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I retract my earlier positive review. TGM does not seem to care what goes on at his site, if his friends do it it must be ok. Bullying must be resisted in ANY form.

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I have to wonder why you think their racial abilities are something they'd lose learning something else, particularly if it were a non-magic OCC. That'd be like a dragon forgetting how to shapeshift or regenerate (which isn't going to happen). They'd be a perfect fit for the Super-Spy OCC from Rift...

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My home game is a family one so we get the usual: Doesn't know the rules, but she wants to RP. Tries to maximize the rules in his character's favor. (until he breaks one or more then ) Rolls constantly when it's not his turn, and always has '20' initiative already rolled "See!". Says he ha...

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While printing out palladium docs and working on my new adventure I began contemplating over the myriad of ways GMs hand out experience and the best way to handle the process Specifically I began wondering how my fellow GMs give their PCs Xp Here are a few questions to stimulate your thoughts on th...

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Rogue scholars can teach anyone any skill they know, only problem is NOT ONE of the books has mentioned how much they charge for this... There is even a merc training academy in Merctown, but cost to attend is not listed... PW2 has some in "Wonder World" but made it silly Still if a Silhou...

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People also need to remember that if snipers were so capable of a one-shot kill, they'd be used against the PCs. /Sub I generally let players do what they plan & if the plan works it works. I also warn them at the start of the campaign anything they can do NPCs can do too. So yes, I would allow...

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Nightmask: The Black Market wouldn't deal in it, because it'd ruin their economic advantage for their current method, and they won't find 1,000 or more buyers for every buyer they have today. /Sub The Black Market would sell as many spells as they could as it is 100% profit off each and every purch...

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If Tolkeen was as evil as said in the books, they would have sent squads & individuals along every LL in CS territory to wipe out farms with "Wave of Frost" & similar spells (start a wildfire in a drought, forest fires), make the CS pull their forces back to their infrastructure wh...

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So we can sum it up with "Munchkin" is an insult. (period)

Regardless of 'origin' it is a term used to belittle or berate a player for whatever reason the speaker sees fit.

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Anyone have a group defeat Cormal or end the Minion War? Just curious as to how it was done. I have group stuck months into the minion war on Phase World, but there's not much canon content to run off of, after the initial onslaught. Just curious to see how others have handled it. Shoot it dead cen...

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[quote="Akashic Soldier" Because they gain more attacks as they level? I can't say honestly, maybe its just a game balance thing?; the dragon is stronger and has a wider range of abilities, so they act slightly less often?[/quote] So they get less actions to do anything because they are st...

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So I wonder why RUE Dragons with combat training only get 3 APM while H-H Basic has 4?

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If your PCs cannot make anything they couldn't buy faster, why allow the class as a PC? If you want the TW to spend years in his basement studying how to make particle beams, You need to tell the PC that before they make that class. I don't believe that was the intent of the class at all. Tinkering,...

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I suspect the 6000 ppe Lictalon would have used to cast this would have come from the battlefield losses as NPCs are notorious for being able to bend/break rules such as that. At 6k PPE I don't see anyone wasting 120 fully charged talisman on it for any reason. (Assuming the GM let them make/use tha...

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most players i have gm'd for agree mages suck i will play a tattoo man so i don't die. or mages suck i will play a techno wizard so i can make magic items. this system is very anti magic in fact its very very anti magic. allowing mages to cast spells like psionics just makes them deadly again, not ...

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The second Phase world book added "Boot camps" that could train you in new skills. (full mechanics included) The Rogue Scholar can teach skills he knows (mechanics but not price given). Merctown has "The Headhunter Academy" that trains future generations of mercenaries (and most ...

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The free shipping never applied to Canada so I hadn't noticed anything like that. (well maybe hat they severly markup S&H in general)

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I always envisioned them starting and stopping at a nexus point, even if the exit point was a completely different angle. I like the idea of weak and strong LL being mostly present in former areas of civilization. The last Human LLW I played in a 'Ontario revised' setting never sensed a line once in...

