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It's 1d4 abilities from each category. If it was 1d4 total abilities, it would be weaker than the lesser option listed directly before it. You still might roll a total of 3 (1 each category) if you are actually rolling in a random fashion as the book suggests. You would have 3 to 12 abilities, 1 to ...

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No. Reverse engineering is just using exisiting skills to analyze something. You can't just have one skill to replace dozens of others. That's not how it works.

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Mind bond doesn't grant psychic powers or magic spells. No, just no.

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Under the psionic ability, you have no way of accessing the magic abilities of the demon, which is why it is complicated. You let the GM sort it out. As a GM, my question was about the differences between the psionic ability and the Transferral/Possession superability. The superability seems to give...

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Thanks. It works now. I actually think it is better than the search function on the previous version of the Forums.

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My understanding of possession is that in the psionic version the invading entity retains their psionic abilities, mind and memories and cannot access those of the possessed person, whereas in the superability it is only the invading person's memories and personality that goes into the possessed ind...

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Small implants don't affect psionics. It's only when you get into replacing whole limbs and such that it becomes an issue.

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You should start a new topic to discuss this since you are basing it off of your own house rules and not the existing rules.

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The frame size issue is one of the things that needs to be addressed if they ever come out with a Hardware and/or Robotics Unlimited book. The Robotics category is one area they need to rework.

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According to my source, HU2, Mentally Possess Others (page 312) does not grant the possessing individual and of the possessed person's knowledge, which I assume also means psionic abilities. Only the physical body is controlled, like a robot, and the controlling psychic uses their own mind and psych...

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Given that saving throws do not require an action and are not considered a psychic ability, I would say of course the psychic using Omni-Sight would be able to save vs. possession. Why wouldn't they? If the saving throw failed, the Omni-Sight would not be able to be used by the possessing individual...

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Why ask your question if you are just going to ignore the rules as written? Because that is what you are doing by posting how you would make your house rules. The abilities as written are meant to limit how they are used.

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OCCs replace skill programs, not Categories which determine powers and abilties. And as Drew said, that is for Rifts primarily. I play HU2, not Rifts, so including OCCs as part of skill program selection is not smethng I do. To NMI's point, this conversation should end here because it doesn't addres...

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Has anyone updated the Justice Machine sourcebook characters to Second Edition?

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I personally didn't care for the Special Trainng Categry Updates by Matt Reeves. They were needlessly complicated and added aspects that pretty much dictate how to play your character rather than adding anythng useful.

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Some people make anything that pierces internal organs, like a stab wound, go direct to Hit Points on a called shot/strike. The idea that you can stab someone and not have them bleed out is also absurd. I always make players make a saving throw when they are stabbed and blood loss continues to cause...

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We haven't even discussed when damage goes directly to Hit Points and Penetration Value.

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No, Natural 1s and Natural 20s aren't anything in Palladium's rules. Umm... not sure what game you play, but I play mostly Rifts and... Miss: A roll of 1-4 to strike (after bonuses) is always a miss. A roll of one always misses regardless of bonuses. ... Natural Twenty: This is the result of 20 (be...

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No, Natural 1s and Natural 20s aren't anything in Palladium's rules.

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They really need to make trauma tables lke the ones in the Compendium of Contemporary Weapons, only for stab wounds and such. You shouldn't be able to shrug off damage once it starts going to Hit Points.

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There is always a margin of error. Slitting someone's throat is fairly easy but you might not press hard enough, or you may miss the artery. Swinging a blade, the blade could slip ouf of your hands or you could turn wrong and miss the target. The difficulty may not be too high in those instances but...

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I think in a single one-shot session I had 8 people. My regular group is usually no more than 4 though.

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I like the Gestalt power category. It allows you a lot of options.

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As a GM, I would use the damage bonuses based on speed for any category capable of reaching those speeds.

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I would say any regeneration based on immortality is always on, but that is just my opinion.

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I think it depends on how the item is enchanted. Magical jewels can be transfered to a new item relatively easily. If the entire item is enchanted, I imagine fixing it would be more complicated. Sharpening an enchanted blade might affect the magical bonuses, for instance.

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Peppermint and pumpkin spice?

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You need to make Strawberry, Butterscotch, Licorice, Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate.

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What other creatures can be made into armor? Are there any creatures you would like to have pieces of to make things out of, and do you offer work to adventurers who can bring you said items?

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It's a weapon, not a tool. I would say that the shape has to be selected when creating the character and limiit it to a small number of other shapes if the power allows for that. That is just my opinion and how I would rule on it as a GM, I am not stating this as a hard and fast rule from the source...

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My question would be if size and density of an object would be affected. Does reducing the mass make it easier to break or make it brittle. I realize the writer probably knows nothing of physics and I am just complicating the spell even more, but it would be nice to include those bits of information.

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You actually did Nimmy's suggestion!

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Mantis is a great character. I would have her antennae coming out of her forehead/frontal lobes rather than her temples (which would be the sides of her head), but that is an asthetic factor and really unimportant.

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What would a shirt of dragon scale armor cost then? Do you give deals on various pieces of armor? Or are you unable to make the armor and just sell the scales?

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I'm loving Tombspell. I am curious to see the other members of the group.

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The power in VU is Dimensional Room, which is also is a power listed in PU1 page 70. It has a door to it but is not the same as Portals in that it does not create a second exit pont. It is unrelated to the power I was commenting on. I did, however, find the Doorway power in PU1. The Doorway power do...

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NMI wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:59 pm There is also the power known as Dimensional Doorway in the book - Alients Unlimited. This a power belonging to the NPC: The Ghost.

What page? So far I'm not finding it.

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Doorway is a great power, now you can just go into a bank vault without having to crack it. Or just walk out of a prison/ or forcefield. Are you referring to the Portals major superability? Yes, even though it does not specifically say it can by pass forcefields, you most likely could bypass them. ...

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Painting Magic Level 1

Paint Camoflage Colors: The Painter Mage gets the equivalent of the Chameleon spell at Level 1 instead of Level 2, at a cost of 4 PPE rather than 6. Otherwise the spell is identical to the Chameleon spell.

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What kind of cost we talking about for some of the components? Dragon scales must be pretty pricey, no?

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I just leave the setting as presented in the books. I have playd it under other GMs where the Nightlords dominate though.

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Looking forward to it.

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For that matter, how would the character even know it was Clairvoyance?

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As a GM, I limit the types of powers granted and guide the player through the selection process. Being able to predict the next power granted would not be possible.

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I'm not sure what you are looking for. What types of relationships are you talking about? I think the closest I have to that in my files are optional breeding tables.

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I didn't find it confusing. But then I am used to complicated character builds.

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The bonus is to allow you to generate a larger number of selves.

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This question comes up a lot because people don't seem to understand the concept of "harmlessly releasing" people. I would assume you can release them into a dangerous environment, as I interpret "harmlessly" as the power itself not being harmful. As a GM, though, I would restric...

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boxee wrote:Did you take into account 12 million dollars was like 12 billion dollars today? Like the idea of the 1950s setting era.

True, you would have to adjust the funds up or down to account for change in the economy.

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The closest thing I can find are the general penalties for cyberjacking on page 207 of the AUGG. Not sure if that helps. The virtual combat is listed there also.

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