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Colonel_Tetsuya

I notice that one issue that seems to drive a lot of arguments is dispute over exactly how murder-happy the CS are. Not calling out anyone in particular so much as noting an ongoing pattern in these kinds of threads. Some GM's apparently play them as straight up cartoon villians who will execute an...

Colonel_Tetsuya

IIRC (ill have to see if i still have Secrets here or if i gave it back to my buddy and check later/tomorrow) but some Aerhiman OCCs have a proviso for "is this OCC and is still a Master Psychic . Like, i think Sunaj can be Master Psychics and still be Sunaj Assassins. You have to make the roll...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Well, with the self quarantine and creeping boredom, I decided to look into online games on Roll 20. As a result, I entred games of D&D 5th Ed and Pathfinder. Both felt really restrictive in comparison to the free-wheeling combat of Palladium. For example, I was in the middle of the initiative ...

Colonel_Tetsuya

As a further proviso, this also only matters if the PCs are travelling in a big vehicle or large convoy ; if everyone is on their own vehicles (which is equally likely) or sharing a vehicle with just one or two people, its a lot easier. Magic users/troublesome characters can simply ride in one of t...

Colonel_Tetsuya

As a further proviso, this also only matters if the PCs are travelling in a big vehicle or large convoy ; if everyone is on their own vehicles (which is equally likely) or sharing a vehicle with just one or two people, its a lot easier. Magic users/troublesome characters can simply ride in one of th...

Colonel_Tetsuya

I never understood the apprehension of people about having the pre-Rifts SAMAS when the CS is in the game. After all, they'll kill your party for the mages and d-bees as well. Or because some of the party can read. Yeah I never understood this either. My first PG was: - Hatchling Great horned Drago...

Colonel_Tetsuya

I never understood the apprehension of people about having the pre-Rifts SAMAS when the CS is in the game. After all, they'll kill your party for the mages and d-bees as well. Or because some of the party can read. Yeah I never understood this either. My first PG was: - Hatchling Great horned Drago...

Colonel_Tetsuya

However, Arzno & Merc OPs + NG(2? i never remember which has what) give a TON of diversity AND all of those have the benefit of "these are all available on the open market and you wont be shot for having them" (at least, unless the CS realize that that Arzno armor is a magic item). Do...

Colonel_Tetsuya

However, Arzno & Merc OPs + NG(2? i never remember which has what) give a TON of diversity AND all of those have the benefit of "these are all available on the open market and you wont be shot for having them" (at least, unless the CS realize that that Arzno armor is a magic item). Do...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Not... weird per se, but worth noting: WB13, Fleets of the Three Galaxies: Phoenix Light (Space Magic Spell, level 14): for the paltry price of 1000 PPE (yes, it seems like a lot, well get to that) you can make any ship go 2LY/Hour, PER LEVEL, for Character Level Hours. WITH a packaged in Stellar Na...

Colonel_Tetsuya

I'd really like, one day, to play a PA pilot. Like s PA pilot with a bunch of different PAs for different situations. Somewhat ironically, unless playing in Europe as part of the NGR military, this wasn't even really all that feasible until very recently (with NG 1/2). It was something i noticed wh...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Ironically, the "what happens to Vamps in space" thing actually got answered in one of the Phase World books, IIRC. I dont remember the answer, but your post made me think of it. I've been rereading the PW books recently and I haven't seen anything about that. Do you know what it's in ref...

Colonel_Tetsuya

That seems a bit... How do I say it... Beefy. While I like your choice of "beefy," let's not get preoccupied critiquing others. That's a character that would require a bit different approach by the GM and other players, but this topic is to explore what we'd like to give a whirl. So, HWal...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Ironically, the "what happens to Vamps in space" thing actually got answered in one of the Phase World books, IIRC.

I dont remember the answer, but your post made me think of it.

Colonel_Tetsuya

Insults. Mack Or you could make any attemtpt to try to actually do a moderation job, and warn the guy who was ACTUALLY trolling. Nah, that'd require to you be like.. professional, or make an attempt to do anything other than attack people you dont like with your MODERATOR shield. Keep on keepin on,...

Colonel_Tetsuya

As I said, I was explaining it as simply as possible, No, you said it was possible, and then provided no evidence to back that claim up. and I refuse to waste the time required to type a 5 page dissertation on how the CS and NGR could have done things to make it into space. Then dont participate in...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Another thing that bothers me is, all the people on Earth have to do is blast the satellites with energy weapons. All those Energy Weapons that Earth nations possess with 70+ mile ranges. Oh, wait.... there are none. Or the fact that they have no idea WHAT actually trashes the things they try to se...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Another thing that bothers me is, all the people on Earth have to do is blast the satellites with energy weapons. All those Energy Weapons that Earth nations possess with 70+ mile ranges. Oh, wait.... there are none. Or the fact that they have no idea WHAT actually trashes the things they try to se...

