You name it, we've got it - Ninja Turtles, Space Opera, Cowboys on Dinosaurs fighting Psychic Demons from Hell!
>Minion War: What is your group doing in that storyline?
>Does anyone still play Palladium Fantasy?
>Next steps in the metaplot
>> Reformed CS
>> Destroyed Federation of Magic
>> New challengers on the scene?
>> Is magic in north america screwed?
>> Yer a traitorous wizard 'arry
Get yer PDF's here -
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1dsdr28ic5vk0/Palladium
>>46118372
Nah, it is in Robotech that Rock does MD.
>>46118347
That filename should be >>Edgelord's Urbanmech.jpg
>>46118400
What, no keytar?
>>46118422
>Statting battletech in Palladium System
I am okay with this.png
>>46118596
Probably a more appropriate pic.
>>46118480
Ah man I made one of those dudes for my first RIFTS character. It went nowhere sadly.
Robotech and Palladium fantasy were pretty legit, but RIFTS, even though I had a really solid long running campaign, really is a shitshow and kind of a testament to bad game design.
>>46118915
I think Rifts needs a lot tighter control on what you do and where you go.
Wild west campaign? Awesome. Intergalactic space opera campaign? Awesome.
Space opera characters in the wild west? Yeah, might have a problem.
In the NGR military, pants are optional.
>>46119231
What the actual fuck? That pilot suit covers everything but the face, ass and back of the knees. It is almost like a bizarro chainmail bikini.
>>46119332
I assume it's some kind of cooling suit
Also a healthy dose of "it's rifts, I ain't gotta explain shit".
>real vehicles that look like they were from Rifts
>>46119908
>>46119920
>>46118596
laughingwhores.jpg
>>46120567
>MAKE EVERY CROSSOVER HAPPEN
>>46121085
Do you ever get the impression Kevin Siembeda chooses skill lists by going through the course catalogs at local community colleges?
There's a Savage Worlds version of Rifts being developed right now. I'm curious to see how that works out.
>>46121327
yes
>>46121330
I do wonder if it will have the same feel in another system.
One think the Palladium system did have going for it was a concrete, simulationist feel. Unrealistic and clunky for sure, but still very specific about what every action and item is.
I may be running a TMNT one-shot set in South Korea for some waygook friends of mine.
What are some good houserules I should use to make the system more manageable?
>>46123914
Review the combat rules thoroughly with everyone before you start. It's a modern setting so there should be a mix of melee and ranged combat, remember what bonuses apply to which.
The power level isn't too crazy high or low so you dont have to worry about character types too much.
>Crossover potential
>>46123914
Character creation takes forever in palladium. I'm not sure I'd use it for one shots. That being said I really like palladium for TMNT games. One thing palladium does well is martial arts Combat.
>>46127155
>This
It makes me wonder why Ninjas and Superspies wasn't more popular.
On the other hand, does anyone run space combat successfully?
>>46127350
>Literally rolling 1d6 X 1,000,000 damage
>>46127155
Just use pregens.
>>46118400
>>46118422
NO GUTS NO GLORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hSMzrWZCAE
>>46118993
>help someone please stop me from having so much fun
>>46119332
Not official art bro, just someone's stupid picture
>>46121330
Yeah they also put characters from random games in super smash bros, doesn't make smash bros good, kiddo
>>46128830
Careful, don't reply to the savage worlds autist or he'll start sperging the fuck out
>>46128615
More an issue of harder to make a setting-appropriate challenge and letting all the players contribute.
>>46129112
>help help someone please help me make challenges that aren't just "you all fight challenging monsters together"
>>46129139
>Accidentally dying instantly in the first combat encounter is definition of fun
>>46129171
>Playing with a GM who is a basic bitch
I seriously hope you guys don't do this
>>46129204
>Being a pain in your GM's ass because you all want to be special snowflakes at totally different power levels.
It's a collaborative game. You need to meet each other halfway.
We need an ASCII checkmark, stat!
>>46129139
>>46129204
Bruh, those are cries for help. Don't let a brother hang!
>>46129112
>>46129171
Young son, listen up. Rifts isn't like D&D. Though you can make a group of player characters who are all very similar and could all fight similar monsters, the game is set up to allow wider more complex and more realistic character groups.
