Palladium Games and Rifts General! /PGaRG/The world is a broken, post-apocalyptic wasteland destroyed by the eruption of inter-dimensional portals, rifts in the fabric of space-time and ley lines which crisscross the world. Demon & alien invaders have poured out of the rifts to destroy human civilization and claim the Earth. Now the wasteland has had 300 years to partially recover, and civilization has returned to the world; but not just human civilization: alien empires, monster kingdoms, lost time travellers, lands of mutants, demonic overlords and wizards have arisen from the ashes, all trying to rebuild the world in their own image!RIFTS! The science fantasy world of post-apoc cyborgs, wizards, dragons, ninjas, giant mecha, super-nazis, robot ninjas, vampires, underwater kingdoms, remnant human supertech civilizations and everything you can imagine all rolled into one setting where interdimensional RIFTS have pierced Earth's fabric and turned it into a playground for aliens and monsters!Plus other Palladium Games about superheroes, zombies, classic fantasy, supernaturals investigation and more. Talk about:>RIFTS(tm)>Heroes Unlimited>Palladium Fantasy>Beyond the Supernatural>Dead Reign>Robotech (lol)>TMNT & Other Strangeness + After the Bomb>Splicers>Nightbane>Savage Rifts>Resources, PDFs, links, podcasts, etc.:https://pastebin.com/nCtwd6Jw>official discord:https://discord.gg/xGkk75Z>Scholarly Adventures reviews and guideshttps://www.scholarlyadventures.com/blog>The Rifter torrent with issues #0 to #85https://files.catbox.moe/57wqyo.torrent>Previous thread:>>93709026>Thread Question:Should there be a core rulebook for Palladium with just the rules and no setting info, as a universal reference for every game line?
>>96486950I've only briefly played Palladium games, and the system struck me as clunky as hell, but something about the insanity of Rifts has always been appealing to me. Unfortunately it's hard to really convey this in an appealing way to the uninitiated.How do you do it?
>>96492861>How do you do it?1. Convince them to disregard any preconceived notion about the system, whatever they've read is wrong2. If they're mechanically oriented give them a combat rundown of a SAMAS Vs. Glitter Boy scenario starting at 3km3. If they're roleplay/social oriented explain the CS Dog Boy and ISS-Citizen dynamic.
>>96492861Well you're right, the system IS clunky as hell, but the best way to introduce people is to show them the world (preferably Rifts Earth, but Splicers or Heroes Unlimited is good too) and let them make characters. When they see how many cool options there are to play they'll get invested. The system... use it sparingly and ignore large chunks of it for best effect.
I gotta ask: could big tits count as shields or some technical additional limbs with HP to cripple?
>>96489923That reminds me, which is better for sneaking: Reduce self or Metamorphisis: Animal?
>>96498463According to the Glitter Girl unit, yes.
>>96498518I think Animal because it gives you natural Prowl at a high level. >>96498463I like the way you think, anon, and yes is the answer.
>>96501883Man they dont make album covers like they used to
>>96498521A what?>>96501883All around, so this means I could kill someone with fat tits or a fat ass.Or idk a hip slam
>>96504079>A what?You read that right. Canada has so many glitter boys they straight up made some with titanium tits. 45MDC each, iirc.
>>96492861Get them excited about one specific thing in the setting to get them to not worry about the system until they try it.
>>96497727I HATE the savage rifts interpretation of Juicers. The expressions look like poser art that was traced over and they do not have their juicer harnesses displayed. They are just assholes in normal armor with mohawks. Juicers should be wearing bare armor, proudly showing that they are being drip fed every drug known to man and some that are unknown.
>>96486950Alright rifts bros. My party is all godlings and demigods hybrid classes except me and an anti-monster. The GM is asking if I'm feeling alright being a normal human leyline walker. Personally, I think that being a LLW means that I'm getting as powerful as them with every level but what do you guys think? Is a LLW able to scale up to high power games?
>>96511762>Juicers should be wearing bare armor, proudly showing that they are being drip fed every drug known to man and some that are unknown.Preach on, brother.
>>96518529Borgs should look ludicrously overpowered as well. MEGA-POWER!!!
>>96513985Doubtful a LLW would ever reach a Demigod's power level unless your GM gave you access to all spells and let you cheese the interpretations of some of them. You can stack some combos from rare spells that are overpowered as Dyval.
>>96518554I didn't like how they tried to push the kinda vampire skull face as the iconic combat cyborg design. Really, I dont know how the path of the cyborg goes in Rifts. Like, what's the essential books for that?>>96518567He is letting me off easy. Whether intentional or not he is letting me write in any invocation spell and not pushing the half day per level of spell training time to learn it.
>>96518529>>96518554>juicer and cyborg have a flex off>Crazy with a brush taped to his head and a muscle suit jumps in.
>>96518529>>96518554>>96518567man ai is fucking insane nowadays
>>96520328>what's the essential books for that?There are a ton of Borg options, new classes, weapons, and other stuff in Rifts Canada. Many of the robot/ai construction options in Sourcebook 1 can also be used on Borgs.
Tell me of any adventures you had in phaseworld
>>96486950Cool settingShit rulesTerrible company (lookin at YOU, Kev)
>>96525525Never been, but thought about going to Center... except it sounds like a very generic cosmopolitan space opera city. Is there anywhere more interesting than that in the Three Galaxies? I only know the basic lore that an adventurer on Rifts Earth would know .
>>96520704Speaking does this look like a crazy and good to you? I'm trying to learn inpainting and boy am I learning the hard way.
>>96488436Damn what a classic!
>>96526586I was thinking Krang before I clicked it but yeah, that looks like a Crazy to me, albeit a cool 90's comic style interpretation
>>96526586Looks more like a clown supervillain than a Crazy to me, but ofc Crazies can look like pretty much anything weird, there's no real standard. I'd give him some more obvious armor though. He's going adventuring, not joining the circus.
>>96506589Which book is this in?
>>96525967Ah, Center.....the Mos Eisley of the Megaverse.
>>96530192That is a Glitter Girl from Free Quebec.
>>96530192>>96530428The one thing the North American Frogs do well is Glitter Boys & Girls.
>>96528429>Looks more like a clown supervillain than a Crazy to meWell its suppose to be >>96520394. I was just having trouble genning it.But you bring up the point of what is the difference? Look at any official art of a crazy and see if it doesn't have an expression that can only indicate they have an erection from the violence they are witnessing.
I keep looking at the cyberknight and I just can't see how this is high powered at all. Like, it's like a juicer, a psychic, and has some rather janky armor. It doesn't seem like it can walk into a room full of equipped man at arms and walk out in one piece.
>>96532924Cyber-knight isn't high-powered, it's mid at best. This has been a debate among fans of the game since the 1990s and has never been corrected. We had this debate a few threads back, and the consensus was that CKs definitely need some powering-up to be on par with other major combat OCCs. Their psi-swords and armor needs to scale up more and their psi powers need to work against demons, undead and monsters and not just "electronics".Somebody here had a rework of the CK, if only I could find it...
>>96486950>jacks prices up on books>oh shit nothing is selling>multiple humble bundles blasted out>september sale 35%-50% off deadtreethese palladium & rifts guys are nothing if not a barrel of laughs
>>96532924What it really comes down to is that as a CK, you are part of a Brotherhood of Knights, sort of like the BoS from the oldscool FO.Which in PA North America, is worth far more than the statistics afforded to you by your OCC.
>>96537627>september sale 35%-50% off deadtreeI haven't heard of that site and would like to know more.
>>96537667So their secret power is nepotism?
>>96539310So their secret power is nepotism?Not sure what you mean by this, the power is listed in the OCC write out.
