... yeah that is what I meant Facade is mortal Morphous is Supernatural Supernatural Being or Creature of Magic? Since they are immortal and not born I think they would more likely fall into the Supernatural Being...

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The Skill Phase Technology I've seen in Dim Book 2 Phase World on Page 181 for "Tiny Tim" as a level 8 Promethean that has a Phase Technology Skill of 95%. From what I determined roughly. 95%-10% (for IQ Bonus)-35% (based on a +5% guesstimated base per level as space mechanics skill is +5...

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I'm really impressed with the pawns. I got to use them at a convention game last month, and they really added to the experience. Miniatures don't work for all games or gamers, but if you don't play by theatre of the mind, then these are pretty solid. I rarely have a chance to use them in Rifts, the...

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Are they using traditional radios or some sort of bone/blood magic version? I'd go with this because of the Evil Sqwek factor: "I gotta send a reply to SoulEater's last entrail-o-gram. Bring me up a couple of slaves for the sacrifice; I may as well send a message to Clot-Gut over in the Anvil ...

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If you are going with 2E then the RDF Destroids use fusion power plants that have limited endurance. The Macross SB doesn't say how long the Destroids last but the Veritechs have 48 hours of fuel and the Southern Cross Mechs have 10 to 14 days so we would have to assume that older but larger RDF mec...

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I have always assumed no as it is just psychic energy formed into a blade but you might want to read the the description in the Cyber-Knights book of the SoT. I believe it says something about the different colors and it might even sayn something about temperature.

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Lots of good gear in those books I use them with some of my pregens so I pretty much remembered where they were.

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WB 34: Pg 236-237 has the floater cam. All stats listed.

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I know there has been a rule about EBA body armor causing problems with Magic users magic. I am having trouble finding where it says this in the RMB and Ultimate Edition. Does anyone have any further information on this ruling? Thanks! It’s not in the RMB; mages could wear any armor without interfe...

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I received my box of Kickstarter rewards today. All four books looked great, the art prints were fantastic and I was pretty impressed with the card deck. I was surprised with how big the Cyberworks compendium and the index seems pretty complete. In general I don't like big compendium reprints, the R...

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jaymz wrote:January 2025 is my bet

That might be a tad optimistic

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Has anyone else ever played the SAMAS as being able to detach their flight system? Yes, been doing that since 1990/91 when we started playing Rifts. It didn't move faster and certainly not quieter (well minus the jet engine roar I guess), but yeah it'd be easier to get into tight spaces. I think th...

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Figure I would ask here.... Does anyone here have a copy of "Genesis Pits" they would be willing to part with? Trying to complete the set. Also looking for Marine Expeditionary Force I do, I picked up a few extra copies to fulfill my Tactics KS. PM me a mailing address and I will send the...

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Interestingly, GMG pg 221 lists damage as 2d4x10 (burst) and 4d4x10 (dual burst) !!!! So, I guess they can fire concurrently... Given a burst is 80 rounds, which is roughly twice what a regular man portable rail gun would fire, I don't see the C100R as overpowered. In fact, it would explain the SSW...

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