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Archie has to risk losing his main real line of defense (the secrecy) to actually seriously strike at anyone. the key to his plans is keeping any direct action small enough it fades into the background violence of Rifts. this is a huge restriction and cuts his effective ability down by a lot. Not r...

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ShadowLogan wrote:Per Rifts Source Book 1 Revised (pg8) Archie-3 can take on the CS. And I am pretty sure there is another statement somewhere that establishes Archie as being able to take on the CS and win.

Before or after they became a juggernaut in North America?

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yeah, ARCHIE pretty much wants to rule the world, from what we can tell. that isn't exactly friendly, but it also isn't going to end the world any time soon either. He even has a protector streak when it comes to humans. He honestly believes people will be better off under his rule. That can be a p...

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The Archie of my game had access to pre-rifts jets similar to the big Triax transport jets that he modified with Mechanoid anti-gravity and stealth tech so yes he can be incredibly powerful but he just isn't written as evil enough in intent or outcome to be included with the likes of THE Four Horse...

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I always figured Archie would end up being considered one. Unless ARCHIE has nanites that go full gray goo that fills the world I just don't see him having the power to be this bad. Also, he just isn't that evil. Archie with hidden Mechanoid tech from after their defeat, maybe? But he really needs ...

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These are all outstanding ideas.

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I'd count Hunters the same as Hounds.

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There are Great Hounds, perhaps that will provide the distinction you seek?

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Yeah, I vaguely recall that. Stand-in for Tsathoggua? The edict left the final one really vague and I get the sense the metanarrative was dropped shortly thereafter.

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I'm going way back here, but since I just started a campaign based on this, I'm curious what y'all's thoughts on the final threat are. With seven total, four are the Horsemen, Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They strongly hint Merlin is one, and the Devouring Swarm is Mechanoids, though inanothe...

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i've generally chalked up the faux-Guinevere's role as backup to Mrrlyn. if for some reason mrrlyn ends up on Arrthuu's bad side, or otherwise has to go away for a long period, she's there to continue to manipulate Arrthuu's attitudes and policies. when both are present she acts as a reinforcement ...

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Is it possible? How would it work? Can you have everyone turn when they die? Sure you could do it no problem. It will be even more deadly and grimdark than the published setting though. I would highly recomend making it much, much easier to kill zombies as well. Unless your planning on running it a...

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dreicunan wrote:They've apparently been secretly using artificial insemination this whole time just to make people think that they could still mate with normal humans. What a twist!

That's almost as good as villains vulnerable to the actions of stoners with a talking dog.

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Certainly. I do like the thought.

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I doubt it was intended as such, but it makes an interesting interpretation.

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Sure sounds like it to me. I like mixing BtS and Nightbane, though I'll use any SDC but HU that way.

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I'd call SB1 early, but yeah, canon is far too malleable here.

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I thought the early Nazi allusions gave it away.

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When I run modern, pre-modern, or slightly post-modern, I tend to throw in BtS, N&SS, MC, NB, DR, and SF to one degree or other. Villains will vary greatly, but I mix and match OCCs to match what I and the players want.

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My thoughts personally are that I would not allow any sort of 'acuity' in the roll at all. It is a yes/no sort of sense that detects vampires. Nothing more. I would not allow any sort of 'sort of' or 'fuzzy' or anything. And my thoughts on that are that if you want more information play a specialis...

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I'd say they tingle the sense "funny". kinda like vampires or not. the true atlantean would sense them as Vampiric but something unusual. This might be good or bad, the atlantean wouldn't know, just that they're weird. That's purely my own way of running it mind you. as far as i'm aware t...

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Something in my head tells me what areas there are above water are plagued by non-vampire walking dead. No doubt lead by some Ellal from South America (forget if it was the first or second book). If I'm wrong blame Wes Craven. Considering the area gave us zombies in the first place, I'd see places ...

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I haven't done so with ATB, but I've used them for Rifts and Nightbane. Between Chima, Ninjago, and random ones, you can make some great Nightbane figures.

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Something in my head tells me what areas there are above water are plagued by non-vampire walking dead. No doubt lead by some Ellal from South America (forget if it was the first or second book). If I'm wrong blame Wes Craven. Considering the area gave us zombies in the first place, I'd see places ...

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I give my players abbreviated sheets for some NPCs, particularly those attached to their PCs. This usually allows me to focus on the villains while the PCs have more investment in staying awake through the battle.

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I read that as getting the one listed power. But the RAW are less than helpful.

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I'm a bit dated, but that sounds about right for the official list. In the games I'm in and run, we have clan Mycenae, an old, possibly extinct clan, and clan Bladewalker, another small, fringe clan. An old poster once posited that the Marduk from Macross were another lost clan. I rather like that o...