>>96539310Kek. NTA but no, their secret superpower is Reputation, as trustworthy, good knights of human resurgence and anti-evil power. In the lore, notice how this compares to how mages, psychics, juicers, crazies and d-bees are treated in most communities. Palladium does not have mechanics for reputation but cyber-knights are paragons of virtue like no other class or race.
Cyber-knights should have been the anti-demon, anti-undead, anti-monster champions of humanity.
>>96486950Where were you when Tolkeen struck back?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQR0tA7xXUA
>>96513985A llw versus a dimiegod....really depends on the class of the dimiegod, over all youll be similar again depending on your raceBut a godling? A godling caster takes 2 caster classes, so shifter +warlock, or temporal wizard+ necromancer...ect.The power dynamic of a llw is dwarfed by a godling caster, unless your llw's race is very powerful or utility filled. If its a godling combat class non magical an anti-monster is pretty close in power range.
>>96525694Perfectly fine company. Company sucks massively on realistic time frames for kick starters sure....but its a nearly 40 year old gaming company still spitting out kino product, still putting good looking female characters, still admitting slavery exists in pre industrial society Cry more about your failed kick starter though
>>96544379Yay, anti-woke company still existing, what a power flex. No, really, I'm happy Palladium still exists, but it's a tiny niche of niche product company. If it died tmrw I don't think anyone would notice.
>>96506589BeautifulJust beautiful. It would take a fucking superhuman punch to cripple those things.Now I got a crazy ass idea: if I constructed a machine that runs on leylines and portal energy in general, I would be constructing a full on GetterRobo/Gurren Lagann type thingLet’s see anybody try shit when I my robot has reached critical energy absorption and get shredded to nothing
>>96544379anti woke is as retarded as wokebecause it is an adstop getting brainwashed by 0 effort marketing also the brick that guy is holding looks like furniture more than a weaponiv seen couch cushions more ergonomic than the pump on that disasterpeice
>>96532924play a furry with half inch claws that deal mega damage
is the Blood War, err, I mean the Minion War metaplot over yet? What should the next big metaplot be? I vote for the Vampire Intelligences making their move in a coordinated fashion. Vampire Kingdoms invading North America, secret vampires assassinating and taking over key positions in the NGR and CS, and maybe taking down Lazlo cause those goodie-two-shoes are weak and too trusting.
>>96539324I was poking fun at that cyberknights seem to be connected to every major organization but aren't that strong in combat as their reputation makes them sound. So being a part of the elite order that is in every major group outside of the CS or maybe Canada. So they have the power of nepotism. You want to slap Erin Tarn's fat granny ass you can give uncle Thomm a call and do the secret cyberknight handshake and there you go!>>96542915I agreed. Im surprised Kev never reconnect that in.
>>96548201What was the minion war, anyway? I mean I get why it happened and what caused it but as I understand it in execution it was just a campaign based around the paranoia that any random person could suddenly become a demon person.
>>96545148You say that but Kev is anti woke and Sean is woke but pretends not to be when Kev is around. I think there are people who will say whatever you want to hear to get you to buy their products, for sure.
>>96545183So that's>Mexican were panthers>space Wulfen>several different kinds of aliens and DVees>biomancers with the right spells>bioborgs if the head came out kinda furryish>The dinosaur race>cyborgs that cant contain their fetish
>>96545148I wouldn't call them anti-woke, more not woke, they dont intentionally egg on the woke or anti
What other dimensions have anons travelled to in their games? Is rifting a regular or rare occurence for you?
>>96554485I tend not to if im gm'ing unless it's the whole premise of the campaign. It basically removes the storyline you wrote as its not on this plane of existence. Players tend to forget why they should care about the barron was torturing the tows folk when he's nonexistent where they are. I have done Wormwood a few times but Wormwood characters loose their symbionic powers, their stones loose out, in like 2 days away from Wormwood. An apoc becomes a moody dude with a sword instead of a combat monster on earth.
>>96555047Those are good points but it is possible to plan an adventure around multiple dimensions with the NPCs/villains/enemy forces also traversing dimensions through rifts. Maybe different rifts, or they also have a Shifter or LLW who works for them. It does derail an existing campaign but that can be fun (for a short period of time) and shake things up in a game that's gotten stale or predictable or when the PCs are stumped or out of options. I've had PCs pop into Wormwood, Eyelor, a synaesthesia universe, a Nighspawn dark place, the Plane of Earth, and rift to random locations in Africa, the Gargoyle Empire, Lone Star, Dinosaur Swamp, the Library of Bletherad, and more.
Do you play for money or rep or revenge?
>>96557680Depends on my class>men at arms: Money>Men of Magic: Maaaagic. Which I suppose is a form of rep>If the OCC has a code of honor: Situations where I deliberately can use my code of honor to burden the group.
>>96551343My players will be meeting some of these cuties soon.
>>96557765You're siccing splicers on them?! Did you know that the grub cannon has no language against living targets?>The creature shoots a peanut sized projectile and hits you on your chest armor. Turn over. Next turn! Player, you feel like something is grazing your chest with a sharp knife.>You look down to see the ass-end of the largest maggot you've seen since you headbutted that starfish guy. and this maggot is squiggling wildly.>You hit in the head, you get point blank shot another giant maggot furiously gnawing on your face screen trying to get through.What would be the horror check on that?
>>96560027HF of at least 14, I think. That's some nasty stuff. But no I wasn't intending to throw Splicer borgs at them, it was more a reference to the Werepanthers. Probably the wrong pic for it.... oh, here is what I actually meant to post.
Ever been "assaulted" by a pack of Altaran BWWs?
>>96543251Terrible song but neat that ai can do that now.
>>96506589>MDC Armor booba>>96562853>Supernatural MD booba
>>96486950any good actualplays of rifts?alot of the old ytrpg brigade rifts content seems to have either been privated or the channels are just gone.
>>96566961Good ones? None that I've seen. All of them have either terrible mic/audio quality, awful people, horrible nasally voices, or no video/maps/visuals. Legion of Myth and RPGisDUm are probably the most popular right now as there seems to be an audience for them. You've watched these guys, right? But you're never going to see any Palladium live plays like Critical Role etc. for D&D.
Looks like the TMNT re-release from kickstarter is on track to ship in November. For once Palladium got their stuff out on time.
>>96569487If only these were good games.
>>96571008Yeah, the rpg doesn't quite capture the more action oriented martial arts you saw in the 2k series onward, if that can be done.
I've been thinking a lot about Lazlo and what would be in it's own book. I think new spells probably would be expected but I don't know what they would be. I think they would likely have a TW robot force that is reconstructed scrap power armors like a cross between New West TW power armors and Federation of Magic constructs or the Iron Giants from Tolkien.If I was writing I would have a horrible secret involving the government officially not condoning necromancy that uses sentient creature corpses but using something that runs on human souls, like a percentage of their defense force is animated wood puppets running on human souls. The political bits would be complicated as they already established there are several different parties ranging from Warhawks to peaceniks to human supremist parties, to a dragon supremist party. And of more militant and aggressive New Lazlo wanting to punish the CS which I think is a thing you could write how they are being secretly supported by some Lazlo factions that want to kill skullboys with deniability.
>>96573039I bet the Feng Shui RPG could do it. >>96573234>The political bits would be complicated as they already established there are several different parties ranging from Warhawks to peaceniks to human supremist parties, to a dragon supremist party.Those are from that Rifter article about Lazlo, aren't they? I doubt they used that as the baseline, it's probably non-canon.But it would make sense to have different political factions with secret agendas and sometimes even illegal militias or plots to "Get those bad guys". Otherwise Lazlo ends up too boring. Even the Rifts: Promise of Power video game had to spice things up in Lazlo with the Cabal.
