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by drewkitty ~..~
Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:43 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: N.A.AT
Replies: 458
Views: 1972588

Re: N.A.AT

Drop Pod variants...that can be mod'ed to use as Horizon-T wing pods.

viewtopic.php?t=159344
There are Drop Pod mods in the last three posts.
by drewkitty ~..~
Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
Topic: Must Change: The Achilles' Heel of the Mega-Hero
Replies: 3
Views: 5517

Re: Must Change: The Achilles' Heel of the Mega-Hero

"Must Transform into an Inhuman Form to Use Powers"....
Looking at this as a GM I would rule that it is only the normal superpowers that are limited to having to transform to use them. With the MHPs are "Always On" even if not transformed.
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:32 pm
Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
Topic: Spells Trance and Domination
Replies: 15
Views: 4023

Re: Spells Trance and Domination

Trance and Dominion are in the 'Core book" set of spells for each Game that uses magic. Though I totally agree with you to providing ' Where in the books is what you are asking about" . This is for Every Question. Also Use the full words of an abbreviation before using that abbreviation th...
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:22 pm
Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
Topic: Telekinetic Acceleration Attack
Replies: 4
Views: 3294

Re: Telekinetic Acceleration Attack

Then look the rules about silver/silver plated weapons.
The OP Q was a y/n can they be projectiles for the TKAA power.
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: Palladium Books® Games Q. & A.
Topic: Skill for distilling alcoholic spirits?
Replies: 13
Views: 5986

Re: Skill for distilling alcoholic spirits?

What the skill in RUE is titled is "Brewing: Basic". So it doesn't cover everything. I would guess it is that way to keep the players from .....aaahhh...hummmm....going off on side-quests for their brewing habits. My guess is that to be a brewing Master you need a Character Class unique sk...
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Snake people?
Replies: 16
Views: 2638

Re: Snake people?

HU wise there is also the Aliens Unlimited book that has both the Alien creation tables, and a few reptilian races.
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
Topic: Automatic Dodge and Superhuman Speed
Replies: 2
Views: 3134

Re: Automatic Dodge and Superhuman Speed

The bonus is to Dodge, not auto-dodge.
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
Topic: Telekinetic Acceleration Attack
Replies: 4
Views: 3294

Re: Telekinetic Acceleration Attack

1) read the text
2 &4) these are about the largest this power effects.
3) no (use TK)
5) as per the canon text no. But if the Char is a Vampire hunter that you might make a good argument for it shooting out one 1ft x 2inch sized stake.
6) no (used super TK)
7) no (use Super TK)
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
Topic: The Spell Escape
Replies: 8
Views: 3398

Re: The Spell Escape

An answer to ALL the OP questions. If the mage is inside the container, yes. Otherwise...no. Portcullis....typically there is a man-sized gates right next to the main gate. (These are there so people could enter/exit without opening the main gate.) And the locking mech is typically right there on th...
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:33 pm
Forum: Palladium Books® Games Q. & A.
Topic: Skill for distilling alcoholic spirits?
Replies: 13
Views: 5986

Re: Skill for distilling alcoholic spirits?

The core difference between moonshine and whiskey is being aged in oak barrels. (trivia note: while american whiskey makers have to use "New Made" oak barrels for their product, the makers of Scotch can use 'old' (used) oak barrels. ) As for other spirits, it is mostly about what region/cu...
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
Topic: Super speed damage for aliens/experiments?
Replies: 7
Views: 5628

Re: Super speed damage for aliens?

Some people would use the SH Spd text as the basis for their own house rules to be able to do more damage. Or to realistically add damage for what spd the char is going with a basis in canon. Sort of like how the only text that talks about using the MA attribute in a dice rolling situation in any of...
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?
Replies: 54
Views: 16946

Re: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?

When two games are in canon “compatible,” my OCD interpretation is that they are “compatible unless otherwise specified,” NOT “compatible only when specified.” And yet there are the conversion books. This is because the different PB games don't have 100% the same canon rules. Which the PF Changing ...
by drewkitty ~..~
Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:54 pm
Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
Topic: Invisiblity Simple and Armor of Ithan
Replies: 3
Views: 3873

Re: Invisiblity Simple and Armor of Ithan

Killer Cyborg wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:23 pm AoI is invisible.
The above.
by drewkitty ~..~
Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?
Replies: 54
Views: 16946

Re: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?

