Forums of the Megaverse®

Cyrano de Maniac

Oh, and from a different gaming group, a rule that applied across many different game systems. This group, for most game systems, had rotating GMs (i.e. some players would take turns as GM, running different adventures they came up with, but with the same core party). If a situation came up that nee...

Cyrano de Maniac

OK, bear in mind it's been a **long** while since I've had an opportunity to play (anyone in the southern Minneapolis/St. Paul area around here?) The one and only Rifts GM I had would have you roll three sets of basic stats, and you could choose whichever set you liked. This tended to prevent anyone...

Cyrano de Maniac

For whatever it's worth, this very issue has been a long term source of an idea for me -- a "scratch your own itch" type of thing. I've gone so far as to researching book indexing software and technology, and to start becoming familiar with how indexing works as a profession and in practic...

Cyrano de Maniac

Personally, I'd suggest you get a copy of the original Rifts book, an original Sourcebook 1, and an original Vampire Kingdoms, and just play with those for a while. I think I'd pretty much second that recommendation, but add Mercenaries, and probably the original (not revised) Conversion Book One. ...

Cyrano de Maniac

I got them too, and ordered the same Rifter Super Subscription package as ghost2020. I was an RTT backer (even though that's not my thing -- I did it because I collect all things Palladium), and assumed that maybe they were cards that were supposed to come in Wave 1 but got forgotten. To tell the tr...

Cyrano de Maniac

I was reading trying to compile a compleate list of palladium books books. well here I found a book on this forum m is there a Rifts Coloring Book? I so want to get one I might be a couple weekly updates behind, but here's a collector's checklist I've maintained for a number of years. If there's an...

Cyrano de Maniac

It seems like the thread is drifting away from the original topic, but I thought I'd thrown in something along the lines of where it's drifting to. An incredible GM ran a D20 Modern game but did a massive amount of work to add rules/mechanics to implement the world of The Matrix, both the plugged-in...

Cyrano de Maniac

I had a laughably good string of rolls in a Star Wars D20 game. Our little smuggling ship was getting out of Dodge as fast as we could, pursued of course by a small squadron of small fighters. Basically think of the scene with TIE fighters chasing down the Millenium Falcon, inspiring the classic &qu...

Cyrano de Maniac

I've created characters both ways and other ways. Crafting a character background to fit a set of dice rolls can be interesting, but often I find it somewhat limiting as I end up forced into compromises that just don't fit that well. Sometimes a GM will be agreeable and allow things like moving a fe...

Cyrano de Maniac

Actually if you want a copy of the Game Shields and Adventures, and don't mind that it's in good usable condition but nothing approaching "like new", PM me and we can work something out. The previous owner of the extra copy I have took some liberties with binding the Adventures portion (wh...

Cyrano de Maniac

"No", and "No idea but unlikely". If you wanted to homebrew something you might glue a copy of the game master reference sheet from the Rifts Game Master's Pack (downloadable from drivethrurpg.com) onto the back of a Wheaties box. The Rifts Game Shields and Adventures was one of ...

Cyrano de Maniac

The best gaming group I ever played with (who except for me were all friends from childhood), had a great method of heading off rules conflicts. In their situation they would take turns GMing adventures, an adventure usually lasting somewhere around 10-20 sessions. If they ran up against an ambiguou...

Cyrano de Maniac

Age? Let's just say that the last man who walked on the Moon departed that celestial sphere mere months before I was born. The last time I played a Palladium game (Rifts), I believe I was right around 20 or 21 years old. To this day it's still the game that best captures my imagination. There's a go...

Cyrano de Maniac

Regarding jet pack maximum altitude: It flies high enough to be useful to the character and potentially deadly to the character if it fails. It doesn't fly so high that it substantially derails the GM's plans.

Cyrano de Maniac

You know how sometimes sci-fi predicts future technology, such as Star Trek PADDS compared to iPads? Well, it turns out that Palladium successfully predicted a paleontological discovery!

Real-world (though extinct) Rhino-Buffalo!.

Cyrano de Maniac

Another useful solution to this is to have characters play more than one character. I was once in a Gamma World campaign where each player played three characters. If one character got bogged down with some off-screen action like repairing stuff, the GM could handle that character with "OK, it'...

