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sennin

Hey, in my games FQ and the CS never reconciled and are in more of a cold war state. Several well planned "undercover ops" might be enough to trigger hostilities. Anything larger scale would be too transparent. As said earlier, the FQ spies in Chi Town will quickly debunk any phony border ...

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I could be wrong, but I believe Mask PPE is a lot like Mask ISP & Psionics. When using the power, you can't be casting any spells. Even if I am wrong, they will still detect any spells that are active. Also, Mask PPE only effects you, not your equipment, so no magic items. Good luck forming an e...

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Accept that they cannot get into the Lone Star complex. one of the advantages to having most of the lower levers be EXTREMELY restricted is that no one knows what they llok like. This means no Teleporting in. So with literally thousands od dogboys among all the rest of Lone Stars defenses, how are ...

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More than likely, the vast majority of soldiers working at lonestar have no idea of what's going on there, especially in the lower levels. As far as a joint strike team being formed, I am going to fall back on the mistrust between the various factions. Just because they want something done, does not...

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Keep in mind that politics are not as simple as "This big bad monster threatens us all, we should all join forces and kill it!". Something you have to consider is that not all of the various are on friendly terms. I imagine that it will be next to impossible to get them all working togethe...

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Talk about links to dead sites....

I only found three of the links that took me to the site, excluding the PB link, the reast were dead.

Tell me about it. I remember when a lot of those sites were up. Many of them were actually pretty good.

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I would say with the basic AIs - no. The alignment listed is more about programming.

With Neural Intelligence - Maybe. If they "evolve" to a point kind of like Archie, then yes.

Transferred intelligence - Yes. You pretty much have the mind and soul of a person in a robot body.

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There was an Antarctica Netbook several years ago, but I have not been able to find it in quite a while. If you seek proof that it existed, look to number 2 on the links on this page.

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/8976/links.htm

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They may not mention Palladium specifically for a few reasons. First, what if the only PB game that the reader knows about is Rifts? It does not help much to say "Lord Coake hails from Palladium." Also, it could be for fluff reasons - adds a bit of "mystery" to his background. Bu...

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My post had nothing to do with the barrel being rifled or not or copying the cartridge. It had to do with the firing chamber and the physics behind it. While the physics may be simple to us, to an 16th century gunsmith it would be mind boggling. Without the proper metallurgical technology, they may...

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My post had nothing to do with the barrel being rifled or not or copying the cartridge. It had to do with the firing chamber and the physics behind it. While the physics may be simple to us, to an 16th century gunsmith it would be mind boggling. Without the proper metallurgical technology, they may ...

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a "modern" musket is not that far off from a semi-auto rifle. OK, I don't know which muskets you are comparing to which semi-autos, but you are way off on this statement. The principle behind the firing mechanism of a semi auto is completely different than that of a musket. I just cannot ...

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Cyber Humanoid. I would like to see a squishy try to stay still for as long as a 'borg can. You can also have a large suite of sensors.

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The Barony of Hope (Ft. Collins, CO)

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I was going by what the book said. And if you notice, I did make mention that PAs should be able reach the same depths if they use the Helium/Oxygen mix. In an attempt to clarify that statement: The above are depths that a human can "survive" at, not the breeching point of the armors. Got...

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As per Rifts WB07 Underseas page 10; Humans with F.E.B.A. and a helium/oxygen mix can reach depths of 850 feet Normal borgs & power armors reach depths of 450 feet Deep-sea PA & Cyborgs reach depths of 1000~2000feet Presumably the normal PA & borgs could go to a deeper depth if they als...

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33ft of water depth equates to 14lbs of pressure added .. and every other 33ft deeper you go you simply add 14 more lbs of pressure per square inch .. Dead boy armor = 120mdc ... What would be the crush depth for the average Dead Boy armor ? Since you could stomp CS deadboy armor with weights over ...

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33 feet of water = 1 atmosphere

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I was just looking through the Rifts Book of Magic and came across something I do not recall seeing anywhere else. In the intro to Ocean Magic, it states that chanting just serves as a focus and you can cast magic with just deep concentration. You can only cast one spell per melee this way and it co...

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CyCo wrote:
londonbaz wrote:
CyCo wrote:Octarine.

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Sort of purpley green you mean?

Hmm, I thought it was a yellowish purple. It's been awhile since I've read those books.

8]

Both of you are right - "greenish yellow purple"

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Aluminum foil hats...

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Gypsy wizard thief from Triax and Russia could also be a good start.

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Keep in mind that there is a difference between PPE and magic. Case and point: There are numerous races that have PPE but cannot learn magic (Grackletooth and Seljuk off the top of my head). In order to use magic/psionics there must be a potential present. It is not too much of a long shot to say th...

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Sureshot wrote:Don't even get me started on the Mega Damge Bears and Beavers in Rifts Canada. If your going to include something like that at least give it a good background story. Not the usual "Ley Line Energy changed it".

A wizard did it...

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It could be worse. I could work in the ER.

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I will be at work. Which is in the basement of a hospital. Uncomfortably close to the autopsy room. And morgue.