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Human instincts aside, as I recall North America was covered in several feet of ash, and the skies were ashen for years. At the very least, the fimbrul winter should have killed most of us off. Add to that demons and monsters... To be honest, given all of that I am deeply surprised that the Coaliti...

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Typically, Specialists have to pay double casting time for magic outside their specialty (but only if the optional Rifter rules on channeling magic are used). I'll be posting my answers to the questions later, trying to get a reasonably unbiased sample, and there is a purpose behind it. HR Typicall...

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Personally, I have the Golems stop obeying any orders when the creator dies, his blood link provides that animating force and is lost on death This be a canon discussion tho![/quote] Then "Technically" you cannot order a golem to obey another's orders as it only obeys the orders of it's c...

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Personally, I have the Golems stop obeying any orders when the creator dies, his blood link provides that animating force and is lost on death (undeath, or suspended animation would be special cases

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Typically, Specialists have to pay double casting time for magic outside their specialty (but only if the optional Rifter rules on channeling magic are used).

I'll be posting my answers to the questions later, trying to get a reasonably unbiased sample, and there is a purpose behind it.

HR

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A High Magus who switches to Lord Magus once he's learned his Temporal spells... Magic Battle colossus, ridiculous spells, enhanced attributes & MDC body (eventually), 1/5th aging, lots of skills, can buy spells as a LLW if he sees one he doesn't know already (unlikely). Top that off with a race...

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We are given a few cross class spells, but is there a compilation of all? Is there actually a restriction besides what is listed? Invocations: Practically everyone, x2 cost to cast for specialists (like necromancers) Temporal Magic: Can be learned by shifters past L10. "Not commonly available t...

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I participated in both NG1 & NG2 insiders, just for the PDFs though I did order a bunch of other stuff each time... I find I am very disappointed in the slipping release dates. This was a Pre-paid deal, not a pledge drive, and according to the insiders page it was to cover publishing costs... Ye...

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I've run into so many arguments about this at the table I'd love to see Kevin define what a mage can and cannot wear (BoM no longer being the newest, but still the one I trust most). 1. What EBA can Mages wear? 2. What non-humanoids have to pay for modified armor? (and what Mages pay for special mat...

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The spell is self limiting only if you are talking about it being taught to casters who then die. I suggested several others where it would not be self limiting with abuse by Shape Shifters, Psychics and Demons. You proposed using anyone and a Talisman to accomplish an ongoing campaign of martyrs u...

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PbP for years, but no Palladium games in the local areas I've been in (Lots of 4e or Pathf....r groups). I suppose I collect the dead tree books because I like the settings and have fond memories of playing back when Robotech came out... Also handy when I want to look up stuff in my PbP game of cour...

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Most dragons are not so ready and/or willing to part with their appendages. If I was a Draconic Diabolist I'd certainly be willing to rip out a bone to permanency something like 4th D transformation on myself... (No chance of rejection since it's your own bone either lol) It might have an adverse a...

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Sorry Moon, I just don't see your system working in RUE as I understand it. If a player has the skills you wouldn't need to have an artificial 'tech level' of resources they can access, they just use the skill when they have the materials wherever the material came from. Orcs, also perhaps were a po...

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Interesting, I'd like to hear of more ways to reward 'creative' solutions rather than 'kill the guy & loot his stuff'.

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1) - Range , Damage , duration , Increased protection .. of spells cast .. are HIGHER .. in Palladium Fantasy then in Rifts earth .. No they are not... Armor of Ithan in PF provides 100 +10/level SDC, on Rifts Earth it provides 10/level MDC which is almost one hundred times as powerful. The same th...

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See Book of Magic FAQ (P21). Any PA made of non-metallic materials (such as Ceramic and Plastic are specifically mentioned) does not hamper spell casting, the same rules apply to basic body armor as well.

