Forums of the Megaverse®

Traska

Unless you can explain how a game can consist of no hurdles or problems and still be a game. The monsters are usually the hurdle in an MMO. Everquest I and II, Anarchy Online, City of Heroes, Matrix Online, Saga of Ryzom... these are MMOs that I have played and in these MMOs, there's usually only t...

Traska

For example, say in a combat killing all your foes gives you 50 victory points - but 50 victory poitns only gets you 50% XP. What if there was another role to be forfilled that was needed to get the other half. And, using your imagination, you took your idea and somehow that role was it, implemente...

Traska

Okay, why did the player choose a rogue scholar? What did they expect a rogue scholar to be able to DO? It seems to me two problems are occuring - A: the players in your example don't know what the hell role they want their character selection to forfil B: There is only one role present - damage de...

Traska

Traska wrote: The flavor should be kept as close as possible. But do not make the mistake of thinking that the game will be the slightest bit fun if you have Glitter Boys pounding out obscene damage while your vagabond sits back and snipes with a Wilk's pistol. Why? Seriously, before you jump onto ...

Traska

The problem with not balancing classes is that eventually, the higher power classes (let's say Dragons) get to walk all over everything. There's only two ways to avoid that. Totally balance classes (either nerf dragons or beef up vagabonds, the end result's the same: Dragons are just as powerful as ...

Traska

Coming in late, here, but... For starters, phone cals and emails are the quickest way to end up in the circular file. You'll get a better response from a face-to-face... that's not Palladium, that's just business. Failing that, a letter (on that flat wood-pulpy stuff, whaddyacallit.... paper!), mail...

Traska

Okay, I came in late. Sue me. (No, wait! Get those Splugorth lawyers back! Back I say!) My ideal for Rifts: First, no anime. I have to admit, I'm tired of all animated shows being anime these days. I mean, GI Joe in anime? Guh. (Obviously, I'm not doing this so I have no real say, but hey, you wante...

Traska

the story is all, but the story need to adapt to the characters. after all, what's the point of me playing in a game who's outcome has already been decided? I want some say in the damn story! for in the exsample above, if he was about to reveal some major plot point, when they just haul out and sho...

Traska

This reminds me of one of my favorite HU villains... Death From Above. Wore power armor that could fly, had a skull motif, and was blue-black in color. He specifically targetted mutants and aliens, as well as mages. Was a fun villain.

Traska

No, no, no, no, no. Do you have any idea how much they'd have to sanitize to get a greenlight? Seriously, picture a leatherboy with stigmata and visible organ pulsing and dripping blood. Never see it.

Traska

Your GM is a jerk.

What I would have asked (if he says you can't grab things) is "You're made of water, so you can't hold things. Do you want to smack the knife out of his hand instead?"

Traska

Actually, I think he's sayingit's his first time using it for a character, so he has no idea as to the details. Most likely, the character wouldn't be trying for the first time.

Traska

Yeah, I kinda figured... but still... I don't know if I should shake my head, or laugh.

I think I'll laugh Laugh Out Loud .

"I'd laugh if it wasn't so pathetic."
"..."
"Oh what the heck, I'll laugh anyway!"

Traska

Form of, a water forklift!

/lurk on, lurk off

Traska

That's the reason I stopped watching Samurai Jack after about the sixth episode. Once I realized he was going to be fighting robots every... freaking... episode... it got real old real fast.

Traska

It says to ever have existed int he Marvel universe, past or present. For four issues he straddled the line... and I'm pretty sure the final showdown with Krona took place in the Marvelverse, given that his fortress was the aforementioned pink armor, which millions have trembled before.

Traska

D]] The most powerful Person/Alien/Being/Entity EVER to have existed in the Marvel Universe, past or present (35 pts.)

I'm going to say Krona, JLA/Avengers 1-4. He made a fortress out of Galactus' corpse. If that isn't damn tough, I don't know what is.

Traska

Unfortunately for Blue Beetle, he was a DC character.. thus he is likely going to stay dead. --Ka-blink-- Are you fre-kaying kidding me? Green Arrow. Barry Allen. Hal Jordan. *Superman*. Jason Todd. JASON FREAKING TODD. The rule of thumb used to be "They're ony dead if you see the body." We *aw* th...

Traska

Two words: Alex Luthor. Luthor, from any world... whether good or evil... has an "ends justify the means" mindset. What makes you think he wouldn't mess with his friends' minds to accomplish this goal? More to the point... who's to say he isn't the ones that planted the thought to mindwipe Dr Light ...

Traska

I say teachers, not cops/firefighters. Teachers often have to buy their own material, deal with adolescents that would just walk out if they didn't have to be there, work horrendous overtime with no extra pay (grading papers at home, for example), and be responsible for two dozen+ kids all at the sa...

Traska

I'd say that unless she's nullified herself, the Scarlet Witch is clearly the most dangerous individual in the Marvel Universe.

Traska

Flight (any): Take a radio transmitter with you, and you're an "eye in the sky" correspondent. Multiple Beings/Selves: Construction work. Rebuilding a house when you have five other heroes with you who can coordinate as well as a single person is very useful. Growth: Also useful for construction. S...

Traska

Oooooooh...

Okay, I want a CS Dead Boy minifig. Can't be *that* hard, just mod a Stormtrooper or something.

And skycycles.

And a SAMAS minifig.

A Spider-Skull would rock the Casbah, too.

Lego Dog Boys would be adorable.

Too many possibilities... >THUD<

Traska

It does, however, make one a desired demographic on Bravo.

Traska

It's Dial A For Alien!

Traska

Restrict the zoom level. Just include major topographical alterations... nothing even close to city-level, much less street level. Maybe eye alt = 1800 mi or so.

