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Axelmania and Nekira have already cited what I would have cited to point out that, while perhaps not common, travel backwards in time, especially interdimensionally, is most definitely a part of the setting. I would also point out once again that "reasonable" does not mean "most like...

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Teleport: Lesser and its 5 mile per level range is the spell that makes me think that Chi-town and other locations must have an undocumented way to prevent teleportation inside, because otherwise rhere should be explosions going off on a regular basis, especially during and after the war with Tolkee...

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In one of the Seige on Tolkeen books, the CS developed a white noise generator so annoying that only spellcasters with an ME of 24 or higher are able to concentrate and cast any spells. That seems like a good use case for the majority of spellcasters. That was an implant, and one had to be skilled ...

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It is an entirely reasonable explanation based on features of the setting that I have already cited in a prior post. Those features don't need to be central to the setting to make an explanation reasonable, they just need to be a thing. "Reasonable" does not mean "most likely." ...

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Rifts Japan page 89 states cannonically that H-Brand techno-wizards independantly discovered techno-wizardy on their own, which is why there are TW items in Japan. So we've already gotten proof that all techno-wizardy everywhere in the Megaverse did not origionate in Lazlo. It's littearlly a case o...

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Its more likely that RUE is wrong, as there are dozens of other statements in RUE that are unequivocally wrong (North America a wilderness that is hard to travel around and unexplored - except you can literally charter commercial flights, etc). This is Palladium, isn't the simplest answer likely th...

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@Colonel_Tetsuya: RUE still has the statement about it being a new mystic art that originates in North America and was developed by humans on p. 128 (under "Racial Requirements"). For that to be absolutely true as written across the Megaverse, it requires temporodimensional shenanigans. Si...

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that is, as i've said multiple times now, absurd. techno-wizardry is all over the place. the only reasonable way to make sense of that (and no, time travel is not a reasonable explanation) Time travel, especially interdimensionally, is an entirely reasonable explanation which results in all the can...

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When in doubt, use Hand to Hand expert as a baseline. The rifter version (found in Rifter #1) gave insane bonuses to parry and dodge (+10 to parry and +12 to dodge by lvl 6; +13 to parry and +15 to dodge at lvl 12), which is likely one of the reasons that they changed how it works.

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Our solution to the apparent contradiction: Technowizardry originated on Rifts Earth, but spread to the rest of the megaverse through transdimensional timey-wimey shenanigans, resulting in places where it seems that technowizardry existed long before its discovery on Rifts Earth.

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I really hadn’t run the numbers yet. Its all still just notes on notecards and entered into various note-taking apps. It might not even be a serious issue just letting the bonus build up, or putting a high cap on it.. i mean, if you’re willing to sit out 2 rounds to get +X to hit for one single sho...

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It's pretty much the same situation with Nightbane and Systems Failure and Macross, the newer "2 actions to aim" rules are only in RUE / Robotech Shadow Chronicles / Dead Reign / Splicers AFAIK A simpler way to note is that the new "2 actions to aim rule" comes with the newer mo...

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Skill Checking Method 1 -------------------------------------- A successful use of a skill is determined by rolling D100 + any applicable skill bonuses less any G.M. difficulty modifiers. A total of 100% or greater indicates the use of the skill was successful. If there is a contested skill check (...

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You've misidentified the issue. Energy Expulsion works pretty well as a minor power in relation to other minor powers. The problem with any kind of exceptional strength stat (superhuman or otherwise) is that the damage is a static add. Worse, it goes up per single point, so with the stength powers y...

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General adds it to kicks and melee weapons. That means exactly what it says, not what it doesn't. Quote? Open you copy of RUE to page 311 and read the skill "Horsemanship: General." The "bonuses" from physical skills always apply. Body building doesn't only give you +2 PS while ...

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Colonel_Tetsuya wrote:Kev's ego is... legendary. I've experienced it once myself (had a spirited ... discussion once at GenCon),

Would you mind sharing the details of that discussion? You've piqued my curiosity.