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BoM FAQ (P21) defines the hampering material as "metal or man made metal alloys". So a Plastic man suit would be fully 'castable' by cannon. As would Ceramic, and other non-metallic materials. (Metal content must cover more than than 50% of the body to cause penalties.) Quite a change from...

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Xmas grab bags are not such a bonus, you pay international shipping on each grab bag even if the real cost is much lower. I bought 2 grab bags a couple years ago, paid $80 US shipping and both came in one box (with US$24.50 postage paid marked on the corner in red ink by the post office). I don't ob...

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Dragons also have an ability to adjust their size by +/- 50% (separate from the metamorphosis ability) so spending that 5 hr in the back of an APC to hide the dragon's identity isn't that unreasonable, particularly for the races that get 4 hrs/level, or have access to the Metamorphosis:Human magic. ...

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No one's mentioned Explorers Unlimited?

http://www.explorersunlimited.com/eu/index.php

Not exactly a "fan site", but a Play by Post with active players...

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DB11 -Shock Beast

I was so hoping my shifter could one day befriend one of these some day lol...

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I haven't read through all of the Tolkeen books and I don't really want to, but. Do have a question: what WERE the reasons for staying. Other people in other threads have postulated what a magic-wielding nation state can do with mass teleportation (I'm looking at you, Lenwen). Was there some reason...

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4. Hatchlings can only teleport themselves(RUE 159). Is there anything about held/carried/worn items going with them? (A very good reason not to start a hoard or use weapons/equipment if it nails you in place) Personal equipment will stay during a hatchling teleport. Anything official on this Ice D...

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Most of the time in my experience, the GM wants the Role/Class/Race in that order, and if he approves, you go on to the rest so backstory first has not been an option, though nice when allowed. Rarely a GM asks for the back story first before approving the character for his campaign, out of concern ...

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For anyone else interested in the survive-ability of SN beings in space, Dimensional Outbreak P99 states that SN beings take 1d4 rounds to adjust to vacuum, and thereafter are unaffected (penalties to initiative, bonuses and # attacks during adjustment). Demons & Deevils can even spell cast in v...

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5. Hatchlings do not need to eat or drink as they are sustained by magic energy. (RUE159) Do they have to breathe? How long can they withstand vacuum (if at all)? (& what does a hatchling use for a spacesuit if not!) They use magic! And the "don't have to eat" thing is news to me. I c...

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Thanks for the suggestions all. We are using the Dragon H-H, and the dragon does not really need the + strike bonus for lacking a WP claw (etc, he does get Special interest skills as he goes up levels not just SS) to match the cyber knight's WP Paired, Boxing, Fencing & WP Sword. He does have ot...

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I've been searching for some information on dragons and can't seem to find the answers anywhere. (Checked D&G, RUE, RMB, RGMG, PW, PW2) Does anyone have answers (preferably canon) to a few dragon questions? 1. Are dragons 'proficient' with their claws as weapons? (Either way, is there a WP Claw ...

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... Adding the word 'rift' doesn't mean that they only occur at ley line nexus points. If you're opening a hole in spacetime to another location you've created a rift, and artificially created rifts by things like magic can be opened anyplace provided you've the PPE for it (and there isn't a specif...

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AAPS is still seeking a rogue scholar type as we finish up shopping from our last big job. We have a special delivery coming up through contested territory, things could get rough!

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Why would it take a thousand years? It would take exactly as long as any other character with an equivalent XP table to reach 10th level (D&G Pg10, The transformation to adult begins at 9th to 12th level) And PCs always level faster than NPCs as a given. D&G pg 17 average level for adult dra...

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Thanks, I was mostly curious if they (PB) had ever stated how it happened. They have combined the hatchling XP table and the Adult XP table into one, same with the H-H table. It seems required that you dual class at some point to get the Adult dragon (as found & D&G or most any NPC Adult Dra...

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