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Just my 2 credits... Get rid of OCCs? Please no. I'm a fan of the OCC game mechanic. An OCC gives a starting structure that quickly guides how a player sees their char. Are some OCCs generic anyway? Sure, but I wouldn't dismiss all the rest. Relying on skill packages may take some of that away and ...

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And that's just for Infantry. Rifts doesn't come close to the number of MOSs or OCCs real life has. Let's not reduce it further. Just about all of those can be covered in one OCC, with maybe 3 MOS specialties; the last 6 or 7 can be reduced systematically to in-game promotions with a few extra skil...

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I agree that stealth revisions are a bad idea. Fixing spelling errors and such is one things but major changes shouldn't be hidden. I wouldn't mind a book of OCCs as it'd make finding them easier. With books being digital it shouldn't take too gather OCCs together into one or two books. In theory. P...

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CADs can be used by infantry? And isn't there always someone for infantry to fight? The CADS from Lancer's VR-041 get used solo when Lancer is only shown to be in CVR-3 in the Invasion Comics (long stint in #4 and a shorter stint at the start of #5). That's cool but does is that canon and does that...

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That takes time and until they can figure out how to fix the shadow technology or something to replace it and get it into production, they'll be stuck using older mecha. Also, retrofits may not be the best but they'd get to the frontlines faster as they already have a production line. A new mecha w...

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I It'd also be nice to see other small mecha similar to the Cyclones for specific environments, like skidoos, snowmobiles, and autogyros like Little Nellie. Everything BIUT the autogyros. Why? Because at least in the anime & manga I've seen, one man helicopters do NOT fare well in anime. "...

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I think the designs of the mecha would mostly depend on where they're fighting. If they're in space fighting the Hydonites, we'd likely see more variants of the UEEF mecha. Mostly Alphas and Cyclones, I think. Maybe a UEEF versions of ASC mecha? We might even get to see some Destroids and Bioroids. ...

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I think most high tech countries, would have some TV and radio stations. How independent they are would depend on the country. With the Coalition States, I think most media, which would cover radio, TV, and internet. There would be a few big channels from the main cities and a few smaller regional c...

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It needn't exclusively be in reference to a formal education. Any perceived inaccuracy of the term would still be better than the current one, whose usage in general has long been recognized as controversial. A potential stopgap solution might be introducing a handful of meta skills. "Natural ...

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If the number is below the minimum required, or just really low, we'd allow a reroll. If it's still too low then we'd assign the minimum required and then let them improve with skill choices if possible. As I've said, re-rolling is what I'd like to either eliminate or reduce. Take this crappy attri...

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Wow! It sounds like he had a full life. Unfortunately his company caused a lot of conflict even with all the cool things they did. Still, his loss is sad for his family.

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If the number is below the minimum required, or just really low, we'd allow a reroll. If it's still too low then we'd assign the minimum required and then let them improve with skill choices if possible.

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I completely missed that. Thank you!

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This has probably been asked and answered many times. I can't remember if it has or not and I don't have luck looking things up so,,, Does the Coalition States have Dead Girls? I know women serve in the CS Military. There's pictures of them in uniform but none in armor. At least not that I know of. ...

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If she doesn't mind using OCCs from another game there's the Reaper From Dead Reign RPG, Raider Professional driver turned Raider: DR 1, Wheelman (various options) DR 3, Road Reaper options DR 4,. There might be other biker orientated OCCs in the Rifter. As for building things this isn't a complete ...

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Are the refugees frozen and the ship launched before the kreegor arrive or after? If before maybe they were already out of the system before the Kreegor arrived? Either the Kreegor missed it completely or had more important targets and just didn't get back to them. The Kreegor ship that detected the...

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I never saw the skulls and death motiff as being fascist. I saw it as their way of striking terror into their enemies. A "You want death? We'll give you death!" kind of thing. My five things would be; 1) Less complete illiteracy and more control of information. People do need to be able to...

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I have no idea what "dated" in this context means. I don't know why Rifts wouldn't be a good starting RPG. It's a little more complex than Robotech but you don't have to include everything the first game. And I've never figured out D&D . I've tried but it just gives me a headache. As f...

