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STILL no listed ISP recovery for Mind Melters YET!

And not clarification if Healing Touch and Bio-regenerate Self or the Psi Super Power Regeneration also heals MDC beings.

Same stuff as above.

UAR-1 Enforcer lists 80 rounds expended for 1D6x10 damage. IMHO it should be 40 rounds for 1D6 x10 as this rail gun uses a lager round the SAMAS rail gun or the damage should be higher.

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The Coalition Spider Skull Walker black market cost states it has missiles, but there are no statistics for it. Not even what kind of missiles (mini, short, medium, long). Does it have missiles or not?

I would assume it doesn't unless MDC is explicitly indicated.

An exception to this would be the Syvan though, their super psi Bio-Regen can heal MDC to themself, a unique RCC ability.


This has been an issue since RMBp196. It is described as more powerful than the SAMAS. Since the range is the same, I figure that means damage. On a per-round basis the UAR-1 is definitely slightly stronger (2 more sides on the die) so it is better for sniping. I don't know if that means it uses a bigger round though. It might use the same one. It might just have a stronger power supply than the SAMAS.

But yeah, the accuracy is pretty horrible. SAMAS get 10 shots per 40 (25%) while Enforcer gets 10 shots per 80 (12.5%). It has a bigger payload but that doesn't help much with ammo costs. The Spider-Walker is in an equally horrible situation, still with a better per-shot damage than either SAMAS/Enforcer and a higher range this time, making it a better sniper.


Odd, this is also an issue on RMBp197. I would definitely give it a compliment of mini-missiles at minimum. Considering how valuable they are for defense against volleys, even if missiles were not the prime offense of a robot, something as expensive as the Spider-Walker should logically have some to extend its lifespan.

Page 66 OCC skills for Cyber-Knight is missing WP Shield (Zen Combat number two says they have it) and WP Sword.

So basically what this means is that unless a 1st level Cyber-Knight wants to devote a skill slot to a skill they will get NEXT level to use something that they can create right now (they start off with the ability to form Psi-Shields), then they will have to fumble around for a level unable to make the most of their Psi-Shields (or mundane shields if they have those as well...).

Yes. You want to use your shield effectively, take the W.P.

Ley Line Rifter spell list B has some inconsistent PPE values for some of the spells. The write up says spells on list A and B are cast at half cost but some of the spells have different PPE reductions than a half. Teleport Lesser and Call Lightning at 5 are one third; Teleport Superior at 150 is one quarter. Additionally Teleport Lesser (60) should be listed as well.

If that were the case, it would only take 50 rounds to reach 1000 slugs, half the payload the GB was listed as having in RMB. If it were slugs then you'd expect to see 2000 as the mistake.



The nice thing about 1000 rounds is you can stack them up as 10 x 10 x 10 and just multiply the dimensions of a single round by 10 in every aspect to figure out how much space 1000 would take up. So 7 inches long (which we can agree is probably the biggest dimension, whatever the width of it is) times 10 is 70 inches, or 5'10. Now... if it wasn't a perfect 10x10x10 and was a bit wider and thicker in the back (say, 5 tall x 10 depth x 20 wide) then it could be a mere 2'11" high.

If I recall, that misprint/omission was in the original Game Book...so, they were thinking of "fixing" the issue in UE...and didn't quite get around to doing it?

WP: Axe
WP: Throwing (?)
Bayonet? Combination - WP: Knife when used dismounted. WP: Spear when mounted on a rifle.

Tomahawk is an axe. Bayonet would be knife.

Bola is thrown weapons.

Just noticed that the Bruutasaur (WB30 p37-40; first printing) gets ammunition, but no weapons in its starting equipment.

I would agree with this, except that there are power armors in NG2 that expressly allow the wearer to prowl without penalty, and there are other recon-type models in other books that would seem to support some ability to prowl.

My own concern about the eratta:

RUE p287 says, "Each O.C.C. should indicate how many S.D.C. points a character gets. In the event that it does not, the character starts out with 2D6+12 S.D.C., plus any O.C.C. or R.C.C. bonuses."

Here's the thing. Even in RUE, many of the O.C.C.'s do not list any S.D.C., including the CS military O.C.C.'s, Merc Soldier, Robot Pilot, Cyber Doc, Elemental Fusionist, Ley Line Walkers... I'm sure the list goes on. Meanwhile, in the O.C.C.'s in which the S.D.C. is presented at the top, it's listed as one of a series of O.C.C. bonuses, not as a "starting S.D.C."

From the looks of things RUE was supposed to be presented like Chaos Earth for starting S.D.C. purposes, where each class gets its own. That's not the case. Some revision here would seem appropriate.

Welp, until they get their selves together, I still use page 9 in the "original" book (In this case, my water damaged silver R:RPG Collector's Ed.).

P283 - I don't think it's been mentioned yet, but under the penalties for having a M.A. between 3 and 4, it says you get a -20% penalty to several skills, which include Interrogation. Then it gives several skills you get a -30% to, including Interrogation again! From the looks of the other penalties for low M.A., it appears the -30% is correct, so it should be deleted from the -20% list.

That would be a sensible correction. In RMB called shots could only be done on aimed shots, and aimed shots with mini-missiles were only possible with 1 missile or the smallest volley of 2 missiles. Volleys of 3 or more counted as a burst and only got +1 to strike.

I believe this only applied with using the WP Heavy skill to fire unguided missiles though, using the +3aimed/+1 burst standard rules for guns which existed at the time. I believe if you were using guided missiles you would still get a +3 for volleys of 3 or more, just not if you were doing unguided volleys.

