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And I take it there is some kind of glitch with replies being duplicated...or triplicated. Woah, yeah, huh???? I tried to post earlier, but nothing happened. I actually refreshed the page and tried again, and still nothing happened. I left Sound Off and came back, and my post still hadn't appeared....

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Really don't like the new forum look.

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Really don't like the new forum look.

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Rifter 29 has a section on war magic, some of which deals with logistics rather than combat. There is a level 11 spell called Troop Supply that costs 100 PPE to cast, but creates a huge amount of bread, cheese, beef jerky, and milk.

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Gotta agree with KC here, I'd probably go with Telethapy and Telekinesis for overall usefulness. Other nice combos, depending on the setting and my role in it, would be Bio-Regeneration & Resist Damage, Mind Block & Sixth Sense, Healing Touch & Psychic Surgery, Enhance Reflexes & Enh...

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I don't remember that... ah, 152 under Bonecruncher's equip, nice. Odd place. I was right to suspect the Pogtal. Wonder what's stopping Dragons from self-skinning over time (getting it back via regen) to make and sell these things. I'd guess pride and unwillingness to subject themselves to horrific...

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You should check the Psionics Netbook. There are some super psionic powers people contributed that might be close to something you're looking for. Maybe Psi-Dart will work?

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There are a couple alternative versions of Mind Bolt in the Psionics Netbook that someone compiled a long while back.

Here's a link: http://nexusnine.net/doc/nb/index.html

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I don't know if Neo-Humans should actually be on the list. Their book entry mentions that despite the name and similar appearance, Neo-Humans are more closely related genetically to the other mutant animals than to actual humans. If Neo-Humans can't interbreed with humans, along with sharing a whole...

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The best way to increase the effectiveness of both Healing Touch and Increased Healing, along with most other Healing psionic powers, is to simply remove the silly meditation time. For dedicated Psi-Healers, give them level-based bonuses to their Healing Touch.

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It would be more feasible to just roll up a Mega-Inventor with the Super Invention power category who can build a more reasonably-sized robot, maybe 30 feet or so, that has the Growth ability.

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That's interesting, what are the differences between the psychic powers in the two editions? Hydrokinesis is actually a viable power more on par with Pyrokinesis rather than a pale shadow of its former self barely even worthy of being called a minor power. Telethapy has a greater base range, can fa...

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The two adventures are still loads of fun. I also enjoy several of the psychic abilities in that book more than I do the current psychic powers ( Hydrokinesis, Mind Control, Telepathy, etc ). Still lots of good stuff in that book. Equipment is very dated though. Yep, I would make the same recommend...

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Sorry but your are wrong, no one is stopping Splynncryth but himself. He knows the planet is to chaotic to keep control of due to all of the rifts and dimensional anomalies that occur. No beings are stopping him according to world book two, just himself. Check out WB2: Atlantis, page 18, 3rd paragr...

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The single spell I believe would make the most impact on any modern military would be the 5th level Sustain, which you surprisingly left off your list. Only 12 PPE to cast, affects the caster or two others by touch, lasts 24 hours per level, and totally negates one's need for food, water, and breath...

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What would be interesting would be to find a highly developed species with advanced technology, then discover that little of their tech actually works for anyone else. Not because it's designed to identify user biometrics or anything fancy like that, but because the entire species are very powerful ...

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Though it wasn't asked by the OP, UWW forces arriving by rift in the Earth solar system would be far more plausible than the CCW. After all, they do make widespread use of magical rift drives for FTL. If you want conflict with the Splugorth, this would be the way to go. The UWW would also be far be...

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Though it wasn't asked by the OP, UWW forces arriving by rift in the Earth solar system would be far more plausible than the CCW. After all, they do make widespread use of magical rift drives for FTL. If you want conflict with the Splugorth, this would be the way to go. The UWW would also be far bet...

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.50 cal rounds bounce off modern tank armor. That's not mega-damage. God forbid real life not provide a perfect analog for a game mechanism. Perhaps the game mechanism is flawed. --flatline Surely you jest? I don't think the mechanism is inherently flawed, but lacks a certain granularity/spectrum o...

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I've read the rules in RUE and Rifter 21 several times, and I still have no idea whatsoever on how to create a techno-wizardric device. Just watch episodes of "MacGyver". He could make a fusion bomb out of a pen, some bubble gum, and a shake machine. Well to be fair they do leave out key ...

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I can't think of many reasonable scenarios that would see a lone power armor equipped trooper being out in the wild for so long without support or relief. There's a lot of talk about picking PA pilots off when they're out of their armor, but that's hardly a revolutionary idea. Power armor has been p...

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This question doesn't even merit serious consideration. The Mechanoids would curbstomp any demon fleet. The only saving grace for the demons is that access to dimensional magic means they can flee beyond the reach of the Mechanoids. EDIT: Actually going back and reading the thread, it appears that o...

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For some reason I imagine that multi-million credit uber high-tech power armor suits could be rather easily programmed to allow some degree of movement during sleep without having to worry about accidentally firing off a weapon or crushing a nearby teammate's skull. There's probably a whole chapter ...

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Sorry but your are wrong, no one is stopping Splynncryth but himself. He knows the planet is to chaotic to keep control of due to all of the rifts and dimensional anomalies that occur. No beings are stopping him according to world book two, just himself. Check out WB2: Atlantis, page 18, 3rd paragr...