>>96573234>do NOT studio ghibli Rifts
>>96575250>Those are from that Rifter article about Lazlo, aren't they? I doubt they used that as the baseline, it's probably non-canon.I'm expecting Kev to reprint it into the Lazlo book. Its mostly fluff, and also says DBee prostitution is legal.>>96576153I genned it specifically because I think if there was anything sort of group to do the ghibli, it would be Lazlo or Castle Refuge. Its the hippie hippie goody goody capital of Rifts Earth, emphasis on the hippie.
>>96576685>>96575250More on that the evil factions, Lazlo does have the church fo Dragonwright which is the same as the one in Atlantis. The dragon supremist faction wants to not acknowledge their connection to atlantis on account of a large amount Atlantis escapees in Lazlo. So you would have this complicated relationship with dragons being both having tried to destroy Lazlo but alo saved Lazlo and now help run lazlo but also wants to take over lazlo.
>>96573234>>96576685True, Lazlo would be best for Ghibli. Got any more?
>>96576838So dragons are jews in this story? Yes, that gets complicated.
>>96576839I can whip some out>Battle Magus, Dwemoer City. Kind of came out looking more like a cyber knight.
>>96578295>>96576839Erin tarn, girl, in Lazlo nook.
>>96578326Erin tarn in Lazlo when I bracket that shit.
>>96578295>>96578326>>96578342Never thought I'd see Rifts in Studio Ghibli style but for Lazlo it kind of works. Thanks for postan, anon.
>>96579044True. I'll ruin it by posting more.Here I have what I think the Lazlo grunt is equipped with. Unlike the CS and Canuckistan, Lazlo doesn't produce normal arms but a lot of TW items. So troops are equipped with bulk purchased NG armor and arms with heavy encouragement to bring your own equipment if it's better than the GI.Troops are, however, issued an animated TW construct for combat and logistical support and TW items to supplement their MOS. The idea is that since Lazlo couldn't support their troops like the CS factions they would support them in ways the CS couldn't as in every soldier having a dedicated servant.Lastly the gay color patterns. I imagine the armor will be whatever they can find but the colors of Lazlo will likely be the most colorful and loudest emblems purely because they are a multicultural society to the most extreme sense and the ugliest option would be the only thing they would agree on, thus every Lazlo defender has a strip louder than a gunshot and fabulous.
>>96579546Here we have a veteran in crusader armor. A better example of the Lazlo Stripes.As explained in the rifters, there are a lot of non magical humans in the Lazlo military alot of which were veterans, defectors, or refugees from other militaries. Joining the defense forces help some vets cope with the cultural shock of joining a society where DBees aren't shot on sight and the government wanting their input and at no point sending them to jail forever.
I think a cool campaign idea to use for a more malignant Great House in Splicers is that they have a few unique "Loadouts" of Host Armor (They can be built like a normal suit, but they come with some stuff baked in) that they can Field in much larger numbers than one would expect, but they also never use Biotics.I think you can guess exactly what they're doing.
>>96581537>I think you can guess exactly what they're doing.Fucking and impregnating their host armors?
>>96579546>the most colorful and loudest emblemsImagine getting decimated in battle by the Lazlo Glowing Gay Furry D-bee brigade.
>>96581629No.The Librarian at the head of the Great House has gone full Megalo and decided to use people that would normally be turned into Biotics as raw materiel to construct Host Armor.
Would you trust a random Ley Line Walker who offered to transport your party to anywhere in Rifts North America for $100K, anywhere on Rifts Earth for $500K and to any other dimension for $1M?
>>96582374So, what is the situation there? Is the librarian have such a large population of humans or has a large prisoner population that he has to make them into host armors? Because host armors need a pilot.If he just needed soldiers the Librarian could just put out gorehounds, who are pound off pound as strong as a biotic.
>>96583429Is that per person or for the whole group? Because that sounds like a good deal!
>>96584809Per group, up to 4 people of max 500 lbs each. And there's only a small chance she'll take you to the wrong place or the slave markets of Atlantis.
>>96486950Looking forward to the upcoming 2026 revised update to RUE.Good to see Sean bringing some of his changes to the core RIFTS book
>>96588635>2026 revised update to RUEHave you heard something legit or are you just trolling? If the former, please share.
Okay but WHY did they change the emperor's name from Tromm to Prosek?
>>96590499Tromm sounded too much like Thom. You know, Thom from Baker St? The one with all the good beers? Yeah, he's alright. Helped Mike to move after the divorce. A real mensch. But not exactly Emperor material, sorry to say.
>>96587932>max 500 lbs each.Can Titan Juicers or cyborgs buy two tickets?
>>96588635>The mustache has changed heads. The takeover is complete.
>>96588635Remember, you can always just stick to the 1990s printing of the RIFTS corebook and avoid all the changes
Hey Palladium Fantasy fans, what's a good PF book to read to get some of the lore of the setting? I don't know much about the setting and don't have time to read all the books.
>>96591945I think that's a big drawback to thettrpge genre. Re-released or new editions are competing with the previous editions.
>>96592912I think I've learned about the setting the wrong way by reading gods and dragons and western empire.
What is some good stuff to buy from Naruni? Besides the forcefields, I mean.
Why are line walkers always bandaged up?
>>96596140*beep boop*
>>96591720Yeah, that's fine, hop on. There's only a 4.8% chance the increased weight will shift our dimensional arc 2 degrees Hades-ward.
>>96491568smash my balls
>>96598560Personally I always assumed it's because of a cross between cultural influence of paladium fantasy and that many gods of magic are from eastern based cultures and that MDC class materials are not easy to tailor or are often found in scraps.Keep in mind LLWs wear -natural- MDC material. That means that we are talking on SDC worlds they are 100x SDC. So we are talking like mutant spider silk that literally could stop a truck at full speed. dragon scales when that dragon eats nothing but steel. The one spot of skin on a hyborean boar's ass that can stop a 50mm bullet. None of this stuff is coming in strips that you can cut pants out of, so it's going to be in strips and sewn together with more superthread from killer zombie lambs from that dimension where New Zealand took over the world. You dye it the same colors and bust out the bedazzle gun so your outfit doesn't look like something between leather face and a pajama frankenstein.At least that's my take.
Legion of Myth found the song making AI!https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7EtdhpcaaJVZLb7clNXPOPCe8CX9GT0l&si=idb0NQQKwium2i-ehttps://youtu.be/SF5nFnbdoyQ?si=P5JRZOEPNTXyQ47g
>>96609951 Forgot to add, its weird to not listen parody music that isnt rife with racial slurs. Also that xicitic song was all wrong.
>>96609951This is so impressively... bad! Off-key with the worst lyrics imaginable. >name the hives>resin war time>loons cry once>on the frozen dark>smear the stoneLike, it really takes work and effort to write something this awful!
>>96611462Its clearly not their forte. Folk traditional? For Rifts? Here is a half ass attempt of my own at better lyrics>genre: thrash>AAAAAHAAAAAAAHHHHHHH >THESE BUGS ARE UP MY ASS! (RIGHT UP MY ASS!)>THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD BY FALL!>IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE SO FAST!>WE HIT THE FUCKING WALLL (A FUCKING BEE WALL!)>AAAAAAAAHH! ANTS IN MY EYES!>PROSEK FUCKING LIES>THEY EAT AT OUR BONES>COVERED IN PHERE-MONES>WE ONLY WON ONE WAR>NOW WERE TOO FUCKING POOR!>GUESS OUR WIN WAS A FLUKE>CHICAGO'S NAZI VIETNAM DYING IN BUG PUKE!
>>96611933Well played, anon. Bravo.
