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also, it is possible that Triax simplified the design some for their own production. Maybe those vaunted German engineers aren't all they're cracked up to be..... Free Quebec had an automated GB factory, and most of their home grown GB designs seem to be fairly minor variations on the stock chassis...

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<snip> Although, it could be argued that Lazlo and the Federation of Magic would not work "together" I believe they would take the opportunity to work against the CS. I believe Lazlo and/or New Lazlo would support Tolkeen, if not fight for them. I believe the Federation of Magic would sei...

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Okay, I had to go back to the maths as I got a bit of a munchkin vibe here... :) You and me both! And I'm embarrassed to say that even with you citing the reference, it took me minutes to find the 3x limitation. Phew! That makes more sense. Also supports the case why PB should be re-releasing a com...

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Great post. I'd add that BoM pg 21 has a Q&A re how long the PPE can be held - it's PE in minutes. With a physically buff mage, that could be a substantial amount of time. Imagine what such a PC must go through to contain 2000 PPE for 15-20 minutes - probably like a balloon about to burst. <sni...

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This is a great blog, more of a solid news article really. I found it extremely informative with some great rules that reflect the going on. Thanks slade2501 ! I try to keep things relatively topical, current, and always positive (despite sometimes critical) to inform and help along newer GMs and P...

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The Bazaar #55: Eclipse in Rifts . I thought I’d present a quick testimonial to the celestial event of 08 April 2024, as well as a reminder to sum, a review for others, of how certain in-game rules can be leveraged by GMs or Players. I know I completely forgot about some of them! Some observations ...

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The blog post below may give you a good indication of where to start. It's served a number of people doing the same as you: Concentrating first on the "Baseline" section, sprinkle in other books to flavour. There are links to reviews of the books I have up on the blog as well, to give you ...

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Mind Bond is already kind of covered in the power's description. The interpretation of what the psionic would learn from the past 3D4 hours is subjective. IMHO, given the nature of the Xiticix, I would provide only flashes of images and emotions of what the particular bug would have had during that ...

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Alternatively, have a CS go turncoat (double-agent) or even better (triple-agent) and have the PCs eventually caught up in a CS military intelligence bust (that goes wrong, allowing PCs to escape). I like this double-agent idea!!! CS Specialist or Commando maybe? Basically anything that could be se...

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Howdy folks. A bit of an omnibus blog post, I thought I'd tackle some issues with respect to Player immersion and engagement. Capturing some other posts I've made, I'll be throwing more content up and anchoring them here. Several sections looking at ways to increase Player enjoyment out of the game,...

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There is no OCC = leader dynamic in PB games. There are a number of OCCs that generally make the PC an officer, but as anyone with military experience will tell you, junior officers don't tend to embody this as a general trait; senior NCOs and officers typically are the "paragon" for leade...

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As Grazzik pointed out, lots of context missing. Here's the rub, it most certainly isn't a practitioner of magic, likely not a psionic (without being tagged), which leaves mercenaries (men at arms) or adventurers. The merc/adventurer are infinitely likely to be supporting such a massive war effort *...

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After two centuries of absolute strife and darkness, humanity just clawing itself back from the brink, methinks old pastimes (e.g. Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Chanukah, Eid, Ramadan, Dharma Day) would be long-since forgotten. Not to say the CS might not have developed other rituals or civic holida...

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NMI wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:56 pm Can you give an example?

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Just a curiosity.

Does the Megaversal Ambassador program only apply to GMs running games, or could third party content providers driving positive discussion on PB and TTRPG gaming writ-large be applicable?

Asking for a friend

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For those not in the know, or just learning about it, Canadian backers of the Titan Robotics Kickstarter may be facing some odd circumstances around their order delivery. I can confirm this hasn't hit every Canadian backing the campaign, and is NOT a Palladium Books induced issue. Sean Roberson put ...

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basic infantry Marine (Basic MOS 0300), rifleman (Primary MOS 0311), light armored reconnaissance Marine (Primary MOS 0313), [Marine rifleman with Intelligence skill] combat rubber reconnaissance craft (CRRC) coxswain (Necessary MOS 0316), scout sniper (Necessary MOS 0317), [Marine rifleman with Sn...

