Forums of the Megaverse®

Dead Boy

Bravo, good sir! A most enjoyable read. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Dead Boy

ShadowLogan wrote:Pg22 has it pronounced: "nicks-law".

Ah!! There it is, hiding in plain sight; the last place I would have looked! Thanks.

Dead Boy

I'm putting together a Magic Zone horror-themed campaign with Nxla, Harvester of Souls , as the main baddie. Thing is, I have no idea how to pronounce his (his?) name. Its kind of hard to sew the seeds of terror when you're bumbling out a word. So how do you say that name? 1) Nex'lah 2) Nix'lah 3) N...

Dead Boy

I was big on the show up to a couple of years ago, with the season starting with Dean coming back from Purgatory (what was that; season 8?). I got the strong vibe that the producers cleaned house and got an all new writing staff... and it quickly and painfully became obvious the new writers didn't b...

Dead Boy

No... NO.... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I think this one of my last great battleground super-post strings, and I'm in no hurry to revisit that practice. That said, I will say this in brief; IF one wanted to reopen this case/debate based on new evidence since then, you might want to examine the new and updated...

Dead Boy

Payment is made roughly 30 days after publication. Payment is explained in the NDA as being received after 120 days from publication. But seriously, I was glad for what I did get just in time for Christmas shopping. So though not timely on that timetable, it was timely in that respect.

Dead Boy

You skimmed it, didn't you. Yeah. The key and majority of the suggestuon was regarding better lines of communication. And by the way, still no word back from Wayne, punctuating my point. Greetings and Salutations. No I didn't skim it, I actually read what you wrote. Your suggestion was for ...

Dead Boy

6: (Dead Boy). I think I'm actually of the opposite mindset on this one. I wouldn't want any special treatment for established Rifter contributors. I say that while considering myself one. I wouldn't want special treatment, because I don't think it's fair. Interesting......

Dead Boy

6: (Dead Boy). I think I'm actually of the opposite mindset on this one. I wouldn't want any special treatment for established Rifter contributors. I say that while considering myself one. I wouldn't want special treatment, because I don't think it's fair. Interesting... So you aren't in favor of t...

Dead Boy

One: I would like to see the submission process refined to include electronic submissions. Actually I've been submitting via email for a good while now. Sure, they don't have a dedicated webpage with a submission form and file uploader, but there is a lot to be said for simple reliable email delive...

Dead Boy

Anti-Magic Incursion Rings have been retconned into oblivion, officially (well, as official as the optional material in The Rifter gets), and has been replaced with a more multilayered solution to this age-old problem; a system that is inarguably well within the Coalition's technological purview an...

Dead Boy

Blastaar wrote:Thank you. And thank you for the amazing rift articles.

Wait... It's about to get better (though some are sure to say far worse; you decide).

Dead Boy

I am reading through Rifter 54 on the New Chillicothe (optional material) section and I would like to see some images in regards to the following CTX-53 Ballista MAAT's See SoT 6: Final Siege, page 1 just under the cover. It's an awesome work of art by Wayne Beauax that only has a paragraph of text...

Dead Boy

As long as we don't have to submit it via mail on floppy I think we're good. Or carved stone tablets. But but I had my smoke signals ready to go.... *puts out the fire* /sad panda cosmo knight Actually that's how I submitted my stuff for Rifter #11; hardcopy print and a 3.5" 1.44 meg floppy di...

Dead Boy

Aw man...I LIKED the anti-incursion rings... I happened to like the Rings. Thanks for the love, brothas (and I mean that, too), but based off the feedback I was getting (some from @$&#©\3 trolls, some from actual human beings who are not as easily blown off or discounted), your opinions are in ...

Dead Boy

Hey guys! I'm not going to jump into the fray here because my personal biases on this are very well established. That said, I would like to point out that, as of my author's note on pg. 80 of Rifter #63, the much-loathed Anti-Magic Incursion Rings have been retconned into oblivion, officially (well,...

Dead Boy

Gauss Gun Link For a while now on the boards here there has been discussion about the merits of single-shot rail guns vs the full-auto ones as depicted in the Rifts setting. The above link has a nifty article purporting the superior merits of autos over single-shooters, and actually built a fully f...