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I wouldn't get rid of OCCs. Characters of the same class are supposed to have the same training. What makes them different are the skills they have going into training and skills they pick up after. To reflect that, I would have educational and cultural skills and bonuses and penalties. We do see so...

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There's the Coalition Juicer (WB 10+11) Maybe not an official member but assigned to liaison to the mercs.

Mutants in Orbit also has an Advanced Juicer and Mutant Animal Juicers. Either could be rifted in from orbit or be an experimental types. The latter probably an CS experiment.

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1: Each Game is a Game into and of itself. And not "just a setting". 2: MD/MDC is limited to the MDC games of Pallidumbooks. Each game is a setting, using the same rules (RAW), tweaked to fit - said setting. And in fact mega-damage appears in Dark Matter 5e, using the same principles. So ...

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I don't think so. Leather Armor is going to have a lot lower AR than Plate Armor. Dude, we're talking about MDC armour ratings, not plate! So converting MDC into an AR rating, by RAW would require it be at least 100 points! What ShadowLogan said. That doesn't mean either are MDC. The pole went thro...

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The reason for the sizing capability has been left unanswered. I would think though that the Masters would want their army of servants and warriors to be able to serve in any location. The Zentraedi can't serve or protect in Human/Tirolean sized environments when at full size. The Zentreadi though ...

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Here are rules I can remember that might be relevant to the conversation: RUE 286 Optional Rule: Normal weapons are in danger of breaking when wielded by somebody with Supernatural Strength. A good rule of tumb is to assume a weapon is in danger of breaking whenever total damage inflicted exceeds m...

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I think there could have been Human sized mecha for the Zentraedi. They were designed to be micronized and they did have that crew piloted Battle Pod. Unless, they piloted Bioroids, there could have been human sized, or rather Tirolean sized, mecha for micronized Zentraedi to operate where full siz...

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True, there could be other giants out there similar in size to the Zentraedi. I don't know if that means the Zentraedi need a vehicle but I can see them using one. Mecha may not always be the most practical combat unit. The GMU/Titan is more than just a Zentraedi sized tank though. Still, I can see...

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This means that SDC can damage MDC provided it's sufficiently strong enough. Good counterpoint, so that would mean that AR levels would have to start at 100 points, plus. I don't think so. Leather Armor is going to have a lot lower AR than Plate Armor. Considering Iron Man knocked out one of the Hu...

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I don't know how likely it would be though. Zentraedi foot soldiers always felt more like internal security than infantry troops. I don't think the lack of infantry use is necessarily an idea killer, we don't know if the Zentreadi use regular infantry based on the show. Said platform could also be ...

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eh... given its age and the whole "ATB with a veneer of rifts added" nature of the book, i tend to regard MiO with a big grain of salt. the existence of the stations and much of the politics has appeared in SoT: Aftermath, but the mutant animal numbers didn't, so i'm wary of taking their ...

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I think the majority of mutant animals ended up in space. The Rifts section of Mutants in Orbit says that the population is 20% mutant animals. Yuro Station also has Mutant Animal Juicers and Crazies which aren't available on Earth. At least not in North America. The space agencies and corporations ...

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The GMU/Titan being a Zentraedi vehicle is interesting. I don't know how likely it would be though. Zentraedi foot soldiers always felt more like internal security than infantry troops. But I have seen what's supposed to be a pre-production Zentraedi vehicle for something Macross so I guess the GMU/...

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We can do that with Rifts. You don't have MDC armour in Fantasy, so this is a lie! Whereas with Savage Pathfinder I can do exactly that. It is no lie. Rifts has all the races Palladium does. We also have MDC equipment and weapons. We can quite easily have a fantasy game with MDC using Rifts if we w...

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Only if the grenade can beat the AR. In a word, no. Yes Page 288 S.D.C. attacks that inflict 1 -99 points of damage bounce off the armor like bullets bouncing off Superman. The attack might leave scratches, scuffs, little ding marks, and pit the paint job, but that's it. RAW says I believe that any...

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Rifts WB 2: Atlantis Fact: Humans are not welcome. Human visitors are frequently captured, enslaved or killed unless they are accompanied by (preferably owned by) a respected creature like a dragon or supernatural being. Atlanteans and Humans, should have an escort or be in disguise. If they're out ...