>>96612074I didn't even read the book. I just know some enemy descriptions and how other players describe the situation. Also that when they get in the shit Canada, CS and Lazlo will work together to fight the bugs off, or atl east defy usual orders and not attack eachother.
>>96606478>superthread from killer zombie lambs from that dimension where New Zealand took over the worldI think I understand the reference. Your explanation is good, I like it. It's piecemeal armor made from MDC pieces of natural animals/plants/thing found in different dimensions and worlds.
>>96597875IIRC a lot of their weapons are miniaturised so perfect for stealth/ninja missions, like getting into Chi-Town core without being flagged. The Naruni also have links to the Genesplicers who have all kinds of weird mutant-genetic shit.
>>96615709Its not so much of dumpster diving as it is lifehacks. You could make a suit of all natural MDC armor out of dinosaur hide but it both would have less MDC comparable to its weight and comes with a penalty because of its hardness and bulk.LLW armor is the best bits all sewn together from several sources. Although, it does make you wonder how much that costs off the rack.
Are dragons big players in the Rifts world? I got the distinct impression that they're not, they're just kind of hanging around doing low-level stuff and have representation on Atlantis but not big empire, kingdom or power base of any kind. Always wondered why Kevin made them RCCs in the core book when they're so niche.
>>96513985Youre better off going TW & getting crazy with shenanigans that make you an immortal overpowered dude who tinkered himself to godhood
>>96539310Their secret power is Embezzlement!
>>96548201Republicans taking center stage.
>>96551303A bunch of Hellmouths opened up on Earth & now demons & dyyvals are killing each other with humanity between them.
>>96597875Thermo-Kinetic Armor. Take half damage from a rail gun
>>96627461>Check under his cape. Like camels that's where they store their stolen gold.>... I don't think you know what a camel is.
>>96627890Everyone wants to know why the CyberKnights dont get more of a focus & thats the real answer. The guy who was the driving force behind them fucked Kev over & isnt part of Palladium anymore. So while he isnt about to remove them from the setting, I can see why he doesnt mess with them. Now we have demonslaying CS psychics
>>96629253Such a shame that Lord Coake was really Lord Cokehead. Cyber-Knights need to get around a table, decide to go on a grill quest, and redeem themselves as champions of humanity or die trying.
>>96618629The MDC wood spell takes away a lot of the worry for MDC protection in my opinion. You can shape wood pretty easily, maybe even easier than manufactured MDC materials & with the right magic magic its even better. The real reason LLW are all mismatched & weird is simply becomes looking like a bug/demon/monster is safer. Its like hazard stripes or a spiked leather jacket. It looks cool & dangerous & makes the other guy hesitate. Also when youre going into weird dimensions you might want full body coverage against stuff that can melt your face
>>96623909Thinking about it, dragons are the other to cyberknights. They formed and run Lazlo, they are in Atlantis, the are in Phaseworld, but they all hate eachother and are not organized. Still, they are somewhere in the background of every mystic or alien organization in the megaverse. No never-ending they have humanoid sub species (allegedly).It is pretty noteworthy that Rifts earth is where they have the most collectly organized foothold with the Dragonwright Church.
>>96627488>Sea to shining sea>prepare your ass for the Mark Three!
>>96633670Is the Church of Dragonwright a serious thing? It's like Scientology or Wiccans; a tiny little cult that everyone laughs at.
>>96633702Speaking of obscure glitterboys, this power armor isnt in the fleets of the three galaxies book. Is it like splicers where they have art for things that aren't in the book?
>>96634602That's the Silverhawk. Look in Phaseworld
>>96634633Ah, there it is. Thanks.
>>96633702I want more info on the Republicans so fucking bad. I want to see Republican mages too since they should be fine with it. Not only do you have the Republicans heavily influencing the early CS (which used to have mages) but im sure the Republicans help the Vanguard a bunch.
>>96637937They're all a bunch of unfrozen Boomers from Golden Age America. There's no way they'd sanction mages except in secret, unacknowledged spec ops units. They want the old American Empire back, not some magical disneyland with froo-froo magic users and demon-summoning lunatics. Also, they'd as old as your grandpa and probably don't even know which button to push to cast a spell. All they would get on their scrying orbs would be FoxGirl News.
>>96638260No, they are the secret kingmaker of humanity. Their the ones who gave GB tech to the Canucks, their the ones who merced Dunscon's dad & let papa Prosek take the credit. They founded the CS & when they did, they were okay with the mage corps. Im not saying they'd be okay with demons & D-Bees & shit, but very sterile very guarded allowance of mages much like the Psychics of the CS would be fine with them
>>96638319Bah, I hate "secret society responsible for everthing that happened, ever" metaplots. Far better to play the Republicans as bumbling bureaucrats from 2089 AD Department of Cloning & Lunar Transportation who just happened to inherit a couple hundred security power armors and are all that remains of the Washington DC establishment after the Coming of the Rifts. It's a lot funner and funnier that way.
>>96638366Isn't that the plot of mutants in orbit
>>96638260I saw what you did there.But no, they are descendants of boomers who Archie refused to let in during the rift cataclysm. They have been orchestrating events to put the CS in power and ironically made them nazis. The thing is that they are obsessively focused on taking over Archie. Its a critical step in all their plans. They are incredibly xenophobic more than the CS even and hate magic outright.
What would be a better name for them than Republicans? I really don't want to get into [current year] politics with my group every time they're brought up. >Restorationists - too nerdy>Redeemers - too Christian>Revivers - sounds like a healer group>Old Americans - sounds derogatoryI'm scratching my head here.
>>96642659Old Patriots/PatriotsDemandEagles/Eagle Guard/Eagle... something
>>96642872>American EaglesNow that sounds truly patriotic, retro, and formidable!
>>96566961Shonner was right about everything
>>96642659>Revivers - sounds like a healer groupI don't know, I think that's a good one. It's better than The Holdouts or Former American/Latin Alliance Society (FALAS).
>>96647001And what was he babbling about?
(This is for any & all Spliceheads out there who also haunt the /TG/ request thread.)A while back, someone put together a 'best of the rifter' themed pdf archive of all the Splicers articles from The Rifter that were available. My gratitude goes out to whomever did that, but I have a related-request; is there an updated version with the last 3 articles in? If so, can you make it available?(I would take a reasonable shot at it, but lately my system doesn't like trying to edit pdfs.
How do you guys solve the "party bus is just as weak as their individual armor" problem? Most vehicles range in defense from heavy armor to midrange power armor, if your shit gets ambushed its not uncommon for your vehicle to be fucked, which might hold a whole lot of your personal wealth, ammo, vulnerable NPCs, etc. Youre party bus is usually slower than personal transport which can outrun it meaning you cant just break away & run.
>>96651079I didn't know that existed. Id like to see that too!
>>96652507This is the one that I have, that said archivist provided (apologies if I violated some rule)GF /d/FhzvKy
>>96652702Thanks! I think you're upholding the pirates code just fine.
>>96653502Ahr.
>>96631676I was just thinking about that. A real quest for the grail kind of thing. Make it a ring to attract those heathen tolkien nerds and wannabe vikings.
>>96655364Maybe they can close a Hellmouth in the Meta & in doing so they rework the Cyberknights
>>96658451Speaking of the meta, is there a timeline of all the metaplot events that took place on Rifts Earth? Maybe somewhere on the Forums of the MEgaverse?
>>96659048Yes but I dont know where it would be.
>>96658451>>96655364>hellmouth closes>cyberknights strewn everywhere>one cyberknight turns to the other and says, "You know, the swords are cool but the thing where we disrupt electronics didn't help us a lot back there."
>>96660025Exactly, this is why Cyber-Knights need a complete rebuild.