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Sorry but your are wrong, no one is stopping Splynncryth but himself. He knows the planet is to chaotic to keep control of due to all of the rifts and dimensional anomalies that occur. No beings are stopping him according to world book two, just himself. Check out WB2: Atlantis, page 18, 3rd paragr...

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Hmm... Rifts Earth is left to itself (under the supervision of Lord Splynn), if memory serves. So, it might be possible, that the CCW fleet commander after conducting a scan, calls a NE amployee on surface to negotiate a ride home. That is, if they do not have sufficient magic capability aboard. So...

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the real problem is that Wizards have No access to the typical magic traps and enchanted items that a Palladium aLchemist may know, because they don't generally learn Circles and diabolism, so they have to rely upon servants and limited magical servants. Give a HU wizard all that and it's over for ...

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Chances are the orbital community would follow their standard MO and attack, then the CCW ships would either obliterate them or retreat. It would really depend on how much intelligence the CCW captains gathered before making contact. Of course, appearing in the vicinity of Mars also opens the option...

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1) Lord Magus
2) Mind Melter
3) Phase Mystic

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I'd allow the Mind Melter powers, depending on the power level of the game you're playing.

Instead of choosing a the Ley Line Walker OCC then selecting Option #9 for super psionic powers, you should choose the Mind Melter OCC and then select Option #10 to gain all the abilities of a Ley Line Walker.

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I want to say there are very specific rules answering exactly this question in one of the books, but I can't recall which one and I might just be thinking of a different game system entirely. I do know that if you look on page 71 of the RUE in the Glitterboy text, there is info on how long a pilot c...

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Hades the God largely ignores the other demons that exist in Hades the Realm and for the most part his kingdom is left alone. So long as his territory remains inviolate, I don't see him participating in the Minion War at all. From the writeup in CB2, the "Hordes of Hades" reference leads m...

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There is no strictly canon information for the creation of Dimensional Realms. It is a unique ability of the Spatial Mage, which was introduced in Rifter #3 and further detailed in Rifter #5.

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Give what would otherwise be MDC gear, armor and weapons, very penetration values, minimum of no lower than 10 for even the lightest MDC body armor. Convert Environmental body armor, light & medium power armor, and man portable weapons at a 3 to 1 ration with heavy power armor, robots, & mos...

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Military tactics and trained black ops troops would be effective if deployed against virtually any threat , short of invulnerable mega-villains and giant alien robots, not just mages who need time to cast their spells. You should also keep in mind that of nearly all possible villain types, even the ...

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Astral Hole[11th level, 120 PPE, 1 melee round/level] fits your request very well. On top of the spell's other functions, while in effect it will allow multiple short-range line of sight teleports; 2000 to 4000 feet, depending on terrain. Mystic Portal[10th level, 60 PPE] can also be used for a very...

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There really isn't any sort of limitation on humanoid or MDC races. Take the crab people vampires in the Lemuria book, for example. They are a MDC, non-humanoid race living beneath the ocean whose ruling elite are all vampires. Different species of Vampire Intelligence can have varying weaknesses, s...

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The cyborg could always just drag a flat bottom boat along behind him and then use it whenever the ground became too too muddy or saturated to support his weight. I imagine it wouldn't be too difficult for him to just brute force paddle his way even through thick mud. It would also make a useful car...

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As an isolated plot device they're useful, but only so long as encounters are limited.

The Mechanoids are simply too overwhelmingly numerous to place in any setting except possibly Phase World/The Three Galaxies.

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No, they're in the Rifts WB #12: Psyscape.

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I thought about the Nega-psychic but, I'm just not that fond of them. They're basically just the ultimate nay-sayers. Then again, I could probably turn that into a really good mage-hunting class in my world. That could be cool no? There's also the Psi-Nullifier if the Nega-Psychic isn't your cup of...

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Of course full conversion cyborgs are going to be waterproof. Just because something is not specifically addressed in the books, word for word in explicit detail, does not mean the intent isn't there. Look up the standard features for power armor. They are all capable of underwater operation, 500ft ...

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Strap some pontoon-style cyborg swamp shoes on that sucker and make him learn to mudskate.

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There are many, many "hells" beyond Dyval and Hades. The Yama Kings are associated with the hells of their cosmology and not directly involved in the Minion War, though that is not to say there has never been any interaction between them.

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We don't know what is or is not present in a Rifts laser gun. Although I agree that they don't seem to have large external cooling systems. Pretty much. They do not seem to have an internal one either but coolant could be replenished as a matter of routine maintenance when nobody is looking or perh...

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Rifter #9 is also an excellent resource for all things Astral Plane related.

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Your examples are for low tech. I am not going to pretend I am an expert in any way, but the type of high yeild explosives we have today barely compare with the subject matter I thought we were talking about. So let me be sure to add some distinction. In an SDC Adventure the type of explosives coul...

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Normally, I would say no. If you cheaped out and bought your ordinance from Chipwell Armaments or some disreputable back alley arms dealer for discount prices, then you might be in trouble. Missiles aren't cheap, after all, especially when you're tossing them around in volleys...

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13eowulf wrote:My question is this: Given the above information, would you update the Yggdrasil Gift of Magic to include other non-exclusive schools of magic that have come out subsequent to the printing of CB2?
For example: Blue Flame Magic, Combat Magic, or Space Magic?

No.

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