Since the very beginning the example party of Erin Tarn, her Cyber-Knight Protector and their companions have been trying to get the idea into your head that a Rifts game isn't all the players being effective in a tactical combat scenario.
Here's an example. Recently in our game the player characters took on a giant demon. As in, really huge, towering over their field base. While some of them were fighting the big bad with mecha and directing the defenders at the field base, the others were keeping the radios online, rescuing injured personnel, directing defenders inside the base and fighting some smaller demons that snuck into base and were attacking the defenders.
Even though the party ranged from mecha pilots to militia conscripts, everyone was involved and the different challenges were suited for the different people taking them on.
Not everything has to be "fighter/cleric/mage/thief go into the dungeon and work together to pass every room until they get to the boss, which they work together to defeat with their balanced DPS and healing ability". This is a roleplaying game. Think about the roles of the player characters not just about the classes the player characters have taken.
Also, not every challenge for combat oriented characters needs to be "okay juicer do your thing!" there are lots and lots of ways to challenge different types of characters that take them out of their element and stress them out and on the flip side it's always fun for players when they "happen" to meet a challenge that suits them that would have been a lot more difficult if they weren't there.
In other words don't be a basic bitch.
>>46129470
No, the most important job of any Rifts GM is slapping down character concepts that are munchkinned-out bullshit.
You seem to think I'm saying that all the characters have to be the same. No, they can have pretty wide degrees of power levels, that's part of the game.
But at the end of the day you still have to run some kind of campaign or another, and what characters you allow affects what kind of campaign you can run. Some can certainly handle more powerful characters, but no GM should ever feel like they have to allow some player to run a character that's going to force the entire storyline to be planned again from scratch.
"Power levels" doesn't even have to mean combat, there are plenty of ways characters can be game-breaking or simply overtake whatever campaign you were planning that doesn't even need any combat to happen.
Yes, you can have a wide range of characters, that's part of the fun. But no, don't be a munchkin or a pussy GM who lets their players run any snowflake character they want no matter what the plan was from the beginning.
>>46129614
Okay, cool man, sounds good. Have fun. :^)
>>46129665
>We're playing a wild west campaign.
>I'm playing a dragon cosmo knight mecha pilot whether you like it or not!
>Jesus christ man, again?
>>46129692
Gee, you're right man, that would be awful. It's been good talking to you, good luck with your game!
>>46129742
Feeling persecuted that you can't play your mary sue fursona every single time?
>>46129692
cosmoknightcrashestoearthandhaslosthismemoriesandpowersanddoesn'trealizehe'sadragontrappedinhumanformandthewildwestcharactershelpitregainit'smemoryandpowersandrealformthenitthanksthemandfliesofftospaceendingtheadventure
5 seconds
You're a basic bitch.
So, anyone play much of Splicers?
I have a few friends interested, though I'm considering the idea of allowing lost Host armors and pets to be replaced at full BIO-E rather than reduced. No fun to have those as permanent losses.
>>46119670
>gargoyle
But anon, that isn't a picture of a pile of ashes with CS and NGR boot prints in it you silly. Sure your files aren't misnamed?
>>46129798
High powered Splicers? Sounds fun.
>>46129780
>Whines about GMs that slap down character concepts
>Suggests that GM should slap down character concepts immediately if an overpowered one makes it into the game
Thanks for admitting I was right, bitch. Next time try to admit you were wrong a little more gracefully.
>>46129849
>Basic bitch can't handle writing a classic guest star episode
Did you never watch a single cartoon? I feel really really bad for you and now understand why you are so basic.
>>46129886
>Thinks he was right saying players should be wildly different players levels when the only example he gives is literally taking them down to similar power levels
K.
>>46129921
>Rookie mad as hell
>>46129780
"No GM, I want to play a dragon cosmo knight mecha pilot.'
>>46117982
>Almost two years since release
>No multiverse in flames PDF
>>46130108
What are you talking about? I've got one.
>>46130077
"I'm sorry, you can't play that because I'm a basic bitch."
>>46130183
That's exactly what >>46129780 says.
This game made me want to bang my GM.
Not really. His mind made me wanna bang him.
Holy shit do I love heroes unlimited though.
