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Kryzbyn

OK. Hows about this then. If anyone has ever intentionaly aimed and hit something with a bottle rocket at like 100 yards, let me know. Especially if it were a moving target. None of your examples were self-propelled. A missile is. Pointing a tube with a missile in it is no guarantee that it will tr...

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That is; take a magic-user with immune to energy up; he throws an SDC grenade at you and your allies, who all happen to have rocket-launchers with plasma missiles loaded, MD armour on , and are all within the radius of the grenade. This matters because your mage-friend was invisible amoungst the en...

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This is thread is going nowhere fast and things are devolving into a flame-fest fast. That's it... I'm going to PM Kev, write him a brief but balanced explanation of the countervailing schools of thought, and beg him to drop by and render a verdict. Since he just did this for the Simultaneous Attac...

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OK. Hows about this then. If anyone has ever intentionaly aimed and hit something with a bottle rocket at like 100 yards, let me know. Especially if it were a moving target. None of your examples were self-propelled. A missile is. Pointing a tube with a missile in it is no guarantee that it will tr...

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This here is exactly the problem. Why would something that is UNGUIDED always seek out center-mass? Answer: IT CAN'T!!! Therefore all true missiles must be guided but also hard to find available for purchase or trade, hence making them rare (satisfying that often quoted line). I already answered th...

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This here is exactly the problem. Why would something that is UNGUIDED always seek out center-mass? Answer: IT CAN'T!!! Therefore all true missiles must be guided but also hard to find available for purchase or trade, hence making them rare (satisfying that often quoted line). I already answered th...

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You can't dodge, parry, roll, or simo-attack unless you're actually attacked. So you can't simo a mage doing a defensive spell/armor ect who is concentrating/speaking/channeling his PPE b/c he's not attacking you, but you can simo somebody who is taking evasive maneuvers but firing wildly at you wh...

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RUE 362 wrote:Note: All missiles always strike the main body

This is probably the most black and white rule in any PB ruleset, and there's still arguing going on.

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Subjugator wrote:
Archangel23 wrote:As always Killer Cyborg is right.

When it comes to factual information, if KC says something, you can generally bet on it.

/Sub

And half the time you won't want him to be

But he's still right most of the time.

Kryzbyn

Combat Rules for High-Tech War Machines : (Rifts Main Book, starting on 38). This section provides ALL of the options that can be done in mechanized combat (including in power armor), as well as detailed definitions (one of your key criteria for validity, if I recall). That's the same argument you'...

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I have an npc Khardeshb'hark an ancient great horned dragon that has come in handy, usually just to keep the players "scale" in mind. It especially can in handy when I had a character playing a hatchling dragon goin nuts teleporting here and there and generally just doing everything for th...

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How can missiles always hit the main body if they are not guided? Better yet, how can a missile hit a target that has no main body visible? While it need not be one or the other with these two conflicting statements (since you need to hit to always hit the main body), they offer a conflict of inter...

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How can missiles always hit the main body if they are not guided? Better yet, how can a missile hit a target that has no main body visible? While it need not be one or the other with these two conflicting statements (since you need to hit to always hit the main body), they offer a conflict of inter...

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I really fought the urge to be petty but...

PWNED!!!

Now do you believe?
I think this thread just ended...finally.

Thank you Kevin, and /high five KC.

Kryzbyn

Had a GM who placed our starting group in a bar. One of the PCs was a dragon, not even a hatchling. Another was a psychic cat who was once a wizard's apprentice and had been in his current form for a thousand plus years. Two Jedi were playing pool at a table in the corner, one of which was a player...

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KaneSolamon wrote:And another thing look at the vf-xx compared to the standard fighter the vf-xx would mop the floor with them.

I see a thread move in the future.

Kryzbyn

Killer Cyborg wrote:RUE 362
Note: All missiles always strike the main body

He already has...several times...

Kryzbyn

So this siting of conjunctive use won't do it for ya? Question: Simultaneous attacks. Ah, sweet little dear that answered the paired weapons question. Now: 1. Does it apply to ranged attacks? And if it does (god help us!), are there any restrictions at all? 2. Are there any restrictions on it that ...

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O M G
RUE says "All missiles hit the main body".

Anything else is a house rule.

Not rocket science...or missile science...

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I would have to say I'm getting a little frustrated by this "prove it's for ranged attacks" BS. KC has said that Kevin told him that it did apply to ranged attacks, and the FAQ said that it applys to ranged attacks. SO by continuing to argue, you're either: 1) Saying that KC is a liar, Kev...

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It'll be found by somebody. People there dont seem to like Dunscon much, so I wouldn't be surpised if some one let it slip. I think is City of Brass was found another thing that would happen would the Duncsons people would even turn on Dweomnor and give up their location also, I ready somewhere whe...

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K20A2_S wrote:Any ideas if this might appear in a RIFTER??

THe story and storyline is great!! anyone could have fun with it!! It gives great insight into the history of the CS with FoM.

Awesome grungy feel to it.

I'd like to read it too: kryzbyn@cox.net

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I got a question for the physics braniacs and rules mongers out there... I have an Achilles Neo Human that can manipulate up to 4300 lbs with his hyper-TK ability. The rules are pretty clear that he can hurl things to do sdc and mega damage, but what about applying pressure? Could he apply the same...

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CS..hmmm... The best: Free Quebec Glitter Boys. I like the classic designs. The pic with a Chromium Guardsman holdin the American flag...patriotic with a hard on. Close second: Any of the FQ CS body armor. That shyte is stylin'. Worst: I wouldn't be caught dead in a Hellfire. Close second: Smiling j...

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It'll be found by somebody. People there dont seem to like Dunscon much, so I wouldn't be surpised if some one let it slip. I think is City of Brass was found another thing that would happen would the Duncsons people would even turn on Dweomnor and give up their location also, I ready somewhere whe...

