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- Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:51 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: The ORC
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3157
Re: The ORC
They answered this in one of the weekly updates I almost sure. It was definitely this year, but you'll have to do the trawling. Sean and Kevin both made comments about the OGL and their commitment to avoid doing one themselves in the January 12, January 19, and January 20 updates in 2023. Those com...
- Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: Can a non mage gain a familair by scroll?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3303
Re: Can a non mage gain a familair by scroll?
I think there is someone in the reprinted Federation of Magic Book (the one without the spells) who does this for folks.
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:41 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: On the topic of Revised to 2nd ed conversions.....
- Replies: 1667
- Views: 1257986
Re: On the topic of Revised to 2nd ed conversions.....
March so that means it's time to post something. Any suggestions from the peanut gallery. An all tech group... whether it is Hardware, cyborgs, robots, alien combinations of the previous, etc...And EVERYTHING should be more advanced than the Atorian Empire.... Nope. based on the manuscript I have f...
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:24 pm
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: Trying to find reference
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1589
Re: Trying to find reference
Rifter #1 or the Adventure Guide, in the town creation sections, would be my guess. My next guess would be the old (not new) Sourcebook 1.
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:22 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: On the topic of Revised to 2nd ed conversions.....
- Replies: 1667
- Views: 1257986
Re: On the topic of Revised to 2nd ed conversions.....
Reagren Wright wrote:March so that means it's time to post something. Any suggestions from the peanut gallery.
An all tech group... whether it is Hardware, cyborgs, robots, alien combinations of the previous, etc...And EVERYTHING should be more advanced than the Atorian Empire....
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:47 pm
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: Psionics
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1763
Re: Psionics
Question: a while back before this was converted over to the new Forums, there was a Psionic Power posted called "Cryokinesis" and was statted out as a Super Psionic Power. Anyone have that power written up, or know what the stats are ? I took a stab at a Cryokinesis super psionic power, ...
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:40 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Hardware unlimited what happen to it??
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16642
Re: Hardware unlimited what happen to it??
Until they announce in 2025 that it was cancelled in 2012... There was a version that was at the POH 2018 that Greg D. was passing around to get a petition signed. The games he ran that year were based off his manuscript. So the newer version is lingering somewhere between Greg's desk and the print...
- Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:47 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Hardware unlimited what happen to it??
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16642
Re: Hardware unlimited what happen to it??
Until they announce in 2025 that it was cancelled in 2012... There was a version that was at the POH 2018 that Greg D. was passing around to get a petition signed. The games he ran that year were based off his manuscript. So the newer version is lingering somewhere between Greg's desk and the print...
- Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:02 pm
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: Review of Temporal Magic
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2789
Re: Review of Temporal Magic
Don't forget that Fleets of the Three Galaxies has new spells, and there is one unique spell in the Wormwood book too.
- Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:59 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Hardware unlimited what happen to it??
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16642
Re: Hardware unlimited what happen to it??
Until they announce in 2025 that it was cancelled in 2012...
- Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:57 am
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: Ley Line PPE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1044
Re: Ley Line PPE
Certainty about drawing PPE from a ley line. So a magic user wants to cast a spell that costs more PPE then they have. Does being near the ley line let them draw and hold the PPE until they have enough to cast it? Example, an Earth Warlock has 5 PPE left. They want to cast multiply Mend Melt spells...
- Sun Feb 12, 2023 10:31 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Does anyone have the powers from Rifter 1 and 9 1/2?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4634
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:07 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Hardware unlimited what happen to it??
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16642
Re: Hardware unlimited what happen to it??
It seems like Hardware Unlimited was officially cancelled in 2015.
- Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:10 am
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: New Campaign - First in Years
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1198
Re: New Campaign - First in Years
In my last Heroes Unlimited campaign I pulled skills from across the Megaverse and made them available in a new and expanded skill list for players. Generally, they came from Nightbane and Beyond the Supernatural but I might've snagged a few that were exclusive to Rifts, too. I don't remember now. h...
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:01 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Super-Mega-Munchkin-Giga-Hero Thread!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 13970
Re: Super-Mega-Munchkin-Giga-Hero Thread!