Cyrano de Maniac

This might be more of a player thing, but in addition to the clear page protectors, include a fine-tipped dry-erase marker. Slip character sheets or other sheets useful for keeping track of action into the clear page protectors, and mark off hit points/ammo/combat turns/etc with the dry erase marker...

Cyrano de Maniac

I seem to recall an RPG, probably a free online one, where it was suggested to start with one player describing their character, in character, and how they came to be in whatever place you as the GM have placed them. After they've gone on for a while, interrupt them and bring in the second player, a...

Cyrano de Maniac

Did anyone else catch the "Wilhelm" scream?

Cyrano de Maniac

I would snap up a generic core rule book. I'd much more eagerly snap up a rules reboot book which included guidance for converting pre-existing material, which is what I think Rhomphaia was getting at. It was mentioned that a rules reboot might be best done by dropping all the minor game lines and r...

Cyrano de Maniac

I finally snagged a copy of Promise of Power on eBay -- and it's even signed by Kevin! Before I go lay down good money on an appropriate N-Gage, somewhere on eBay, I had a few technical questions for anyone who may have answers. First, does playing PoP require cell phone service? That is, does the g...

Cyrano de Maniac

Thanks for the thoughts and local recommendations Cinos. I'll look up Tower Games and stop by some time. There's another store I've been meaning to peek my head into as well, so perhaps it's a matter of doing some additional hunting around rather than always going to the same store all the time. Brent

Cyrano de Maniac

I couldn't find a particular forum this topic is well-suited to, but the G.M.'s Forum seemed reasonable. Actually Gamers Looking For Other Gamers looked much more reasonable, but let's face it, nobody visits there for discussion. How would you go about finding a group of players who will be reasonab...

Cyrano de Maniac

OK, this one is more of a real stupid player trick... Act I Star Wars D20. Most of the party are various Jedi Knights running around being, well, typical Jedis. A bit cocksure and overconfident, slightly mopey and inwardly tortured, and everything we've ever come to think as both cool and insufferab...

Cyrano de Maniac

Well, I don't know if it qualifies as a stupid player trick, it seems just me being a bit obtuse and green at role-playing at the time, but... It was the beginning of our second ever Rifts adventure, the first having been about a three-session introduction to the game. Somehow our ragtag group of ad...

Cyrano de Maniac

In almost every case when I get a role-playing book (Palladium or otherwise) I kind of skim it over, hit a few of the highlights, let it sit for a few days, hit a few more highlights, then file it away on the bookshelf. Madhaven is the only book since Juicer Uprising that I've read cover to cover. I...

Cyrano de Maniac

That's an easy one for me: The cover from WB12, Psyscape . I adore this cover for the coloring, the simplicity of the scene, and the graceful motion and almost ebullient mood conveyed in the victor. If I could be assured of getting artwork related to this cover, I would buy another Rifts & The M...

Cyrano de Maniac

I had two first starts, the first of which fizzled. On a family trip to the Twin Cities, probably around 1987 or 1988, we ate at a restaurant in what is now known as Bandana Square, and downstairs there was this little hobby shop. Nosing about I found a GURPS Basic Set 2nd Edition, and came to the i...

Cyrano de Maniac

I know it's a bit cliche, but I'm surprised nothing by Metallica has made the list. For me "Of Wolf And Man" brings images of some sort of lone character (Juicer or Burster in my brain, for some reason) hunting down some sort of bounty. Similarly "Through The Never" provokes a vi...

Cyrano de Maniac

Basically what Kalidor wrote, though their is an assumption therein that PCs are not Coalition, so perhaps that information belongs in the player's guide as well. But basically just general organization along with good tables of contents, indexes, and lists of tables would be good. Weapons charts th...

Cyrano de Maniac

I forget where I saw this described, but one of the more interesting ideas I've heard is to have each player introduce their character as if speaking in character. As the final part of each introduction each player has to explain how they're associated with a particular NPC (or maybe one of the othe...

Cyrano de Maniac

I just wanted to say that this is perhaps the most refreshing and (mostly ) mature discussion I've ever seen on the Palladium Forums. It actually cheered me up to read the back-and-forth between so many people who have clear thoughts and opinions on the matters at hand. I really don't have a whole l...

