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- Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:16 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Chi-Town Location
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3123
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:58 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Media similar to Rifts
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8942
Re: Media similar to Rifts
Check out Daemonium only one which contains most of the elements for rifts
- Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:25 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Boring7's bad ideas: the shell in the ghost
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2796
Re: Boring7's bad ideas: the shell in the ghost
So while meddling around with Techno-wizardry and bionic implants I asked myself, "what happens when you take an AI computer, TW it to the point it doesn't damage PPE/ISP, and stick it inside the head of a creature with natural magical abilities?" For that matter, if you do this to a Daem...
- Thu Sep 21, 2017 12:32 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: SB: Heroes of Humanity
- Replies: 50
- Views: 25647
Re: SB: Heroes of Humanity
Only problem with dealing with "what if"s is you could end up with Prosek's coalition looking like a neighborhood bully compare anything else. Here is a few what ifs 1. Joseph Prosek dies and a member of chitown magic unit ends up being the hero You could see a coalition with both tech and...
- Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:32 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: SB: Heroes of Humanity
- Replies: 50
- Views: 25647
Re: SB: Heroes of Humanity
i ran a campaign where i allowed the PCs to play in a world without the CS. They were up set to discover they were constantly under attack from monsters and Fellow humans alike. The landscape is horrible without the CS. Because of them there is a certain amount of order. They bring a financial stab...
- Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:47 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: A Psi-Sword Shield?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 17437
Re: A Psi-Sword Shield?
The sword's actual appearance will generally reflect its creator. rifts main book page 126 The sword's actual appearance will generally reflect its creator. rifts main book page 63 Same text in RUE page 181 but while the text isn't the same under the cyber knight,the spirit of the text is. So a cyb...
- Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:08 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Proof that the CS is Evil
- Replies: 301
- Views: 113684
Re: Proof that the CS is Evil
Rifts Sourcebook pg17 The Coalition Good or Evil? Time line: P.A. 102 The following data and clarifications are meant to supplement the information presented in the Rifts role-playing game. There seems to be some confusion about how there can be such a thing as a villain that is not a simple, maniac...
Daemonium
Anyone looking for a rifts type of movie , check out daemonium
- Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:38 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The Invincibility of the CS?
- Replies: 485
- Views: 183496
Re: The Invincibility of the CS?
Well if anyone remembers one of the tolkeen generals wear a amulet that was a gift from allistair that was rumored to have the soul of karl's youngest son, something some seem to not really pay attention too.
- Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:50 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Proof that the CS is Evil
- Replies: 301
- Views: 113684
Re: Proof that the CS is Evil
One problem I do have with Carella's take here is it seems to imply that xenophobia and racial supremism are the only evil attitudes a culture can have. It doesn't seem to reflect other aspects. What of Apocalypse demons for example, who may let anybody become a witch and not be racist in any way, ...
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:41 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: quick question
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8871
Re: quick question
There should definitely be more of a crossover between "branches". As it is now, not even basic armor and small arms carries over. 65 tons to 25 tons is a fairly large difference. Things like air mobility, road damage, and crossing bridges come to mind, but not issues in most people's Rif...
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 4:43 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The Invincibility of the CS?
- Replies: 485
- Views: 183496
Re: The Invincibility of the CS?
the main danger in rifts isn't magic or tech, the people behind them A shapechanger mage could easy trick the CS into wiping out a peaceful dbee village, while showing a group of adventures " how evil the CS is" Then enjoy watching the show both times, causing pain and death without liftin...
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:13 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The Invincibility of the CS?
- Replies: 485
- Views: 183496
Re: The Invincibility of the CS?
It doesn't do anybody any good to debate over what's in the dictionary or make things personal attacks on eachother's character, guys. The Federation of Magic book's first section explains it well, I think. FoM book actually says the magic kingdoms were pretty well established before the CS even go...
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 1:08 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Genocide against the CS? Is it morally justified?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 12219
Re: Genocide against the CS? Is it morally justified?