First printing from April 1989.
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Super-Mega-Munchkin-Giga-Hero Thread!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 13970
Re: Super-Mega-Munchkin-Giga-Hero Thread!
Not yet a year since last post, so this is resuscitation, not necromancy. All of you forgot about TMNT: Transdimensional Turtles. Mutant Hominid brought forward into the future. Gains something like 10 Bio-E per hour. Once his link to his old time was severed and he stopped gaining them, our GM wor...
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:44 am
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: Gaining New Psionics Across the mega verse
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2439
Re: Gaining New Psionics Across the mega verse
If a RIfts Mind Melter or another Psychic character class went dimension adventuring with a Shifter buddy could they learn psionics native to Palladium Fantasy, BTS, and Nightbane? For Example, could a Rifts Mind Melter learn Astral Navigation, Astral Transference, Insert Memory, Attack Disease, et...
- Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:45 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Heroes Unlimited in the Rifter
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6658
Re: Heroes Unlimited in the Rifter
NMI wrote:Grammarsalad wrote:I know that there is a list of Rifter issues related to Beyond the Supernatural in that forum. Is there a similar list for HU somewhere?
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=80544
The links in this linked thread don't seem to work - is it just on my end?
- Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:36 am
- Forum: Palladium Books® Games Q. & A.
- Topic: Effects of hitting zero PPE?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12588
Re: Effects of hitting zero PPE?
Some years ago I played in a campaign that had players with a long history of playing Palldium Games dating back to the early 80's, and those players maintained that it was canon for a character who reaches 0 P.P.E. to die. I have never found a reference that supported their belief, but as one of th...
- Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:25 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Do you think it,s time for 3nd Edition Heroes Unlimited?
- Replies: 127
- Views: 41872
Re: Do you think it,s time for 3nd Edition Heroes Unlimited?
Technically, a new edition of HU would become the 4th edition. There are two editions that are completely different with the blue cover - One is unrevised and uses the original PB ruleset and the second says Revised on the cover and uses what we know as the megaversal system. Then there is the whit...
- Fri Sep 16, 2022 7:33 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Question About Robotic Strength
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4089
Re: Question About Robotic Strength
So, I know that the book says that robotic strength is superhuman, but the example damage that's given for a 50-foot robot with a 100 P.S. is listed as 2D4x10+85 damage, even though 2D4x10 damage is what is listed as being done by Supernatural Strength for a score of P.S. 51 to 70. Can I get some s...
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 5:35 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Insect powers?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2426
Re: Insect powers?
One of the later Rifters had official super powers that included an exoskeleton and insect-winged flight. There's also an Alien physiology that makes one an insect, too, from the main book.
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 1:09 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Question About Robotic Strength
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4089
Re: Question About Robotic Strength
So, I know that the book says that robotic strength is superhuman, but the example damage that's given for a 50-foot robot with a 100 P.S. is listed as 2D4x10+85 damage, even though 2D4x10 damage is what is listed as being done by Supernatural Strength for a score of P.S. 51 to 70. Can I get some s...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:21 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Heroes Unlimited pdf books through Bundle of Holding
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2061
Heroes Unlimited pdf books through Bundle of Holding
Bundle of Holding is offering Heroes Unlimited pdf's again! The "Starter Package" contains: ⋅ Heroes Unlimited™ 2E ⋅ Powers Unlimited™ One ⋅ Villains Unlimited™ 2E ⋅ Century Station™ ⋅ Mutant Underground™ The "Bonus Collection" (...
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:03 am
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: Psionics Disruption or Cancellation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3741
Re: Psionics Disruption or Cancellation
Nightbane Between the Shadows has a psionic power to break through and disrupt mind blocks. But that's it in canon afaik.
- Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:01 am
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: PSIONICS- requesting official answers
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3917
Re: PSIONICS- requesting official answers
Official communications on this message board are limited to announcements of product, sales, and special events. You can expect fans and even possibly some independent book and article co-authors to provide their interpretations for you, but you won't receive any "official" answers from a...