Colonel_Tetsuya

And, well, on the subject of teleportation, if the Splugorth wanted space, they would take it. Rift in some spacecraft from 3 Galaxies. Put them in a giant circle of teleportation (PFRPG; many High Lords are noted to be Summoners, so their possession of the circle is eminently reasonable). Teleport...

Colonel_Tetsuya

For clarity: When i say "good luck" teleporting yourself into Orbit.... I dont mean to say its hard. It really isn't. Its well within the range of Teleport: Superior and any Shifter could open a Rift to someplace in outer space. However, what i meant by "good luck" is... "g...

Colonel_Tetsuya

For clarity: When i say "good luck" teleporting yourself into Orbit.... I dont mean to say its hard. It really isn't. Its well within the range of Teleport: Superior and any Shifter could open a Rift to someplace in outer space. However, what i meant by "good luck" is... "go...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Id just say, "Dimensional Shearing and other high-PPE magic-shenanigans make achieving orbit impossible; similarly, orbitals cant land on earth" and leave it be. Earth is cut off from the rest of its Galaxy/Universe because MacGuffin. At least to tech characters. You could theoretically Ri...

Colonel_Tetsuya

So, you went through all that trouble to quote me out of context to try to make some kind of relevant point, while avoiding the part of my post that literally agrees with you: Now, i believe the guy you were quoting is technically correct (often the best kind of correct), because somewhere i do reca...

Colonel_Tetsuya

that tracks actually, plasma ejectors aren't something you can scale into a bomb tech-wise, using a chemical to produce the massive amount of plasma material for the bomb instead is probably cost/weight effective by a few orders of magnitude.. Depends, really. in Drake's Hammers Slammers universe, ...

Colonel_Tetsuya

When the RMB cam out SNPS was a description carried over from PF1 where it was a PS with a score above ...like 20ish or something. Something that only SN creatures had the dice to get to with their rolls. It was not till the RCB1 in 1994 where the SNPS damage chart came into the game books. HU2 was...

Colonel_Tetsuya

If I recall the correctly when rifts first came out physical skills did not enhance SNPS. You do not remember correctly (though why you would have to remember when you have the RMB lying around i'd assume, is beyond me). There was no mention of SNPS being any different in terms of anything other th...

Colonel_Tetsuya

or, you could give your infantry jet packs or reasonably fast hover vehicles (making them mechanized infantry, I suppose) to go with their body armour and high-end laser rifles (some of which feature 4,000 foot ranges and match most robot vehicle main weapons). One. There is ONE that does that, and...

Colonel_Tetsuya

My only complaint really with the Triax books is, the weapon damages on the giant robots are very similar to what a grunt with a laser rifle can do... With between 2 and 4x the range. And thats usually a burst/pulse from the laser rifle and a single shot from the robot weapon, meaning the robot wea...

Colonel_Tetsuya

That seems a bit... How do I say it... Beefy. While I like your choice of "beefy," let's not get preoccupied critiquing others. That's a character that would require a bit different approach by the GM and other players, but this topic is to explore what we'd like to give a whirl. So, HWal...

Colonel_Tetsuya

There's a difference between the player not stealing the thunder of the other players , and the character holding back for no reason. Im not suggesting the latter. Im suggesting the former. Just because i CAN learn spells whenever i want, i dont. Just because i COULD buy a TW Deathbringer, doesn't m...

Colonel_Tetsuya

One of the things im doing with my re-work/update/-re-write was to make each explosive type unique. I was using proton torpedos as an explosive-fired energy pulse. Their special property was two-fold - they can hit things under water (to a certain depth) without penalty, and above water have to be d...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Is calling me a kiddo a personal attack? An observation of your attitude. If its uncomfortable, dont act like it. Anyway, the Lightblade costs 20,000 credits, Less than a laser rifle. and I'm not seeing anywhere that it's as common as you seem to claim. Its mentioned in Arzno that they are extremel...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Human (appearing) Demi-God Son of Isis (perhaps as Katrina Sun? Africa doesn't go into how long she's been cursed, might have been long enough to produce a son while she thought she was mortal) Special Power related to Parent: Natural Dimensional Traveler - can always flawlessly Dimensionally Telep...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Human (appearing) Demi-God Son of Isis (perhaps as Katrina Sun? Africa doesn't go into how long she's been cursed, might have been long enough to produce a son while she thought she was mortal) Special Power related to Parent: Natural Dimensional Traveler - can always flawlessly Dimensionally Telepo...