Dead Boy

Ugggh!! Building CS Psi-net patrol currently... Why can't there be fully finished NPC's for things like Psi-net teams, typical CS soldiers, street toughs, body fixers, and so on? Why do I have to roll up NPC's? It's taking me hours. You could toil for hours on that ... OR ... you could wait for Rif...

Dead Boy

I wonder why there isn't a dedicated book or for that matter much information on Chi-Town? A: Kevin Siembieda. That is the effective answer for all of your, "I wonder why there isn't..." questions. B: Because they haven't let me off the leash to write it yet. Oh, the ideas I have for that...

Dead Boy

Reagren Wright wrote:Just got informed my work will see print again. Just curious as to who else will be joining me
on another merry adventure .

Way to go, buddy!

Dead Boy

What?!? No Striker Sam?!?!? Of those on the voting list (which I would edit to include those you overlooked when making the poll - and yes, that will re-boot all voting), I'd go for the Super Sam. Highest top speed, highest altitude, most powerful non-missile main weapon, devastating salvos from its...

Dead Boy

Does anyone know when the CS State of Iowa was absorbed into the state of Chi-Town (along with the book and pg #, of course)? I know it was within only a few years after the formal establishment of the CS in 33PA, but don't know when.

Dead Boy

If it helps, I dug up my original notes on the character. Here is what I jotted down for her. Squad Leader, Psi-Stalker/Psi-Nulifier Captain Rachel West, Psi-Stalker Lv : 9, Align: Unprincipled Sats of Note : PS: 24, MA: 20, Spd: 30 Number of Attacks : 5 with Expert. Bonuses & Abilities : +6 v. ...

Dead Boy

Thanks for the kind words! As for death, in my opinion, without at least one really good, messy as hell death, the air of genuine danger is stunted from the feel and atmosphere... at least in my opinion. Maybe one day they'll print my other short story, Prodigal Ashes (and on that day if/when they l...

Dead Boy

Here's a quote for y'all: " Moreover, enemies of the Coalition States mistakenly believe the Coalition is weak and vulnerable, its Army spent and too spread out, especially as the CS begins to fast a new challenge against the Xiticix. However, they are wrong. " (Aftermath pg 139) So is the...

Dead Boy

Effectively, the Pulled Punch (detailed on pg 346 of the RUE) is a move reserved for ordinary folks who only do SDC damage in hand to hand, with the dice determined by the base values (e.g., the 1D4 punch) or the moves gained through physical skills (like Kick Boxing's 2D8 Axe Kick) or the Hand to H...

Dead Boy

And the punchline... It's an actual product!

Dead Boy

Kordwar wrote:What on earth do e-clips look like? Can't seem to find a picture in any of my books.

World Book 13: Lone Star, pg 28. There is an illo of an e-clip outside of a rifle, being held in the training officer's hand.

Dead Boy

1) Coalition War Campaign ~ because the moment that book was published, the CS went from being an overrated joke that everyone beat up on like a collection of D&D Orcs, to being genuinely scary and a force to be reckoned with. 2) New West ~ because though there are issues with the book and some ...

Dead Boy

As an interesting aside, the Speed Attribute is also the number of feet per second a character can run. So THAT is the logic behind the speed attribute. Is that mentioned in the RUE somewhere? No. That's something the Rifts community figured out. Personally I think the math on that is more of a hap...

Dead Boy

And no one would drink it anyway. I'm not kidding. I've seen some nasty holy water in my day. Seriously. Now usually it gets changed out, and then a priest blesses the new stuff, but I've never seen anyone drink it... Of course you don't drink it. It's extremely salty. Holy Water is for topical ord...

Dead Boy

Under vampire kingdoms it states a priest of a god who is of a good alignment can make holy water. Therefore can a preacher? Making Holy Water is a mater of prayers and procedure, not class-specific abilities. Being able to make it would come down to two elements. First, the character doing it must...

Dead Boy

I've been rather critical of some people for their understanding of the rules and what I felt was a dishonest attempt to skew things (insisting that certain rules are unclear, claiming that modifiers count when determining whether you hit it or miss when I can clearly read that it says that a NATUR...

Dead Boy

I had an interesting idea, but never had the opportunity play test it to see how well it works. The idea is simple: make Hit Points applicable against SDC or MD on a point to point basis, and allow players the option to choose if damage on their character comes out of Hit Points or a different defen...