Well a number of the coalition's enemies would have a problem with this plan, cyber-knights, yeah they would definitely have a problem with along with Erin tarn herself. So you're admitting the CS' enemies are (in at least some significant cases) morally and ethically superior to the Coalition? Som...
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:48 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The Invincibility of the CS?
- Replies: 485
- Views: 183496
Re: The Invincibility of the CS?
Somehow I don't think they didn't have any means to defend themselves , it's was the fact the coalition had superior numbers and firepower.
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:29 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Genocide against the CS? Is it morally justified?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 12219
Re: Genocide against the CS? Is it morally justified?
Well a number of the coalition's enemies would have a problem with this plan, cyber-knights, yeah they would definitely have a problem with along with Erin tarn herself.
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:51 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The Invincibility of the CS?
- Replies: 485
- Views: 183496
Re: The Invincibility of the CS?
It's ethic cleansing, not genocide. Besides it was war, they had a chance to leave , they choose to stand and fight, under the banner of tolkeen, so they were armed combatants. Negative. The women and children mages who were non-coms weren't combatants or even in Tolkeen. Also, "You didn't fle...
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:06 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The Invincibility of the CS?
- Replies: 485
- Views: 183496
Re: The Invincibility of the CS?
It's ethic cleansing, not genocide. Besides it was war, they had a chance to leave , they choose to stand and fight, under the banner of tolkeen, so they were armed combatants. Negative. The women and children mages who were non-coms weren't combatants or even in Tolkeen. Also, "You didn't fle...
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:46 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The Invincibility of the CS?
- Replies: 485
- Views: 183496
Re: The Invincibility of the CS?
It's ethic cleansing, not genocide. Besides it was war, they had a chance to leave , they choose to stand and fight, under the banner of tolkeen, so they were armed combatants.
- Thu Jun 15, 2017 11:22 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The Invincibility of the CS?
- Replies: 485
- Views: 183496
Re: The Invincibility of the CS?
One clarifying point worth making here... The PPE in most living beings (I wouldn't say all, I consider Machine People to be alive, don't they have 0? Plus you can remain alive while at 0 if you spend it all) only surged the ley lines when it was released and DOUBLED upon death. The CS opposes the ...
- Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:01 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Realism of Jericho Holmes survival in Xiticix territory
- Replies: 230
- Views: 75416
Re: Realism of Jericho Holmes survival in Xiticix territory
A simple, "Hey can someone Astrally project out that way and see if our strategy worked ?" Heck why didn't some cruel voyeur among the Tolkeen forces just astrally pop out that way just to see the Coalition forces in Xiticix territory devastated ? Remember a number of the tolkeen defender...
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:52 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
CS answering to coake, that rich, the guy can't control his our people, half went off to fight for the evil folks of tolkeen, after he told them not too. Sorry I'll stick with Karl , with demons fight in the northwest, vampires moving up from the south into the southwest,bugs to the north ,duncson a...
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:19 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
] Very nice Lazlo plans for the xiticix are simple Plan A contain Plan B genocide Funny if the coalition wants to kill every dbee and mage, why do so many live with in the coalition states, or at times employ them? No "if" involved. They do. People live in the CS because they offer protec...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:11 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
Well if you don't want to die by the CS, get out of the areas they control, or stay and get killed, freedom of choice. Tolkeen wasn't IN an area the CS controlled. If they stayed in their borders they wouldn't be so evil. The problem is they don't. The Campaign of Unity, for example, is to conquer ...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 4:44 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
Well if you don't want to die by the CS, get out of the areas they control, or stay and get killed, freedom of choice.
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:24 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
I think one of the big issues is folks are using a sliding definition of "The CS". Does it refer to Prosek and his inner circle? The military high command? The armed forces in general? The entire population? The broader you make the term, the less likely a sweeping generalization is to ap...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:08 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
I think one of the big issues is folks are using a sliding definition of "The CS". Does it refer to Prosek and his inner circle? The military high command? The armed forces in general? The entire population? The broader you make the term, the less likely a sweeping generalization is to ap...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:05 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
I think one of the big issues is folks are using a sliding definition of "The CS". Does it refer to Prosek and his inner circle? The military high command? The armed forces in general? The entire population? The broader you make the term, the less likely a sweeping generalization is to ap...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:23 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Realism of Jericho Holmes survival in Xiticix territory
- Replies: 230
- Views: 75416
Re: Realism of Jericho Holmes survival in Xiticix territory
Well all I can say is this wouldn't be the first time one book said one thing and another said the completely opposite.
