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Just to throw it into the mix and confuse things even more, Nightbane has the Mind Master PCC, from Between the Shadows. At first level: 1. Sense supernatural beings w/o using ISP. 2. 2d6x10+ME ISP +3d4/level. 3. 10 specific powers + 2 master OR 3 sensitive powers. 4. Select 1 power from master, hea...

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Warshield73 wrote:And don't worry, House of BTS will take care of it like it's there very own.

That's what I'm afraid of! (Looks worriedly over his shoulder.)

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Want an actual oasis of peace, prosperity, openness, magic, and technology? Try The Kingdom of Tarramore?The City of Stone (Dublin), Rifts: England, p134-136. My favorite location in Rifts Europe but not sure if it is a weird find. It was weird to me. No rampant discrimination. No secret alien inte...

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Want an actual oasis of peace, prosperity, openness, magic, and technology? Try The Kingdom of Tarramore?The City of Stone (Dublin), Rifts: England, p134-136.

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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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Somewhere I've got an Excel file listing the "day jobs" from BtS2, DR, and Macross to see what the different occupations are. There's a lot in common, but they aren't all the same. And of course, the details of even the same ones differ a bit. If you find it, please consider sending to me...

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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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Somewhere I've got an Excel file listing the "day jobs" from BtS2, DR, and Macross to see what the different occupations are. There's a lot in common, but they aren't all the same.

And of course, the details of even the same ones differ a bit.

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P37 lists Hand to Hand: Basic as a Secondary skill. There is nothing preventing a character from choosing it for a Secondary Skill, if they have the slots. It won't stack with any martial art form, but it's there. H2H forms are also available through the Basic Physical Skill Program. You can't trade...

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Rifts South America 1: Manoan techno-wizard weapons are powered by a TW-Cell: "Flamer" pistol and "Fireball" gun, p91-92. I'm assuming that's the "TW-energy cell" described as beyond PC replication on p91. The stun weapons mention an E-Cell, but those are the only two m...

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mrloucifer wrote:Somehow I've missed this question all these years as I'd have answered it.

Side note: Due to this realization I'm adding the pictures of the card to both the House of BTS website and Discord.

And thank you to my source!

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I know this has been a question asked before, but the threads have been lost to the mists of the forums' pasts... However, we now have a definite answer: Artist Richard Corben made up one of his own! Mr. Corben is quoted thus in a collector card displayed by the Facebook page House of BTS (you know ...

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Hey I have a player that believes that if you have multiple H2H you can switch between them and get the addtionally attacks of all. So if you have two or thrid H2H you end up with 15+ attacks around. I believe that you used up some many actions in a round they should be removed from the H2H. Ie you...

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No explanation is given for the Tirolian Voice AFAIK in the show, IIRC the novels do not have it as artificial but them talking when they inhale (instead of the exhale). The Masters and Elders themselves don't really have the same effect on their voice either (a different effect maybe) in the show....

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Killer Cyborg wrote:
drewkitty ~..~ wrote:How would you change the Psi Mechanic PCC to fit into the PF world & game?

I'd just play it as-is.
And I'd go with BtS (either version).

Alternatively, the Between the Shadows version from Nightbane. (A *third BtS!)

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In writing Mysteries of Magic, I relied heavily on Through the Glass Darkly and Beyond the Supernatural 1. I am not sure how much of the manuscript made it into the book. You've mentioned the latter several times here and elsewhere. I'd donate a thumb for a read-through of that manuscript; I am fas...

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I'm not talking about core books like Palladium Fantasy or Nightbane or BtS going through the basics of the magic system. Nor am I looking at books that just introduce new OCCs or variant magic. I'm looking for books that go under the hood, books that try to build magic as an actual, real thing in t...

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Dana Sterling is the only halfling character I can remember from the 1E RPG books. I don't recall any Zentraedi children, any Tirolian clone children, or any Terran/Tirolian/Zentraedi hybrids. What if, in an effort for subtle cultural control, the Masters introduced genetic controls for breeding amo...

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It is with a great deal of regret that I'm the one to announce Chris Meadows, an active member of 90s Robotech fandom has passed away due to complications from a hit-and-run. If you never got a chance to interact with Chris or read his fan fiction, you missed out. I cannot claim we were friends, but...

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The Beast wrote:They may have meant either E-clip or TW-cell. All really depends on if the weapon in question is a TW-item or not.

The stun weapons are both based on the Agony spell, so I'm leaning TW-cell.

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Manoan techno-wizard weapons are powered by a TW-Cell: "Flamer" pistol and "Fireball" gun, p91-92. I'm assuming that's the "TW-energy cell" described as beyond PC replication on p91. The stun weapons mention an E-Cell, but those are the only two mentions of it in SA1. E...

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I think I'd stick with Nightbane's enchantment rituals. They can't reproduce spells, but they're indestructible and the high-level ones are permanent. Where can I find those? Nightbane, p126-127 L5 - Charm Weapon (15) L8 - Temporary Enchantment (30) L13 - Enchange Weapon (300) All rituals. First tw...

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Eco-Wizardry is described in WB26: Dinosaur Swamp. It similar to techno-wizardry without access to the highest level spells, but instead of machines/crystals uses natural materials/dinosaur parts. WB35's Soulmancy has the 15th level ritual Soul Weapon, which creates magic weapons. They require a sa...

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Interesting. Further investigation shows one bureau is currently not filled and that the title of the other bureaus it "Bureau Reporter" described as "the Multimedia Journalist." So it's not just some hack with a cell phone. That indicates some actual journalist and multimedia s...

