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Darthauthor, Orin J, thanks for the answers. I liked a lot of the mercenary groups that showed up in Rifts Mercenaries and The Juicer Uprising, and it bugs me that aside from Larsen's Brigade and the Juicer Liberation Army we never heard anything about them again.

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By which I mean the group from the Rifts Mercenaries book. It says in later books that Naruni Enterprises were chased off-world temporarily by the CS, and I've read a passing remark here and there implying that RC was wiped out or is just gone. But has anything concrete ever been said about their fa...

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I agree with Grazzik about the silliness of NEMA going from Atlanta to Chicago through the Cataclysm. My own take is that they were always in Chicago, maybe it was the NEMA Upper Midwest Command Center, and the horror stories they heard were from small groups of civilian refugees and lost military m...

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Have they been written up anywhere as a potential mutant species, be it officially or otherwise? I just kind of like the hyenas and was wondering what they'd look like in the game.

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Re: Dragon Info Dragons and Gods, it's a dual-line book covering Dragons for both PF and Rifts (includes conversion notes) and is probably the largest source for Dragon info. Rifts England (WB3) has on new dragon species (also appearing in D&G) Rifts Japan (WB8) has several new dragon species (...

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By the way, talking draconic metamorphosis -- can dragons turn into any form they can imagine? Like, say, an anthropomorphized version of their dragon self? Which I imagine would look a lot like a Phase World Draconid. Or are they limited to looking like creatures that exist in the Rifts setting?

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I don't know if this will help very much, but several folks on the forums told me that the Pathfinder Fantasy Dragons and Gods books does a great job of covering Dragons for all the Palladium RPG lines. Maybe that can be of some use.

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Little Late to the party: We have had actually this come up quite a bit in our group. We just treat them like they belong in World Book 30 - D-bees of North America and we use WB: Lone Star as a guideline. Meaning all powers listed 1-11 are standard for all the dog boys and then you just add on the...

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Just a few questions here. First of all, what are the main books to use for information on dragons in Rifts? Beyond the RUE, I know of the brief information on them in WB 12:Psyscape. The Conversion Guide used to have some information on them but the revised version doesn't, or maybe I just missed i...

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Thanks for the responses everyone. You've been very helpful. Especially you, Warshield73; you're a scholar and a gentleman.

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Aside from DB 2, which started it all, what are the best other dimension books for use with the Phase World setting? I admit to being mostly interested in the Wolfen and the Naruni if that helps.

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I've noticed how several shapeshifter races in the game seem to have oddly low P.B. scores. Like the Changeling in the first Conversion Book. They feel even odder when you look at the Changeling super-spy in Rifts Mercenaries, Sonya "the Face" on page 57. She has a 'normal' PB of 10 but wh...

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Two plasma-related questions: 1) What sort of WP normally covers the use of plasma weapons? Heavy MDC or Heavy Energy? 2) Also, does plasma count as fire for some of the Burster's abilities, like the one covering making fires more intense and increasing their damage? Because if so then a Burster wit...

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I see that in RUE that Dog Boys can take O.C.C.s other than Dog Boy. Okay, so then what abilities do they get to take with them from the Dog Boy class? What are their racial abilities? I would assume that their attributes get rolled as normal for Dog Boys, and that their senses of smell and hearing...

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Thanks everyone for the responses. I'll make sure to check out my copy of Lone Star again.

ardashir

I see that in RUE that Dog Boys can take O.C.C.s other than Dog Boy. Okay, so then what abilities do they get to take with them from the Dog Boy class? What are their racial abilities? I would assume that their attributes get rolled as normal for Dog Boys, and that their senses of smell and hearing ...

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It does now occur to me that something else I wanted to ask was how commonly humans get mutated in the setting proper? I know the chief scientist at Lone Star did it in some cases, but it seems like others must be if I go by entries in books like Merc Ops where 'Illegal Augmentation/Genetic Manipul...