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:17 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
See, here is what is going on here... What the people on the "Defend the CS" side are doing is called a false equivalency argument... When they are being factual anyway... For example: Comparing the Lazlo Response to the Xiticix to the CS deciding to genocide every D-Bee and Magic User in...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:03 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
Funny you bring up NGR since the are engage in a war with gargoyles, and they were basically killing baby gargoyles with their egg bombs, lazlo is engage in a war with xiticix and both of they are engage in acts of genocide against their enemies. The NGR engages in war with the Gargoyles, yes, who ...
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:21 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
Given the nature of threats in the world of rifts earth, appearance can be deceiving, is that a old woman with her grandchild or something else playing the part of granny and little Lisa. That's what people tell themselves when they know they're doing something wrong. "I had to do that horribl...
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:38 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
Given the nature of threats in the world of rifts earth, appearance can be deceiving, is that a old woman with her grandchild or something else playing the part of granny and little Lisa. It's not about right and wrong, rifts earth isn't that plainly black and white as everybody tries to make it out...
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:37 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Trying to adjust to high powered play...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4063
Re: Trying to adjust to high powered play...
This is going to sound... Whiny... And for that I apologize in advance. So... When I run Rifts, I tend to keep it to the low and mid range. If its in RUE you can do it, more or less. Recently I have been playing with a group of... I'm not going to say Power Gamers... But a group that is used to ext...
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:29 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
Let's see
Occult rituals .....no
Breeding a master race......no
Gathering religious relics........no
Black uniforms.....yes
Well if this is the litmus test, then a bunch of non humans could run around in bed sheets and call them klansmen or ghosts. Then I guess they are
Occult rituals .....no
Breeding a master race......no
Gathering religious relics........no
Black uniforms.....yes
Well if this is the litmus test, then a bunch of non humans could run around in bed sheets and call them klansmen or ghosts. Then I guess they are
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:24 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Realism of Jericho Holmes survival in Xiticix territory
- Replies: 230
- Views: 75416
Re: Realism of Jericho Holmes survival in Xiticix territory
Well let's see if anyone has a phd in insect behavior.......
Well this wouldn't be the first time the rules were toss out for a good story.
Well this wouldn't be the first time the rules were toss out for a good story.
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:34 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Realism of Jericho Holmes survival in Xiticix territory
- Replies: 230
- Views: 75416
Re: Realism of Jericho Holmes survival in Xiticix territory
I guess everybody forget the that force from lazlo were also in the area too. Sure they didn't take kindly to the CS moving thru their land, but again since they do see each other as rivals, they don't like it when a rival xiticix trespass into their hiveland , then nobody took in account what the ...
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 12:26 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
- Replies: 117
- Views: 37097
Re: What was the CS intended to invoke images of...
Don't forget the summoning demons and enslaving creatures , because that what morally right folks do..............Not wait that was tolkeen, but hey if the CS are nazis then FQ are nazis with "free speech and education" , which everybody turns a blind eye to them for some reason
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 12:07 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Realism of Jericho Holmes survival in Xiticix territory
- Replies: 230
- Views: 75416
Re: Realism of Jericho Holmes survival in Xiticix territory
I guess everybody forget the that force from lazlo were also in the area too. Sure they didn't take kindly to the CS moving thru their land, but again since they do see each other as rivals, they don't like it when a rival xiticix trespass into their hiveland , then nobody took in account what the x...
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:21 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: LoneStar USA-G10s
- Replies: 57
- Views: 19101
Re: LoneStar USA-G10s
Personally I been toying with adding USA-G10s to coalition arsenal, not glitterboys, but a coalition style version with a bunch of different shoulder mounted weapon systems.
