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Did all these encounters get compiled into a single list somewhere?

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They're not compatible. Animals attribute bonuses are different, some of the psionic powers and animal abilities work differently, BIO-E numbers differ and the combat rules are different.

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I don't mind that's it not supported these days. The old games are jewels that hold up remarkably well. I don't like a lot of the changes that were made in AtB v2 (added a lot of rules bloat) and I don't want to see 25 new "world books" for each part of the known world. Ruins the mystery, really ...

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Erick was one of the best writers Palladium ever had, in all his works.

Todd Yoho brought the post-apocalyptic back to Rifts, for which I am grateful.

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The results and further commentary can be seen on my blog here: http://www.portalseeker.com/blog/2011/0 ... opularity/

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Anybody else care to vote?

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Shadow government is exactly what they are. Why do all the hard work of establishing a new nation-state (which might take you 100 years) when you can go and take over someone else's right now? They want the Coalition States for themselves, for both utilitarian and ideological reasons. The utility of ...

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I'm interested Atomic, but I haven't had time to read your wall of text here yet. It sounds like fun.

Also, did you finish your character for my game?

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Yes, as competitors within the same ecological niche, not as a food source.

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I think I exceeded my daily limit of stupid.

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>hard on the eyes

Use black text of the same size throughout on a white background. Problem solved. Format your text into paragraphs, except for lists which should be formatted with bullet points. Don't use font sizes smaller than 8 or larger than 11 for your text. Add an introductory paragraph to ...

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duck-foot wrote:yep up to a ps of 40. ofcourse this depends on the gm. i only allow that ps for certain species and size levels

Ditto on the last part. If you're Size 3 I wouldn't allow your character to go above STR 18 no matter how many martial arts or physical skills you take.

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I'd say about 1 in 10,000 but then again I divide all the population stats in Rifts by 10.

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And the winner is: MERCENARIES! Beating out odds-on favorite Atlantis is quite the feat. What an upset!

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Demon familiar requires a major pact, and no, you don't get a second familiar at any time.

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oh god why

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Start somewhere relatively open and lawless, like Merctown or Kingsdale, so that players can play anything and have the freedom to explore. Don't start in CS territory, they may get their asses kicked or feel frustrated at being hunted.

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Elements of Talislanta, Cyberpunk, and Earthdawn have also made appearances.

Wow, that's the second time today I've seen someone reference Talislanta on these forums. And here I thought it was dead and forgotten. Tal was my first RPG, even before I learned D&D. Man, those were the days. Too bad ...

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Well, Atlantis is in the lead by far, as expected, but the popularity of Japan really surprised me.

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Mack wrote:Yes. This is one of those odd things in Rifts. You can add SDC strength damage to a SDC weapon, but you can't add MDC strength damage to an MDC weapon.

That's... I...have no words to even describe my feelings about this.

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Unlikely given how overworked and understaffed Pal Books is currently. You need people to organize these things across a large geographic space and that's a full-time job. Also, games like D&D are extremely balanced in their character levels, equipment, spells, etc. and Rifts... is not, to put it ...

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Taking your argument as some sort of empirical truth would lead one to state that All roll play material, every sourcebook, every idea and concept ever written is in fact worthless simply because it was written down.
Why does something being a horrible situation somehow count as evidence against ...

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Sentiment is a factor for all of us, I think. We all remember our first RPGs with fondness - no matter how bad they may have been in fact.

I had to exclude the mainbook because probably half the people here would have chosen it if it was an option. The Dimension and Chaos Earth books would have ...

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That's pretty cool. Do you have it in a Word document or some other formatted text? Walls of text like that are kind of hard to read on forums.

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I thought Wave was discontinued. It's still operational?

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Nice thing about having a line of 50+ books is that there's something for everybody. Bad thing about having 50+ books is that everything is scattered across 50+ books...

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Sorry, I lost track of all the games I tried to sign up for and which didn't take off. Have you guys considered using Skype instead of the chatrooms?