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They could just make a big book of OCCS. I've already come out and blasted PB publicly for the poor game design the OCCs now present. They used to be an element of world building, now just a bloat of repetitive and useless new OCCs. After cross referencing every single OCC in the Rifts WB/CB/SB lib...

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Why do I ask this question? Bestiary, Volume Two still is not out. I think it is high time this is finished before any other KS is started. The biggest reason, its been like 3 or 4 years since it was funded, and we still haven't gotten it. Yes, Titan gave them some credit, but, IMO, they will waste...

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<snip> Well, I re-ran the spreadsheet and rolled up 100 random sets of attributes, but this time I counted up the number of penalized stats per character under the rules as written (8 or lower for I.Q., and 7 or lower for the rest). 21 had no attribute penalty 33 had 1 penalized attribute 24 had 2 ...

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How would you plan a civil war within the Coalition? Military Coup? Just fed up with Prosek? Or maybe a shape changer has infiltrated the upper echelon and is causing chaos from the inside. I have my plans already on paper. I’m interested in how you would begin, whether outside forces would take ad...

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When describing Mephisto's Inferno Heart dungeon, it says: All the necessary precautions are built into the prison to prevent these beings from using most of their supernatural abilities, however these countermeasures are not discriminatory and affect all who enter, even Mephisto. That’s why this l...

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A lone GB pilot entering a CS controlled region would likely be considered the same as any other Robot/PA pilot "coming to town." The fact it's a GB versus an NG Robot or some other design could be dismissed as a relatively moot point. How they react is more dependent on the pilot's choice...

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I'm surprised the post didn't make any attempt to consider the Code of the Cyber-Knights and the impact that might have on how conflict is prosecuted by forces under their control or by state actors that may use them as a moral yardstick. This is an important element, as the vast majority of worldb...

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GM Field Guide: Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) in Rifts . A complicated issue that is touched upon often enough, I thought I’d provide some context for discussion. Something most people are not well versed in, they often don't know what they don't know. LOAC has a deep history across various cultures...

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I have given the Rifts RPG a review . It's on my blog, if you wish to see it. <snip> BLUF (Bottom Line Up-Front) : Any experienced GM, or a new GM with a little guidance, can make Rifts a fantastic first RP experience. The only point I would disagree with is "Rifts is not a good introductory g...

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Example 1: Big Bore Weapons: Honestly I thought that one of the more ridiculous things to add. And yet, nothing for the Boom Gun? Example 2: You're not fighting your Wolven wife, the bandits attacking you and she need to check vs HF (as applicable) Example 3: Part of discussion below, but granted. ...

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The Bazaar #44: Using Horror Factor. After reading some posts here in the forums and in other online resources (Facebook, Discord) about the use of Horror Factor, specifically how repeated exposure should somehow allow the PC a 'gained invulnerability' to HF check, I decided to look into the idea. ...

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Madhaven introduced the Pseudo-Men Mutants who can, with max rolls, get a PB of 48. How do you roleplay that? Does this person literally stop traffic as they walk by? Do you add an Awe Factor similar to Horror Factor but people are drawn to you rather than repelled? There really is no game mechanic...

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Ooooh, an opinion post, goodie! No, they can't - that's my opinion. Of course, this makes it about as compelling as any other, I guess. LOL <shrug> In my opinion non-Practitioners of Magic/Psionics can't ever suddenly gain the ability to cast magic/psionics from some sudden explosion of PPE/ISP. To ...

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<snip> Define Younger Players? You talking high schoolers, middle school, elementary school? I did so specifically back in the full article. For the most part, anything 15/16+ is probably fair game, with some minor (pun intended) accommodations, but scales up really easily. The majority of the arti...

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So after a week’s vacation, I went and forgot to talk about this most recent post I forged. This could just as easily belong to the GM forum, so Admins, please pitch it there if applicable. Based largely on my own experience with my youngest daughter (she's rocking a Super Spy with a Dog Boy NPC sid...

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The Bazaar #42: OCC Overview – The City Rat. A rather unique class, mostly playable in urban settings, facing significant penalties to their core skills and abilities if they stray too far from their ‘turf.’ They are also one of the few that details how to transition from one OCC to another; note, ...