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There was also a Rifter article on random human mutations(I forget which exact issue) which suggests mutants are more common than one might think, and that many (beneficial/successful) mutations are generally concealable, since may human communities(especially the Coalition) are just as likely to r...

ardashir

Thanks everyone for their responses, you've all been helpful. It does now occur to me that something else I wanted to ask was how commonly humans get mutated in the setting proper? I know the chief scientist at Lone Star did it in some cases, but it seems like others must be if I go by entries in b...

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I was wondering what skills would be required to modify/customize/ create body armor from scratch? I m talking like dealing with mdc material that might have properties on it, or hooking up a HUD for the helmet, maybe some automated weapon attachments, etc. Or would i just have to use mechanical an...

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Thanks everyone for their responses, you've all been helpful. It does now occur to me that something else I wanted to ask was how commonly humans get mutated in the setting proper? I know the chief scientist at Lone Star did it in some cases, but it seems like others must be if I go by entries in bo...

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Okay, I've looked at Rifts Australia, Madhaven, and Dinosaur Swamp and their rules for mutant humans. Do any other books have more information on them, like how common/uncommon they are in the setting? Or how people both human and D-bee react to them?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Dual Morphus is found on pg 65 of Rifter 20, as an entry under the Multiple Body Table. It is described as incredibly rare, and states to roll as if creating two different Nightbane, with either Morphus available provided as the Nightbane switches back to their Facade inbetween. Another potent entr...

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:They are in a Rifter.

Some GMs I have talked to would require the NB/NS to have multiple personalities for the dual morphus to be used.

Off the top of my head R9.

Thank you.

ardashir

I've read about this talent several times. But just what book/magazine has it?

And if it's not breaking any rules, can we get a brief lowdown here on what it involves?

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FrankSerpico wrote:Don't forget the option of a Totem Warrior using a wolf Totem from Spirit West.

Thanks. I'll check on that one too.

ardashir

Has anyone ever permitted a group of their players to use the rules from Rifts Mercenaries to set up their group as a mercenary company, even if it's only squad size? And if so, then how well did it work for you and them?

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I think I'm missing something in the Rifts main rulebook. It looks like every class gets the same basic starting S.D.C. amount of 2d6+12. Is this correct? I'm only asking because I could swear that I remember the Men-at-Arms/warrior classes getting 1d4x10 S.D.C. when they started out, before adding ...

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Thanks for all the tips. I'm ashamed to say that I found one such item in a book I have, the MercTown tome. The Mask of Human Metamorphosis on page 132. I'm thinking of something that can be used by low-level characters like the above Mask, but maybe made a little easier to handle due to its having ...

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The title says it all. Do any Rifts books have any rules or even guidelines for magic items that duplicate the Metamorphosis: Human spell, or that just allow changing one's appearance to look human? And if so would you please share the titles?

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I just checked the book and it doesn't appear to be an option for pleasure bunnies, so no. They have "nearly perfect" looks anyway. You could address the very minor imperfections with hair dye, coloured contact lenses (as it says in the book), and getting a tan. Huh. I thought that Perfec...

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According to my copy of AtB Pleasure Bunnies have 'Human Looks: Full'. There's a level beyond even that called 'Human Looks: Perfect'. Does it sound plausible to let a Pleasure Bunny buy Human Looks: Perfect?

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technically CS missouri only solidly holds the northern half of missouri. but it is often shown as the full state on maps of the CS, because the CS *claims* all of it. especially now that they have taken in newtown and ft. El Dorado to make CS Arkansas Okay, but I still imagine a lot of folks in Ki...

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this fan made map is the best reference we have right now: m (alt link: m ) in addition to the bits that were mentioend earlier, it is near the Central preserve, a native american dominated region, and north of Golden Age Weaponsmiths. Soulharvest is also relatively nearby. Thanks for the maps. Bei...

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Or it might be better to say, 'where is MercTown in relation to the other major players in the PA North America'? I know that in real life it's right down in a corner of Kentucky right along the Ohio River and not far from the Mississippi, apparently just south of Illinois, just east of Missouri, an...