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 9:07 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Powers List?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1785
Re: Powers List?
Powers Unlimited 3 has the most comprehensive table, I think that'll be what you're looking for.
- Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:34 am
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: Mind Blank Auto Defense. Various interpetations of it.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1726
Re: Mind Blank Auto Defense. Various interpetations of it.
Mind Block Auto Defense. Most people I think say its an "Auto Defense" that kicks on and the Psi can decide to let it go down and such. Some others say its an always on mind block that keeps you from using any or most forms of psionics what so ever. Even if you want to lower it, making it...
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 6:17 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Magic Weapon transformation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2345
Re: Magic Weapon transformation
How long can a person with Magic Weapon stay transformed into his heroic self? Can a person sleep while transformed or do they revert? If someone disarms the hero do they revert? If this is a weapon of chaos/evil, there are no noted restrictions regarding transforming or duration. If this is a weap...
- Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:17 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Heal Others Superpower?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5445
Re: Heal Others Superpower?
A character with Super-Regeneration (or Regeneration Ultima) and Grant Powers will be a powerful healer for non-super characters. If the person has Divine Healing too, their regeneration helps seriously negate the health loss from Divine Healing. Interesting idea Glistam. I hadn't considered doing ...
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:26 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Teleport and Danger Sense
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1976
Re: Teleport and Danger Sense
I did a quick search to see if this was asked before and didn't see it anywhere so here goes: If a character has both Teleport (HU main book, page 295) and the Danger Sense minor super ability (Powers Unlimited 1, page19) would he be able to avoid the nasty results of an unsuccessful teleport? Mayb...
- Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:10 pm
- Forum: Nightbane®
- Topic: Nightbane: Excel Character Sheet
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8088
Re: Nightbane: Excel Character Sheet
Is your intention to just have it support a Nightbane character, or all the characters like Wampyr's, Guardians, Psychics, Sorcerers, Mystics, etc?
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 7:04 am
- Forum: G.M.s Forum
- Topic: SPD to MPH
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7363
Re: SPD to MPH
pblackcrow wrote:How does one convert SPD to MPH?
For a quick conversion I multiply Spd by 3 and divide by 2. It works well enough for my estimation/comparison needs during a game.
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 9:10 am
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Game Submissions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10001
Re: Game Submissions
This week's update is calling for GM submissions! February 11, 2022
- Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:31 am
- Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
- Topic: Talismans and Body Armor
- Replies: 65
- Views: 21456
Re: Talismans and Body Armor
I have been unable to find the answer in any of the rules so I thought I would post my problem here and see what people know or think. Do full suites of armor, environmental body armor, and power armor interfere with the casting of a spell stored in a Talisman? The same way that they interfere with...
- Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:26 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Cumulative saves questions (and others)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2134
Re: Cumulative saves questions (and others)
Greetings, I have some questions about saves: 1. I have +X to save vs magic and +Y to save vs Illusion ; if I face an illusion that says save vs magic (whether is a spell or a creature's ability), what happens? a. Add both X+Y. b. Use the larger value. c. Use only the magic save. d. Use only the il...
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:46 am
- Forum: Palladium Books® Games Q. & A.
- Topic: Official Excel Character sheet HF bonus
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8398
Re: Official Excel Character sheet HF bonus
This is the Quote from the slot on the Character sheet that says + HF next to ME: "Greg Diaczyk 11:53 PM Dec 26 Save vs. Horror Factor There are many scary things on Rifts Earth. Seeing something horrific or being scared by something loud can cause a Character to freeze up. Roll a D20 and add ...
- Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:56 pm
- Forum: Palladium Books® Games Q. & A.
- Topic: Official Excel Character sheet HF bonus
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8398
Re: Official Excel Character sheet HF bonus
Page 283 of Rifts: Ultimate Edition lists the negative bonuses to save vs H.F. that a low M.E. provides.
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 2:48 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Build help / Redundancy analysis
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2569
Re: Build help / Redundancy analysis
Seems like it would be the GM's call, based on the wording of the power.
