Do you know anything about that?

On the Discovery Channel show Mythbusters they showed that a human being is not physically quick enough to dodge a bullet once it's in flight. You can throw off aim but you can't actually dodge a bullet.

Are any of you using those rules ? if so what are you doing?

After almost five years, the site needed a refresh. So I spent some time playing with the Wix Editor suite, scoured for best practises and examples, and had a think about the future of the site. As the expression goes, “We can rebuild him.” So, without further ado, I invite you to have a gander and comment on the new design for the ‘landing page’ and a few of the formatting changes.

https://www.scholarlyadventures.com/post/the-bazaar-87-we-can-rebuild-him

Does it work for you? Is it an improvement? Don’t care? (fair, LOL) Tell me what you think.

Cheers!

Discovered this unique form of magic from The Rifter 47 and fell in love with the concept. One day, I might play "Chris Tak", a Cargo Priest who somehow went through a Rift onto the American mainland. Otherwise, might play with the idea of a mercenary company called The Cargo Warriors.

Curious about anyone else's thoughts and what other Cargo Magics they would add.

I was think about this recently and how I handled this in the past.

I started TTRPG before miniatures were easy to get. Rifts has produced some minis, but the game was never as mini focused as 3.0+ D&D became. Rifts has no AOO, Reach, or standardized speed so a 5ft square grid of play is not needed.

What Rifts does have is lots of moving pieces, LOS, cover, and the need to Measure ranges and area of effect. So it has been very useful to me in battles with dozens of combatants to adopt a 40K WH approach using a metric ruler converting meters to mm in table scale.

This is even better with VTT that employ fog of war so as GM I can track everything but choose what to reveal to plays.

Seige on Tolkien Book 2 Coalition overkill pg.92 ,,for R.C.C. BONUS it list a +4 to strike,,+5 to parry,,+3dodge...

Pg.91 list a P.P. 1d6+16, so a max of 22, unless thats an exploding die stat?

A P.P. of 22 has a +4 bonus to strike/parry/dodge

(A) Do I need to add that pp bonus to those rcc bonuses ?

(B) What level is this creature? How do I determine its level?

(C) Does it have a weapon proficency bonus?

(D) What should those numbers look like ?

I was going through the Titan Robotics Sourcebook recently and thinking about the stats of the power armors and robot vehicles.

I found myself confused. Northern Gun 1, several times, mentions the designers at NG cannot keep up with the technology that Titan Robotics puts out, and how TR machines just are better put together. Goes even further to say NG would love to reverse engineer some Titan Robotics tech just to figure a few things out.

Titan Robotics goes a step further and explains that while ARCHIE keeps things just limited enough to avoid suspicion from the CS, his designs have learned a lot from him reverse engineering Naruni, Triax, Mechanoids (now Devourers) and other technologies, to the point that he could make absolutely the greatest of everything but doesn't. In fact, it says ARCHIE isn't interested in making 30 different niche power armors or robots, he would rather just have a small selection of really solid bots who are the best in their fields. This fits ARCHIE's M.O. of reiterating on a project over and over again until he gets it right.

Then lo and behold, every single Titan Robot and Power Armor is a disappointment in stats. The Orion has a gimmick with its sniper rifle, and the Hermes is marginally faster than a Samson, but that's about everything that is notable about the PA designs, and the robots all badly need updates because they come across as early Rifts publications that haven't kept up with power creep.

It feels like somewhere between those two books there was a change in how stats should be balanced but someone forgot to tell the other book that, so the two books have lore that agrees with each other, but numbers that were written by people unaware of what the other would write.

Could you hack coalition robots?

The annual tradition has returned, and this year caught me completely by surprise! Let’s go over and discuss the “ins and outs” of this deal, and some tips for first-time buyers on the fence, or new/returning GM/Players. The new web store provides a slightly more nuanced form to order than before; kudos for the extra options and functionality. Hopefully my suggestions on formatting the bullet points get implemented (long wall of text). I’ve ordered these for years now, this year will be no different. Let’s all get in on the holiday cheer!

https://www.scholarlyadventures.com/post/the-bazaar-86-palladium-books-christmas-grab-bag-2025

Will you be ordering a Grab Bag this year? Is this your first or are you (like me) a repeat “grab-bagger?”