Of course, with called shots now requiring a WP skill (and even the genius smart missiles are not indicated as having that) all guided/smart missiles could only hit the main body (being unable to do a called shot) unless there was some way of coding a supplementary WP skill into the AI of the robot. I could see that being done for the Naruni drone-missile, would be worth the expense. Otherwise you'd have to rely on unguided missiles fired by people with the appropriate WP skill to hit non-main targets, and that probably limits you to mini-missile ranges of a mile or less.

RPwise I guess there's nothing preventing an unguided missile of a larger size (short/medium/larger) from being used at a close range a pilot can see at (otherwise it'd be -8 for firing blind, one would assume, not sure how it works if you're going based on radar rather than direct line of sight, and radar doesn't go THAT far) but GM input should be needed. While a called shot on a HUGE vehicle (like Dragon Dreadnought or something) with a LRM is feasible, doing that on smaller targets doesn't make much sense when you get to the point where the missile itself is larger than the entire body (much less the main body or a smaller portion connected to it) of the target. The idea of a called shot, a precision strike, is usually that you are striking with something small enough to single it out.

Like for example, the Kreeghor Dreadnought could technically do a called shot to my hand with its horn cannons... but realistically it's a 20 foot wide beam or something so the GM should disallow a called shot against such a small target and mandate only main body shots for targets much smaller than the attack.

Actually nothing stops a missiles to be used to make a called shot to the main body if it can be used as a single sniper style attack at times when the target can only be hit by called shot such as when they are behind cover.

The rule is not they can not make called shots it is they can only hit the main body, so a called shot to the main body to hit a target partially behind cover would not violate the note.

What is the OFFICIAL R.U.E. Mind Melter ISP Recovery RATE!

Called shots to the main body could be done with unguided missiles, by a misileer with WP Heavy. Smart missiles make their own +5 rolls without a WP and so could not choose to aim or call.

Since missiles lack WP and can't make called shots, their inability to hit anything but the main body is obvious.

For missileers, they can hit whatever they want to call, since they are the ones striking.


I think someone pointed out there is a base 6/hour for all psychics they would use since RMB stripped their 12/hour.

I think it is still in Psyscape as 12 so the (accidental?) omission in RUEnneed not benviewed as a mandatory nerf.

For the vagabond equipment it say a gun with extra clip. But it doesn't say if it is a S.D.C. gun or energy weapon.

Page 329 W.P Energy Pistol, W.P. Energy Rifle, and W.P. Heavy Mega-Damage Weapons don't have the bonus progression printed, its on page 360 though.

Same skill new bonus. Also taking some skill twice can be seen as the difference between an armature and professional at least in domestics skills.

The rule is, in typical Palladium Fashion, found in Rifts Japan.
Where we find out that Light power armor has a huge penalty and heavy can not prowl at all...
...unless the suit in question says it can.
Thus the suits that expressly allow the wearer to prowl... express that because it is a special feature.

Wilderness Scouts get Horsemanship: General in their OCC skills. Then, a few lines later in their OCC skills, it states that the player must choose between Horsemanship: General, Pilot: Motorcycle, or Pilot: Hovercycle.

Which is it?

According to Lone Star p46, Dog Boys use the C14 Fire Breather as their standard rifle for combat missions. However, they don't have W.P. Heavy, which is required to shoot the grenade launcher on that weapon.

So they shoot it wild or they take the skill as part of a skill selection. As far as I know they are not prohibited from taking that skill.
And the CS treats them as expendables...so the idea that they will not be able to fully utilize their weapons but in exchange can't turn said weapons against the humans as easily (can't reload) seems fully in keeping with the CS mentality.

*wonders if the dog boys are never intended to shoot the grenades but instead are intended to have them detonate inside some monster that just ate the dog boy and his rifle*

I know we are necroing the the dead Horse thread, and I know this will never see the light of day, but still going to toss it in..

Corrections need to be made to make Ancient W.P. Skills OTHER than the Sword more appealing. As it stands, really the ONLY reason to take one of the others is because you like how you imagine they would look. None of the others match the upside of Swords simply because Swords Ultimately get +1 more to Strike and Parry than any others, and on average have WAY better damages. Worse if if you Spend another Skill slot to get Fencing, then another +1 to both as well as an Additional 1d6 Damage. Really, the only other things that benefit like this are if you Take Targeting and a Thrown (like Spears) and THEN they begin to come out ahead, IF they are thrown.. but still, on average, most of their weapons are sub par compared to Swords available. If things in the Game were more vulnerable to certain types of Ancient weapons over others (Like Axe, Blunts or Polearms over Swords) it wouldn't be so bad, but right now, if you want to compete with others for being able to hit something, or hurt it, most of the time Swords are your best bet (The piddly damage bonus Polearms get is not worth mentioning, unless you are charging something and have the right Horse skills, and even then, most Polearms are sub par in Damage).

Why not, JFK wasn't assassinated with a knife, sword, club, hammer, or any other sort of hand held hand to hand weapon, he was ASSASSINATED by a GUN. the physical damage boost and the accuracy should def be applicable to ranged weapons. As technology has evolved so has assassination.

I'm not really sure this is errata, but it bears mentioning. I'm pretty sure the "Secondary Skill List" was copied and pasted from a previous source, which is fine -- but there's at least one (1) skill that should be added to the list from Physical skills; Physical Labor.