Dead Boy

I was thinking, since pulse weapons are now the norm with just about all high tech weapon makers the older standard laser rifles are starting to lose their edge except as sniper weapons. So, in order to combat this trend, why not build older non-pulse laser rifles with an SD setting? So, basically ...

Dead Boy

Hey Dead, sorry about long wait for reply, No prob, dude! I made you wait on me for a few days. Turnabout's fair play, as they say. Roger on the clean nukes, didnt see that. Though begs to differ why they are as hesistant to use them because with such small drawbacks they could start clearing out a...

Dead Boy

The CS isn't going to fall apart or anything, but they definitely couldn't handle a second war on the scale of Tolkien. Actually, they have little choice about the matter seeing as the war against the Xiticix has had to be pushed up. Military operations MUST start soon according to ... pretty sure ...

Dead Boy

I am not so good at highlighting teh quotes like you so bear with my wall of text. Not a problem, if you can forgive me for the lateness of this reply. I've been really tired the last few nights and haven't been up to lengthy posts. Sorry about that. Still a wee bit on the tired side, so forgive me...

Dead Boy

As for Psi Ghosts, unless you can show me where it says the CS has them, i'm not buying it as they are a very secretive community that isnt that large, they wouldnt sell thier own secrets out to the CS even if some decided to work for the CS (suggested by the description of racial bond) and even th...

Dead Boy

Dead Boy, I think you are getting confused about the targets of the terrorism. I am only speaking for myself, but when I talk of scouting for a teleport ambush, I am not referring to mobile CS forces. I am talking about strongholds such as Chi Town and any other static fortifications the FoM may kn...

Dead Boy

Let's take it one step further: Why would there have to be a mage with Invisibility Superior when a psychic on the mage side could also use remote viewing! The mages side would have mind melters, mystics, mystic knights, etc, all of which could have remote viewing. We covered this ground. The Psych...

Dead Boy

Remote Viewing only looks down on individuals and the surroundings are fuzzy, so that wouldn't work. I have no idea what spell you're thinking of, but it's not Remote Viewing. Remote Viewing lets you target people, places, or things. There is no mention of the viewing angle or the surroundings bein...

Dead Boy

That doesn't sound like much but in an army of 100,000, that would be 380 deaths caused by a few mages valuing their sanity. Out of how many now? We are talking about the Federation of Magic now. Their standing army is only 5700 men strong. In the bigger picture, we can take a look at those numbers...

Dead Boy

Also we are assuming the CoB is n the Astral Realm which...as far as we know is true or not. We DO NOT KNOW for sure so why are you two arguing about it in the first place? Lenwen's the only one arguing that the CoB is in the Astral Realm, anyone else reading the text knows it isn't, the rest is pr...

Dead Boy

4D Transformation: The ability to travel to an unknown destination in minutes, scout it out completely undetected and return home instantly. Interesting selection. Now, let's look at all the ways this is a very bad idea... above and beyond all the points so many have already brought up: 1) Being Te...

Dead Boy

A single Ley Line Walker can create one teleport scroll every 4.375 minutes... Now where did you come up with that very specific number? That 20% teleportation chance is also irrelevant. In a wartime situation, I am sure they would be scouting their targets to the extent that the chances of failure...

Dead Boy

Tolkeen did use Teleport to launch surprise attacks during the war. It just wasn't as effective as one would think thanks to all the CS Psychics. Where it did work was in targeting small, non-psychic units. Fortunately the CS could mass produce Dog Boys faster then Tolkeen could mass produce mages ...

Dead Boy

Personally I wouldn't mind another war series of short books, but only if Palladium let me write it.

Dead Boy

I'm going to go out on a limb and put forward that there is a case for Particle Beams being able to harm those using the spell Impervious to Energy. Obviously we can't turn to real science because that is waaaaaaay to incompatible with the game mechanics. As such, I'm basing this solely on informati...

Dead Boy

But I digress - Champions I have been playing since 2nd Edition. And Aaron Allston was one of my favorite writers for it, and now has moved on to novels. You can't beat that! Totally with ya! Though AD&D was my first exposure to role playing (like pretty much everyone, I suspect), Champions was...

Search found 2735 matches