Cyrano de Maniac

Due to a small late-night battle on the edge of a lake and in middle of a rainstorm, one of the characters (a Burster) ends up with soaked clothing and undergarments. Due to the rain and humidity the clothing isn't dry by morning, when we need to break camp and get back on the way to find a rich bus...

Cyrano de Maniac

I'll second the Jack Shaftoe idea. Might as well throw in Enoch Root. Perhaps not in quite as much of a serious vein (or maybe very serious would make some of these more fun?) Ralph (from The Mouse and The Motorcycle) Encyclopedia Brown The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Charles and/or Laura Ingalls The Peve...

Cyrano de Maniac

It wasn't a Palladium game as unfortunately I haven't had many opportunities to play these fine games, but I did play a retired minister in a D20 Modern game heavily house-ruled to implement the world of The Matrix. I'd have to say it was rewarding to try to puzzle out exactly how his faith intersec...

Cyrano de Maniac

Never enough! Personally everything and the Kitching sink can be a lot fo fun especially with good roleplayers Agreed. But good roleplaying makes everything better, even the most generic of characters and situations. As I've aged I've started having much more fun by really knowing my characters bac...

Cyrano de Maniac

Despite also having pretty much everything ever published (including a few items now on the way via UPS and USPS), alas I've only participated in one campaign, about 15 years ago, cut short by the GM dropping out of school never to be seen again. How's that for sad -- I'd really love to start playin...

Cyrano de Maniac

I went off in a motorcycle to investigate a transport that had just crashed (thinking it had been shot down by missile). I crested the ridge, just in time to see 6 Brodkil with heavy Plasma weapons, rip the last occupant of the transport apart in 6 different directions. They then spot me, and befor...

Cyrano de Maniac

Two incidents, same character. My merc headhunter, Paul Crocker, has a Titan Combat Robot. On several occasions he's done a stand up job of saving the party from this nasty or that, having almost the only vehicle, and definitely the only combat vehicle, in the group. But this aid hasn't come inexpen...

Cyrano de Maniac

It's interesting the that original poster echoed the thoughts that I've been thinking privately since just after the last swimsuit issue. It's also interesting that the HotF comments mirror the unvoiced thoughts I've had for the past year. I want to be clear, I really enjoyed the two swimsuit issues...

Cyrano de Maniac

Had to vote "Other", because as with so many other things the answer is "Marketing". Engineering: Look at this great idea we just came up with, it'll be our best power armor ever! Marketing: Well, we have a hole in our product line in the form of small combat robots, so we'll mar...

Cyrano de Maniac

I have to say that in every instance where I've taken the time to write a significant character background, I've enjoyed playing that character much more than the "here's what I rolled up" characters. In fact, since the first character I ever played, I'd say 8 out of 10 of my characters ha...

Cyrano de Maniac

If you happen to be a member, AAA makes wonderful maps too, and they're free for the asking. You can get national, state, and city-level maps, so there should be plenty of detail for your purposes.

Brent

Cyrano de Maniac

So after the first vote, you have a second vote and the person who won the last one can't be voted for again? Not quite. Basically, each player writes on a ballot their ranking of the other players in the group, from best to worst. There is no second round of balloting, it's all done at once. What ...

Cyrano de Maniac

That all makes sense, and the method of figuring out how many points to run seems reasonable. I guess I didn't elaborate enough though. I'm thinking of a more complete point-buy system, similar to Champions/Hero or GURPS. So buying up stats through the use of implants and stuff would cost character ...

Cyrano de Maniac

I've long been a fan of point-buy systems for character creation, which might have something to do with my first real exposure to role-playing being two different systems (not sure if I should name names) which used that method. A second reason I prefer point-buy systems is that, as a player, I find...

Cyrano de Maniac

Here's an idea: have the players decide who was the best role-player during a session. There's probably a lot of systems that could be used, but the following system, adapted from the world of dance competitions, might work well. This may be particularly appropriate as the system tries to correct fo...

Cyrano de Maniac

New characters roll three sets of stats, and pick the one they like best. If they don't like any of them, they can roll a fourth set, but they must use that set. Stats are assigned down the sheet in the order rolled. That said, overall I prefer systems that use build points during character creation...

Search found 48 matches