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RoadWarriorFWaNK wrote:NG Gladius is one of my personal favorites. Attach some rocket boots or a jet pack and you are good to go.

I will have to agree on the Gladius. With all the money that you save over buying another PA, you can mod the Gladius to be pretty nasty.

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Mercenaries, pg 73

The power armor for Grunt, the Jotan has 450 MDC

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Bionics Sourcebook pgs 90 & 91:

Costs 2 million credits. Does not give the lifespan of the power plant. Also, would you have to replace the whole unit, or just the fuel (rods, pellets, whatever)?

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A Davy Crockett

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I would build Ash's car from the end of Army of Darkness: kill them with camp.

In reality, I would choose something like a modified Catepillar 797B. rig up something like a mine flail, but that swings horizontally instead of vertically - think: LINE TRIMMER OF DEATH!

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IIRC, Armored Slayers are also ISP vampires. They cover you in goo, goo absorbs the ISP, they eat the goo.

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Here's the thing: In the example, the Neo-Human has a base of 312 ISP. Before transforming they use 37 ISP, leaving 275. After they transform they have 156 ISP, which is half of their base. If the power costs half of their base to use, they would have had 119 ISP. Do they regain any ISP they had ov...

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Here's the thing: In the example, the Neo-Human has a base of 312 ISP. Before transforming they use 37 ISP, leaving 275. After they transform they have 156 ISP, which is half of their base. If the power costs half of their base to use, they would have had 119 ISP. Do they regain any ISP they had ove...

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I would say that the only way to significantly extend the life of a juicer is to do what it says in the books - become a 'borg.

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So, I was thumbing through South America 2 today when I had a realization. It concerns the Gizmoteer's ability to convert energy weapons to run a psychic energy. Because the ISP required to recharge the weapon equals the payload the weapon has with a normal Eclip, an ATL-7 anti tank laser can be po...

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So, I was thumbing through South America 2 today when I had a realization. It concerns the Gizmoteer's ability to convert energy weapons to run a psychic energy. Because the ISP required to recharge the weapon equals the payload the weapon has with a normal Eclip, an ATL-7 anti tank laser can be pow...

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Everyone seems to be forgetting that a Rune item needs to be formed from one solid piece of metal or stone, with no movable parts. This makes it not just hard, but darn near impossible to create functional rune armor in the first place. Unless of course you made every piece of the armor a different...

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It is completely different. The name was originally Nightspawn, but (IIRC) it was deemed to be too close to McFarlane's Spawn, so it was changed to Nightbane.

Link here:

http://www.palladiumbooks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=730&Category_Code=N730

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Another good commando type character is the Raider from Australia.

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I can agree with you on that. The book does not specifically say one way or the other, so it is up to GM ruling. Oh, and on topic I would recommend either the Temporal Warrior, Special Forces from Mercenaries, or the Headhunter Assassin from Canada. Is the Temporal Warrior just that awesome? I'll c...

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IIRC, it actually states that temporal spells count as higher level spells for non temporal casters . It is a similar premise to some spells costing less PPE to certain types of casters. Temporal Warriors are not limited with Temporal Magic because that is their bread and butter. They can't learn h...

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I would have to say that unless the class description says that you can't learn magic from other sources, then you can. Notice that the Temporal Wizard also does not state that they can purchase additional spells at any time. Same with the Temporal Raider. And under the Pursuit of Magic in RUE (pg....

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I would have to say that unless the class description says that you can't learn magic from other sources, then you can. Notice that the Temporal Wizard also does not state that they can purchase additional spells at any time. Same with the Temporal Raider. And under the Pursuit of Magic in RUE (pg. ...

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I agree that if you are toting around railguns, the shield will not be a viable option. But if you are fighting a dragon in its cave, then long ranged weapons will not be your best option. Arm yourself for the situation. In one hand have the shield, in the other hand have one of those stun spears fr...

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Okay, here is my idea based on a combination of things discussed in this thread: The Super Close Quarters Fighting Shield of Death (working title) To make this shield, you need 1 Wilks Blinder Grenade, 2 Wilks Beehive grenades, a piece of MDC semi-opaque polarized material, MDC plates/scraps, and a ...

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Any self-adjusting goggles using modern technology, yes. What exactly "polarized visor" means in Rifts has always been unclear (except that it's most likely NOT what we currently think of). Actually, under the description of the grenade, it states that auto adjusting goggles or vision is ...

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Hm. Also, are blinder grenades one-shot items? Because if so, then they’d still be one-shot items when built into armor. Just looked it up. Both Beehives and Blinders are rechargeable. As for the eye protection, you have to have something that is always on, as the blinders happen to fast for any se...

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Soerensen76 wrote:Where can I even find that wi-sr15 rifle you guys mention???

Merc Ops pages 99 & 100

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I have a Grackle Tooth big game hunter (wilderness scout) who uses the Wilk's pulse cannon out of Merc Ops. He has the generator strapped to his back. He also has a WI-SR15 (with a couple magazines of silver rounds) and a WI-GL80 Predator grenade launcher. He goes for the really big game. As for rif...

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