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Borast

Specifically, the Shamans... Is there anywhere that anyone knows where the skills are laid out in a non-confusing manner? The shamans are confusing as all get out as written in the East book. (i.e.: does each type of shaman have 6 separate sub-classes? Or are the "OCC Related Skills" liste...

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As for Arrakis....maybe a side product of spice blows was free oxygen....though nothing was mentioned as such...only that waste gases from the process of melange-formation in a pre-spice mass were being released and exchanged. Missed that one first time... Nailed it in one. The worms (if I recall) ...

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Speed: (Atmosphere) Hover to Mach 4.7; transatmospheric. Ironically, Terrestrial Escape Velocity, technically is slightly under M33, or about 11.2km/s. But, if your Hover system is a-grav based...theoretically you don't even need any thrust... Ignoring the RW stuff, love your work! Keep it up!

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My Great Question is...Where do ANY of the desert planets in science fiction get their oxygen from? Without forests or ocean plants to liberate oxygen, those planets' inhabitants should be asphyxiating(unless they're already living on borrowed time). Barsoom at least had a few valley jungles , but ...

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The following are all 200 POUNDS unless told otherwise in description Voice Activated Locks & Ignition: / Mini-Digital Radar system / Laser Targeting System / Targeting & Combat Computer / Heads-Up Display System / Computer and Monitor / Water dispenser / Mini-microwave oven / Searchlight /...

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ZINO wrote:...that fires special depleted beam...

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How is the laser beam depleted?

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I was thinking in terms of buck rodger more of the comic rather than disco tv show. Y'mean the Whitman comic from '79? I have had some of them before my mom sold over 500 comics for a total of a dollar in a garage sale. Best turing real people into comic images I've seen in a long time. Especially ...

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taalismn wrote:"Stolen goods are never sold at a loss."

I beg to differ...are you talking about the thief or the fence?

Never heard of a "Loss Leader"?

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Axelmania wrote:I'm wondering if they actually got pretty far in doing up a cover.

I was doing a search today and came across this description: https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/11866

mentions item is SKU: PAL 0861

LOL...

Just followed the link. Apparently they are now Sold Out... "Kev'... Did you guys release it after all?!"

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kiralon wrote:Rally looking forward to these for pretty much immediate inclusion in current adventure

Me, I really look forward to them being posted in a more accessible location. (Like here...

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And yet popular sci-fi started with 'adventurer'-sized spacecraft: Hans Zharkov's rocketship, Space Patrol's Polaris, Lost in Space's Jupiter 2. The Tardis doesn't count because of its larger-on-the-inside nature. Of course, part of the problem might be that the producers weren't scientists, and it...

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Yup, though your write-up does sound more like an overloadable energy shield (that has to be replaced or physically repaired after use) as opposed to the "traditional" explosive pads. If you're going to stick with the depletable MDC mechanic, don't let Rules Lawyers screw you over. Think a...

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Reactive armour - RA does not make a vehicle "immune" to incoming fire. It is a series of single use explosive pads that detonate when the incoming shell / rocket / missile hits the pad. Combined with the armour (slope / thickness / etc.), causes the incoming ordinance to be deflected / ca...

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abe wrote:Would the food powers from rifter 91/2 be appropriate for civil war powers?

Since the entire book is intended to be a joke...

No.

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13) Laser Communications systems: up to 10 miles 14) Motion Detector and Collision Warning System: Detects objects within 5,000 feet (1024 m) and alerts of an impending collision with an alarm and flashing red light; triple the range when fast moving objects are on a collision trajectory (providing...

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No they don't, and I even mentioned it - World of Alessia for DnD 5e. Excerpt from setting in question on page 4 of the Kickstarter FAQ: For most, discrimination of any sort is rare. Although strong racial bias does exist in backward corners of the world and among the ignorant... On the same page, ...

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Fun part is, If I recall the design of the rifle correctly, some of the blow-out ports are under your heinie if you don't dismount it first. Don't know about you, but I like my man-parts where they are, and uncooked, thank you! I admit the Bazooka-scooter inspired a Robotech Bloopers frankenmech of...

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If you have a problem with the official, printed, paid for in American money books, say the ones with the absolutely racist, sexist, and xenophobic text, that's a company problem. I'm pretty sure I have never paid American money for a Palladium product. Your money has ducks on it. Your argument is ...