The problem with using the PF class changing rules for Rift chars is: 1) the published PF rules only work with Job Classes. 2) Racial classes are not included within the published rules. And 3) Psychic classes are specifically disallowed (forbidden) from being changed from and changed to. [Can't fin...
by drewkitty ~..~
Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:06 pm
Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
Topic: Magic Scrolls
Replies: 8
Views: 3293

Re: Magic Scrolls

"Does the spell only work on the one who reads it?" No. It is there in the text that it has to be read by a char literate with the language the scroll is written in, & it has to be read aloud . *translates* can the reader send a different character to a place the reader knows but the ...
by drewkitty ~..~
Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:54 pm
Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
Topic: dragons mdc reduced rule in low magic
Replies: 3
Views: 4813

Re: dragons mdc reduced rule in low magic

It is probably i the Megaversial Builder Sourcebook. (it's one of those gamebooks that I don't know if Its in storage or was sold off. So I'm going to let someone else confirm or not.) The other option is the RCB1 or the RCB1r. But if it's RT specific then it would be in RCB1. But really....if a dra...
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:46 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question
Replies: 64
Views: 9359

Re: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question

This sort of reminds me of arguments between what the descriptive text says and what people read because they throw out that 'flavor text' from their understanding of the power or class. There is a difference between what the descriptive text says and what the TW magic item creation rules force the ...
by drewkitty ~..~
Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?
Replies: 54
Views: 16946

Re: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?

My two cents: A Dragon never has an OCC, other than Dragon. However, they might, after they grow up, learn different magics associated with other OCCs... a Dragon might learn Stone Magic, but they will be a Dragon who knows Stone Magic, not a Stone Mage. It is a fine hair to split, and I'm not marr...
by drewkitty ~..~
Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question
Replies: 64
Views: 9359

Re: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question

Why did I pull out the stops??? "Hey, Sisyphus,... " Duh?*sarcasum* This topic was no longer one about "It's about casting spells using ordinary mechanical devices as a focus." once that was shot down as non-canon . As such it is now what the commenters make of it. Sorry about th...
by drewkitty ~..~
Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:06 pm
Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
Topic: Instead of Minmei, what if it was Sabaton?
Replies: 10
Views: 6400

Re: Instead of Minmei, what if it was Sabaton?

no no *shaking head* the producers would not sign off on that. :lol: :P :wink:


I get where you are coming from. And I would expect some Zents to develop musical tastes outside that of their "listen to the muse" programing.
by drewkitty ~..~
Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?
Replies: 54
Views: 16946

Re: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?

snip... but I don't see any problem with allowing them to use the usual changing rules other races enjoy. So what you are saying with the of the above is that Dragons in the Rifts game can't change their class to another class what-so-ever, when talking about the Rifts game, because Rifts does not ...
by drewkitty ~..~
Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: Nightbane®
Topic: Wampyr vs Vampire Intelligence
Replies: 3
Views: 4583

Re: Wampyr vs Vampire Intelligence

I would think that while Wampyrs have been transform, they don't have the splinter fragment of the VI that traditional vampires. Which is why they are different.
by drewkitty ~..~
Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question
Replies: 64
Views: 9359

Re: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question

I was commenting on AceTW's post, not about your debunked question if it possible to just have a magic item that lets a TW cast anything at full Str and through a Vehicle's chassie idea. So I'm not the one being Sisyphisic. And Topics have a way of wandering off their initial topic through comment d...
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question
Replies: 64
Views: 9359

Re: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question

Nope, it doesn't need to be a 'gun like object'. It just needs to be a 'magic object made out of tech parts.' Yes, the build will be easier build if the if the apparent function is represented in it's form. So yes, you can make a superTW cannon out of a washing machine. And since the TW is going to ...
by drewkitty ~..~
Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Would a Crazy prefer to ride the zombie unicorn, or dire platypus?
Replies: 11
Views: 3849

Re: Would a Crazy prefer to ride the zombie unicorn, or dire platypus?

