Tell us of your Phase World Kewlness

Spinachcat · Unread post by **Spinachcat** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:52 pm

I am prepping my first Phase World campaign. I am interested in hearing about the experiences of other GMs and players.

1) Let's talk about an extra-special kewl bit from your own campaign. What was an extremely memorable planet, dimension or event in your stories?

2) I have the Phase World book and the Sourcebook as my prime resources. Is there another Phase World book that you feel is an absolute must-have for a campaign? Is there a particular Rifter article for Phase World that you would highly recommend?

Braden Campbell · Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:31 pm

If your campaign story is going to remain in one place, pick up Anvil Galaxy. If, however, the story is going to go all over the place, get Three Galaxies first.

Extra-kewl bit... probably when the mercenary team got a guided tour of the CCW's top-secret research facility thanks to some expertly faked IDs. they got to see the room full of psychic babies, the now-closed down Time Portal Experiment, and the lavish apartment where the top precognitives live and provide the CAF with details of the future.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:16 am

Phaseworld is an integral part of my megaversal campaign.
And yes, it has a DIRECT effect on Rifts Terra, but in very limmited fashion.
How so?
Weeellllllll... at present, there is a Demon Star (Soulgrinder; one of the first Demon Star's to be constructed) trying to resurect its self near the free-floating gravity well near Mimas. There is a guild hall of multi-dimensional demon hunters from a UWW world in an embassy at Lazlo.
Stuff keeps falling outta the sky (the counter synchronous ring has been greatly reduced in denisty, and the battle sats?..gone

).
Oh..and have had players go tooling around in the Tri-Galactic system as well.
The Attorians are slowly making their pressence known throughout the Thunderhead galaxy (Transdimensional colony effort).
Thraxus is still...well, Tharxus! 8-)

Naruni is being pWned on the stock market (don't ask

).
Much skull-duggery is happening as various governments and independant contractors are gearing up their naval and army R&D dept.'s . The Forge has 'streatched & yawned' and lots of people have sensed this.
The Star-hivers have some compitetion. :demon:

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:33 pm

UWW - Sploogie border incidents....

Technowizardry on both sides, beats
"Hunting for the Red October" 6 days a week.

Adios
KLM

Spinachcat · Unread post by **Spinachcat** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:45 pm

KLM wrote:Technowizardry on both sides, beats
"Hunting for the Red October" 6 days a week.

Very interesting...
More details please!!

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:07 pm

Not much to be said, but let your imagination loose
after reading RUE: Technowizard section,
UWW sections in the 3 galactic books, Atlantis...

And it will form a story soon.

Carl Gleba · Unread post by **Carl Gleba** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:52 pm

Had a group trying to track down why there has been an increase in Demon Star sighting and they ran right into a fleet of them. The planet they escaped to came under attack and they got off the planet before a Demon Planet had it for lunch.

Of course it was Thraxus that was interested in these details and he later asked the group to find a missing Naruni Space Station that happened to be a major ship yard. The last thing the group found before I stopped running for a while was brand new Naruni ships (each had marks from said missing space station) attacking various demon fleets. Battles were intensifying all over the Three Galaxies and seemed to heading towards Phase World.

DhAkael wrote:Weeellllllll... at present, there is a Demon Star (Soulgrinder; one of the first Demon Star's to be constructed) trying to resurect its self near the free-floating gravity well near Mimas.

Cool DhAKael!! Love the name of the Demon Star!

As for additional book, Anvil is Ok if you want to get all involved in the Forge War and looking for the Cosmic Forge. The races are OK, but I prefer Kevin stuff over Bill's.

<start plug> Three Galaxies has a variety of things from new aliens and tech to dozens of solar systems each with HLS. A must in my opinion. <end plug>

Naruni Wave 2 has a ton of cool tech.

Carl

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:51 am

Darkmax wrote:wait... 6 days, what they do on the 7th?

Singing in Russian

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:53 am

Darkmax wrote:Now here's a seriously imprtant question... you'll have to think very carefully before answering.

Did they or did they not have Volka?

Huhh???

If you mean Vodka... Nope.

I used the "Hunt for the Red October", because the novel
- and the movie also - set the ultimate, "we are ghosts and
we are hunting other ghosts" submarine mood...

...which I found as a rather attractive setting for my stories.

Now, both the UWW and the Sploogies are heavily using
magic counter measueres/magic counter-counter measures
(as in ECM/ECCM)...

...and I am fond of the "sneak 'em up -and blast 'em" setting.
Ie. detect ambush/concealment vs. prowl rolls are more important
thant dodge, Nr. aatacks and maybe even MDC. Just my style.