- Thu Feb 02, 2017 2:37 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: re-juicing of the Orc
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4956
Re: re-juicing of the Orc
Yup old buddy
Had a orc juicer ,along with a few others before wb10 come out good times
Had a orc juicer ,along with a few others before wb10 come out good times
- Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:52 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: So a bunch of US Navy ships emerges from a rift...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7570
Re: So a bunch of US Navy ships emerges from a rift...
each faction has it owns pros and cons New navy , the remains of the old us navy with a supernatural being as it's leader Coalition states Well this could go either way, time displaced humans or d-bee humans depending on how much a threat or ally the CS see them as. Megaverse legion, former US army ...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 11:51 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: The CS Is Running Out Of Resources...
- Replies: 524
- Views: 257365
Re: The CS Is Running Out Of Resources...
Well everyone seems to forget one of creed's warlords was rumored to have an amulet containing jason Prosek's soul, the amulet was a gift from the leader of FOM, but hey lets overlook that.
- Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:47 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Could the Republicans Beat ARCHIE Three
- Replies: 78
- Views: 19544
Re: Could the Republicans Beat ARCHIE Three
Notice no one included the shemarrians into this.
- Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:09 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: reaperTWs/Necros/Harvesters/Vamps/Witches: BEST of humanity
- Replies: 88
- Views: 14769
Re: reaperTWs/Necros/Harvesters/Vamps/Witches: BEST of human
The NGR is also fully literate and still kills D-Bees who trespass on their lands, basically all the CS is doing to D-Bees too except for some reason its bad when CS executes D-Bee trespassers but tolerable when NGR. There are deebees who live in the NGR. They have deebees in their political system...
- Tue Jul 19, 2016 3:17 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: reaperTWs/Necros/Harvesters/Vamps/Witches: BEST of humanity
- Replies: 88
- Views: 14769
Re: reaperTWs/Necros/Harvesters/Vamps/Witches: BEST of human
The NGR is also fully literate and still kills D-Bees who trespass on their lands, basically all the CS is doing to D-Bees too except for some reason its bad when CS executes D-Bee trespassers but tolerable when NGR. There are deebees who live in the NGR. They have deebees in their political system...
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:32 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: reaperTWs/Necros/Harvesters/Vamps/Witches: BEST of humanity
- Replies: 88
- Views: 14769
Re: reaperTWs/Necros/Harvesters/Vamps/Witches: BEST of human
There is no widespread internet in Rifts because of the loss of satellite communication. The real reason the CS discourages, and bans, reading is because they want to keep the average citizen ignorant. It's not to "protect them from dangerous spell books" or any such malarkey. It also isn...
- Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:22 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: How to handle the Xiticix (spun off from CS = good/bad)
- Replies: 475
- Views: 97232
Re: How to handle the Xiticix (spun off from CS = good/bad)
Not really, since a faction of them would find the CS welcoming and their policies, sure they are from another dimension but as long as they are willing to follow the CS rules , they would be welcome in the CS. As others have said, that is not consistent with CS policies that are stated. A "do...
- Sun Jul 10, 2016 9:13 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: How to handle the Xiticix (spun off from CS = good/bad)
- Replies: 475
- Views: 97232
Re: How to handle the Xiticix (spun off from CS = good/bad)
Killer Cyborg wrote:Still waiting for any quotes contradicting the idea that the Empire of Humanity would be D-Bees.
Of course they are dimension beings, just because they are humans, doesn't change the fact that they are from a different dimension.
- Sun Jul 10, 2016 7:51 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: How to handle the Xiticix (spun off from CS = good/bad)
- Replies: 475
- Views: 97232
Re: How to handle the Xiticix (spun off from CS = good/bad)
Again it depends on how you play the CS, but in theory, as long as the Dbee humans aren't dumb enough to say so, they have a chance to get into the CS same as other humans. Thing is there's lists of normal "Rifts" Humans millions long waiting to become CS citizens.. so... that has to be f...