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Nekira Sudacne

No. You cannot selectively exclude targets in your AoE. you hit everyone, even if you don't want to, unless the text of the spell itself says otherwise. Mot that I can think of any off the top of my head that do, but it's possible there's one out there. either way, unless it says you can exclude tar...

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On the other hand, air elementals should always be visible on motion sensors, even when standing completely still, because by their very nature they are a swirling vortex of air that is constantly disturbing the air around it

Nekira Sudacne

pblackcrow wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:32 pm What would be the damage from a deity's symbol on the leans of a spotlight on a demon? Or should we just use the vampire stats?

Demons in general don't take damage from holy symbols as far as I'm aware?

Nekira Sudacne

The Spell Impervious to Energy from the Book of Magic page 113. Does it protect before or after MD armor? I mean if the player casts it on NPC with MD armor. Then are shot by CS grunt with an energy Rifle. Does the armor take damage first then the character is immune or does the spell also protect ...

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I have a player who is starting a headhunter and has the bionic hand with knuckle spikes. I get that the spikes do S.D.C. damage, but what does the actual hand do? Like a slap, punch or even gripping someone. Is that M.D. damage? I always assumed it was. Bionic limbs have augmented PS. They use the...

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City rat. He's there to get info and stay under the radar. City rats are ubiquitous in CS territory, virtually invisible, can have useful cybernetic implants, and don't trigger dog boys or psi stalkers.

Nekira Sudacne

HU Game Masters Guide page 207.

As indicated they primarily modify the perception rolls as well as the range in which they can be noticed.

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I think my statement has been misunderstood, so let me clarify. Cyber-Knight Amy has a psi-sword shaped like a short sword. When Amy makes her psi-sword, it will always be a short sword. She's a short sword kinda gal. Cyber-Knight Bob has a psi-"sword" shaped like a battle axe. When Bob m...

Nekira Sudacne

Okay, so my initial reaction was "no, this sounds like overreach". RAW the power's description appears limited. Then again, it requires psychic diagnosis and, between the two powers, at least 18 ISP. Add in a couple rounds of deaden pain and we're talking 22-26 ISP, quite a high ISP spend...

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Well here is an example of an extreme set of exceptional circumstances. A Mind Melter with the Super Psionic Power of Mind Bond uses it on a Cyber-Doctor. In Addition the Mind Melter has the psionic powers of Psychic Surgery, Deaden Pain, and Psychic Diagnosis So they have the skill and understandi...

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however, given the cyber knight must waste a turn every time they activate it, Greetings and Salutations. Which version are you using as a reference? RUE, page 64 (last paragraph on the page that's continued onto the next page): "Years of training makes it so that its creation doesn't even cou...

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darthauthor wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:54 pm The question is, "Does it damage entities and vampires?"

Their entries include a vulnerability to psionics so yes

People use "Only vulnerable to magic" as a shorthand. The actual writeup includes vulnerability to psionics. Most invulnerable things do.

Nekira Sudacne

Psi sword is not magic. It is psionic.

Nekira Sudacne

The invocation spell "Compulsion" (20). Does the Caster know if it works? Not inherently. however, as it counts as a curse, as "remove curse" will remove it, as well as an enchantment, observing their aura should give it away instantly if it worked as they will show as both curs...

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IF a Nega Psychic or a Psi-Nullifier tried to fight a Cyber-knight who used their psi-sword, who they be able to make the psi-sword cancel out? Could the Cyber-knight just re-cast it given it does not cost them any I.S.P.? What does it cost the Nega-Psychic or Psi-Nullifier ? It costs 0 to create, ...

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Intuitive Combat. Do any psionics powers stay active if actived before using Intuitive Combat? What about Automatic Mind Block? IF you are a Cyber-Knight and you use Intuitive Combat AFTER you created your Psi-Sword does that take away the Psi-Sword? Likewise, Does creating the Psi-Sword undo the p...