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I know I replied to this yesterday as I had to look it up. I thought you were looking at the Palladium Trapper-Woodsman and was confused as they don't have that skill. I found in it Rifts WB17 and 20. Hopefully my post will stick this time. To answer your question, there are a few "special"...

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I like Palladium. In response to some things I've read. Too many OCCs, with some being region specific. Isn't that like saying Japan shouldn't have Samurai or Europe shouldn't have Knights? I like that there's OCCs you can find anywhere along with region specific OCCs. It makes places unique while s...

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We can do that with Rifts. You don't have MDC armour in Fantasy, so this is a lie! Whereas with Savage Pathfinder I can do exactly that. It is no lie. Rifts has all the races Palladium does. We also have MDC equipment and weapons. We can quite easily have a fantasy game with MDC using Rifts if we w...

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Don't have to tell me; most of my for-fun work these days is SWADE, just because I can use it for a lot of things from only a few references. True, plus you could get a character from Savage Pathfinder, or Savage Fantasy Companion with Heavy (+2) armour or powers and fit right into Savage Rifts, no...

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Oh, way more than that. You have White Box, the first stuff to come out. You have Holmes, you have Mentzer, you have the BECMI/RC era by Allston. You have 1e AD&D, 2e AD&D, 3e D&D, 3.5 D&D (which had several significant shifts, really more than you see between 1e and 2e). You then h...

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If you're just revising the rules, putting in errata and such, sure. If you're wanting a completely new rule system, then no. It isn't just the rule book you'd be replacing but every sourcebook after it. This is actually not quite correct, but I can understand why you would think such. In DnD, that...

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I thought I saw a conversion rule for that but I can't find it. Since the Patton II Tank has an AR of 18, the High Tech Tank has an AR of 15, and the Walker Bulldog Tank has an AR of 14. I'd probably go with something similar. Maybe vary it some so a Power armor isn't quite as strong as a giant rob...

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I never figured out D&D so I can't speak to that. Savage Worlds sounds overly complicated. It works the same way in DnD as in PB, sort of. Anything MDC is utterly immune to any damage from smaller weapons. It's the sort of I don't understand. I think mega-damage works. For those that don't like...

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If other books have additional rules then the rules aren't all in one book, so you'd still be flipping multiple books. And if all the rules were in one book, you'd have a massive book. That's the point, they should be in one book. If all the rules are in one book, why would there additional sourceb...

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I agree the game should be expanding and improving. I disagree that we need a new edition every couple of years. Doing so takes time away from creating new things. It also annoys the players and fractures the fan base. I know there's players who prefer the original edition over the current one. Tha...

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To an extent, Palladium doesn't have the manpower to do so; smaller shops, with less turnover, don't revise their rules nearly as often; you're more likely to get slight changes than a full revision. If you have one basic book, and a supers book, like Savage Worlds; any settings on top of that are ...

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Every setting has mega-damage stuff, and it is just the representation of high levels of damage or armour. So there is a lot of division on this. Is it a good thing, or bad thing? Is it done well in Palladium? Not at all, in fact the idea is amazing, but execution is abysmal. So what about other wa...

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Heroes Unlimiited is a game that should always be expanding and evolving, so while I agree that the concepts should be expanded and improve, those things can be done as new books adding to the existing game. It does not need a new edition to grow and add new concepts. If it did, we would need a new...

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At least Atorian Empire is still a possibility!!! I suspect that book has the same chances as a Hardware Unlimited book does at this point. It is no secret that I have a copy of the manuscript that Wayne Breaux turned in. I ran it a few times at the Open House over the years. It is great AND, every...

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I hope this gets posted. It's the third time I've had to rewrite it because of being blocked. Do I think rules could be made more clear or improved? Yes. Do I think we need to make a One Book to rule them all? No. The rules differ depending on settings but they're not so different that crossovers ca...

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When trying to make peace with a potential enemy I don't think it's a good idea to show up on their doorstep with mecha based on that used by their enemy. Except Leonard rightly questions if its a diplomatic mission to which Emerson says "its called Gunboat Diplomacy". And that's perfectl...

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