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We could discuss tactics all day, but really has nothing to do with the topic at hand. You can add a whole lot of other factors, like air support or air strikes or artillery, etc., but then you can't assume the GB is alone either... Exactly my point, so to bringing in the whole "my boom gun ha...

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Damage from hurled TK object are in the RUE description along with the Psionic power, mentions nothing about crushing so everything would be pure speculation. Might want to make a house rule somethign as 1/4 damage of the hurled object weight for the crushing damage. Formula used: Energy = .5 * wei...

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I'm still trying to figure out how this argument continues when the writers of the game have already answered it. A little vague, the answer was, with no attempt to justify it except "we don't understand why you're asking. We always played it that way." How is that not precedent? That's w...

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Yes, but the 6 guys in the bunker have no chance of destroying the F-16's before they deliver thier bombs. A GB could PWN 2 samas with a few well placed hits without offering any collateral damage, depending on the skills of all pilots concerned. I said Air Strike, not air support. Launching Medium...

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Thanks for the actual speed of the mini missiles. I didn't see that anywhere. Assuming you got them from the book All, I'm saying is, a GB Killer has to get within range of the GB's boom gun to shoot it with missiles. Shirley, even you can grasp this concept. As far as calling in air support to bac...

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Mark Hall wrote:I do not allow TK to be used as a direct crushing force.

Well, that's one way to do it, but doesn't help me any

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I got a question for the physics braniacs and rules mongers out there... I have an Achilles Neo Human that can manipulate up to 4300 lbs with his hyper-TK ability. The rules are pretty clear that he can hurl things to do sdc and mega damage, but what about applying pressure? Could he apply the same ...

Kryzbyn

It'll be found by somebody. People there dont seem to like Dunscon much, so I wouldn't be surpised if some one let it slip.

Kryzbyn

Entangle comes with it's own bonuses in the various hand to hand skills, as do flips. And there's nothing in the hand to hand skills that require a weapon to deliver a Death Blow, so why insist that TK ranged attacks need one? Last I knew, Death Blow was a specific ability handed out by HTH Assassi...

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Well, a bazooka rocket goes 82 m/s or 270 fps, I figure this is equivalent to a mini missile. So it will take 21.5 seconds to cover a mile, giving the GB at least 1 full round of attacks to shoot it or them down if the pilot were so inclined. And that's assuming a non-ballistic trajectory, but a st...

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Well, a bazooka rocket goes 82 m/s or 270 fps, I figure this is equivalent to a mini missile. So it will take 21.5 seconds to cover a mile, giving the GB at least 1 full round of attacks to shoot it or them down if the pilot were so inclined. And that's assuming a non-ballistic trajectory, but a str...

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THAT is friggin sweet.

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Also, I'm leaning toward this being for melee combat only. It is expressly stated as an option for melee combat like dodging or parrying. In the ranged combat sections however, it revisits what options are available (dodging and parrying) and at what penalty, but makes no mention of simultaneous at...

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Also, I'm leaning toward this being for melee combat only. It is expressly stated as an option for melee combat like dodging or parrying. In the ranged combat sections however, it revisits what options are available (dodging and parrying) and at what penalty, but makes no mention of simultaneous att...

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While I was looking up stuff I saw the following: One of the players in my group & I were having a disagreement about Simultaneous Attacks. My friend thinks that if he is fighting something with more attacks per round than himself he can call simultaneous and attack the same way he would be able...

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Al, I was completely wrong. The main body is defined as the part of a vehicle or large robot/creature that "offers the biggest target, like chest or waist area".
My apologies.

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I believe that the notion of guided missiles ONLY being able to hit the main body of anything is a terrible rule concept when even in the 90's when Rifts was first written we had laser guided missiles that could go through a building's window to hit a target inside and TOW missiles which could be g...

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I believe that the notion of guided missiles ONLY being able to hit the main body of anything is a terrible rule concept when even in the 90's when Rifts was first written we had laser guided missiles that could go through a building's window to hit a target inside and TOW missiles which could be g...

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Are they possible? I was wondering because I was reading the description of the Glitterboy Killer and it states that it has plasma missiles for the purpose of destroying the boomgun. Then I was reading some of the arguments in the simul. strike topic and it got me to thinking. If you can't do a cal...

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Juicer has a 20 something for initiative, 12 year old rolls like a 2. Juicer is going to try and disarm the kid, but the kid does a simo attacks and kills the juicer b/c the juicer can't dodge due to the rules of simo...............make sense to you? This example does illustrate your point well, bu...

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Simo give the person who losses initiative and insight to what the first person is going to do and act accordingly to best benefit him, while initiative by nature is suppose to do the opposite, attack your enemy first without him being able to gather his wits ect...... Simo makes losing initiative ...

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Should the GM let PC Y know what PC X is going to do?? Considering he wants to attack at the same time. Unless the character is blind or is otherwise unaware of his attacker, yes. So should somebody who is going to do a simulatneous attack have the privilege of knowing what the person attacking the...

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RUE 362 Note: All missiles always strike the main body CWC 110 "The standard tactic of the Glitter Boy Killer is to target and destroy the Boom Gun, first with missiles, then with other weapons." Looks like whoever wrote that bit forgot to check the rules first. Regardless, RUE trumps CWC.

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Natasha wrote:
K20A2_S wrote:But canonly I believe you roll to strike first

I believe, too.

I do roll to strike first, they (the players) just don't get to see the result until they've declared their action.

Kryzbyn

For fairness it needs to be declared before, otherwise losing initiative becomes a good thing because you can sit back and observe and then decide after you see whether the person hits if you want to do a simultaneous attack. For example, imagine an enemy using a soul-drinking rune weapon. The play...

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