Nekira Sudacne

Can a player or NPC use the psionic power "Telekinetic Punch" with a weapon like a wooden stake, silver plated knife, Psi-sword, etc.? RAW, no, it only applys to an unarmed punch. That said, I wouldn't object to letting a player who actually took TK Punch to letting it stack as a houserul...

Nekira Sudacne

Psionic Energy is still energy. Yes, it makes them immune.

Nekira Sudacne

I would suggest applying Occam's Razor here to slice the ambiguity: What is the simpler explanation? That most canon example of the spell's use is a heavy modification of the default spell, to the point we rarely see the default spell used, or, The spell works in those ways by default, and the autho...

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What happens if an NPC, player or villain casts a spell on someone who is asleep? Do they get a save? What if the spell is some kind of mind control spell like "Trance" and the caster wakes them up? Does the caster know their spell as worked before they wake up their victim? Yes, Sleeping...

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...in some forums, some of the time. I havn't determined a particular pattern. if it matters, I am using firefox. The bug doesn't stop me from using the forum, just takes up a bunch of space at the top where the last forum would have the book pictures. [phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/inclu...

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@Nekira I agree that Tattoo Magic is a specific case. Though there isn't anything to indicate that it is intended as an exception. The Major Super Power (HU2E) equivalent is a bit more wordy than the Psionic Power which states "Only the abilities of the host body can be used.", and goes o...

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Yes, you can use Mentally Possess Others on a Deevil (or Demon or SN or CoM). No, you cannot access inactive powers. This is based on the Tattoo Magic, which establishes that a possessing entity (which can include a psychic via MPO) cannot activate (or cancel) a T-man's M-tats that aren't already a...

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Just to be certain, IF a party has Magic Net cast upon them, can the psychic of the group create a Telekinetic Force Field over them and the "Magic Net"? The idea being the players are hoping the Force Field will buy them enough time to cut through the Magic Net. Of course they can. nothi...

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Mystic Portal is one-way - you create it, and you can go through. But no one on the other side can come in. I know that there's the Hull-Breacher Missiles which claim to decompress the compartment they target, so they work in the opposite direction it seems. They also mention uses as creating an op...

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Maybe not a fresh take, but you could summon an air elemental and have it assume the shape of a cloak, and then make it obey who you gave it to, if you told it to cast spells with keywords by commands and kept it happy in it's pact it might be happy to be an item? who knows what elementals think? B...

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Magic Net (7 PPE) vs Telekinetic Force Field (30 ISP) So If a Atlantis slaver operation cast Magic Net on a player character with Telekinetic Force Field (30) who puts it up before he Magic Net is over them, what happens? Are they stuck in their sphere with a Magic Net over it? Does the Magic Net a...

Nekira Sudacne

^ What Drewkitty said. The mechanism of action for the spell should be read to inform interactions. For further evidence, the Combat Mage spell Flare Burst fires physical light at the target. it may be dodged but has no save vs. magic and will always blind the target it hits unless said target has s...

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Your answers are agreeable enough to me. Although, a trip to Japan or such would take a long time and credits. While a biomancer, I imagine, would not want to help a necromancer, especially if it means they will be able to go back to casting necromancy spells. I think they are supposed to be philos...

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So the Bad guy cut the tongue out of the necormancer spell caster. What are the necromancers optoins? The first and most obvious is to have his tongue replaced by a bio-system: Tongue: Replaces a damaged tongue with a synthetic one composed of living tissue, blood vessels, and taste buds/sensors. D...

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I came across the "automatic kick" bonus as part of the Acrobatics and Gymnastics skills on pages 205 and 206 of Dead Reign. I couldn't find the move mentioned anywhere else. What differs it from a normal kick attack? It's a longstanding artifact of the system to denote that having a kick...

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Thanks!

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Ahh!

This one is close enough for me and it seems to have a 3.3.10 version.

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Ah, Thanks! I think I found it! I had misremembered the name, its Subsilver2!

https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/style/subsilver2/

and Subsilver 1 for good measure

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The default Prosilver theme is a bit hard to read for me. the Prosilver 2 theme was my go-to for a long time and it's much easier to read, at least for me. Any chance it could be added?