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Hotrod wrote:Sheesh, there are a lot of gods in this pantheon. I still have Thoth, Horus, Apis, and Bennu to do, and that's just the light part of the Church of Light and Dark.

Just be glad Kev & Co. didn't fully import the Egyptian Pantheon... 3000+ gods of varying powers.

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He then accused me of arguing for Boasts stance. When nothing in my posts actually supported that idea. I was addressing what did the mook do to earn bonus damage, not Boasts house rule. Technically, I don't have a stance... I'm just trying to figure it out like everyone else! I haven't HR'd it, 'c...

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I'm imagining the French motorscooter( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_150_TAP#:~:text=Surely%20one%20of%20the%20oddest,to%20carry%20a%20recoilless%20rifle. ) with the recoilless gun mounted on it as an example of a post-war/occupation attempt to make up for industrial R&D losses. I've seen...

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ITWastrel wrote:If you have a problem with the official, printed, paid for in American money books, say the ones with the absolutely racist, sexist, and xenophobic text, that's a company problem.

I'm pretty sure I have never paid American money for a Palladium product.

Borast

Okay... on the topic of the hijack... Xenophobia is bad, we get it. If you don't want it, don't include it...but since most games involve humans killing "monsters"...it kinda defeats the intent when you do that. After all, the monster may be bigger and stronger, and live differnetly, but t...

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Bringing fists into things is interesting, because yeah, double punches are rare. BUT I have seen it happen in martial arts forms before, I'm pretty certain. Horse-riding stance, with simultaneous punches thrown from the hip, both arms doing the same thing. Not sure what the combat purpose would be...

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On some other points... Personally, I have no issues with MA - after all, we've all met people that were ugly as you know what on a stick, but simply drew the eye and eased the mind. The same is true with PB...I can remember one lady I met that was...wow... But talk to her, and when she was trying t...

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Killer Cyborg asked: But out of curiosity, does anybody know how things stack up in real life combat? Does dual-wielding come out more lethal than two-handed weapons? Speaking purely hypothetically... Depends. Generally speaking, the two-handed weapon IRL is "more" lethal, in that you can ...

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Traditionally they seem to be about as long as the handle (and, seem to be multi-part construction). (i.e.: photos of various ancient Egyptian art pieces - statues, sarcophagi, etc.) For example, here is an article about the discovery of Tut's tomb, and a photo with the included crook and segmented ...

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Laser weapons, in general, because they weigh in the multi-tonne range for combat effective weapons. Because they have obscenely expensive components that are generally single shot (think about a $5000 single shot pistol weapon with $50000 rounds). The ones that are multi-fire do less damage, and ta...

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DnD 4e is best swapped out for Pathfinder 2e which improves upon 4e in a lot of ways so I am told. I found 4e hard to grokk with so many choices, although the cosmology was a lot better. Me, when possible, I'll stick with my preference for 2nd ed...and not simply because I have a metre and a half s...

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You know what would work great is Spelljammer. Each setting is enclosed in a Crystal Sphere, and to travel to other planets you go via the astral (same as the upcoming new 5e Spelljammer). Erm... I agree, the setting is cool. But I'm pretty sure the phlogiston is not the Astral. If I recall (unless...

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Looks good. The only issue I have is for deriving HPs. Strong doesn't necessarily mean resiliant. (How many "glass cannons" have you seen in literature, or met IRL? Think about a fighter with a "glass jaw" - one hit in the right spot, and they collapse like wet paper.) If you wan...

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Simple... PFRPG is a role playing game.
4th & 5th ed D&D are streamlined for playing a computer game with pencils & dice.
When it came out, 4th was described as for intended Power Gamers, and ROLL players.

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HR - didn't review all posts, but for your crook & flail...the tails of the flail seem too short.
Otherwise... cool.

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Hmmm...playing a Utopia...you end-up playing a character playing a role in a game.
Utopias are BORING. If you're not a "drone," you're likely to end-up leaving for a more chaotic world...whether you can survive is a separate issue!

(See Robert Heinlein's "Coventry.")