>>96660025A Psychic Warrior from Psyscape tells them that they arent even doing the whole mystic warrior very well & a CS Manhunter explodes demons with in the background with his brain
>>96660919>>96660960The big question is what do you do for that? I'd say they have a big split with subgroups and different takes on their powers. Maybe one focused entirely on the psi-sword aspects.
>>96661966>have a big split with subgroupsThat already happened after the Siege on Tolkeen.
>>96661966Honestly? I wouldnt mind if the whole organization got written out. Like 99% of CyberKnights got killed closing a Hellmouth in an honorable & badass sacrifice. The guy behind the CyberKnights is an asshole who isnt with the company anymore, & the class is already kinda fucked up & flawed. Even with the schism & new rules during the SoT books. If you must keep them. Then here's what I would do.The current cyberknight would be treated like the "grunt" equivalent. Then id make a slightly stronger version called a CK-Crusader or some shit, who gets the special CS Anti-Demon psychic powers & is generally more of a badass mechanically. Then there would be a CK Mech-Pilot whose cyber mantle keys into Power Armor & let's them do cool shit. Then we would get CK Luddites/Mystics whatever who lean into the anti-tech powers more as well as psychic knights who are like the CK Crusader but without the cyber stuff, replaced with more antitech.Basically formalize the schism, have two completely different creeds, & add more OCCs that punch up with idea of the CKs mechanically & add some variety & new ways of doing stuff. The CKs not having the CS antidemon powers is hilarious so i think i should be fixed. More OCCs with different focuses. Medic CKs. Vehicle driving CKs, etc.
>>96666756>who gets the special CS Anti-Demon psychic powers>CSI think that's an idea. Model them after the CS manhunters but amped up some as they won't have a government backing or be in a squad tailored to compliment eachother completely.
>>96668975I think they should maybe have soft MOS stuff in not fully separate OCCs each named "Order of the [Insert Name Here]"Order of the Chariot could be vehicle focusedOrder of the Mantle could be the PA interface linked pilotsOrder of the Millenium Tree would be healers & medicsOrder of the Sword would be the generic CKOrder of the Fiery Heart could be the demonslayers, etc
>>96664441>>96669172Are there like support classes for cyberknights? Like cyberknight squires or cyberknigths in training?
>>96669568Nope. That's why if we were to want more CK shit we'd need something like Jucier Uprising but for CK's. Lists of armors & weapons used by the CK what life is like for them, multiple variations of the base model etc. Personally I dont care if they disappeared though. I wouldn't mind more books thar explored some of the more iconic OCCs/RCCs. Like a Leyline Walker/Rifter one that is all about interdimentional travel, what to bring, what not to bring, how to fit in etc. Maybe give us some variations on the LL(W/R.) Life as a hobo on the Megaversal Road. Like, do LLWs use something like hobo signs to communicate to other travellers? Are there emergency supplies scattered around for LLW organization members? Just explore the concept of Megaversal travel from a travelers perspective. Most books & characters are people with home dimensions that tend to be written & developed with the idea of saying in the hame dimension even if you occasionally leave it, or dealing with threats from outside coming into your home, not much is written about those who travel around with no real home.Another is the TW. While there's a decent amount of TW stuff in Rifters, the books dont actually say much. Id really like to see an Operators, TechnoWizards, & other assorted gearheads books. Running a business, guilds/corporations, how to use all those mechanics skills to actually makebshit from scratch. I want an Atlantean TechnoWizard variant especially. One that can do stuff with Stone Pyramids & Crystal Mage tech its kind of odd that they chopped them uo into different OCCs when they really need some rules for working together. Not to mention the way there no real rules for TWs & Operators to work with each other properly. Plus itd be a gearbook too with lots of cool equipment.A book for Rogue Scholars/City Rats & about what archeology means on RIFTS Earth. Rules for expeditions & selling relics, etc.Id love a Glitterboy book but I want to write it.
>>96671997A Techno-Wizard or Ley Line Walker sourcebook would be cool but that's not how Palladium writes their supplements. They usually have world books that combine locations with new NPCs, gear, mechs, weapons, armor, magic, etc. From a publishing perspective it's not good business to write a whole book for only a tiny niche of a class that maybe all of 8 people are playing, especially as Palladium has hundreds of OCCs and RCCs for players. It makes more sense to package everything that might interest a GM and other players into one book so that they all might buy it. Otherwise you lose a lot of money. That's the unfortunate part of running an RPG publishing company.
>>96671997Honestly, I thought there was a lot of overlap between cyberknights and glitterboy pilots in their mentality.It would be nice if all the cyberknights had a unique common enemy or a threat that only they knew about, besides hell mothes.Say something like there is a fallen cyberknight who is a master of disguise. Like uses special powers to perfectly imitate individuals, even able to tint his aura, and he is out there to wreck shit. Its up to cyberknights, who just barely able to detect him to stop his civilization destruction plan of the week. Give him a gang of thugs or specialists. Call him Sir Instigator or something because his MO will be trying to cause a war through infiltrating one group to make their enemies attack them.
>>96671997I wouldnt mind all the rules for upping your PPE written out in an official bulletpoint list:>Leyline and nexus effects (this is already well documented in the books but is a given)>Celestial events like equinox, solstice, or even holidays that influence spells and PPE>straight up scenarios of how to gather enough ppe for casting dimensional portal. Like assuming your are a LLW with 150+PPE how many people would it cost if you had no leylines, if you had a leyline, if it was a celestial event, if you needed sacrifices, etc.>some fluff like what smells to look out for in a dimension that means you should be wearing your gas mask. Smells like copper, almonds, thick air, when you fell like you aren't getting enough air, when you realize you cant see colors anymore, etc.>fashion trends of LLWs depending on where they are from
>>96676248Jucier Uprising existsBionics existSourcebook 1 AND Titan Robotics existMindwerks existsSeveral Atlantis/Atlantean books existYou can easily package the character options with metaphor & location information
>>96676421That'd be cool.
A Ground Sloth War Mount would be fucking based. Splice in some Tree Sloth and give it the ability to carry a mix of Gardener Plants and Swarmlord Bugs in its fur and you should be golden.
>>96676248>>96676472Yeah, I get what you're saying. We need a book about Florida again or Wisconsin and the mystic Knights could have been born from a highschool mascot theme and all the prep stuff being codified by psychics into a working order of specialists!
>>96660919If you stab a vampire in the heart with a cyber knight psi sword I think it should instantly destroy them. The 1d6 plus 1d6 ever 3 or so levels is not really great damage at all.
Would you guys let a TW make a Super Invention?
>>96683169Like what? A wmd bomb?
>>96685436No. Like a Heroes Unlimited Superpower granting device
>>96685724As a GM? No. As a player, yes.
>>96685758Why not as a GM?
Anyone willing to talk about Lazlo RAW?
>>96687867YES. What do you have? Can you post it? We don't consider The Rifter to be canon info. Name the dragons on Lazlo's Council.
>>96532924>>96536853Make zen combat apply to everything.All CKs have master psi progression for their psi-sword and ISP Make Psi-Shield work like in Promise of Power where it's basically a cheaper Psi Body Field for CKs.While mechanically two psi-swords is better, for style purposes make it so two-handing psi-sword doubles damage.
>>96551212>Im surprised Kev never reconnect that in.Probably because he hates CKs as a concept.He only put them in as a favor to a friend who later betrayed Kev's trust.Kev wanted Glitter boys to be the heroic Knight figures who come in and save the day.
>>96688983Which is why the Cyber Onights should all effectively die in a big crusade & just be written out
>>96688983But can GBs handle psi-swords and melee combat? That is the question. They're designed for long-range combat with their super-fancy special railguns. Not really very knightly.
