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Sambot

I think that if you have to travel to a different dimension to learn the skill in a different category, I'd be good with it. Not a huge amount of skills that would be all that unbalancing, certainly not compared to any number of other kinds of quest rewards characters might get. I'm okay with it to...

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I hope to get the new hardcover even though I do have the other books already. That said, I don't understand the inclusion of those books either, especially the original AtB. Why not Mutants of the Yucatan and Adventures in the Yucatan? Why not things from the Rifter or from Transdimensional Turtles...

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Here's my currant list of books I want. A compiled equipment book and construction rules book mentioned above would be cool. I would love a compiled megaversal skills book to cover all the games with some skills being rewritten to better reflect reality. Some skills like photography don't cover ever...

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I've been working on it off an on for a couple years. It's still very much a work in progress. I got started because there were so many different skills, and even characters, in other games that applicable but weren't in the one I was playing. The other reason is because some books mention skills bu...

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To be picky there's actually a lot of OCC/RCCs that are Civilians. They're in just about in every game. They just usually represent specific occupations. If you're looking for generic Civilian OCCs though here a few more. RT 1E B4 Southern Cross: Tyrolian Citizen. RT 1E B5 Invid Invasion :Non Milita...

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I think kicking a door open depends on a lot of things. The strength of the materials making the door and the doorjamb. Metal, solid oak, planks, hollow, glass, screen. Whether or not the door opens inward or outwards. The lock. Some are better than others. The longer that bolt is the harder it is t...

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ShadowLogan wrote:
Sambot wrote:Again, Macross II is a sequel to Macross which has civilian owned mecha.

MACROSS II IS SET IN A MACROSS ALTERNATE UNIVERSE. What happens in one universe has no bearing on the other(s).

Macross II is a sequel so what happens in one does have a bearing on the latter.

Sambot

Again, you missed the point... not all things which would fit the dictionary definition of "automobile" are under the Pilot: Automobiles skill. Some, where they clearly belong to a separate class of vehicle, are broken out as separate skills where relevant and appropriate to do so. That's...

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Sure its a separate vehicle. A VF-1 is a separate vehicle from a VF-11 but they're still Valkyries. That doesn't change. No, a separate category of vehicle... like how a mail truck is different from a muscle car. Nope. Sorry. They're still automobiles. Automobiles is a category. Muscle Car is a sub...

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Are we sure Jet Fighter is rendered redundant with Combat Flying? I looked over the skill, the skill Combat Flying doesn't render Jet Fighter redundant. It looks like a pilot supplemental skill, much like how you need RSI or WS or RC/MECT/MC to do things. I think so. Under the Robotech 1E the Pilot...

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Yet it doesn't stop being a Valkyrie. A Jeep is still a Jeep whether or not it's designed for the Military or Civilian. To be frank, this faulty generalization you're pushing keeps getting worse and you keep trying to justify it with examples that objectively contradict your argument. First, and fo...

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Palladium's skill system could be improved upon, but a Dimension Book isn't the place for a revamp. I could see value in a DB building off of 7:Megaverse Builder with depictions of multiple dimensions, each writeup having an entry describing skill availability and granularity(e.g. Cinematic/Tech Le...

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By having two separate skills you're saying that the mecha are fundamentally different. Granted, in this case that is pretty much EXACTLY what I'm saying. When Macross II talks about a "Civilian Valkyrie", it does not refer to a military-issue Valkyrie that has been disarmed and sold off ...

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So... what you said here is mostly correct for the Macross II RPG's ruleset, but is wrong for the RT2e ruleset we're actually talking about. We're talking about updating Macross II to use the RT2e core book and Macross Saga book ruleset. That seems to be where your understanding of my argument is b...

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First, you keep missing the fact that the RT2e ruleset's Pilot skills are different from older iterations like Macross II 's. Pilot skills used to only cover being able to drive/fly the relevant vehicle, but the character also needed to have the Robot Combat: Basic or Robot Combat: Elite skill in o...

