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"To be clear I am a sucker and will be supporting any KS PB puts out, and probably at my usually high level, but I do want them to finish Bestiary ASAP." With all due respect Warhield, the above is precisely WHY they have zero incentive to prioritize Beastiary 2. To be clear I assume you ...

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They could just make a big book of OCCS. Noooooooooooooooo! :badbad: This is such a bad idea for so many reasons but the biggest reasons is that it will be out of date the minute it is published and it will take forever to write and we have all waited long enough for Bestiary 2. They should just go...

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mobuttu wrote:
Hotrod wrote:What Rifts monster/demon/creature would you want to see me try first?

Pick one: Brodkil, Gargoyles or Secondary Vampires.

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These are great and were a huge help in my last few convention games. One thing that I think PB has always needed and you've done a great job. Two suggestions: 1) Have you considered doing 3 or 4 versions instead of 15? What I always thought would be helpful, and I did this for Robotech 1e back in t...

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When I saw the subject heading pop up I thought "huh that's stupid" I mean people have been complaining for years that PB doesn't put out enough books. But, then I read the post and I mostly agree. Bestiary 2 hangs over everything PB does right now and they need to clear it ASAP. My one he...

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I thought the I heard the older books had "shadow updates" in new printings that where supposed to bring RMB-era books up to RUE-era standards? Shadow updates are a bad system. If the goal is to make is so players do not feel the need to rebuy a book, doing a update with an official errat...

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Is there anything in any of the PF books about the demons (Hades) and infernals (Dyval) relationship to the old ones? Do we know if they served them or fought against them in the war? What about the lords of either realm? If there is nothing in the books I will take best guesses or head canon from p...

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The original NGR/Triax were updated in one of the Rifters but other than that no. You are correct that all of the pre-RUE OCCs need an update and even some of the older post-RUE could use a tweak here and there but there hasn't been anything. I was hoping after the Triax update in the Rifter that we...

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In Rifts I always say the only skills that players need are whatever they need for combat and Lore skills. Everything else they can just buy the services in a town or from a traveling Operator. In they alternative they can buy a drone robot, Triax or NG, and have it upgraded with additional skills. ...

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I don't have my books handy but I thought there was some information about the ancient dwarves in Library at Bletherad.

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Do you mean facade, when they look human, they are not detectable? you said in morphus... yeah that is what I meant Facade is mortal Morphous is Supernatural Supernatural Being or Creature of Magic? Since they are immortal and not born I think they would more likely fall into the Supernatural Being...

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The Skill Phase Technology I've seen in Dim Book 2 Phase World on Page 181 for "Tiny Tim" as a level 8 Promethean that has a Phase Technology Skill of 95%. From what I determined roughly. 95%-10% (for IQ Bonus)-35% (based on a +5% guesstimated base per level as space mechanics skill is +5...

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I'm really impressed with the pawns. I got to use them at a convention game last month, and they really added to the experience. Miniatures don't work for all games or gamers, but if you don't play by theatre of the mind, then these are pretty solid. I rarely have a chance to use them in Rifts, the...

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Are they using traditional radios or some sort of bone/blood magic version? I'd go with this because of the Evil Sqwek factor: "I gotta send a reply to SoulEater's last entrail-o-gram. Bring me up a couple of slaves for the sacrifice; I may as well send a message to Clot-Gut over in the Anvil ...

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If you are going with 2E then the RDF Destroids use fusion power plants that have limited endurance. The Macross SB doesn't say how long the Destroids last but the Veritechs have 48 hours of fuel and the Southern Cross Mechs have 10 to 14 days so we would have to assume that older but larger RDF mec...

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I have always assumed no as it is just psychic energy formed into a blade but you might want to read the the description in the Cyber-Knights book of the SoT. I believe it says something about the different colors and it might even sayn something about temperature.

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Lots of good gear in those books I use them with some of my pregens so I pretty much remembered where they were.

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WB 34: Pg 236-237 has the floater cam. All stats listed.

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I know there has been a rule about EBA body armor causing problems with Magic users magic. I am having trouble finding where it says this in the RMB and Ultimate Edition. Does anyone have any further information on this ruling? Thanks! It’s not in the RMB; mages could wear any armor without interfe...

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I received my box of Kickstarter rewards today. All four books looked great, the art prints were fantastic and I was pretty impressed with the card deck. I was surprised with how big the Cyberworks compendium and the index seems pretty complete. In general I don't like big compendium reprints, the R...

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jaymz wrote:January 2025 is my bet

That might be a tad optimistic

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Has anyone else ever played the SAMAS as being able to detach their flight system? Yes, been doing that since 1990/91 when we started playing Rifts. It didn't move faster and certainly not quieter (well minus the jet engine roar I guess), but yeah it'd be easier to get into tight spaces. I think th...

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Figure I would ask here.... Does anyone here have a copy of "Genesis Pits" they would be willing to part with? Trying to complete the set. Also looking for Marine Expeditionary Force I do, I picked up a few extra copies to fulfill my Tactics KS. PM me a mailing address and I will send the...

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Interestingly, GMG pg 221 lists damage as 2d4x10 (burst) and 4d4x10 (dual burst) !!!! So, I guess they can fire concurrently... Given a burst is 80 rounds, which is roughly twice what a regular man portable rail gun would fire, I don't see the C100R as overpowered. In fact, it would explain the SSW...

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I could swear that there was an FAQ or errata for RMB that covered this but I can't find it anywhere. This came up with my original Rifts group when just RMB was out. At first we went through the same process as Grazzik and coming to the same conclusion. However, after a few books came out it was cl...

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After seeing the Kickstarter for Hell Train mentioned on the last weekly update I went ahead and supported it for a PDF. I mentioned on there that I was thinking of running it for BTS, it is written for Weird Frontiers, and the creator said he might have some ideas about that as well. So with tht in...