the 1st thing I thought of when faced with the words Kaiju Chihuahua...is a chihuahua the size of a great dane. (trivia: the dog breed Great Dane was developed/breed in Germany.) I think that i'm going to write up a revision because of bad word usage and so that it's closer to game wording. Revision...
by drewkitty ~..~
Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: Heroes Unlimited™
Topic: Relationship Table
Replies: 4
Views: 6188

Re: Relationship Table

OtToMH there are only two places that deal with Mob Activity: One is in the HUGMG (basic NPN types) and there is another in a (teens or twenties?) Rifter that has Character Classes.
by drewkitty ~..~
Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:33 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Punch Damage while in *Body Armor*
Replies: 6
Views: 1689

Re: Punch Damage while in *Body Armor*

If I'm wearing Dead Boy armor and punch a dude, does it do SDC or MDC? I'm talking regular MDC Body Armor, not Power Armor. Taking the presumption you mean an un-augmented human.... It does SD. Damage is ether MD or SD. Structure (damage resistance) is SDC and MDC. It takes ether SNPS, SNPS equival...
by drewkitty ~..~
Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: G.M.s Forum
Topic: It's Boxing Day...
Replies: 2
Views: 2238

Re: It's Boxing Day...

When GMing in a chat I gave out 50 exp to the 1st player there ready to play (in characters name.)
by drewkitty ~..~
Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Stii confused on Bionic Damage
Replies: 10
Views: 1971

Re: Stii confused on Bionic Damage

Grazzik wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:55 am snip... or has been upgraded to do MD damage, like with robotic strength.
MD is Mega Damage. So adding 'damage' after 'MD' is....
so it would correctly be...
"...or has been upgraded to do MD, like with robotic strength."

MDC/MD
SDC/SD
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:42 pm
Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
Topic: VTT news?
Replies: 5
Views: 4828

Re: VTT news?

What is VTT?
by drewkitty ~..~
Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:47 am
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Skills Recycle and Salvage
Replies: 10
Views: 2521

Re: Skills Recycle and Salvage

I may be wrong but I beleive the first time the Recycle skill appeared was in the Mutants in Orbit book along with a number of other skills devoted to the basics of making sure a comunity dependant on getting the maximum use of every molecue could function. You are not wrong, it was 1st published i...
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:00 pm
Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
Topic: Handy-man mage?
Replies: 23
Views: 6872

Re: Handy-man mage?

Looking to make a handy-man mage. Not one that creates things, but rather one that fixes things. What are some good starting points? It is more a choice of spells and the skills selected. Yes, the TW is based in building magic items out of tech parts. But it is the skills and spells that what make ...
by drewkitty ~..~
Sat Dec 09, 2023 12:25 am
Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
Topic: unable to find a definitive answer on a few things
Replies: 2
Views: 3777

Re: unable to find a definitive answer on a few things

ALL (of age) true atlanians have the Marks of Heritage. All other tattoos from the Undead Hunter class are in addtion to the Marks of Heritage. If they listed ALL the taoos a US gets, then they would list the Marks of Heritage with the rest of the tattoos. Errata was published in the Rifters. The cu...
by drewkitty ~..~
Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?
Replies: 54
Views: 16946

Re: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?

Grazzik wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:35 pm .... with a gosh darn good backstory.
Yes, This will get a player more freedom to play looser with char creation in games I would GM.
Just as describing a char intentions of how they want their spells to be in that casting.
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:55 pm
Forum: Nightbane®
Topic: Choosing morphus: How to balance?
Replies: 4
Views: 3500

Re: Choosing morphus: How to balance?

Just roll the features of each of the NB in the game. Or let the players find a picture of the char on the internet and match the individual features to that picture. If you are going to use Bio-E Then play mutant animals. For you it will be a lot more real Work to assign purchase points to each fea...
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
Topic: Systems Failure/Robotech
Replies: 7
Views: 6627

Re: Systems Failure/Robotech

I'm in a game of RT2.


Sounds interesting.
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Vampires sucking certain Juicers blood?
Replies: 1
Views: 1599

Re: Vampires sucking certain Juicers blood?

Nothing extra.
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?
Replies: 54
Views: 16946

Re: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?