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every single horsemanship skill in RUE makes,it clear that the bonus damage does not apply to ranged weapons or attacks. I'm reviewing RUE311 right now. Where's that made clear for Horsemanship: General? I see "not applicable to ranged" as a limit to the damage bonus for Cowboy/Cossack/Cy...

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My comment was more about their overall betterness in the game, not WP bonuses. I somehow think the rune knives / forks / polearms /axes/ spears don't compare well to the rune swords. Well, that depends on which ones you are looking at. There are plenty of impressive non-sword rune weapons across t...

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Nobody tries to claim that the bonuses to PS, Parry, Dodge, and SDC only apply when punching somebody, even though the extra attack is listed on the same level. So why argue that "automatically knockout an opponent on a natural 20" only applies in "fighting with fists" situation...

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Isn't the "Power Creep" from the offending books more about the differences in vision of what Rifts Earth could/should be? Mr. Seimbeida and Mr. Carella clearly had different visions of what Rifts is. Kevin saw the Earth as a wasteland with vagrant D-Bees, wandering boy-scouts and revived...

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The knockout from boxing is exceptional in that you can just choose to take advantage of any natural 20 after the fact and decide that your attack also knocked them out. Logic tells you that this applies to attacks that could conceivably knock a person out. So check with your GM about how that is ap...

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I can think of an exception to the "swords are best" trend, Palladium Fantasy! At least as WPs go in 2nd edition, Sword gets 6S (strike) and 5P (parry). Forked gets 6S and gets there quicker, 5P and gets the first three +1 bonuses a level earlier, and +6 to entangle as well. Knife gets 6S ...

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Magic gets a range and duration boost from ley lines. That errata was published a long time ago.

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zerombr wrote:correct, RAW is they do not stack, so the idea of stacking all three to make a character even stronger is out. Also note that Supernatural Strength doesn't get influenced by Physical skills.

That latter part is probably one of the most ignored/house ruled away restrictions in the game.

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Tywyll wrote:Do all these forms of Str stack? If you get Supernatural str and Extraordinary Str, do you stack their values?

You can only have one kind of strength by rule, though some people house rule otherwise.

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Thats fair enough. It holds a little less water, IMO, than the 3G explanation, but its not out of the realm of possibility. Id have taken the story in a different direction to explain the discrepancy, like.. when the NGR lost a few cities early int he Dark Age they lost all the research and develop...

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Also, youre bringing up one of my biggest pet peeves with the setting info: Triax would/should have had technology every bit the equivalent of NEMA (or just barely behind, but thats hard to believe considering that the JA-11, JA-12, JA-9, and Juicer A. Plate Armor are all “Pre Rifts German desi...

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Also, youre bringing up one of my biggest pet peeves with the setting info: Triax would/should have had technology every bit the equivalent of NEMA (or just barely behind, but thats hard to believe considering that the JA-11, JA-12, JA-9, and Juicer A. Plate Armor are all “Pre Rifts German designs,...

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You could always try porting mystic knights over from Rifts and adapting the character. Or just let him play a wizard but also have HtH: Knight and be able to wear armour without a problem, but at lvl 1 he also gives up two elective skills, two secondary skills, and upon leveling up he gets one extr...

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I'm amazed you were that patient with the player. That is a crazy quirk. You did the right thing.

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I have played with some folks who used those rules for non-mystic casters. There was basically a "Language: magic" skill that all non-mystic casters had...it's been a long time, but IIRC 20+5% per level was base, and only intelligence could increase the skill (no OCC granted a bonus). For ...

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What Number of level 1 spells my level 1 Magic OCC needed to get to level 2? The level 1 spells,I pass over,Can be put in talimans. I'm not sure what yoi are asking about. Acquiring spells has nothing to do with leveling up, and most OCCs start at level 1 with at least a few lvl 2 spells anyways. W...

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The main concern would likely be with balance depending on the nature of the game. An average nightbane in Morphus form has, before including any physical skills, 28 HP and 100 SDC, with a Supernatural PS of 20.5, PE, and SPD of 20.5 and a PP of 16.5, and the equivalent of HtH Martial Arts with an e...

