Shifter Minions?

[DieselsRage]

Starting a campaign and one of my pc wants to be a shifter. Has anyone made or come up with a good way for rolling for his minions. Have all the books so trying to figure out a way to be able to randomly roll for where his portal is opening to and then what creature comes out.

[Mack]

While it's supposed be random, I'd allow a bit of role-play during the summoning. Such as if the player has something in mind, he can attempt to 'search' for it. Such as he has a 5% chance of finding what he's looking for, rolled each 15 minutes (senior Shifters would get a better percentage chance). And as a risk he may attract an unwanted creature, causing a quick battle of wills to stop it from coming through.

That way the player gets a bit of control over what he summons, if he's willing to put in the time and effort. Purely random rolls carry a lot risk (to the player and the campaign).

[Axelmania]

Has anyone made or come up with a good way for rolling for his minions.
Have all the books so trying to figure out a way to be able to randomly roll for where his portal is opening to and then what creature comes out.

Pg 57-60 of Dimension Book 7 (Megaverse Builder) has a pretty impressive table.

Prior to that, there was a chart on page 126-127 of Beyond the Supernatural under the Dimensional Portal spell to see what would come through if you left it open.

BTS also had a random monster table on page 190 similar to what the Rifts 1990 book had in the back (I think they removed that in RUE?)

[zexsis]

Theres really nothing random about summoning for shifters but if you are concerned from a balance point then just speak with the player or give a list of things that dont overbalance the game. Communication rift will tell you exactly if you have contacted the being you are looki g for and a simple demon monster lore role can be used to determine if the character knows about what he wants to summon. Other than that a ley line can easily be used to draw from to do a couple rifts per hour until you get what you want.

[drewkitty ~..~]

I would change 'minions" to 'a familiar' and use the bird or lizard biotechs as his F. They are stated as available as Fs.