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The 2 game stores in my area can't get it through their distributors unfortunately, so I have to wait for someone to go to the States and see if they don't mind picking it up for me (shipping is just to muc

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I like the Combat Truck and Dunebuggy (forget the official names atm) in the Arzno book. Not fancy or anything, I just like the look and the practicality of well designed basic vehicles.

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By the book - SOL

I usually allow a domestic or minor technical skill or the like, nothing game changing or outrageous.

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Maybe have them go to Mars via a portal and after some exploring find a small spacecraft. Mutants in Orbit has details for Mars.

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Favorite Races - Human
True Atlantean
Mutant Cat (Lone Star)
Sea Titan

Favorite OCCs - Gunfighter
HeadHunter Anti-Robot Specialist
Robot Pilot
Rogue Scientist / Scholar
Knight of the White Rose
Psi-Tech

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don't forget the The Walch 12-shot .36 caliber Navy revolver, great surprise when someone is counting your rounds

made in 1859

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to be honest without something like the "smart gun" links (in shadowrun) or a movie example Robocop where a camera/gunsight camera exists on the weapon that can project an aimpoint picture into the persons sight for each weapon, actually "aiming" more than one gun is seriously problematic anyway ...

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I just made a Mutant Snow Leopard Gunfighter and I think I would put it near the top of my list, along with a True Atlantean Robo-Slammer Headhunter.

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One of my Favorite Bots.

I would use the Robot Combat in WB8 for Elite, as a player or GM, after reading up I came to the conclusion that it's the most balanced way to do it.

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I always wanted some but never got the chance, I've used my 40K mini's for the most part, and some mini's from an old forgotten sci-fi game that I can't remember the name for

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nice work

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44 and online mostly - I would love the chance for table top play but no one in my area to play with, it's a wasteland as far as Rifts is concerned. Hoping to get a small group together but schedules is killing it.

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RUE is most current rule set I have, and the starting H2H is generally 4 (I believe Assassin is 3, and my book is not handy so not sure for Dragon).

Of course you could always just redo the H2H using DR tables for the time the party is there and switch back afterwards.

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Have a New West game starting with friends soon, low powered as they are new to the game. So far a Human Saloon Girl, a battlecat Sheriff's Deputy, a possible Human Cowboy and 2 more undecided.

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It all depends on the type of game the GM wants to run. I'm starting a game with friends that have never played and I'm keeping it simple to start out. New West game - low power, so basically at the present we have a Human Saloon Girl, a Battlecat Sheriff's Deputy and possibly a Human Cowboy plus 2 ...

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I would go with the RUE rules if all the other chars are made with those, to keep it fair. If the other chars are RMB then the WB:Canada rules would apply so there is no advantage.

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I haven't looked at the PF books so I don't know if they use the older style H2H tables where you have to add 2 attacks that everyone gets. (2 attacks + 2 attacks from H2H = 4 attacks) The newer tables have those added in already (in Rifts for example)

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I think he was referring to the half bonuses with a pulse on Aimed shots.

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add 2 attacks per melee to the PF characters, for all HTH skills, that should bring everything to same level.

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Or you could get a pistol and carbine with the same caliber so you only have one ammo type to carry. I have a DR character with a Colt 44.40 revolver and a 44.40 Winchester lever. Decent damage and the Winchester really isn't very loud, a bonus. If you're getting into situations where you need 15 ...

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the Naruni Enforcer PA (I think that's what its called) the "Law Enforcement" one, the forearm foam guns can shoot water (gives damage for vamps), the grenade launchers can use anti-vamp grenades, not sure how well the stunner would work (don't have books handy). Good PA IMHO, I've always liked it ...

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Maybe add Globe of Daylight to the list? It is creating something.

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I wonder if the Semper Fi PA from WB7 that the New Navy uses is derived from the SAMAS? It wouldn't need the wings and the thrusters would be different but seems a likely thought?

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You can dodge a blast radius because it is an attack, it has a strike roll and the rules under combat explicitly state that you can attempt to dodge any successful attack.
You referring to RUEp340's step 3 of hand to hand combat?

This section is a guideline but not a rule when applying to modern ...

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A fly would think a Venus fly trap was evil. It is all really based on the perception of the individual but solidified by the perception of the masses.

Since the CS are "the masses" of Rifts North America, then, they would set the standard.
(Although people have been previously arguing that ...

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It is possible to take something to literally.

My position is the RAW statement of everything was referring to individual units (Bodies, PAs Bots etc) as an everything ,thus being hit once by default in the Main Body, and not going through hoops assigning half damage to every single part of every ...

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Conforming to the character's body = the field not being a sphere or blob shape around the character but following the shape of the body. Did I clarify what I meant this time? I thought we were talking about the Field's shape and coverage, if the character has 4 arms then it would cover the 4 arms ...

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A fly would think a Venus fly trap was evil. It is all really based on the perception of the individual but solidified by the perception of the masses.

Since the CS are "the masses" of Rifts North America, then, they would set the standard.
(Although people have been previously arguing that ...