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Axelmania wrote:It seems like for Samurai they needed to define a lesser version of rune weapons as we traditioanlly understood (can be destroyeD) to suit them.

This lesser way has some similarities to the WB35 equivalent.

I don't have WB35. Was there a further discussion of rune weaponry there?

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Orin J. wrote:i think nuhr dwarves don't know actual bio-wizardry, but a sort of low-level knockoff of it.....

Low-level knock-off of rune magic. But it's something for them.

What's the Eco-Wizardy their entry keeps referring to?

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Interesting. That's why I shared it. Further investigation shows one bureau is currently not filled and that the title of the other bureaus it "Bureau Reporter" described as "the Multimedia Journalist." So it's not just some hack with a cell phone. That indicates some actual jou...

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I was looking an the Wikipedia entry for a TV station from my sordid youth (m), and the following bit caught my eye: "In addition to its main studios, the station operates bureaus in.." Bureaus. Plural. For a rural, remote, regional TV station. In Michigan's Upper Pennisula. A quick check ...

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The Ninja & Super-Spy skill programs should work. 1E Beyond the Supernatural had skill programs, too. I don't think they were all exactly the same.

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All good suggestions, folks. Thank you very much.

I especially liked the Ship Pilot, CSI, and Survivor...I mean, Civilian suggestions. I ship Ship Pilot catches my fancy.

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I keep translating XP and ISP in my head and having to reset my responses.

I often thought one of this RCC in a BtS or Nightbane game could be fun. Alternatively, there's enough "immortal" RCCs/OCCs that once could run an interesting long-term game...

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I always figured the Vagabond of the party is more the team's business/support lead. Yes, when shooting starts, he's hiding out in the back and taking some safe potshots while the combat classes do their thing. But when in town, he's the guy who can find the best place to sell loot, get good (and i...

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Overall, I think I'd prefer the original Vagabond to the RUE Vagabond. The Vagabond is a skill monkey. While the RUE version gets more skills over the course of advancement, I prefer the original's breadth of skill choices. The AtB2 Human Mutant's a fun way to introduce a little variety. If you want...

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Cure Minor Disorder would do nothing for Covid 19. It is specific to minor physical disorders even a fever greater than 101 can not be cured. Common symptoms include, but not limited to: Cough Fatigue Muscle or body aches Headache Sore throat Congestion or runny nose All well within Cure Minor Diso...

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It looks to me like any race can potentially receive Danzi spirit tattoos (or at least that there are no written restrictions on races). The comment about myths and legends that are "presumably Danzi spirit tattoos" could be a little Easter egg reference by the author to Altantean magic t...

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If the Hypothesis is correct, then the Spirit Tattoos will not function for any other species...with the possible exception of the Goblin. It might be possible for Tattoos allowing a Goblin to draw upon the ancient Cobbler magic to exist. See page 34 under the note in the 2nd paragraph. It lists wh...

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Help me pick an MOS for my 2E GMP character? Just for giggles, I've rolled up a GMP character. I got lucky and rolled Fast Learner on the Special Aptitude Bonus table. So I get three MOSs! How useless can I make this guy during the Invid Occupation? I've chosen Civil Affairs Officer for my first MOS...

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Cure Minor Disorders for symptoms, Cure Illness for the disease.

ETA: Also, Heal Wounds.

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"Schofield, Roberto. Chief Warrant Officer (retired). LS-867-5309." Old RMB CS Technical Officer with the "Insatiable Desire To Learn" special ability from Lone Star and an old RMB major psychic with Psi-Battalion training (Psyscape), AMRS Training (Black Vault), and CQC AT (Hero...

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Its been a while since I read through Systems Failure, does it touch on if the bugs can use leylines for travel? Seeming as they travel along energy pathways, I wonder how they would interact with this kind of thing. Lightning bugs can create dimensional breaches at ley line nexus points and telepo...

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They can convert to energy to travel, especially along hardlines. But what if hardlines are just a passing phase of technological development. In 1999, wireless tech hadn't taken off like we see it today. Broadcast power is a holy grail for some technologists. Organic tech is a holy grail for others...

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You know, I can do a lot with just an old-style, RMB, CS Technical Officer . The flexibility of the MOS skills means you can use it to make a power armor trooper, an infantry soldier... pretty much anything you need. That OCC gets overlooked quite often. You can even be a passable doctor or Almost-...

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HU2 GMG page 17 concidered to be latent psychics, base: ME +1d6x10, +1d6+1 per level No level up new psi powers. THE HU2GMG also has a correction with the Latent Psi's ISP (page 16). P17 doesn't *specifically* call out the experiment or the mutant, but given the experiment, mutant, and random table...

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In HU2R, Experiments, Mutants, and anybody who roles lucky on the random power table can have a handful of psionic powers. How many ISP do each of these guys get? Pyschics are broken into Natural and Latent, but I don't see any reference to the other categories. If I missed something somewhere, feel...

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The Galapagos Islands just aren't going to work out. I've always liked the Kerguelen Islands, and it occurs to me they meet some of the requirements that had me eyeballing the Galapagos. Has anybody done anything with the southern Indian Ocean? Africa mentions a city of bone off the coast of Madagas...

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Thanks, all.

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Underseas has a little. Lemuria goes into more detail.

Is there anything else that mentions the Indian Ocean? I'm considering transplanting my ideas there.

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Thanks for the "help" folks.

Let's try this: where else besides the two Atlantis books are the Splugorth described in depth?

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Thanks everybody who contributed.

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Rift Atlantis details Splynn and touches on some of it, but is there anyplace that goes in depth, like the Triax or Phase World books?

ETA: Title change. Where else besides the 2 Atlantis books?

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