Adios
KLM

Chaos · Unread post by **Chaos** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:00 am

I have a few book sand when I run Phase world the logic of it is simple ...

I close my eyes and pick a random book from the shelf! :shock:

I'm being serious I ran Phase World campaigns with random grabs for years and had a blast

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:22 am

I keep on finding things for my players to do.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:34 pm

Best campaigns in Phaseworld have been the ole' "lone spacer with heart of irridium" (more valuable than gold), or the pan-galactic exploration and finding of dark ancient secrets.

You can also go all olde chool and do a SW type campiagn with CCW Vs. TGE.
Better yet; go byzantine on your players behinds, and get them caught up in inter-house warfare and intrigue (think Dune). It's all a mtter of what the GM wants to do, and how much pain their players are willing to suffer

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:27 pm

That sounds intriguing. I'll have to think on that one.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:10 pm

Oops...
Soulgrinder has just gone missing again.

Where oh where has the Demonstar gone I wonder? :demon:

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:09 am

That is something to NOT lose track of!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:31 am

But an evil rune starship! That should never be misplaced.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:29 am

But ifit does disappear! :eek:

Watch out!

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:40 am

C.R.A.F.T. wrote:We tracked a target for three months across nearly every book we had.

For us, the Palladium worlds are not really separate; if we didn't like the specific worldbook of a continent, we would insert a dimension book. For us, Australia was Wormwood, Africa was the Psyscape, and South America was the world of Palladium.

It pissed off several new players who sat in on a game or two and left muttering never to return.

It's how we got around certain rules about the limitations of OCCs and magic items.

heh... good way to play that

Yeah, I figure, with the whole set-up of Wormwood being so close dimensioanly to Rifts Terra, it would be a regular occourance for WW stuff to drop off on Earth (and vice versa). And yes, due to massive PPE reserves on R-Earth, the WWood symbiotes WOULD continue to function & thrive.

This alos means that the Hosts' minions could be sent over for supply raids too...always a fun time

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:00 pm

Present campiagn(s); The parties in bot my IRL and O/L game have discovered an alien intelligence has started making in-roads on Rifts Terra. One problem facing them in their quest(s) to block the incursion; the alien intell's main gate-way is actulay located in PWorld...a bit of a pickle.

Braden Campbell · Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:06 pm

I'm gaming today, as a matter of fact.

Our heroes (a spacer, a cyber-doc, a ninja cyborg, a Wulfen former CAF Officer, and a partial conversion Operator) are delivering a shipment of Hartigal weapons to the beseiged capital of the Central Alliance. The Golgan are attempting to destroy the city, and kill General Noldek, hoping that by removing him, the rest of the Alliance will crumble.

After several sessions of very little action, there is going to be a hell of a lot of fighting in this one...

shiiv-a · Unread post by **shiiv-a** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:50 pm

a well hidden world .. of space dwelling fox like beings. which IF you find out hte location of .. and make regular trips to and from over the course of .. say .. 10 years? .. think its 10 years .. your ship too , may develope a minimal ISP protection against some of the more ruder Psi thieves out there.

*grins* ... I liked it ...

Braden Campbell · Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:49 pm

Braden, GMPhD wrote:I'm gaming today, as a matter of fact.

After several sessions of very little action, there is going to be a hell of a lot of fighting in this one...

Man.

The session ended a few hours ago, and I just have to say... 75 dead Golgan. We had more killing than a Chicago slaughterhouse.

The fight between the players and the Juggernaught tank was really interesting tho...

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:02 am

Sounds like an interesting session!

Braden Campbell · Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:45 am

Darkmax wrote:care to elaborate? I'd love to know.

In brief;

Our PC group of gun runners is bringing a load of Hartigal weapons to General Noldek. His capital city is under seige by the Golgan, who want to reabsorb the Central Alliance into the Republik.

They got the weapons loaded onto a train in one of the outlying towns, and brought it into Augabin (the capital city) through an underground rail line. However, at the recieveing end, the Golgan forces were waiting for them (could it be that there is a traitor in the General's staff...?

)

One juggernaught tank waited in the yard flanked on each side by an APC. Plasma cartridge machine guns were set up behind sandbagged positions. It was going to be a slaughter.

Of the 30-odd Golgan who were involved in the fight, only one was killed by a gun. Every else was blown up by grenades or the 30-foot blast radius of a frag missile.

...but the interesting thing is this: as powerful as it is, that tank was fairly useless in an urban environment. It was too big to maneuver around when it had to, and it was destroyed by two guys in power armour who hid inside a building and peppered it with plasma mini-missiles. Thus, the Golgan learned a hard lesson: big machines have to able to fire and relocate if they are going to survive in the tight quarters of an urban area.