>>96689066That's the "lance". The Chromium is their shining armor. CyberKnights are just discount jedi, it's an embarrassment to keep them around
>>96664441>Book introduced the idea of three main schools of CK training and how they vastly differ from each other>No rules to represent this
>>96689051Yes, having CKs appear like in every event but glitterboys never seem to appear in any. You don't see any GB pilots in castle refugee or in lazloo.
>>96688240>Simmer Rosescale AKA Rose AKA The Pink Fury>BANNED from Hall of Learning men's dormitories>PROBATION from HoL Women's dormitories pending any more civil disturbances are incited.>MUST BE OBSERVED AT ALL TIMES At Lazlo New Comer Welcome Kiosks at the ports.>BANNED From the dragonwright hatchery school>BANNED From "BoneHead's: Bar and Grill" (Establishment popular with CS defects. Owner has filed complaints).>COURT ORDERED SEAL SPELL MUST BE CAST ON GARMENTS DURING SCHOOL HOURS>IS TO NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH TARN>IS TO NOT BE LEFT ALONE WITH MALE DIPLOMATS>PROHIBITED FROM BEING ISSUED A PROSTITUTION LICENSE (EXP: 2109 AC)
>>96690000Oh my, what are the odds?
>>96690000>>96690000>>96690000LMAO. Does a floss bikini count as "garments"? Also, nice digits.
>>96689979Castle Liberal Hugbox is not canon
>>96688240Sadly no, I don't have the Lazlo RAW book, I do know a little about the Metalheads because of a very kind anon sharing in a previous thread, but I was hoping to learn more
>>96687867>>96692485What's the metalheads?Also I saw someone say the Lazlo RAW book said Lazlo is like the turbo SJW paradise of anti-hate-speech laws and absolutely no weapons/armor allowed in the city despite MDC beings and mages being in the city.Which would explain why it has been RAW for like 5 years now, since that shit is dumb.
>>96669568The SoT4 book mentions CK Squires (no stats) and CK Hermits (old retired CKs with huge stat penalties, but sometimes they have weird future visions or some shit).Same book also said the default CK is the Courtier CKLight Armor CKs who tend to travel anonymously and only show their CK armor/weapons when shit hits the fan are Crusaders who are implied to have more powers/talent, but also are more interested in going after huge goals (uprooting a massive slavery operation, bringing peace to wartorn areas, etc).Then the heavy (or even power armor) CKs were called the Champions, where the book implies they have a fuck ton of physical/weapon skills and basically can't lose a 1v1.And that's not counting the evil CK variants the book talks about.None of which have any stats, except those Hermits.>>96666756>The CKs not having the CS antidemon powers is hilarious so i think i should be fixedHoly fuck those powers pissed me off.Not only CS only anti-demon powers, but then the fucking HOLY SMITE.The rarest fucking ability in Palladium, only usable by Palladins (fantasy) and one school of Monks (Fantasy and Japan).The Coalition gets it for their fucking psychopath PPE vampire class.Meanwhile the Cyber-Knights? Nah, get fucked mate, no update for you.That book even had a stealth update for psi-stalkers in there.>>96669172I would use the pre-established groups but make them stick out more.We don't need a 100% PA focused CK, but a CK who has more weapons/skills like the Champion can opt into PA pretty easily. Courtiers -> Generic CKCrusaders -> Hold themselves to a higher standard, have more powers (holy powers?)Champions -> More skill options, can pick a weapon focus (lancing, PAs, heavy weapons, etc), possibly some kind of Challenge ability.Robber Knights -> Evil Courtier (better rogue/espionage skills)Justiciars -> Evil Champion (probably not much difference)Despoilers -> Evil Crusader (unholy powers?)
>>96694104Metalheads are to be the official TW 'Borg OCC.TW Power system that holds I think one or two hundred PPE & can be spent to power TW devices & Bionics, it restores 4pts per active hour & 8pts per resting hour.Appearance ranges all over because they aren't standardized yet. No clue on stats of the chassis or the rest of the OCC information other than rumors I've chased. A very nice anon shared photos of his book on here but was very reluctant to share more. He posted the list of new TW Bionics which was honestly phenomenal. A Fight Mask effect for Horror Factor, spstealth system, silent flying, etc. Really nice abilities including a dragonbreath weapon. The highlight for me personally though, was the TW portal generator. Built I to the arm/hand of the TW Borg is a device that allows them to teleport using portals & if given enough time to charge it up (1d4 full rounds) they can jump dimensions. FUCKING A. No need for pyramids or depending on ley lines & moon phases. Semi-reliable dimensional travel literally installed into your fingertips. Let's a Metalhead truly be the freest character in the Megaverse
>>96695043Oh, nice. I had read someone talking about those, saying it's honestly the best part of the book and they'd love to see it expanded, especially given the reviews seem to say the lore in that book is god awful.
>>96695332Yeah, I'd hate to see that stuff get sidelined just because the lore was trash
>>96695043>>96695332Some of the TW stuff looked neat (if overpowered) but the lore parts, what little I saw of them, did look boring and generic and politically-correct.
>>96695818Would you say the two Rifters on Lazlo are better than what you read?
>>96695818I'd still like to see the rest of the gear & any new spells
Speaking of Metalheads, I'd really like to know how customizable they can get. I already wish there was more concrete rules for adding stuff from Sourcebook One into cyborgs, UT this adds even more potential options. There's little to no difference between robots & power armor & cyborgs & such. The books will even say as much. Can a regular cyborg get a universal energy plug from Northern Gun in their wrist? I don't see why not. Could a TW Borg get a few extra Arzno PPE batteries installed to give them even more power? Can you strap rockets to a cyborg? Install some TW Bionic style upgrades/weapons into a golem? I don't see how they can't benefit from something like the Wave Impact Generator or the dragonbreath weapon.
>>96697635Generally it feels like they need a second Bionics Handbook (I hate even giving Kevin that idea), where the first section is >This is the new Cyborg class>They get to pick 2,000,000 credits worth of types A, B, C, D, E, F, G parts>This is the new Headhunter class>They get to pick 850,000 credits worth of types A, C, D, F partsAnd then go from there.
I'm thinking of upping the damage of railguns across the board.The fact they need both ammo and energy makes me feel like they should pack more of a punch.Especially given they also tend to weigh 5x as much as the equivalent energy weapon.Also I fucking love rail guns.Only question is do I remove the burst rules for rail guns and make them work like other sci fi railguns (and like the boom gun) or do I keep them as magnetic machine guns?In either case I think 4d6+4 damage will be the weakest one and go up from there.
>>96702747I think the"railguns" that arent the Boomgun should be renamed Gauss weapons, with the Boomgun & maybe some others being actual railguns. Most of the burstfire stuff is way better explained as an active Gauss coil being fed a bunch if ammo during its energized burst. And the Boomgun should be more properly called a rail cannon but thats splitting hairs
>>96702747>4d6+4 damage will be the weakest one and go up from there."The rail pistol" AKA the Pop Gun
Would you let a mage OCC use stone to flesh on a statue's arm & then getting a doctor to attach it to replace a severed arm?
>>96694247I think they need to rip off the tormentors from Splicers and just let them have the psychic power to buff people's aim when they touching them.
>>96695043>the TW portal generator.Like mystic portal which is basically a ACME cartoon hole maker or full on dimensional hole?>>96698313That reminds me of how Heroes Unlimited handles that.
>>96705121That's messed up shit! I'm writing that one down.
>>96705121Yes. Though he may find it a bit stiff at first
>>96703365It's splitting hairs but could be worth considering.Coil guns as the lightweight low damage ones made for burst fire.Rail guns being the heavy hard hitting ones.>>96703692I was thinking the NG mini would be the basic one.