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Yeah, as warshield says, that it a rifts (etc.) skill. But PFRPG does have Lore: faerie folk on its own. However, it says under the description of Lore: magic, that it gives knowledge of magical creatures such as dragons, sphinx, unicorn, etc. Other creatures for palladium fantasy i have generally ...

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In RUE that is the very next skill (Pg. 225), Lore: Faeries and Creatures of Magic. It even mentions dragons and sphinx. The same skill is also in BTS2 but I doubt it is in any other games.

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I think the DHTs are primarily a transport force (though a few have some considerable fire support capability) that works in conjunction with ground units on an as needed basis. Agreed, I have always treated them as separate airlift elements and ones that do not operate in frontline areas. I also t...

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Just to be clear, there are other areas where you can open a rift into and out of Center. The Splugorth sector and the magic school both have pyramids I believe and that has sort of been my rule for Center, and indeed all of Phase World, is that in the upper levels and inhabited areas of the planet ...

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Zrayz10 wrote:
Warshield73 wrote:Rifter 76 - Elemental Primorda

I think this is what you are looking for and it is official material.

Yes! That was what I was looking for, thanks!

No problem. I did a big search for material covering the Elemental Planes a few years back and there really isn't much so it wasn't hard to find.

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Rifter 76 - Elemental Primorda

I think this is what you are looking for and it is official material.

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Well, I had someone recently tell me that they could put their IQ bonus on to a prayer, claming it is a skill. I begged to differ, and he replied that it had a percentage. So, what do you all think? Is it a skill? Is anything with a percentage a skill? What things that aren't in the skill list woul...

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Original manuscripts for both updated books were turned in last year. This revised already published material (20+ years old) so both books are 95% already written with the original material. All Kevin has to do is approve the new stuff added to it and if he decides to make a few changes. So this i...

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Reagren Wright wrote:April 2023 release date for Yin Sloth.

I love Kevin and PB, and I never complain about book delays. However, I would NEVER put money on PB hitting a release date.

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This has been discussed a few times in other topics but what I have always wanted is series of digital products that I call Rogues Galleries and all they are is a collection of single sheets for various generic bad guys with just average stats and equipment. No names, no physical descriptions, just...

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The obvious place to start is the Compendium of Modern Weapons. After that the Heroes Unlimited GMs Guide has a small section as well, including vehicles, although there is a lot of overlap with the CMW. I don't have any handy but I believe some of the Dead Reign books also have some modern weapons....

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Nope. To my knowledge they just fudged it. We still use 1st ed for these classes. At least in the way of finding the closest corresponding chart from 2e. I think there is one unit with which this is just too jarring and we still keep the old one, possibly the CDU? I'm not sure... This was another p...

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I was looking at creating a few ASC characters to add to my pregenerated characters for conventions and I could not find XP charts for any of the OCCs or notes about what charts they might use. Later books like the Marine SB say under each OCC what chart it uses and the New Generation SB has it's ow...

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Like so many things in Phase World/Three Galaxies we just don't have enough information to make a reasonable judgement. For factors driving up the cost of the raw crystals we have, at least, two considerations: 1 - is the rarity you already mentioned 2 - Only psychics can detect them. This will lim...

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This last weekend was OwlCon and I ran All's Quiet. Great adventure and all the resources in the Rifter but I actually spend a good amount of time before the convention reading CF, particularly the Insights and Clarifications section and the Art of Monsters and Horror section. You and Kevin really k...

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Owl Con was this weekend and I ran All's Quiet this morning. I went with running mission 2 and 3 as it had a fair mix of sneaking around and the final battle looked satisfying. I had 8 players (I had set the maximum at 9 so almost full). The players skewed older, my other two games had actual teenag...

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Probably regret asking this question , but was the kick starter the only way to get this book or will it all so come to the store at some point . It is the fastest way and the only way to get certain KS exclusives, but, the standard softcover will be available in the PB store after the KS is done a...

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I like the megaversal system. I think it has it's own charm. I wouldn't want it to be replaced by anything else, but I think a Savage Heroes Unlimited would be swell if it was something that would sell. Just, not as a replacement but something like Savage RIFTS. I agree with you, just a few things....

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I can see this as a decent setting. Kind of a GI Joe meets James Bond meets basic action movie. Just not sure how much demand there is compared to superheroes, fantasy and Rifts so with a small company like PB this just seems like a setting that won't sell much and will get very little support/supp...

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Something else I wouldn't mind seeing would be to break Heroes Unlimited up into several games. We kinda sorta have something like that already, with After the Bomb and Ninjas & Superspies being “HU-adjacent”; but I could see, for example: 1. Reworking Ninjas & Superspies as a broader “acti...

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Navagating without a point of reference is mathematically impossible. Yes, like I said I just want to get out ahead of any ideas players might have to try and save time. The people who live in this dimension use visual navigation, usually computerized, but I especially wanted to make sure I wasn't ...

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I am running a few Rifts games at a convention in February set in what amounts to a Hell dimension with no magnetic north and the sky is just rolling clouds with no sun, moon or stars. There are no large bodies of water just large areas of sandy deserts surrounded by mountains. My question if you we...

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Hey all, I was going back through and re-reading SB1 looking for things to steal and use. I finished reading through the ARCHIE adventure, and I found it . . . . distinctly lacking. Has anyone gone through and spiced it up or done work to make it more coherent? I ran the adventure when it first cam...

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There are several, you can just search through some of the old posts Like this thread https://palladiumbooks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=158450 glitterboy2098 has system, here is the most recent link I have m Jaymze has some stuff m The problem with any of these is that in can neutralize the...

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