Which is why they are now bringing in the giant robots, which can move around a lot easier than a tank.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:47 pm

Braden, GMPhD wrote:interesting thing is this: as powerful as it is, that tank was fairly useless in an urban environment. It was too big to maneuver around when it had to, and it was destroyed by two guys in power armour who hid inside a building and peppered it with plasma mini-missiles. Thus, the Golgan learned a hard lesson: big machines have to able to fire and relocate if they are going to survive in the tight quarters of an urban area.

Which is why they are now bringing in the giant robots, which can move around a lot easier than a tank.

Unless the Golgans used something like a Bolo of MK XXII or higher; in which case, never mind manuvering, just plow THROUGH the obstacles, and continue to blow up the enemy as you're doing it.

Mind you, that's my opinion... I could be wrong

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:09 pm

It was a NE juggernaut, right?

That hovertank, especially in a high-tech
(read: MDC) enviroment is really limited.
I mean it has long range anti-armor firepower,
but nothing like the WWII flamethrower tanks
or the ability to plow thru houses.

Adios
KLM

Braden Campbell · Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:48 pm

The Juggernought can't hover more than a few feet off the ground. It's too damned heavy.

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:53 am

And that is the problem... I cannot really outmanouver
PA in MDC urban enviroment -> dead meat.

Adios
KLM

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:39 pm

I will agree in one case though; Pwr-suits used properly can make an entire tank DIVISION eat it.

Hell, they've even been used to take out capitol-ship scaled targets in certain sci-fi stories (John Ringo's Possleen war quartet).

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:57 am

I agree that in tight urban environments that tanks and heavy mechanized units are in trouble. But if they bring manueverable units supported by armored infintry with UAVs. That might help even the odds against people hiding in the ruins.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:41 am

Yes it is! Yes it is!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:24 am

I can see that happening in the right circumstances.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:45 am

The attack helicopters are said to be that, but I think it's a little too strong.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:05 am

So do I eventually. Some vertical launch ones.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:06 am

So do I eventually. Some vertical launch ones.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:21 am

Not yet. In my own game my own creation uses vertically launched missiles.

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:09 pm

Well... Why do the chopper have to descend into the
small canyon/street? Its weaponry is usually much
longer ranged than the buildings height around.

The answer is probably "give a chance to Godzilla
to chew on our craft".

Adios
KLM

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:34 pm

Most Godzilla, King Kong and other "giant monster"
movies have this hollywooditism...

...probably because in the first movies the WWI era
double-decker planes were plausibly flying too close
to the critter. But an AH-64 mounts a 30 mm chain gun,
not peashooter machine guns.

Another "favourite" was in the "Independence Day" when
a multi kilometer diameter giant UFO was attacked...
...by Sidewinders and Sparrows.
I am sure, that the USNavy were most glad to introduce
more of its gadgets. Like anti-ship missiles, bunker-opener
lasguided bombs, and the like.

It even look better on the screen too...

Adios
KLM

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:28 am

I have yet to see it. It's always fun throwing giant monsters at PC's when they are totally unprepared for them.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:15 am

And avoid being eaten or stepped on.

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:03 am

Sometimes being eaten only means a fatal
digestion problem for the critter, as demonstrated
in MiB.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:59 am

Very true!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:08 am

That is true too!

Rayven · Unread post by **Rayven** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:19 am

Spinachcat wrote:1) Let's talk about an extra-special kewl bit from your own campaign. What was an extremely memorable planet, dimension or event in your stories?

I was in a short-lived campaign that started in PW. I was a pizza delivery boy who got lost in time and delivered my pizza 2700 years before it was ordered. That's all I remember about it.

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:21 am

FlikSilverscales wrote:Let them swallow me whole. My Sword of Atlantis and I will give them the worst case of indigestion you will ever see.

Yepp, the trick is to be swallowed whole.

But my mom always told me to chew my food...

Adios
KLM

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:35 am

But you are not a sploogie!

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:49 am

Not that sploogs can swallow whole anything that is bigger
than an orange (you know -their maws are on the end
of the tentacles - ie. relatively small)...

...but why are you so sure, that I am not a Splugorth? :fool:

Adios
KLM

Rayven · Unread post by **Rayven** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:50 am

KLM wrote:...but why are you so sure, that I am not a Splugorth?

Adios
KLM

Because you have not swallowed us all whole yet. :bandit:

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:54 am

I'm very sure you are not a sploogie!

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:08 am

How naive...

Oh well, one of my players referred my
style as it puts the Unholy to the shame

Adios
KLM

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