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In Northern Hinterlands (Pp. 174), we're introduced to the Barbarian Warrior and the Barbarian Keeper. Aand unlike most other O.C.C.s, they're delineated pretty strongly along gender lines (Barbarian Warriors are pretty much exclusively men and Barbarian Keepers are pretty much exclusively women). ...

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Greetings, 1. Does this mean that if pick a class I get all the initial spell knowledge, OCC bonuses, P.P.E amount and class abilities? 2. If I pick this multiple times (Say Shifter + Ley Line Walker), and I get OCC bonuses / P.P.E amount, are those cumulative or only the largest apply? 3. What hap...

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Manoa is more known for their technowizardry than conventional technology. An Ogre T-Man washout(maybe 2-3 tattoos) bought from the Splugorth, who escaped slavery, found Manoa, studied to become a TW, and proved themself enough to get a couple more tattoos wouldn't be the most fancypants character ...

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To keep it simple I'd do the following, if a strike hits....even if the character is using two melee weapons or using empty handed strikes, each hit gets the PS bonus added to it. This is how I used to play it back in the day (TMNT), but now I use the second option (which I realize is very much a h...

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Valshaun (Anvil Galaxy) The final nail, however, was the use of chromosome-targeting bioweapons that specifically targeted victims by gender. I must admit to this part confusing...logically any such weapon would *only* attack males, since to release an "X" hunter would be to kill both gen...

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Just found this... That being said, I don't know if anyone caught it, but the use of "affront" in the OP's wall-o-text.
Homonyms... "a front" I'm guessing by context is correct. An "affront" is an insult/offence.

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5th edition has "Dungeons & Dragons in a beige banner across the top of the book. 4th has "Dungeons & Dragons" in a "medallion" at hte top of the book. The 4th & 5th ed books I have are so I can figure out how to convert back to 3rd or 2nd ed...if I ever find a g...

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Something tells me some of the Gene-Techs might take the idea of these "mass produced knock-offs carbon copy factories" as a personal offense of sorts and strike them on sight, but considering they are usually quite blase and uncaring of what we usually define as offenses, maybe that's ju...

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Hmmm, Mirage est une Quebequios, oui? As a *French* Canadian, she should have French as her milk tongue, and English as a learned language. Other than that, I can see some serious issues with her liver in her future, along with depression and bouts of soul crushing guilt. Short of that, if she start...

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The one thing everyone seems to forget... X-Ray bombs use a nuke as an innitator. EMP!!! From orbit, it can cause serious economic / electronic / electrical damage to large parts of the hemisphere under it! 'Post' nukes are likely used for a range of lesser-grade weapons apps, but there will still ...

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Sam - which version of D&D? Things went seriously downhill with 3rd and later. 4 & 5 are essentialy paper and dice video games. 2nd Ed was easy, as long as you can figure out THAC0 (To Hit Armour Class Zero). I had a friend that couldn't do the math to figure out what AC he'd hit with the ro...

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WZ-SCS-X9 Ethereal Stealth Command & Support Cruiser (aka ‘Nightshade’, ‘Blackaster’) “We ease into the system, deploy our shrouded missiles on long orbits that intersect the planet in a few weeks, and scram. Our sleeper-missiles coast in, looking like so much innocuous space debris if they reg...

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3. The dragon's chosen to practice a form of magic that is somewhat "vampiric" in nature (this will require GM to create the branch of magic) Already created, if I recall. There is a Life Force powered magic...using stolen life force...covered in one of the PF books. For an alternate, a (...

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Another spitball idea that I've been knocking around for a long time would be to create "vibro-blade bullets". Either by use of disposable vibro-blade generators as part of the bullet (if you can pack explosives into a bullet...) or temporarily imparting the vibro-blade "field" ...

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The Spacial Mage(?) may have gravitational effects in their spell list. If they do, used appropriately, you could cause objects to slow for easier targeting, cause weapon attacks to have reduced effectiveness. (Deflecting incoming fire.) Are the Space Mages in Mutants in Orbit, one of the Phaseworl...

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GR Guns - Phase World page 125 "Gravitonic Technology" GR Guns, Vehicle mounted - same, page 155. For "weaponising" gravity, closest I can think of would be the so-called black hole gun in the Hammer of the Forge fiction. The Spacial Mage(?) may have gravitational effects in thei...

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