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Even weirder: tattoos prevent their users from being transformed by any means. However, Chiang-Ku are master shape-shifters who use tattoo magic. Do their tattoos get hidden with their shape-shifting? Also weird: Chiang-Ku have some bizarre inhibition against using tattoo magic in Palladium Fantasy...

Nekira Sudacne

It might be interesting to compare the stats of published un-augmented human N.P.C.s to the kinds of outcomes we get out of dice rolls in the rules as written. First book I thought of for easy comparisons: Rifts Mercenaries. Lightdancer, Elf Ley Line Walker: IQ 19; MA 9; ME 14; PS 14; PP 18; PE 15;...

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IINM aren't gasmasks part of Rifts Mages fashion in some circles? If so, that would indicate another example of them not being an issue in terms of spell casting I would think. The "Ley Line Walker in a Gas Mask" was so iconic that it went from "default image of a class" to &quo...

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Per rules-as-written, characters are far more likely to be penalized for low I.Q. attributes than they are to get bonuses for high I.Q. attributes, and the low I.Q. penalties are far more consequential than their corresponding high I.Q. bonuses. This is actually true of all attribute rolls (a roll ...

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Hi guys, I'm just now reading Rifts Dimension Book 10 Hades (DM10) and something occurred to me. DM10 says Gargoyles of all types Rebirth in Hades some time after being killed on a non Hades plane. But didn’t one or both of the Triax books say the number of Gargoyle eggs laid and the quick maturity...

Nekira Sudacne

Hi guys, I'm just now reading Rifts Dimension Book 10 Hades (DM10) and something occurred to me. DM10 says Gargoyles of all types Rebirth in Hades some time after being killed on a non Hades plane. But didn’t one or both of the Triax books say the number of Gargoyle eggs laid and the quick maturity...

Nekira Sudacne

Does anyone actually use the Rifts meta-stuff as-written? Do you handle it more like the Four Horsemen or Xiticix (and other problems)? Do you ignore it completely? As for the groups I've been in... we're mainly military/ veterans, and laughed off the whole Siege on Tolkeen as pure lunacy. We did a...

Nekira Sudacne

So the issue with the Coalition States is it's a unitary military state with a relatively tight top echelon... but that power structure is very unstable. It's unstable because, as even the 'cannon' elements of the CS attest to, you end up with various personalities that end up being corrupt, in opp...

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Do 'Status Effects' caused by 'Mental States' transfer to other characters, ever?

You'll have to give me an example of what you're asking about.

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@ Nekira - Let's agree to disagree then. I was responding that they have a) the demand for mass media, including monitored social media like Tik Tok since it is an "illiterate" society, and would likely rely on that sophisticated type of influence-driven content pushed by the authorities ...

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Modern humans are addicted to content: That addiction was shaken off during the 200+ years of Apocalypse when there was no mass media to consume, period. Tight state controls (and the fact this setting was written in the eairly 90's) means the addiction was never re-introduced. Smart phones don't e...

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There is no internet: there's barely any communication. Scandals are actually very hard to make stick. This is very curious. First, absolutely, all official media in the CS is controlled and censored. There is no truly independent media and whatever is let in from NG or MI or even NGR on mainstream...

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all you really need to do is have Jr. screw up badly enough he dies or has to be removed from succession. without an heir, the whole place will burn itself to the ground trying to establish a pecking order (karl, like all fascists, did not plan for a peaceful transition in case of blunder) maybe he...

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Well, I stand here ready to take the slings and arrows of dissent, but hear me out. I've always thought that paired weapons was a little overpowered. I like that it creates a divide between MaA and non MaA (at least in 1E) but it seems too effective. I know people are going to mention requiring hav...

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What if the original is possessed and then uses the duplicate power? Would the duplicates be of the original and have a copy of the possessing entities personality or would the just be the standard copy? Standard copy. The power itself specifically says the Superbeing using Transferal/Possession ha...

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