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Axelmania wrote:probably comes from those Asgardian Dwarves who are Rune Smiths

That or the 35% of Anvil dwarves who are also able to make Rune Weapons.

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Everyone with whom I've played always ignored the text from Dessicate the Supernatural about it working by rapidly dehydrating and just had it do the same damage to all supernatural beings (sometimes renamed to "Devastate the Supernatural").

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They know about a magically gifted person capable of casting escape, and doing so in an instinctual manner (i.e. they don't need to speak out the spell and can focus their magic without words) Did you get that from Rifts Underseas pg 63 "Notes about Magic Underwater"? Characters who canno...

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Regarding UWW and Rune Magic: starting equipment for all star Elves includes 2 weapons of choice, either technological or magical, but "nothing outrageous for the latter, and may be magic devices, enchanted weapons or even minor rune weapons ." DB 5 p. 45, emphasis added. So even more evid...

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Refresh my memory: is there a canon source for these assertions about reduction of the US military?

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Er, how many years after the UWW was founded did humans join? I had thought the Warlocks founders included humans. The Foundation of the UWW was the Dwarves rescuing the Elves. No humans on the scene. Humans joined some nebulous time afterwords. Banning those who "demand" sacrifice isn't ...

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Perhaps another solution is that demons and deevils can only try to teleport dimensionally once from their current dimensional location, and if that fails they cannot attempt it again until they have moved through a dimensional breaking medium at least once by some other means. I can't recall any ca...

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Simplest way to get a group together in my experience, absent a condition like "it's a merc campaign so everyone will start in the same merc company," was always to just tell people the starting location for the campaign ahead of time and tell them it is there responsibility tp come up wit...

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Interesting bit I noticed about TW in revised (not sure about prior to that) on 77: Techno-Wizard weapons that are not specifically designed to hurt vampires inflict half damage. This puts them on par with Rune and Bio-Wizard weapons and MD energy spells (also half) but inferior to Holy/Biomancy/D...

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I haven't read the comics yet, but just in regard to the show I remember them being bamboozled by that being the case. If it wasn't common knowledge, then why wouldn't it be plausible that it actually wasn't the case until S2? Jenner told Rick about this at the end of Season 1. Plus you could do ab...

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Any source of SN P.S. will allow hand to hand attacks made with a part of their body to cause damage to a vampire. That is the only interpretation of p. 80 of WB:1 Revised that accords with how it is written, specifically the "just like anyone else with Supernatural P.S." So Titan Juicers ...

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You gotta use those Strigoi zombies from Shadows of Light Also: bites can (10% of the time) lead to you becoming a Half Living if the wound festers (see unlanced Zombie Rot, pg 31-32) and those always become zombies when they die. That would take at least 2 bites though, the first for you to surviv...

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I doubt that you are going to claim that the parenthetical note is supposed to be Doc Reid's writing. "The Shadow of the Cross Myth" doesn't dispel anything, no writings in the hand of Doc Reid dispel anything, only things written impartially and not in the hand of NPCs are absolute rules...

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Sometimes when the rules change they are a total retcon, such as Vampire Revised making the shadow of the cross damaging vamps always have been a myth. That's just Doc Reid propaganda. Revised 75 precedes his writings with the big bold "Only solid, three dimensional representations of the holy...

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Warshield73 wrote:
RockJock wrote:Juicer Uprising has a tech/juicer/zombie thing.

No that's not it. I thought I remembered reading about a zombie like tech plague in one of the books, maybe a Rifter(?), but I can't find it in my notes so could have been something else.

Chaos Earth: Resurrection could well be what is on your mind.

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A question: Is there any mention (in any book) of who/where the JA (-9, -11 in the main book. I personally ignore the JA-12 in Mercenaries) series of energy rifles is manufactured? Are they all pre-rifts relics? Are they knock offs made by everyone (and if so, why are just about all the "moder...

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Not for nothing but game rules are in fact the physics of the world. Damages, durabilities, et al are determined by the rules. If you toss that out in that way then I can say and do anything in world by saying "narrative license" which is b/s of the highest order. They are part of the phy...

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