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The two largest sources are WB14:New West and Sourcebook: Black Market, which also detail almost every statline for equipment. Other books which mention the group include WB1:Vampire Kingdoms Revised(including a couple of weapons), WB28:Arzno, WB33:Northern Gun 1 (mainly in terms of knockoffs), Sou...

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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Rifts Black Market

Thank you. Are they covered in any of the 'New West' books, too, or does BM sum everything about Bandito Arms up?

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I've read about Bandito Arms in several of my books but little more tan a name and that fact that they learned how to make Coalition SAMAS power armor, somehow.

Can someone please share some of the books that go into more detail about these guys?

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I just noticed that the revised Vampire Kingdoms book has a decent listing of S.D.C. weapons for use with silver bullets on the vampires. In the 'never satisfied' department I would have liked to see some stats for what guns/rounds like the .454 Casull for the Super Redhawk or Raging Bull or the .57...

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This list isn't exhaustive. I'm sure there's something else in a Rifter, for one. Several entries, such as Superpowers and most mutants, are only canine in aspect dependent on random roll/player selection. I'm sorry that it's a little sloppy, and for the delay. Let me know if any of the source abbr...

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In that game the Valkyri came out of JU at about 60% and when he killed the Redstones they were either close to or at the beginning of last call. The thing about Juicers holding a grudge, it doesn't last long. Which just gives them all the more reason to get their revenge now rather than wait. This...

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WB30: D-Bees of North America has: -Zenith Moon Wraper (updated from WB12) -Darkhound (updated from WB12) -Septumbran Witch Wolves (new) WB20 Canada has the Loup Garou. Wolfen are in CB1r/PF (along w/some other Canine races from PF), Werewolves are IIRC in WB1, Space-Wolfen are in DB3, PF LotD #2 h...

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Warshield73 wrote:
In that game the Valkyri came out of JU at about 60% and when he killed the Redstones they were either close to or at the beginning of last call.

The thing about Juicers holding a grudge, it doesn't last long.

Which just gives them all the more reason to get their revenge now rather than wait.

ardashir

You could also create a wolf mutant using rules from after the bomb. Wolf based nightbane Alu Demon hound from Hades pit of hell Fenry, demon wolf from Dyvel hell unleashed Ice Wraith from Dyvel hell unleashed I keep hearing praise for the Nightbane books, maybe I should get some of them. Do they w...

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WB30: D-Bees of North America has: -Zenith Moon Wraper (updated from WB12) -Darkhound (updated from WB12) -Septumbran Witch Wolves (new) WB20 Canada has the Loup Garou. Wolfen are in CB1r/PF (along w/some other Canine races from PF), Werewolves are IIRC in WB1, Space-Wolfen are in DB3, PF LotD #2 h...

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It's a plant, with several relatively modest applications and a few potent ones. A salve can be made which can free a person from a Vampire's influence via the slow bite, a potion can be made from a flower which can cure any condition, revive the recently deceased, expel bio-wizard parasites, or po...

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Loup Garou are in the Canada book, and aren't to be confused with the aegypine Loogaroo found in Fantasy's Monsters and Animals . I'm working on a list of canine stuff in Palladium for you now. I've been putting off making the larger list of all insect stuff, so maybe this will be motivating. Thank...

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I don't have the Madhaven book yet but I mean to get it soon. I was just wondering, what is this 'White Rose' super-healing fountain that someone's guarding in the city? May I at least get some hints on what makes it so better than any other source of healing? I had an idea of someone getting desper...

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Crimson Dynamo wrote:I believe they're in the Canada world book, no?

I don't have that one, yet. I was wondering if Loup Garou would be in that book or Free Quebec, what with them being more of a French-Canadian critter.

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Mack wrote:I believe the Loup-Garou is in Psyscape (but don't have my book handy at the moment).

No. I just read that book recently. The Zenith Moon Warper is the wolf-like D-bee they describe.

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