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So...I used to think that people took advantage of multiple doublers for things like critical damage or attacks per melee by doubling something that was already doubled. Many people just continue to multiply the product of the previous bonus, and I never liked looking at it that way, rather I would...

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What would be really cool would be for the Olympians to remember their Roman aspects and bring in humans (and maybe Wolfen) from another dimension (perhaps the Three Galaxies) to establish a New Roman Empire! That would shock the heck out of everybody ! The Germans, the Gargoyles, the Poles, the Ph...

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I've always seen Euro as a sort of Trade or 'Common" Language in Europe, probably because of the EU, with each culture retaining it's cultural language. I imagine it's orgins stem from before the time of the rifts, and since it's evolved. Just my thoughts though. Likely, but I can't see it sup...

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cover aetwork isn't always 1005 reflective of what's inside, take Madhaven for example: its cover had hover dump trucks onit but they were nowhere to be seen in the book itself. Text doesn't represent 100% of what exists in a setting, I consider cover and internal art to be supplemental material th...

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Faith, even in the cynical disillusioned preachers, should be central to their character. Even if they're having a crisis of it, they're looking for it. And if they've got it, they're looking for a way to spread the message. Derrial Book from 'Firefly' is a good example of a rough-and-tumble, pragm...

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I've always seen Euro as a sort of Trade or 'Common" Language in Europe, probably because of the EU, with each culture retaining it's cultural language. I imagine it's orgins stem from before the time of the rifts, and since it's evolved. Just my thoughts though.

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Because the Preacher Class is in itself is intrinsically bound to a person of faith char, just talking about this class is bound up with talking about faiths . Thus, the following was asked for in/by the OP. Otherwise I would not be talking about different faiths. Yes, I am talking to both the moni...

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Good source material. Deadwood, the Preacher in that show is a perfect example of the kinder Preacher. Also look at The Quick and the Dead, Russel Crows character is an ex gunslinger turned preacher, kinda the fire and brimstone kind. Theres a few other spaghetti westerns you could find on Netflix o...

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I have MS office enterprise. I will look in to other ones, My question is can it be shared here with out any legal ramifications? Unless they have changed copyright laws recently, if you write something you own it. So unless Palladium sells you the rights to Rifts, or puts it under some kind of OGL...

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I believe it's mentioned briefly in Rifts Underseas, in the New Navy section. I've always assumed thats where it was headquartered at.

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Palladium's standard format has always been player-centric, which is a wise decision from a sales perspective. A book made up entirely of antagonist profiles, in short form for the GM's convenience, is only useful to GMs; so like 20% of Rifts consumers if we're optimistic. That said, I agree that s...

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Make it yourself on your computer then PDF it is about the best and only solution I can offer you. Print out a copy for your players or group as needed. Most Word Processor programs have the capacity to convert word documents into PDF's and then you can go through and correct percentages, spelling a...

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A Rifts MM seems more like a fan based project then one that PB should tackle. As has been pointed out their printing speed isn't great.

Probably best to do it by faction, with sections for CS PC's, FoM, Independents and Monsters. Just MHO.

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Rifts does have a MM, its called D-bees of North America!

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Madmax!

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Sourcebook 1 list them. Idk if its in the revised version of the book though, or if it's become outdated

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Mostly the Reapers survival guide is a "What not to do" in a survival situation. My players Characters use it for toilet paper generally.

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None of the above. I tell them it's a horrible idea, far to dangerous, and will get people killed.

Then I sneak away, and taking only my closest friends and family, go to each location and retrieve the goods( All of them) and hoard them like a dragon.

Mwhahahahahaha.

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Destroy Dino Swamp?

BEST IDEA EVER!

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Hotrod wrote:For shame! I haven't watched Monty Python in ages.

EDIT: Your quote is inaccurate. "Listen. Strange women lyin' in ponds, distributin' swords is no basis for a form of government!"

Do I get restorative geek points for penalizing your geek points?

Absolutely! +10 for you!

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Nah, he pulled Excalibur out of a rock. Oh, there's another method I forgot, too. The "King Ralph" or "Lonestar" method, where you discover that you're of noble blood later in life, after starting as a commoner. In real life, this is a less-likely method, though some bastard-bor...

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Rappanui wrote:despite the black market cover being nothing but bad poser art... it's still good book.

Thats the best description of the Black Market Cover Art ever!

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You all are forgetting the easiest way for becoming a noble. Have some waterborn tart throw a sword at you! Look at Arthur! He's king of the Britons.

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Huh, good to see I am not the only one with what is apparently a common opinion on Burle's style. Though my favourite artist for RIFTS has got to be Breaux, I really feel like he was the successor to Long for detail, realism, and capturing character. Perez is a great artist, but his 'good guys in t...

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Cap' would be, in my mind better done by a Bio-Borg. Extended lifespan, healing factor,Increased Attributes(All), Supernatural strength and endurance, and totally MDC. Plus all the skills of a Super Soldier OCC from mercs. Also I'd make Black Widow a Super spy, and give her increased MA/PB/ME from HU.

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Some of the art in the SoT series was very good. The Perez stuff, the Freddy Williams stuff. Some of the items were nice too. Some of the 'between the lines' stuff was good as well. The story of the sergeant as he went through the war was good. Right up to him fragging the crazy dude. (( It's been ...

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CS War Campaign, Lone Star, and Cs navy for the Good guys. D-bee's of NA, Conversion book 1 and Dark Conversions, FoM are the Monsters Manuals for Rifts so you gotta have those as well. VK, Wormwood,Atlantis, Hades, and Dyvaal complete the MM series for rifts. Course my favorite book is New West, so...

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Marrowlight wrote:
Vrykolas2k wrote:Clear enough?