>>96705214Both
>>96705219>>96705262What about a similar method to mold your face to look more attractive? Sort of stone shaping cosmetic surgery? Could you add muscles? Close a gunshot? Im trying to find a line for believability of a "stone surgeon"
>>96706880>What about a similar method to mold your face to look more attractive? That sounds like you need to do a Face/Off situation first.>Sort of stone shaping cosmetic surgery? If you're cutting off the parts first it probably works.>Could you add muscles? Ehh>Close a gunshot?I'd treat it as really weak healing.Like you pour cement dust over the wound and heal the outside but unless the surgeon can actively see inside to shape the stone/dust to exactly what it needs to be turning it to match what's missing feels like a stretch compared to replacing an entire heart or entire arm that he can shape independently
It'd be cool if there was an Electrosynthesis Metabolism for Host ArmorBasically a set of Organs that take ambient electromagnetic fields and convert them into Bio-E.As for an inhanced sense...they can perceive electromagnetic fields visually (It was this or a biological compass)
>>96708436That'd be cool. Also, I know its not really a magic dense setting, but a PPEvore would be pretty cool too. Eating like a Psi-stalker or basking in a leyline
>>96708628Only real problem I'm having is that I'm not sure when/where a suit of Electricity Eating Host Armor would start Starving.
>>96709314Just make something up that feels good. I would imagine they are burst feeders, needing a lot of power outside of its very lethargic standby mode but feeding very fast too. So it could suck the power out of dead enemies like a far kid sucks a juicebox, to keep itself going but once combat is over it gets sleepy
>>96709314>>96708436Maybe make it incentive based instead, as in each large power cell allows them to regenerate for at least a day. If they are regenerating they will deplete their reserve in 24 hours. If they dont regen they can go 3 days with a reserve after which it will deplete on its own.I suppose regenerating ammo or using energy mods also count.
>>96707257>>96706880Magical healing is weak in most schools.using it to fix a severe wound or an emergency operation would probably fit right in with the 6th level and lower healing spells.
>>96709941>>96713444I could also see, if it was part of a specialized OCC that the Electrosynthetic Host Armor have the ability to "Chain" damage from Electrical weapons through itself (It's literally taking the excess from whatever hits it and dumping it through is Dischargers or Stunner
>>96708436>enhanced warrior>prefers melee>impossibly fast and strong>designed to only be fully functional if he is ripping batteries out of enemies>impervious code of honor GUIDELINES OF INSTINCTUAL BEHAVIOR!
>>96717908I mean Raiden is basically a Tempest Vanguardian who makes clanking noises when he falls down stairs by the time of Revengeance, so yeah this works
>>96718089>VanguardianIs that a splicer OCC I never hear of?
>>96720536It's the one where they have their brain extracted and physically bonded to a set of Host Armor.They're basically Fullborgs who can't be compromised by the Nanoplague.
>>96702747>>96703365>>96703692>>96705295Guns in Rifts in general should have more mechanical differentiation than just damage. For example, lasers should have -1d6 in fog, rain, and heavy weather, and another -1d6 versus reflective metallic armor, but +1d6 versus soft biological targets. Plasma guns should have very short ranges but also splash effects and continous scaling-down damage for 1d3 rounds. The should also be able to melt armor and structures, reducing their MDC permanently and doing more damage to electromechanical systems like power armor, vehicles and mechs. I don't have it refined but things like that to make different types of guns feel really different.
Power armor tits, yay or nay?
>>96722995Everything female should have tits because it makes my dick hard
When is Rifts Antarctica coming out?Does anyone have any info on it?
>>96727430Nope, and Kevin is getting tighter and tighter about it.
>>96722663I think the fog and rain rules are a thing for lasers. There are advanced rules and more in the rifters.
>>96728564IT HAS BEEN EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS KEVIN!
>>96722995>>96723130And it's psychological. The moment they're noticed, the opponent is distracted. Advantage.I think Sun-Tzu mentioned that. Can't recall ATM, haven't had my Juicer Fuel yet.
>>96722995Reminder that the Flying Titan is assless.
>>96722663At my table (going off of memory since I don't have my notes).Lasers have massive range and bonus to aimed shots due to no fucking recoil and point & click nature. They suffer range/damage penalties in bad conditions.Ion does +2/die damage to machines and tech force shields.Plasma does AoEs (it was dots before but that was annoying to keep track of in big combats)Particle Beam weapons have Improved Crit and on kill penetrate the target to hit behind them, allowing crazy shit.Railguns are heavier, single shot, and are the most damage you can get, if you can carry it.
>>96727430All we know is when the Savage Rifts guy got involved all new RAW projects got shut down and they're supposed to be going back to print all of the promised material that hasn't been cancelled.That said Alaska and Lazlo have been RAW for years now, so it feels like the rewrite process hit a snag when Kev's live-in girlfriend died.
>>96732733Savage RIFTS isnt real
>>96732716This is good. I like the distinction between weapons. Thumbs up. >>96732733>>96733475>Savage RIFTS isnt realNo, but unfortunately Sean Owen Roberson is real. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/--v04H2wD5E>>96731551Reminded. Pic related.
Who's your favorite artist? For me, it's Perez.
>>96735155Top of my head? ZelenikI fucking hate Walton, every armor is a Halo knock off with clunky feet & gave Dianna two left feet in Titan Robotics
New batch. My campaign has mentioned some twins but I have no idea who they talk about.
Also I got a question. A lot of things mention how they react to cold magic but I swear ice damage dealing weapons is very rare and there are only a few ice spells in the invocation school. Do you guys actually encounter ice damage dealing things in campaigns?I ran a splicer campaign and I never really could find a technological weapon to base ice weapons to fight splicers with.
>>96735724Ice damage is very rare, we're never encountered it in our games. Even poison and mutagenic attacks have been more common.
>>96735155Kevin Long. Mostly all the cool illustrations some how get assigned to him.
>>96735724If I remember right I saw someone's homebrew once say>Immune to fire gives Plasma resistance >Immune to lightning gives Ion resistance >Immune to cold gives Particle Beam resistance Made no sense but I appreciated it.As far as sources of ice damage, very few spells, Freezer psychic, probably something in Heroes Unlimited.I want to say I have seen a freeze gun once but it might have been TW.I know the TW SMG shoots ice, but does that really count?
>Make NPC after a videogame character >Players start talking above how the NPC has cool abilities and they hope to see the OCC/RCC another time >I forget about it>Years later player asks if that class is an option now>Have to remember what a NPC did years ago to write this shit
>>96735705>>96735724Post more of this ai art, I like it.
>>96741869Sure, sure.
>>96741968>Karl "Krautborg Desperado" Klinkor>Seen here defending the smalle village of Okinawa, Texas (in Europe) and attacking photographers.
>>96742006cyborg miner and a saloon girl that clearly failed one or two skill checks.
>>96742120Here he is with his safety face and on the job. I did not prompt the cross but I'm accepting it as a past encounter with vampires.
>>96742120>>96742160It must be weird to think about how 90% of full conversion borgs are nudists.
>>96526593>>96488436That illustration did things to my brain way back when I was a 14 year old boy in the 90s
>>96598560My headcanon is completely different from >>96606478, I like to think that it's compression bandaging to reduce the risk of blood clots during wild changes in gravity, air pressure, and local laws of physics.
>>96734071You'd think her posterior would get cold at high altitude, but then I guess that's what the jetpack exhaust is for.
>>96744507>coldFlying Titan is EBA power armor.By raw she's immune to heat, cold, and radiation.