I just think an interactive map of Rifts Earth would be tres magnifique. =)

Traska

Any change of a Google Earth mod? Google Rifts Earth, maybe?

Traska

I found an interesting omission, and it seems to date all the way back to the RMB.

It seems the Dog Boys don't get WP blunt. Now, maybe I'm mistaken, but isn't their standard-issue neural mace a blunt weapon? Unless they all use it unskilled...

Traska

I want to see an in-character printing of Erin Tarn's "Traversing Our Modern World", along with revision notes by Ms Tarn, and some Out-of-character info thrown in from time to time. It'd be a hell of a read, *and* you'd have some detailed maps. (Somehow, I don't think the esteemed Ms Tarn skimps on...

Traska

Yeah, I worded that badly. What I had meant to say is this: Mutants seem to get made into MDC beings just for having lumpy skin, but somehow experiments don't get the upgrade even for incrased mass, which seems to be all about body density in general? Also, major duh moment, as Skraypers didn't even...

Traska

Okay, I have some questions. There hasn't been an attempt to address this since the first Rifts Conversion Book lo those many moons ago. I need to know some things about converting HU characters to Rifts, so I need some answers (house rules would be fine): 1) Am I correct that think skin for mutants...

Traska

I dunno. He avoided not only the good guys looking to bust him, but the bad guys looking to whack him. That takes some grey matter.

Traska

Spider-Man.

The world's against him, but he bounces back. He's got brains to match brawn, and a bone-for-fido sense of humor, too. Plus, he's not exactly the toughest steak on the grill, but he manages to hold his own as an Avenger, all the while cracking wise as he tends to.

Traska

Okay, so she's a natural genius. Translation: She's exceptional for her age. Extrapolation: She's shunned by kids her age (seriously, the really smart kids aren't loners by choice... it's pack rule). Further extrapolation: Television and the internet are her friends. Imagine, if you will, an eight y...

Traska

Just because they're named after Chromium, doesn't mean they're made of it.

The Silver Surfer isn't covered in silver, is he? What about Booster Gold? Is there really any copper on the outside of a Duracell? And what about Iron Man... y'think there's any iron in that suit?

Traska

"How to survive MD attacks" might aso be: You've ogt 140 SDC, and 65 HP, and get hit for 2 MD. Yes, we know you have 5 HP left. BUT, what did that do to your meat? I mean, that's 200 SDC damage concentrated into a tight beam, that's got to have *some* lasting effect.

Traska

every characters a person makes will have a distinct part of the person making them as a core component. am i the only one willing to admit that my characters are illusions of what i would do? I don't play my characters that way, at all. I've had evil characters, I am not evil. Heck, there's no way...

Traska

Okay, I usually don't contribute to these threads, but... I gotta agree with some of these: Glitter Girls (why not Glitter Grrls?), cliches (England, the West, Japan), Floopers, Psi-Cola... But also: Psi-X Aliens (the truth is really familiar looking) The CWC-era armors (sometimes they come out look...

Traska

Some of us want both. =P

Traska

Way I see it, I've seen plenty of issues of Fantastic Four where Human Torch "flamed on" and lfew right out a window. Not even the drapes were singed. And, seeing as how this is a superhero-genre game... Yeah, I'd allow anything that takes less than one full round as far as "getting out while the ge...

Traska

::Raises hand:: Okay, I'll 'fess up. I'm the one single vote for the last category. And it's serious too. My MMORPG characters are all female. My PnP characters are all female. Heck, if I play Street Fighter, I play as Chun Li as much as possible. I just *identify* with female characters easier.

Traska

Update: She's still on the Liberty server. As is IronMan-X, the red-and-gold-armored hero... you know, the one with the chest jewel that looks like a yellow lens inside a red ring ont eh chest? I reported *that* guy on Monday. If they're not eliminating clones in four days, I think Marvel *does* hav...

Traska

/emote Resuscitates the thread /emote waits for thread's Endurance to regenerate Ahem. Okay, anyway... in CoH tonight (dinged 14 with my new soloing blaster), and I see a hero named.... Marvel Girl. Redhead, wearing a gold and red costume with a gold sash and a gold bird on the chest. So far, pretty...

Traska

If teleporting into a giant robot is affecting the occupants, then so is using a spell to knock the robot down (the occupants go bouncy). So, can a robot not be affected by tremor-type spells then? It seems if we decide that the cause cannot affect the occupants means that the effect from that cause...

Traska

Or, the character really *does* teleport... but, to do so, he melds with any available water source, including humidity, to form what is the aquatic version of shadow-stepping... he turns to water, vanishes, water appears elsewhere, and there he is. Okay, that was one really *nasty* run-on sentence....

Traska

How about throwing something harder at us? =)

Traska

Takes the form of electrified earth... smoldering, arcing, etc. Through the redirecting of neural electricity, the hero is able to control the thought processes of others.

Traska

How many people can close their eyes right now, and see every detail of the inside of their car, from dashboard to back seat... despite the fact that their automotive knowledge ends at pumping gas?

I know I can.

Traska

One more thing. You say that no magc can penetrate the skin of a robot, and that's why teleport doesn't work, and that's all-inclusive because it's not qualified. Okay... Mystic Portal (a spell costing 60 PPE) allows a mage to create a passage in any substance. That's any substance, period. Also unq...

Traska

Let's try this again. Teleport does not require LOS to work, I think we can agree on that, yes? (Otherwise, allowing a range of 300 miles per level is ludicrous. I can't see 300 miles, can you?). Given that, I think we can safely say there is no magic beam or trail needed. Now, given that, we have t...

Forums of the Megaverse®

Search found 258 matches

Converting HU to Rifts