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I like it but mostly use it and Mystic China as sourcebooks for other games

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I agree they don't lump all those types together and AFAIK never have*, but 2E RT isn't perfect either in this respect (Pilot: Ground Veritechs covers the VHTs, Cyclones, and Silverbacks by the time of the end of the line). I agree the generic skill can have its drawbacks, but it also has its stren...

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No it isn't anything like one - not even close. Mary Sue always succeeds, heroes can, should, and do fail - all the time. Then eventually succeed in the end. That's good because from your comments about Heroes needing to be a cut above and receiving extra dice made it sound like you wanted them to ...

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Actually, the way civilians are written in the Macross Sourcebook they're not a single occupation with MOSs. No, it's presented in the book as a single OCC - the Civilian OCC - that confers common skills and a selection of Occupations (MOS's) that confer additional job-specific skills. They aren't ...

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If you look at the Populations, the CAN Republic has the single largest human population in one place in the Solar System (outside of Earth). The number of VRRDS units they have alone exceeds the population of every other human community save Freedom (and not by much either), meaning if CAN wanted ...

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The Stunt Pilot description also says that there's Stunt Pilots in the military. (It really should be more an MOS for a Pilot OCC than an OCC by itself.) Stunt Pilot is an Occupation, the Civilian OCC's equivalent of a MOS. As noted in my previous post, there are military Air Display Teams even in ...

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1. Your level of cognitive dissonance here is astounding. Stop mentioning being a Mary Sue, I suggest you read what is actually written not your imaginary version! 2. Not the least of which, both HU and Pal Fantasy, heroes are better than everyone else. Fact! It is in the core books. Since I never ...

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Not necessarily. A stunt pilot needs to know where his aircraft is in relation to everyone else that doesn't change from stunts to combat. You still need to know where everyone is or you crash. Hikaru was also able to seamlessly integrate himself in to the VF's show so he was able to fly with other...

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Actually, yes... we did cover those points. Hikaru's - or rather, CPT Dagger's - VF-1D had been damaged by enemy fire and crashed at the end of "Booby Trap". Roy was able to repair it enough to fly again partway through "Countdown", where it promptly lost an arm while Hikaru was...

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1. Players being a cut above is something mentioned in both Heroes Unlimited and Palladium Fantasy. No one mentioned being a Mary Sue. 2. No mentioned death shouldn't be a risk either. Players should cut down mooks without rolling dice, just interesting GM descriptions. Again look at Savage Worlds....

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Unless I missed it there's something about Hikaru's VF-1D that you're all forgetting. It was already shot up in Fighter mode and no longer functional enough to fly. That's why Misa had him change modes in the first place. The damage was visible when Roy helped him the first time and the VF only suff...

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I'm very sorry to hear that. My condolences to him and the family for their loss.

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That might not fix the problem though. If you can't fix the problem with telepresence or sending up replacement labor 'bot, then its probably not going to be fixable with a human present. Which means its time to replace the platform. That would depend on what the problem is and what kind of program...

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Basic allows you to use a general class (ground, flying, etc) in combat while elite is a specific type (samas types, IAR types, X-???? Types, etc) Something like that although it appears to be more general for basic. Given that the controls of VFs are so thoroughly standardized, my take has been th...

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It needs an overhaul to be honest. In all the settings, the players are Heroes, a cut above the rest and the changes need to reflect this. Skills need to be similar to Savage Worlds. Common skiils, and Programs. These cover all skills under the umbrella, but there beeds to an Expertise (or Speciali...

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All the OCC's need to be redone as they are boring AF but I would love to see the person who redoes these try bring some diversity of background to the system. I have tried to rewrite them with this approach 1 - Background or Common Skills: This is a small package of skills that includes native lan...

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Eric42 Lore would be nice but someone's going to want to use Lore in their games. That's going to lead to game stats. Kraynic I don't mind details being filled in. Its still a big world so there's still room adventures that won't bother canon. Not that I think canon should get in the way of having f...

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One of my off and on projects has been compiling skills from all the Palladium books. In doing so I've been trying to figure out how to apply new skill categories to older characters. Some of the new skill categories list skills that would be in multiple locations. So the character would just use th...