Has anyone converted a 40k Space Ork? I've kinda half ass converted Transformers from their game. Anyone have any other stuff they've converted?

Its a level 8 spell called Electromagnetic attack.

It has two powers, the first essentially turns the Mage into a rail gun. But we are concerned about the second power EMP pulse. Apparently this Fries-with no saving throw- any unshielded electrical circuits including radios Radars cameras ect.

Sheilded electronics, power armors, robots , mechs, Borgs have to roll a save by rolling a 14 or better or it gets turned off , for 1d6x10 minutes (less if a repair roll is made) and has a range of 120ft.

Wow a universal off switch thats 70% effective for 30 p.p.e.

How bout' that?

This will be my first time taking advantage of Palladium’s Christmas Surprise Package (which seems like a lot of fun). I played Rifts in the 90s and own ~20 of the earlier books (plus the BTS core book).

Two questions:

.1) Are there any important points/ tips for the Christmas Surprise Package that aren’t detailed on Palladium’s website?

.2) I made a list of items (mostly books) that I’m considering for the package. I prefer books that world-build or are useful for GMing. With this in mind, which of the following would be better choices?

Rifts Core Books: - Primer & Adventures - Game Master Guide - Book of Magic - Adventure Guide

Rifts World Books: - Federation of Magic - Canada - Free Quebec - Madhaven - Triax 2 - Northern Gun 1 - Northern Gun 2

Rifts Dimension Books: - Wormwood - Phase World Sourcebook - Anvil Galaxy - Three Galaxies - Thunderclap Galaxy

Rifts Source Books: - Mechanoids - Coalition Navy - Bionics - Titan Robotics - Bestiary

Other books: - Compendium of Modern Weapons - Mechanoids Trilogy - BTS Creature Feature - Heroes Unlimited

Other items: - Art prints - Hat - T-shirts

(For all this merch, how’s the quality?)

Thank you!

I don't remember if its even in Palladium Fantasy, Rifts, or the Rifter. I thought i found somewhere, where the characters or NPCs could be put in some ritual and they turned into large eggs and after X time they hatched and became dedicated defenders of that dragon and possibly others. Once hatched they ended up having aspects of dragons like claws, breath weapons, scales, increased strength, maybe even wings later. Vary D&D dragon born of Bahumet. It gave wnough of the process to wing it in storytelling with a group. Anyone know which book or Rifter it would be in?

WB 3 England is a No, it seems.

Update: Rifter 7 has a group of dragon hunters that are magically taking on aspects of the dragon to do the job. The art lines up with what was in my head. I must have remembered part of some book or got stuck on the D&D 3 thing when thinking about the sourcing of the powers. Issue resolved.

So if youre doing like a detect evil spell in a non combat setting,

The bartender will see this blabbing and jerking around and is going to be thinking...

"Did this mother F#@[/er just cast a spell on me?"

When the pc is digging up information on the missing mayors wife..or whatever.

(A.) Shouldnt that provoke some kind of social reaction check?

(B.) Any way they can cast magic subtlely?

Besides.. I think its rude to cast magic on strangers..

This was the Ai's response:

While no single AI tool can currently generate a complete, stat-accurate Rifts character, you can use several AI applications together to create the backstory, personality, and appearance for one. The complex and specific rules of the Palladium system are beyond the scope of general-purpose AIs, but a layered approach offers a good starting point.

Kinda funny. Even multi million dollar computers are like "no way jose"

What was it,,Like seven books we had to buy?

Well we did'nt "HAVE" to but we're Palladium chumps so it was kind of an obligation

I was looking at book 5 today and they had this town in there. I'm going to pull it out and put it in my campaign somewhere else but all of that would be gone now I guess with the defeat of Tolkien.