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I'd go "partial megaverse" if I ran a campaign. My favorite-sounding combination is Ninjas & Superspies + After the Bomb. The idea of Giraffes with Tiger Claw Kung-fu and Sheep with Sumo Wrestling sounds too awesome to pass up.

For a Rifts campaign I'd use most anything except the Phase World ...

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That is flippin' awesome and over-the-top-till-your-eyes-bleed. Carry on.

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Tuesday! ...sorry, couldn't help myself. I love voting.

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I was thinking about letting people select up to 3 choices, but a single choice really makes you think and forces the issue.

I didn't realize people held Free Quebec in such high regard.

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I think some people are using the term "player's handbook" as a euphemism for Core Rule Book. I support that sentiment.

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jaymz wrote:Mercs because it allows a lot of varity withouth having to revert to using stolen CS gear

Now you can pay a 10-40% markup for your stolen CS gear!

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I think the metaplot died of embarassment when a giant frog became the harbinger of Armageddon.

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Dino Swamp is one of my Top 5 Rifts books (along with Australia, Canada, SB1) for precisely the reason already articulated: it brings the post-apoc back into Rifts, but keeps all the zany Rifts OCCs, weapons, magic, monsters, etc. so nothing is lost. Kudos to Todd Yoho for his excellent work, and ...

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I thought it was 4 people, but I don't know anything. While most people would agree with you, Pallist, keep in mind that Palladium Books is a small company with limited cash to invest into new product. They're not WotC and they don't have a miniatures line like Games Workshop. Creating a rulebook ...

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Excluding the main rulebook (RMB/RUE), the Dimension Books and Chaos Earth, what is your favorite book, if you had to choose just one? And why?

Not everything is listed, couldn't fit all the books into the 50-count poll limit.

For me I'd choose Atlantis; it's got bio-wizardry, the weird-ass ...

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Well alrighty then, let's hope that manuscript sees the light of day.

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Anybody working on FoM2 or the City of Brass in particular?

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Is the City of Brass described in more detail somewhere other than the Federation of Magic sourcebook? It seems like a cool location but FoM has so little about it.

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I don't see it in N&SS, sorry.

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Thanks for the comments, tamorrison. You're right about the info inconsistency. As for trade, I think it was described as "smuggling" of certain specific things, not regular trade. I also noticed I missed the police station, which is on the map but not described. I'll see if I have time to do up a ...

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Seems a bit arbitrary the way you guys describe it. There are tonnes of AP house rules out there:

http://www.nexusnine.net/doc/feat/index.html
http://sirtenzan.tripod.com/RIFTS/newcombat.html

and Canadian Rifts had their own too but I can't find it right now.

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A fan-made list is what I was looking for. Strange that nobody's done it yet given how compulsive/minmaxing some players can be.

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Thanks for the suggestions, guys. Do you remember which Rifter had the variant Operators?

Your guy sounds like exactly what I'm looking for, MegaverseTraveller. Thanks for the tips.

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Is there any source material for playing Gizmoteers who build drones, UAVs, robot hounds, insect-robots, that kind of thing? You know, the typical Rigger in Shadowrun.

Visual reference: http://cyberpunk.asia/thumbshow.php?aff ... =16&lng=en

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jaymz wrote:ONce I get into games like Rifts I get rid of it and just describe what the armour can stop and not use PV. Too many variables imo.

You mean a GM can just say that a pistol can't penetrate a tank no matter what? Shhaaaaaazzaaaaammm!

Yeah, see, that's what I would recommend too.

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So that's a No then, I take it.

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Speaking from a geographic reference system viewpoint they are curvilinear (great circles for the pictured mega-lines, I think) which, as Svartalf pointed out, follow the curvature of the geoid (Earth). They appear straight on maps because maps are projections of globes onto flat surfaces. On a true ...

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mmmh? Well, if there's one thing I'm pretty sure, is that art in the original, and RUE versions is canon. a fortiori, art present in both versions has to be.
What Drakinn was saying was that the art showing the ley lines from space could have been an illustration of the Coming of the Rifts (ie ...

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