CushionRide wrote:Talavar wrote:I would let a godling take other forms of magic as its special abilities, ones that came out after Conversion book 2, but your combination still isn't legal: godlings don't get to also take an OCC. You either get a demigod with an OCC and one of those magic special abilities, or you make a godling with 2, but they're the godling RCC.
i must admit im a little stale on the rules of generating a charachter, but i thought the whole purpose of RCC's were to add flavor to an OCC why doesnt the godling get to pick an OCC, please explain, does it fall in the same category as the psychic character classes?
You're confusing races and Racial Character Classes. A character race, such as Human, Elf, Troll, etc., simply defines the character's species and heritage. In some cases, it may grant the character unusual or superhuman abilities, but individuals of these races still learn and grow just like human beings do, i.e. they receive an education and/or training for a particular job. Thus, such characters can take an Occupational Character Class.
Racial Character Classes, on the other hand, are supposed* to represent creatures who are radically different from human beings, and whose knowledge and skills are basically inherent to the creature's nature. A dragon, for example, is born knowing how to be a dragon, and can never be anything but a dragon. Although it possesses the intelligence to pursue a formal education, it lacks any inclination to do so (it is after all, a living embodiment of power and majesty). And so, a dragon's abilities are defined by its R.C.C. Some dragons can pursue formal tutelage in the ways of magic, but they only gain the magical powers -- not the skills, money, or equipment -- of magical O.C.C.s.
Godlings are given an R.C.C. and associated skill set primarily because, like dragons, they are incredibly powerful and alien beings. In their home dimensions they do not need to rely on science and technology, and thus, their skills are appropriately limited, although I do agree that their skill selection is kind of crappy. The Godling R.C.C. is essentially an ancient warrior, and doesn't adequately represent the diverse assortment of godlings who actually appear in mythology.
As to which magic classes should be allowed to godlings, see this discussion:
viewtopic.php?f=39&t=95824* I say "supposed to" because the term has been misused and abused over the years. One example relevant to this discussion is the Demigod R.C.C. As far as I can see, the only reason Demigods are an R.C.C. is so they would have their own experience chart. Otherwise, demigods conform to the definition of a normal character race.
There are basically three types of R.C.C. presented in Rifts: those which, as mentioned above, represent monstrous, animalistic, or alien beings with innate skills and abilities (e.g. dragons, demons, faeries, tri-wolves); those which represent exceptional (mutant?) individuals of a standard race who possess master psionic powers (e.g. Bursters, Mind Melters, Zappers), now properly referred to as Psychic Character Classes or Psychic O.C.C.s; and those which represent an O.C.C. that is unique to a particular race (e.g. Simvan Monster Riders, Azverkan Knights of the True Vision, Rulian Translators), essentially merging a race description with an O.C.C. description. I usually refer to the latter example as Racial O.C.C.s or Race-Restricted O.C.C.s in order to distinguish them from true R.C.C.s.
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