>>96742912The first thing cyborgs remove is a sense of shame.>Juicers sedate their shame so they dont feel it as much>crazies run an implant through it. Usually, it will crawl out on its own to inhabit everyone that he befriends.Mages learn that shame is simply the lack of Leyline Energy>skullboys only feel shame after encountering a DBee and not attacking them, or reading.>A glitterboy pilots has a hole where his shame it that perfectly matches the shape of his glitterboy unit.
>>96746985Are you telling me her butt plates are insulated?
>>96749017The TW strapped some gemstones to it & used it to cook waffles
>>96749064I'm telling you that if you were to remove the jetpack from a Flying Titan, you would be wearing fully environmental breastplate, boots, and kneepads.I learned this from a player abusing it as a way to have an exhibitionist character.It was funny thought so I let it slide.
>>96744375>I like to think that it's compression bandaging to reduce the risk of blood clots during wild changes in gravity, air pressure, and local laws of physics.First rule of dimensional travel: Know which side of your skin your blood is supposed to be on and keep it that way.
>>96744507>>96749514>>96749551>>96742912Lol and lmao. BTW, the Promise of Power kickstarter failed utterly (not even close to its goal). Do you think there'll ever be another RIFTS (or Palladium) video game, ever?
>>96753797I'm expecting Sean to try the second Kevin is out the door.
Does anyone still play After The Bomb or TMNT? Have you made a mutant animal team, and do you use the team bonuses rules? Are they OP or admissable? I don't think they exist in any other Palladium game, but I could be wrong.
>>96756155no it was completely gayexcept Mutants of the Yucatan, that was fucking cooland Road Hogsand Transdimensional TMNT
>>96756350And Mutants Down Under
>>96756350>>96756436Who could possibly not love Clem and his big-ass beetle mount?!? You have no heart, sir. Clem is the bestest fren and good ol' boy there ever was in the post-apoc wasteland, and don't you forget it!
>>96753797PoP had ridiculously stupid donation goals and donor rewards.People just want a solid remake that needs some marketing behind it so people who are just interested in an old style tactics game can see it.If they do that it can work, but the way they did it before even had people who were interested wondering what the fuckThat said Savage Rifts fag will definitely try to get a low budget game made at some point.Hopefully at some point some guy just takes the cracked PoP rom and ports everything to unity or some shit.
Any news on a Rifter coming out?
>>96763456Has kevin printed anything since his girl died?
>>96756155Apparently the staff of the IDW TMNT comic and the short one from Mythic Legion. So that's, like, three guys at least. That's more than Splicers.
Doofy ideas I had for Splicers OCCs>An OCC were they get a suit Host Armor and then they get "Mount Armor" with bigger guns that's worn by their Host Armor. Yes this is a reference to the Guyver Gigantic, but who can blame me that shit's fucking cool.>An OCC where their Host Armor is like the Metamorph in that it can shift between a set of forms (Due to physiological constraints it can't change Size Levels, but that's the only restriction)
>>96765525Does Splicers have immobile fortress armors? Like a huge forest that's one organism designed to defend a settlement inside?
>>96766573the Gardeners Nursery Suit technically qualifies.
>>96763456No new Rifters since #85.>>96764656No. Several reprints have been put out.>>96756155Yes, but most are waiting to get their hands on the TMNT & OS Redux books. >>96766573No. A living mobile fortress that would contain a colony is too slow, too obvious and would consume far too much to be viable. Both Gene-Pool & Brain-Pool, not to mention active Engineer and Librarian, are immobile upon maturity.
>>96768773Not mobile. I specifically said non mobile, & plants should be able to be powered as long as they have water & the sun right? But just one huge emplacement with a colony inside
>>96768977Then I misread your initial post. My apologies. You should check the creation rules in the Splicers main book.
>>96768773>No. Several reprints have been put outDamn. Must have really fucked him up.
>>96769718Give him time to grieve.
>>96770107Not until I get a Lazlo book
>>96770107>>96770757Isn't anyone freelance writing for Palladium anymore? Isn't Sean editing the manuscripts these days? Where's the blockage? They all spending too much time on kickstarter reprints from 30 years ago?
>>96770804Honestly, you might be right.>>96770107Somehow, I dont cut him slack on this one.
>>96765525For the Big Guy host armors, I think a good price of power thing to say that the big armor permanently absorbs the old host armor. I dont know if bonuses carry over but that trade off of losing your host armor is a pretty big blow for splicer players. Yes, probably have some bonuses carry over so that you dont have players throwing in cheapo host armors that are not as good as their best armor.I was thinking of a splicer OCC that has your host armor hide inside you then you turn inside out to get the armor on, although that would be like being a biotic.
>>96768773>is too slow, too obvious and would consume far too much to be viable.>Librarians faces when
>>96772213God imagine if we got a Sandworm Warmount.>Super Long>Lithovorous so the act of digging gives it Bio-E>Designed to be a carrier like the Kraken but it operates undergound>Outfitted with internal chambers for burrowing War Mounts(Its internal structure is quite spongy, like a loofah), a sizable crew compartment in it's "Saddle" including a similar "Cockpit" to the Kraken>Main Macro scale armaments are a bio-electric field manipulation array, several hives of Swarmlord Insects and a massive Casting Cannon in its rear end which forms the worms excrement around Pseudo Pods loaded with personnel and equipment.
>>96773175Now thats what im talking about!Giant wormhives, bioweapon forests like that one forest thats actually just one big interconnected tree, an ocean riding mantra ray or turtle the size of FUCK YOU. Just really really big bio creatures that can house everything a colony needs.
>>96774018One thing I think of with the Bioweapon Forest is that it could essentially be using Glowfruit as Photosynthetic Capacitors.With really big stuff it either needs Bio-Capacitor Organs to hold the majority of it's collected sunlight or heat or it's Locomotion method needs to be the way it feeds like the Kraken or my Sandworm idea.
>>96773175I think they really need to lean into the sliminess of worms. Give it acid pustules for defense and its secrets a resin slime for digging to GeForce the tunnel behind it so it can transport troops inside it and dig tunnels for regular travel or base building.So splicer being splicers we would need smaller 1 man worms to fill out the page count. Give it more the traditional grabbed tremors worm with a hard beak and tentacles to grab things. Their main purpose would be for infiltration, able to 'dig prowl' by traveling slower through concrete and pop up in cities undetected or a numbing agent to let them dig into splicer bases without detection.
posting again because it came up, it seems everyone in regular rifts needs space flight spells.
>>96775943I think the idea that it can run out of energy is a fun penalty mechanic. That if its attacked it can only hold out for so long before it depletes energy for weapons so for any threat its up to players to decide if they can take out the threat before the forest runs out or if they need to engineer a retreat.
>Mystic Knight wants to join the party>He's from a rare sub faction of not evil people.Do you ever think the writers of these books bait people with the lines about the rare <0.1% group of a class that is not hideously evil? Because I think in this last year I have seen more players going this route than ever before.
>>96785835Even the official mystic knight rifter says most of them are greedy bastards as opposed to baby stranglersThat said, yeah, evil classes tend to have more flavor than good classes so people want to play them, even if that means being the 1% of non blood drinking ones.
>>96786226It's straight up bait, I think. Players love being the rare one.
>>96786226I'm more drawn to the "4% to maybe have this really rare advantage" like Aerihman Atlanteans being Master Psychics
>>96785835Every players wants to look cool and be a unique special snowflake. It's half the reason we roleplay games. This has been true for decades and isn't a recent thing but the increase in games that allow more weird options (specifically D&D, which is like 90% of the market) is what has driven the explosion of half-tiefling/half-dragon/half-elven mary sues. Gygax warned about this back in 1979, so it's old news.