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How can I be wrong when this is what the book says?

RUEp363 "everyone and everything in the blast radius suffers half damage"

You could be wrong because the passage you quote has a number of possible meanings.
It could mean quite literally everything takes 1/2 damage, but you've already agreed ...

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If the AoE hits every single part of a 'Bot, does it get to Roll with Impact for every single part? Or is it take take multiple hits with only 1 chance to reduce the damage from lets say, 4 hits? 8 hits? 14 hits? How does that work for very small parts (the ones with penalties to hit on called shots ...

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I never claimed the items somehow became a part of the character's body, please don't put words in my mouth.

Items held in his hands, hung from his back, or worn on top of his head are not protected.

I read that as Something being carried or held - not worn on his hands, so yes gloves and ...

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Actually Tor, it does say the pet dog across the planet isn't protected.

It surrounds the psychic's body (so unless the psychic is half a world big...) and excludes in his/her hands, worn on his/her head, and hanging from his/her back

sounds like it won't protect something in your example.

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Just starting a Rifts game on Roll20 but haven't played enough to say how well it works. If you don't get answers from other people, I'll let you know how it goes

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[quote=Mechghost"]I've seen a forested area hit by HE shells and somehow there were some trees still standing (of varying sizes) not a sphere of stumps mowed off at ground level.

Not sure how this relates unless you know our modern HE shells inflict MD.[/quote]

It relates in respect to the fact ...

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OK I would agree about exo-suits or PAs not being covered bur and personal armor would be, the description says surrounds the body of the psychic not that it's skin tight. And EBA suits can be less bulky than some Non-EBA suits, so I don't see a problem there, if you want to say it can't be sealed ...

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a person is getting hit multiple times (magically the fragments are homing in on every single component that makes up the larger thing, equally unrealistic as just mainbody).

As magically as a fragment homes in on every single person or non-attached object in a blast radius? Funny how the ...

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Cool.

IMHO the Bow and SMG rules need fixing also, among other things.

I mean SMGs can fire single rounds, not always bursts and the damage is horrible compared to a pistol firing the same bullet LOL

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I don't see how it plays havoc, we treat these things as unbypassable, same as always. If the GM wants to house-rule an AR for the Millenium Leaf ponchos and Altara swimsuits (akin to Cyber-Armor or NGR's MDC clothing) and make them not protect from missiles, it doesn't seem outrageous at all ...

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I would love to actually play, started 1 game of DR but only got like 1 session in. I just think there are several areas that need house rules to make things work better.

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everything gets hit
by claiming every component of everything gets hit means everything is actually getting hit multiple times

I consider them to be separate things. They have separate damage pools and different repair costs in sourcebook 1.

Different things welded together to make 1 big thing ...

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Having hunted the Baskatong Reservoir area north of Mount Laurier (in Quebec north of Ottawa) I can agree its fairly isolated once you get into areas like that, and walking or even driving isn't much fun when it's snowing heavily or afterwards.

One of the worse things to have to deal with would be ...

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Loosing a debate means you failed to prove your point.
Lost according to you? Have you proven yours? Was a victor declared or did it just peter off because both sides got bored with it?

The books examples and the ways the rules are written does not match your rules lawyering to hit all parts of ...

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Just started playing on Roll20 in a DR game and a Rifts game, the only thing I don't like are the character sheets for Pally games that are on the site, they're, well, kinda basic and haphazard. Other than that its looking like a fun setup

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I like the idea, it's the style of PA that I like generally.

Constructive Criticism :

The 80mm is a little big and while a nice idea isn't a real fit to the idea, maybe use the same layout but use the NE-75H as a base for the weapon? It would put it in the same range of capabilities without the ...

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I say the non-main locations take damage in AoA, common sense here.

The "only called shots" crowd would have you think stepping in lava can't hurt a bot's foot because lava doesn't roll to strike.

No need to be insulting Tor, just because someone doesn't agree with what you consider "common ...

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Well lets see,

Depleting MDC of Main Body will shut down the Bot/PA making it useless according to the asterisks marked notes in the individual Bot/PA description, I basically consider it to shot to pieces.

I'm not sure about salvage rules, guess it depends on the GM. I don't remember any offhand ...

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The Wolfen Quatoria in a Phaseworld setting, the Mantis 'borg from Russia is very cool, but the 'borg I would play in a NA setting right now would be a Mining 'Borg, just to have a different feel.

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I stack. Easiest fastest most efficient way to keep track. I also allow the two hand to hand combats per character. Expert Martial Artist, Etc. And they stack. Only use that in fantasy settings gives a guy with two swords and plate mail a chance to hang in a sword fight with a SAMAS.
My reasoning ...

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a True Atlantean Knight of the White Rose? Gives you the moving around background you're looking for. They have some magic and can fight.

I never thought of Mystic Knights as being from anywhere but North America/The Magic Zone. But, now that you mention it, I don't see why not. Interesting.

I ...

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a True Atlantean Knight of the White Rose? Gives you the moving around background you're looking for. They have some magic and can fight.

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