>>46130135
You should name three random pdfs all "multiverse in flames PDF" and then make him choose from them like the holy grail
>>46130002
Right. mad because you admitted GMs have to slap down overpowered bullshit characters that would wreck the campaign.
On the other hand, that does lead to an interesting question about campaigns -
>Wild West
>Coalition Soldiers
>Tolkeen
>Space Opera
>Underseas
>Europe
Best? Worst? Which allows the widest range of characters, and the least?
>>46130135
You post a link you DeeBee loving traitor or Emperor help me i'm reporting you to the Coalition ISS for unauthorized literacy!
>>46130233
You do seem pretty mad. :^)
>>46130282
>So mad he can't even carry on a conversation anymore
>>46130254
http://www.uploadmb.com/dw.php?id=1458449245
Here you are, 12 MB of dolphin porn.
>>46130203
Whole lotta goalpost moving going on here.
You've gone from
>Space opera characters in the wild west? Yeah, might have a problem.
to
>>46129692
>I'm playing a dragon cosmo knight mecha pilot whether you like it or not!
Seems like you're awful desperate for an argument.
>>46130448I'm not even the guy you started the argument with.
>>46130353
You bastard, that isn't Dolphin porn.
>>46130448
>Space opera characters in the wild west?
There was literally an episode of next gen where that happened.
>>46130475Seems like you're awful desperate for an argument.
>>46130530
Why else would somebody be in a Rifts thread?
>>46130206
>this creepy post goes unnoticed
>>46130622To get a copy of multiverse in flames pdf
>>46130353
>The source of evil spreading across north america, threatening everything with destruction is centered in Calgary
So, the Conservative Party?
>>46130353
Thanks for the PDF, fuck you for not posting dolphin porn. :)
>>46130683
Canadian style liberal morals.
>>46130957
>Calgary
>Liberal
Wut
>>46131176
>>46130683
leaf get out
You have been put in charge of writing World Book: Lazlo
>What do you include?
>What is the focus of the book - magic, techno-wizardry, D-bees, etc?
>What OCC/RCC/PCCs would Lazlo have?
>What's the city itself like?
>>46131929
Wizards are shit, fuck that trash
I'm writing Haunted Tech instead
>>46117982
Where is the autist who hates palladium? Surely he has some lively complaints to add to the shit soup
>>46117982
Someone needs to shop a picture of some CS/NGR/NG/Wizards/Quebec/Shemmarians/Splugorth/Vampires/Cyberknights all standing shoulderto shoulder pointing guns at the viewer with the caption "Minion Wars: You came to the wrong dimension motherfucker'
>>46132873
I ain't standing shoulder to shoulder with any vampires
>>46131970
>PALLADIUM BOOKS® WEEKLY UPDATE – MARCH 17, 2016
>By Kevin Siembieda
>Our imaginations were truly unleashed this past week, with a lot of final writing and editing for Rifts® Heroes of Humanity™ Sourcebook and The Disavowed getting done. As well as what I think will be a new CS equipment book that goes hand in hand with both titles. The latter is the result of going wild with ideas for Rifts® Heroes of Humanity™ and new CS power armor, weapons and equipment. Chuck and I have cut loose and don’t want to hold back on things we know you will love.
>In fact, Chuck Walton and I have been so fired up that we have both been dreaming about the conflicts, characters, demons and new materials going into these books! Tuesday morning I woke up at 4:30 AM, could not fall back to sleep, so I got up, showered, had breakfast and was writing away at the office by 6:00 AM! I also reached out to a bunch of my artists to get them lined up for artwork on this and various projects. There are a lot of interior illustrations and covers needed for upcoming books.
>I continue to write like crazy and am trying to wrap up Rifts® Heroes of Humanity™ Sourcebook by the end of next week. Chuck has been drawing so fast and furious that his shoulder has been cramping up. So many fun new concepts, gizmos, equipment, expanded O.C.C.s ... thrilling stuff. And we feel that way as fans of role-playing and Rifts® ourselves. Kinda crazy being a fan of your own creations, but that’s what keeps us so passionate about writing new books for you. It’s all about giving you guys new toys to make your characters more deadly and fun, and new avenues of adventure to explore. The next 4-5 Rifts® and other game titles in the pipeline will do that in spades.