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Tirisilex wrote:How do you explain the zombies not freezing? What is it that keeps them from freezing? These are the things I would like to know.Is it PPE related?

They break all manner of natural laws already. Why should freezing be different?

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I do not like the idea of others even the GM playing my charters and there are a few GM out there that would screw you over. Back when I was playing in the military we started a running gag explanation for people disappearing by a magic box that swallows your charter placing him in Limbo when you a...

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Nightfactory wrote:One of my recurring villians is Zodiar, a particularly nasty Temporal Raider who has been shadowing the party for two months now, but they never can see to catch him in time.

Nice.

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I'm a fan of conversion/compilation books so long as they give material I don't already have. Having to get a book that's 90% reprints with a couple new stat updates or illustrations is kind of a downer sometimes though. Something like "buy the original conversion book, but make these changes&...

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The prevailing suspicion is that an alien race will be even LESS genetically similar to humans than say....great apes, and since THOSE can't cross breed with humans, the idea that something else could is....iffy at best. They would have to have an identical bio-chemical base, use the same DNA, have...

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taalismn wrote:
Misfit KotLD wrote: There are exceptions, look at Sleipnir's origins.
Loki: "Brother of mine, we agreed NEVER to speak of that ...'incident'...ever again."

Honestly, I think that's why Loki likes to come to our planet and blow stuff up.

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I admit to allowing halfbreeds, but I go by mythology, where the fae mated with humans, demons and angels did so too, and elves, dwarves, and the like often could produce viable offspring. Gods get more leeway, but I tend to keep it to humanoid interbreeding. There are exceptions, look at Sleipnir's...

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Haggis, a Murder Wraith with a love of cooking. In the group of Death worshipers, he kept the undead well fed. Human was his meat of choice, which made him a logical candidate to become a Murder Wraith. He antagonized the party by trying to kill the weaker NPCs while the PCs tried to stop him. The p...

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Yep, we're all jealous.

Congrats on your find; that is awesome.

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I try to play the world straight but let some humor in. Other groups I've been in oscillate between epic quest and Monty Python.

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As the gm you had the ability to stop it along the way. Yeah, I was just sort of riding it out waiting for someone to yell, cry out in pain, or make a scuffle so the other players could be alerted. As a general rule of thumb, I play a pretty dark game and I thought... "Attractive girl in the '...

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I like the notion of starving out the tree (and there is some precedent for that in Palladium Fantasy's Eastern Territories book). As for how they stripped so much of the tree, I'm not sure, but I figure that an anti-magic cloud and a Wilk's Laser Torch would do the job for removing tree parts. Sho...

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I like the notion of starving out the tree (and there is some precedent for that in Palladium Fantasy's Eastern Territories book). As for how they stripped so much of the tree, I'm not sure, but I figure that an anti-magic cloud and a Wilk's Laser Torch would do the job for removing tree parts. Sho...

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Nice map and I'm good with your explanation of a single, massive pyramid. Kudos.

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Thanks. I'm pretty sure I saw it in a 1st Ed book, but I could be crazy.

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I recall reading somewhere that certain languages on Palladia correspond to earth languages, such as Wolven being Latin, albiet with some differences such as canine vocalizations humans cannot reproduce.

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Again, because just about everything they could possibly want, they cam already get without the help of a god and then some (with the obvious exception of the strength-in-numbers that a backing Pantheon could potentially provide). So, you're just going to ignore the actual point of my post. Gottcha.

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Not in their day-to-day lives, but as advanced as they are, they'd also be aware of their afterlives too. So while they may not need divine intervention, they may serve gods for causes or to attain a better afterlife. Not everything is about how a god can help now. In fact, that seems a cynical, se...

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Not in their day-to-day lives, but as advanced as they are, they'd also be aware of their afterlives too. So while they may not need divine intervention, they may serve gods for causes or to attain a better afterlife. Not everything is about how a god can help now. In fact, that seems a cynical, sel...

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So a race needs explicit priestly OCCs before any portion of that race will have religion?

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Since True Gods in the Palladium Setting grant Priest Powers to their worshipers...and since there isn't really any such thing as an "organized" version of the True Atlantean Priest O.C.C...... ...... .......who is to even say that True Atlanteans worship any gods at all? Just because you...

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I can see the Atlanteans worshipping some of the Greek gods but I'm thinking they might moreso gravitate to Athena/Hermes/Poseidon/Hades type folk. Zeus isn't an ideal role model in many cases. What stories of Zeus do they have that we do not? what more do they need? i mean, this is a Deity that at...

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I can see the Atlanteans worshipping some of the Greek gods but I'm thinking they might moreso gravitate to Athena/Hermes/Poseidon/Hades type folk. Zeus isn't an ideal role model in many cases. What stories of Zeus do they have that we do not? *Edit* Much like the original city-states of Greece, I ...

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