As to how I would house rule a Dragon Char because they can't stop being a dragon... The dragon learns/trains for an OCC (Job class, with all psychic, intuitive and granted classes off limits) and keeps two sets of EXP for each class. With the char getting EXP for the OCC when the char is using thei...
by drewkitty ~..~
Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:24 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question
Replies: 64
Views: 9359

Re: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question

The only examples for the technowizard require it in contact with the machine casting the spell to use it, and i'm calling that machine the focus to smooth the description. Using terminology that is not in the lexicon for Technowizardry is not helping your argument. This is because you are not spea...
by drewkitty ~..~
Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:37 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?
Replies: 54
Views: 16946

Re: Can a Dragon have any O.C.C,s?

Yes Fenrir_Lokison, this is a really old necro-post, however, since it was from Pre-RUE it does stand a bit of re-visiting. I want to known if a Dragon can have any O.C.C,s? 1: Dragon Hatchlings have to start with the Dragon R.C.C. It is an RCC that any Dragon char Has To Have. 2: After that if GM o...
by drewkitty ~..~
Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: New Abilities for Rune Weapons
Replies: 5
Views: 3355

Re: New Abilities for Rune Weapons

A thought just occurred to me while playing a character that found a rune weapon. They are sentient weapons that have centuries, if not Millenia of experience. Why cant they teach their bonded wielder their skills. ...snip Been there in the NB game with it's Greatest Artifacts (that game's "&q...
by drewkitty ~..~
Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:07 pm
Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
Topic: "Legitimate" way to get a bunch of bones
Replies: 12
Views: 6629

Re: "Legitimate" way to get a bunch of bones

Library Ogre wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 12:24 pm
kiralon wrote:Go to a butcher in a decent sized town
Butcher should work. Or, like you said, buy a bunch of animals, slaughter them, and find a use for the meat. If you're at all religious, throw a feast.
The butcher should have bones he wants to get rid of, as byproduct of his work.
by drewkitty ~..~
Fri Dec 01, 2023 5:48 pm
Forum: Guild of Magic & Psionics
Topic: Dog Boys and Chi
Replies: 2
Views: 3129

Re: Dog Boys and Chi

Using the N&S Chi to answer these questions. 1 no 2 no 3 the text does not say one way or the other because there are no Psi powers listed in the N&S game. So there is no text covering how they look to see aura. 4 No. --- Using both of the rifts powers that are said to be chi powers for the ...
by drewkitty ~..~
Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:53 pm
Forum: Megaverse phpBB Bugs/Wish List
Topic: huge blank space in full editor screen
Replies: 2
Views: 6117

Re: huge blank space in full editor screen

tried to post it here but it didn't work.
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:30 pm
Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
Topic: Vampire Mist
Replies: 14
Views: 3207

Re: Vampire Mist

Well, let's go further. If the mist is so fine that the Carpet of Adhesion can't hold it, then what happens if you cast a globe of daylight right into the middle of the mist? Also, what about being touched by a cross, shadow of a cross, or holy symbol? Would the vampire take damage and have to save...
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:56 pm
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question
Replies: 64
Views: 9359

Re: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question

The second issue is "Does the entire turret, the turret and the vehicle it's mounted on, or the weapon inside of the turret serve as the focus " The thing is ..... There It No such idea as a 'Magic Focus' in the canon PB game system. So leave the talk about magic foci for D&D. If you ...
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:58 pm
Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
Topic: Vampire Mist
Replies: 14
Views: 3207

Re: Vampire Mist

There are random hit locations in the RT core book and I think the RCB1 org. (not certain if they got transferred to the RCB1r)and maybe in the RGMG.
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:02 am
Forum: Palladium Fantasy RPG®
Topic: Vampire Mist
Replies: 14
Views: 3207

Re: Vampire Mist

The Meta: Mist can be infered to be copying the Traditional Vampire's ability to turn to mist. However, they act under a different set of rules. I would say that spells that produced an elemental effect would affect a vamp in mist form. Very contiguous. Yes, cut in half. It would loose one side. But...
by drewkitty ~..~
Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:31 am
Forum: Rifts®
Topic: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question
Replies: 64
Views: 9359

Re: Techno Wizard Casting Through a Machine Question

The rule in its fullness is,... .If the vehicle Is a MDC construct you can't cast magic into, nor out of it. (At least that was the rule before RUE came around. I'm sure to be corrected if things changed since then.) [I 99% sure that this rule was introduced to keep the CS from just loosing everythi...

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