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Mack wrote:As an aside, you might want to look at pages 28-29 of Free Quebec.

LOL, sometimes it's nice to be reminded about the thought and research I put into that manuscript. Man, that was almost 25 years ago......

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OK, so it's decided that the DHTs are a transport unit. I am going to assume that the unit being dropped off is "in charge" of the DHTs until some set time period when they break off and go home. This leads to an interesting question. For aggressive assault commanders may want that additi...

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As written, the FoM is a mish-mash of various cities and towns and differing size and influence. You can literally make this into anything you want given that dynamic. I would imagine more towns are readily accepting of mages, but a little cagey given the city-state kind of situation and their relat...

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The Bazaar #41: Gaming Company Interactions. More of a current-events post I get to every once in a while. As word that Pinkerton thugs-for-hire is still a thing, we find out through a bizarre case that Wizards of the Coast has ties to them. I present a few comments on this scenario, but also a con...

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<snip> A strong argument can still be made for a high tech society to function sustainably with illiteracy rates of ~70%. Simply think what ChatGPT-esque consumer accessible AI, TikTok visual culture, AI-driven industrial automation, and data hyper-visualization through augmented reality could achi...

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I found it a very clunky and unnecessary attempt to patch the whole " except for the elites the society is illiterate, ergo they have zero capacity to read ." If you actually get that far into it, the CS couldn't possibly exist if that were the case. No technological society could possibly...

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:You should add 'Rifts' in front of 'GM' to make it clear which game you are talking about.

Derp, yes.

Editing.

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[RIFTS] GM Field Guide #13: Session Zero. So, after spending a week across the continent for work, we’re back to discussing gaming topics. Most of us know about the term “Session Zero.” I decided to put together some thoughts on what it is, and some Rifts-specific things to consider. The GM Field G...

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GM Field Guide #11: Game Balance in Rifts . Before doing a series of posts to reflect on real or perceived balance issues in Rifts, I thought to introduce some of the theoretical issues and game design processes that play their part. I’ve made relevant what I could from an online Game Design course...

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Scholar’s Review: Dimension Book 11: Dyval. The second book laying the foundation for the Minion Wars series, Dyval provides the flip side of the demonic coin. These manipulative demons leverage a Megaverse-spanning network in response to Hades’ aggression, and it’s time to know your adversary. Jam...

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I think The Burbs is supposed to be mostly temporary structures and such. Tents, trailers, cargo-units... yurts...? Not sure what all that would include. But I've always played it as having actual BUILDINGS be pretty rare in the Burbs. I know this one is entirely groups-specific and GM decision. Ac...

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Scholar’s Review #61 - Dimension Book 10: Hades. The first book laying the foundation for the Minion Wars series, Hades paints a bleak picture. Jam-packed with content, it very satisfyingly fleshes out the politics and geography, as well as provide a veritable bestiary of monsters and encounter/wea...

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Scholarly Adventures | The Bazaar #42: Convincing Player to Try Rifts. So, I thought I’d give a shot at helping new or potential GM/Players in convincing their likely d20 system player group to give Rifts a shot. These are certain factors and elements to Rifts (or other PB games for that matter) th...

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In the follow-up article under my GM Field Guide section, something targeted more specifically to newer GMs and Players. Scholarly Adventures | The Bazaar #41: Topography & Tactics. For new GMs to the Palladium Books system, the first hurdle is realizing the system is not written to specifically...

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I actually pulled up a US map, and using most places of interests real world name and location, made a short matrix table of distances from notable settlements and or towns mentioned in most books or supplements. Surprisingly most places are pretty close to one another (98 miles from Whykin to King...

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So, after some needs to redesign the Scholarly Adventures blog, I got back to actual content creation. This week I start adding more to my GM Field Guide section, with something targeted more specifically to newer GMs and Players, but applicable to those less "green behind the ears." Schol...

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In the continued series of posts addressing the possible revision to the Core Rules set for Palladium Books game (not just Rifts), this post tackles the section covering Psionics. Honestly, this is possibly the most bizarrely underrepresented section, with pieces scattered throughout the Rifts and o...

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