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Good point but wouldn't they need someone to tell them what to do and fix them when they break? Like the CS Skelebot Specialist? Teleprense at least as far as orders would still work. And if the 'bot(s) break, you send up a new batch. That might not fix the problem though. The CAN Republic IS the m...

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A few things. The EBSIS supporting bandits. Are they supporting bandits or freedom fighters? One nations bandit is another's freedom fighter. And who's to say the UEG didn't also support bandits and freedom fighters? Want to avoid international problems? Sent in a third party. The series only being ...

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Considering the lengthy chats we've had, for my overhsul/rewrites of palladium robotech/macross, I'm honestly surprised your break down is only 13 books lol My definition of "one book's worth" of content might be a bit different from Palladium's? Palladium likes nice, portable, softbound ...

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I would hope that some kind of arrangement could be made. We'll find out sooner or later. Yeah. 13 or more books? That's a problem? I would love to have a Macross RPG with that many books. Are those actual books or just a list of possible books? That number is what I came up with when I attempted t...

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As far as the orbitals' acceptance of magic, Mutants in Orbit states that it's not known, and in the one place where it's not generally known (Outcast Station) it's instead assumed to be super powers. There's an argument that most natural psychic development wouldn't focus towards sensing the super...

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It would... though the divided ownership of the original series and the first movie 1 are going to remain an issue for a while yet. So a proper Macross RPG would either have to skip the First Space War, employ some shenanigans to get around Harmony Gold's ownership of the Super Dimension Fortress M...

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True but they'd also be looking at their market. Some people would buy the books just for the information. Granted, a lot of Robotech fans bought the RPG as a sort of ersatz tech manual and artbook... Though since Big West has announced it plans to release official artbooks in the west, I suspect t...

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I'm not sure I could convince myself they could produce books that quickly.

I would say that's it's because Kevin is very optimisticly optimistic.

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While contact with the orbital community might not first be made with magic, visitation absolutely would be. Explorers from Lazlo could easily trade magic items for instruction in the more utilitarian aspects of space magic upon travelling to Center, accessible either through direct rift or traveli...

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Would anyone buy a book that's made up of the Physical Training, Stage Magician, and Super Sleuth articles from the Rifter, along with similar upgrades for the other Special Training types (Ancient Master, Hunter/Vigilante, and Special Operative), the Ancient Weapon Master from Powers Unlimited 2 (...

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Interesting. I wonder if we'll get RPGs for the original series. It's not impossible... though the Japanese market tends more towards video games rather than "traditional" ones, and that's what the Japanese IP owners are going to be biased to. True but they'd also be looking at their mark...

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(sigh) I didn't finish reading but I did notice two things kept popping up. New canon and what sources could be included. Why? As we're talking about the EBSIS why does new canon keep coming into this? New canon didn't exist at the time. If it did, the EBSIS wouldn't exist and we wouldn't be having ...

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Only if you think the politics of a United Earth Government should be the same as United States government policy. You might as well say, "So Americans as bad guys still works." That could work too. The EBSIS was engaged in open warfare against the RDF since their introduction in Book Two...

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OK, this one actually threw me a bit... this started out phrased like an objection, but barely two sentences in you've effectively conceded the point. Are you objecting or agreeing with me? The point you were replying to was me stating that, in Robotech , the official setting has little-to-nothing ...

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At the time though the Russians were still fighting in Afghanistan. Plus the Cold War didn't end until 1991. Robotech came out in the mid 80's. But none of that is remotely relevant to the point being made... except in that it demonstrates how utterly unimaginative the EBSIS concept was. The same c...

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No info is a bummer. And you're probably right about how fast new books will be out.

I wish otherwise though.

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a couple points.. only the Scandinavians have an active space program in the canon. the CS and NGR both gave up on their efforts long prior. the CS gave up in PA.33 (Aftermath pg202.. "76 years prior" to PA.109), while the NGR tried in PA.71 (same page, "38 years ago" from PA.10...

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