Nope, definitely not. You both know where this is going. Film it, put it up on youtube, and prove your opposing sides of how long it takes a beginner to make a character.

Or slap fight it out.

Nah go at it Gangnam style! Crack!

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CB1 Revised essentially cut the old CB1 into two parts, all the good stuff for GM's went into CB4 Dark Conversions, which included the rules for converting Nightbane characters. The OCC's( Warlock, witch, Diabolist, and summoner conversions are all in the second half as well, plus theres a pre-RUE ...

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Artillery GAW has the only artillery. Unfortunately there are very few stats on it, like range etc. Anyone use this, and what rules do you have for it? Actually that isn't correct. The CS Navy, and the CS Marine Corps use Artillery all the time, they have Howitzers, and we can assume that they're u...

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why would i want to own a book that sets the default to something that almost everyone agrees is complete and utter nonsense? it would be better for everyone to not own the book at all, because at least then we wouldn't have to fight against any preconceived notion of what the "official" ...

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I think I am going to have to find this book to look through it, just to see what is actually in it. As is, I am having a heck of a time thinking up what could possibly be filling up those 200pages... IIRC. It includes the PB Fantasy races, conversion info for HU/Recon/BTS Characters( Not monsters)...

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Dead Reign, I hear, got some buzz for a bit, and people will try it, but even then getting them to try Rifts is still a no go. Plus you have to house rule everything in Dead Reign to be inline with what gamers think of when they play a zombie game that it isn't really the same game as published lol...

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It's my favorite RPG to play. It's difficult to make characters that are truly made in detail. If I make a character and npc it takes me 40 mins. 10 for basic npc's. I helped a new player make a techno wizard and it took about 2 1/2 hours. He has played rpg's before (and made a HU character before)...

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Going to go out on a limb and assume that you're talking about England? Hmm...I had assumed he was referring to CB1-revised. --flatline Yup CB-1: revised would be my guess. I'd actually forgotten about it! Lol. But now that I think about it, it goes on the list of useless books to own, all the good...

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Dead Reign, I hear, got some buzz for a bit, and people will try it, but even then getting them to try Rifts is still a no go. Plus you have to house rule everything in Dead Reign to be inline with what gamers think of when they play a zombie game that it isn't really the same game as published lol...

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Dead Reign, I hear, got some buzz for a bit, and people will try it, but even then getting them to try Rifts is still a no go. Plus you have to house rule everything in Dead Reign to be inline with what gamers think of when they play a zombie game that it isn't really the same game as published lol...

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Just as an additional note, Everyone is going to have their own 'least worth owning' criteria, and some people are just going to judge books solely on personal taste, but as far as least worth owning WHEN THEY CAME OUT, the Siege on Tolkeen books have to be the absolute number one. When every other...

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Dead Reign, I hear, got some buzz for a bit, and people will try it, but even then getting them to try Rifts is still a no go. Plus you have to house rule everything in Dead Reign to be inline with what gamers think of when they play a zombie game that it isn't really the same game as published lol....

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In my opinion Rifts has some very stiff competition in the science-fiction/ fantasy horror genre that it holds onto: Warhammer 40k RPG - Easy game mechanics, gorgeous books, and support from one of the premier gaming companies known to man, Games Workshop. Oh this one killed me. When that game came...

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Guys: Please, please , please - don't turn this into another Tolkeen War Armchair General Argument fight thread. We've got enough of those in our archives and this thread isn't about that. Magic side has a pile of arguments, tech side has a pile of arguments. Played to the hilt of devious player in...

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Hands down Africa is the worst book in Rifts, followed closely by the ENTIRE SoT Series, and that includes Aftermath, which is just about the worst case of cut and paste bull PB has ever done. Three pages of reprint for two or three lines of new info? Seriously? They should have paid me to read the ...

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I can't believe no one mentioned the NG Dragonfly from Merco Ops. It's everything the OP wanted and it's cheap!

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1) Destroid Pilot in a Tomahawk! 2) The Launch of the SDF-1, I locked onto the deck and went PPC happy! 3) The Combat system! 4) Robotech, then I found Rifts. How much more incentive do you need. 5) Getting blown up in my Destroid by the Female Zents Boobie Guns! lol. Honestly, no one lets me live t...

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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII MAKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LIKE A SAMURIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! Thank you backyardigans for that. But in the eternal Knight Vs. Samurai, I prefer the Knight, especially if I'm playing one. Having to kill myself becaus...

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Ravenwing, you make an excellent point. It's entirely possible for good people to come out on opposite sides of a conflict. Since I only have 50 options per poll, it isn't feasible to include every faction in the setting. Instead, I opted to limit the poll to factions that the narrators present as ...

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Wheres the listing for Erin Tarn, and the Hippies at Lazlo? He didn't list the good guys on the bad guys list. Ahhh, but I only Play CS Games, and Erin Tarn and Lazlo are the Bad Guys. Good and Evil are all a matter of perception, and depending on whose side you're on, will determine who your PC's ...

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Wheres the listing for Erin Tarn, and the Hippies at Lazlo?

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That doesn't sound like a problem that should be apparrant in all cases of MD though, a high energy weapon like a laser, for instance, with no impact doesn't sound like it would suffere from that. Infact, that sounds more like a problem that is probably very Railguns specific, a weapon type which h...

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D20 Modern and it's various settings did the whole sniper one shot one kill thing best. 1st level character Take the Dextrous class. Sneak attack/Ranged Sneak Attack. Take Soldier Occupation: Grants Advanced Firearms Prof. 1st level Feat Improved Crit. Barret .50 cal Sniper Rifle( Becomes 18-20 x3 )...

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