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:13 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Build help / Redundancy analysis
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2569
Re: Build help / Redundancy analysis
What about a major power for the Wizard option? For the sort of character you're building, I'm not sure. Perhaps either Re-Channel Kinetic Energy or Zombie Flesh, both from Powers Unlimited 3? Multiple Selves on a Wizard character has a lot of potential, too. Suddenly there's a LOT of P.P.E. availa...
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 7:08 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Build help / Redundancy analysis
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2569
Re: Build help / Redundancy analysis
lbeaumanior wrote:What about a major power for the Wizard option?
For the sort of character you're building, I'm not sure. Perhaps either Re-Channel Kinetic Energy or Zombie Flesh, both from Powers Unlimited 3?
- Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:54 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Build help / Redundancy analysis
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2569
Re: Build help / Redundancy analysis
I never trade MA powers for skills, nor super abilities for spells. Both the skills and spells can be learned later. Indeed, that was my opinion. Two questions: 1. What are your ideas of the first option? The "Nothing can really damage me" guy. 2. What would it be the best single major po...
- Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:16 pm
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Immortal Wizard Supreme
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5286
Re: Immortal Wizard Supreme
Greetings, I have some questions regarding the Wizard Supreme option for immortals: 1. Does it allow the being to learn spells at any time like a regular Wizard? Or are they limited to the spells the Wizard Supreme option grants? 2. Does it grant the regular Wizard abilities (i.e. Astral Projection...
- Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:17 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Newbie Question: why are Laser/Energy Weapons rare in HU?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3645
Re: Newbie Question: why are Laser/Energy Weapons rare in HU
See the Modern Combat section for details. This is in relation to all the modern weapon proficiencies, ragarding their bonuses per level, firing rates, etc. The Hardware category and the Alien category are the only other places in the main book I think energy weapons are discussed. I believe one of...
- Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:31 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Question about Pause Temporal Flow
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2636
Re: Question about Pause Temporal Flow
Temporal Slip mentions that the world around the character gets “frozen in place,” such that a bird will “hang in mid-flight” — but immediately specifies that the character can, for example, “set traps” (which I’d figured means that stuff can be moved around) and “open doors” (which, as far as I ca...
- Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:37 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Minor Power - Energy Expulsion: Time
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2401
Re: Minor Power - Energy Expulsion: Time
Palladium doesn't like free, unlimited healing. I think the concept is cool though - I would see it as a major power, and the healing can only be used on a person once per melee, and only like twice per day, +1 additional time per every 3 or 4 levels. If used more than once in a melee on the same pe...
- Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:18 am
- Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
- Topic: Heroes Unlimited Creations By The Fans!!! - Redux
- Replies: 61
- Views: 79681
Re: Heroes Unlimited Creations By The Fans!!! - Redux
Are these the missing Kittenstomp tables? https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/rpgaming/hu-kittenstomp-s-random-tables-t202.html
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:42 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: how early should i buy tickets if i plan to go in 2022?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14264
Re: how early should i buy tickets if i plan to go in 2022?
Zer0 Kay wrote:The Dark Elf wrote:Not bought tickets yet but have bought flights and hotel!!
VIP Thursday is proving a little too expensive for us this year unfortunately, so I wont be running a game that night.
I thought people running the games got in free.
Nope. You just get the joy of running games.
- Thu Sep 16, 2021 11:10 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Questions wanted for upcoming Kevin Siembieda interview
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7498
Re: Questions wanted for upcoming Kevin Siembieda interview
Any chance of a Rifts: Promise of Power re-release or remaster for a modern game system?
Any chance that the adventure played through in the Rifts: Promise of Power video game could ever be adapted into a written game module?
Any chance that the adventure played through in the Rifts: Promise of Power video game could ever be adapted into a written game module?
- Mon Sep 06, 2021 8:33 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Attribute bonus chart
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1957
Re: Attribute bonus chart
Rifts: Ultimate Edition has discussion and penalties for low stats. Children stats are mixed between different books, and inconsistent across them. Chaos Earth: Rise of Magic, Nightbane: Survival Guide, and Dead Reign: In the Face of Death all have rules for children character stats.