Colonel_Tetsuya

You know, I can do a lot with just an old-style, RMB, CS Technical Officer . The flexibility of the MOS skills means you can use it to make a power armor trooper, an infantry soldier... pretty much anything you need. That OCC gets overlooked quite often. You can even be a passable doctor or Almost-...

Colonel_Tetsuya

You know, I can do a lot with just an old-style, RMB, CS Technical Officer . The flexibility of the MOS skills means you can use it to make a power armor trooper, an infantry soldier... pretty much anything you need. That OCC gets overlooked quite often. You can even be a passable doctor or Almost-...

Colonel_Tetsuya

People underestimate the vampire's physical strength. I don't. "I stab the vampire with my silver-plated dagger, but miss the heart." "The vampire rugby-kicks you off the cliff." Show me the rules for supernatural PS causing knockdown or knockback... ever? And why are we fightin...

Colonel_Tetsuya

You know, I can do a lot with just an old-style, RMB, CS Technical Officer . The flexibility of the MOS skills means you can use it to make a power armor trooper, an infantry soldier... pretty much anything you need. That OCC gets overlooked quite often. You can even be a passable doctor or Almost-...

Colonel_Tetsuya

1. Does fencing add 1d6 MD to psi-swords? I think yes, but so far, to my knowledge, no official answer exists. Why is this a question? Is it a sword? Yes. Then Fencing Applies. (Mechanically, "is it a sword" can be answered with: does it benefit from WP Sword?", if yes, then yes) 2. ...

Colonel_Tetsuya

In general, I agree with most of KC's dislikes. However, I have a few specific ones and one category of character class that irk me. The specifics: The Body Fixer serves no purpose, since squishy S.D.C. people who get hurt in an M.D.C. world either need a cyber-doc, magic restoration, or a spatula....

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Oh, the Particle Beam pistol thing i was pointing out because a book had *already been released that had one*. I dont have an issue with other companies/places eventually cooking up their own, like the NG-45LP or FIWS, etc. It was just.. WB5 was released some time before WB8, so uh.... that line was...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Mercenaries, Japan, Xiticix Invasion, Atlantis, New West. I didn't count Mercenaries since it wasn't a "world book" but Juicer Uprising shouldn't be either. What did you think of Arzno? Arzno's ok, they're just going to lengths to make an OP monster (vamps) even more OP. Ive never found v...

Colonel_Tetsuya

If we're sticking to "World Books", id go: Juicer Uprising (both for the fluff and the crunch, but the fluff is amazing.) As an RPG book, its probably one of the best "get inside the head of your character" books out there, second only, IMO to the 2nd Edition AD&D Complete Pa...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Mercenaries, Japan, Xiticix Invasion, Atlantis, New West. I didn't count Mercenaries since it wasn't a "world book" but Juicer Uprising shouldn't be either. What did you think of Arzno? Arzno's ok, they're just going to lengths to make an OP monster (vamps) even more OP. Ive never found v...

Colonel_Tetsuya

See the title. What does this skill actually allow you to do? RGMG 58 Armorer/Field Armorer Maintain, fix, modify, mount, reload/charge, and figure out most small arms. Can repair all types of pistols and rifles. Can repair minor damage to body armor (20 MDC). Can adjust target sights. Can use and ...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Japan lists the Arma-Tech Particle Beam pistol as the "only human made particle beam pistol on Earth!" .... but, you know, WB5 has a Triax Particle Beam pistol. Then clearly that one's not human-made. Well, is Triax really human anymore? Anyway, im also... confounded by H-Brand. Like..99%...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Tracked by... who? There's no national authority here. So... some group out of Lazlo that you knocked off spends a ton of money to track down the parts of the Behemoth that you sold to the Black Market (somehow?) and then does.... what? Files a complaint with the Bandit Union? anyone that can burn ...

Colonel_Tetsuya

Japan lists the Arma-Tech Particle Beam pistol as the "only human made particle beam pistol on Earth!"

.... but, you know, WB5 has a Triax Particle Beam pistol.

Colonel_Tetsuya

What I don't like are GMs that can't wrap their minds around that some people who play PB games FN hate Rifts. So they reject any char that is not a Rifts race or a Rifts Char Class. Then dont play Rifts. Despite the consistent lie that Palladium likes to shovel out there, the games are NOT univers...

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Paratrooper, for a few reasons. 1) A completely outdated form of assault in a world with electric jet packs. (Especially the e-clip powered one on CWC p104). 2) Immune to Horror Factor? Ridiculous. It also invalidates pretty much every other Military-type Man At Arms OCC because of its OCC abilitie...

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