FUCK YEAH THIS NEW BOOK IS GOING TO BE BE AWESOME
>>46118372
>>46118400
In Megaverse in flames there is a demon lord who is so metal he literally turns into steel and fights with a combination guitar/battle axe that he plays in combat.
>>46132956
Then fuck those guys, their honorary earthling cards are revoked.
>brandishes super soaker
UPDATE: Coalition States: Heroes of Humanity™ Sourcebook
>Writing, art and editing continue at a fever pitch. Heroes of Humanity is jam-packed with a wealth of background information about the Coalition States, Psi-Battalion, ramping up CS Juicer and Cyborg programs, military strategies and tactics, battle plans, and adventure ideas galore. It will also contain some new weapons and equipment, but as a zillion ideas and cool stuff keep coming into our minds, I’m becoming increasingly convinced we need to turn Coalition States: Heroes of Humanity™ into TWO sourcebooks released one right after the other. I’m writing it all as if it is ONE big book, but I’m thinking we could do more with weapons and equipment, and the art for it, if we broke them into two books. The second book being called something like CS Heroes of Humanity™ Weapons Manual or Heroes of Humanity™ Arsenal. Epic stuff that opens up and sets the stage for all kinds of new adventures and mixed group dynamics – namely CS characters working with D-Bees and practitioners of magic against the Minions of Hell – wicked supernatural beings who threaten to turn Rifts Earth into an extension of Hell itself.
Fund it. I'm in.
>>46133332
>The Disavowed
Sounds like The Vanguard are getting an entire book.
>>46133382
UPDATE: Rifts® The Disavowed™
As noted above, we are rockin’ n’ rollin’ on Heroes of Humanity™ and notes and text for The Disavowed and Haunted Tech™ as the ideas come. These two books are stand-alone products related by theme, time-line and interlocking events that tie-in nicely with Heroes of Humanity™ or any campaign. Wild stuff. In Haunted Tech™ the Republicans reveal themselves but things do not go according to plan.
>>46117982
I've seen a couple of books from this system. I am unfortunately completely unfamiliar with it.
Where do I start?
Core books to look for?
Setting books?
I like pretty much any setting with space opera cowboys eating psychotic psychic demon vomit.
>>46133435
Haunted Tech is a separate book from Disavowed.
>>46133483
>Core books to look for?
Rifts Ultimate Edition. It'll be a bit of a slog in places, Palladium haven't updated their layout since 1996.
>>46133553
Hey its a start. Thank you.
>>46133588
Also, check the pdf block at the start. World books are setting books, Dimension books are also setting but not Rifts Earth.
>>46133483
Ultimate Edition is the core book, everything else is details about some place/event/dimension/etc
Have fun, tons of awesome shit in there
>>46120214
Ah right, the dickguns.
>>46133758
In the Northern Gun book they have different weapons options for them so now you can have a giant robot that fires a plasma flamethrower from it's crotch, just like you wanted when you were a little girl.
>>46133758
>the only gun on your robot is up on it's shoulder
>need a way to shoot down at dinosaurs biting your legs while keeping your hands free to punch the shit out of bigger dinosaurs
Got any better ideas?
>>46133796
Razor armour and spikes.
>>46134227
>doesn't see the logistical issues with putting "razor armour and spikes" on a vehicle
Must be an ork player
>>46134255
What logistical issues? You just don't put them on the insides of the joints like a retard.
>>46134269
Oh yeah you're right, it'll be fine. :^)
>>46134393
>I cannot provide anything, so I shall shitpost
It wouldn't be a Rifts thread without you.
>>46134398
>he honestly can't figure out why you don't put a bunch of "razor armour and spikes" on a vehicle
>>46134431
>he can't provide any reason not to
>>46134449
>implying I'd spoil my own fun
Rifts in a nutshell (See dialog)
>>46134768
What game is this?
>>46134784
I honestly have no idea
>>46134869
Damn, neither does Google.
>>46134431
The only thing that matter is "would it fit in on a heavy metal album cover?"
Giant robots covered in spikes and razor blades sure as fuck would. So fund it.
>>46133435
Was this "haunted tech" stuff referenced someplace before?