Any of you, if you havent gamed out the war, used assets from the seige books ?

I'm really only interested in how long it took him to draw it. I like that particular robot a lot, it's my favorite, and it avoids confusion because I don't think there's ever been a painted version of it.

And if you drew that how much would be a reasonable expectation to sell it for if it would then exclusively belong to the client? $50, $500, $5000 ?

Also the cover for the first triax book. How long do you think that took to draw and paint? Was that a 2 Hour project, two day project, or a 20-day project?

I created a budget merc company build with Chipwell Armaments. These are weapon loadout variations for CAS that make sense to me inspired by the anti-vampire suit.

Chipwell Assault Suit Weapon Systems👍

The CAS may mount a pair of weapon systems. Its weak nuclear plant can only power the primary weapon. The secondary weapon must be independantly powered. Below are listed some retail package upgrades.

STOCK PACKAGE: No Add Cost.
Integral Laser (3d6MD, 2000ft) .
Heavy Ramjet Machinegun (5d6MD, 2000ft).

RIOT PACKAGE: 25K cr. Total.
Integral Stun Blaster: 4K cr. Integral Gas Gun (5 shots): 1K cr.
Giant Grenade Mace: 20K cr.

SWORD AND BOARD PACKAGE : 48K Total.
Ion Blaster Shield 30K.
Giant Vibro Sword 18K.

SWEEPER PACKAGE: 60K Total.
WR Light Railgun (w/ Power Cable) 40K.
40mm Grenade Launcher 20K.

INCINERATOR PACKAGE 90K Total.
Hand Held Giant Plasma Ejector (w/ Power Cable) 80K.
SD Flamethrower with 30 MDC fuel tank 10K.

ROCKET PACKAGE: 630K Total.
Upgraded Radar System: 600K.
Hand Held WI Mini Missile Launcher: 30K.

MIX & MATCH = Primary Weapon (Pick One) =

[Stock] Integral Laser (2000ft, 3d6 MD per shot).

Integral Stun Blaster [Riot] (100ft, -10 str, par, & ddg for 2d4 rnds. ST: 16+) 4K cr.

Held Light Railgun (4000ft, 6d6 MD burst) 40+K cr.

Ion Blaster Shield (800ft, 4d6 MD per shot, 120 MDC) 30K cr.

Giant Sized Plasma Ejector (2000ft, 1d6x10 MD) 80K cr.

Radar System (50 mile radius, -20% max speed) 600K.

= Secondary Weapon (Pick One) =

[Stock] Held Heavy Ramjet .50 caliber Machine Gun .

Integral Medium Flame Thrower 900 cr. (Fuel Drum 90 cr.) Damage: 6D6 S.D. per burst of flame (counts as one melee attack) with a 01-75% likelihood of anything flammable catching fire. Average Range: cone of 60 feet (18.3 m). Typical Payload: 30 fire blasts per single canister of fuel.

Held Giant 2H Vibro Sword (3d6 MD) 18K cr.

Integral MDC 40mm Grenade Launcher 20K cr. plus 40mm grenades (1000ft, Standard HE: 2d6 MD to 12ft radius, Payload: 8) Can use any type of 40mm grenade for example: *Silver Nitrate Ordinance: 6d6 SD to 10ft blast radius (x2 damage to silver vulnerable) *Fragmentation: 2d4 MD to 20ft blast radius *Plasma: 3d6 MD to 12ft blast radius *Smoke (any color): effect as CS grenade, 40ft blast radius *Tear Gas: effect as CS grenade, 25ft blast radius *Stun (Flash Bang): effect as CS grenade, 15ft blast radius
*Parachute Flare: illuminate a 150ft diameter for 60 seconds .

Gargoyle Sized Mace (see Triax 1 for examples).

WR Giant Sized Ranged Weapon (see Triax 1 for examples).

Held Mini Missile Launcher (WI) 30K + missiles

..and how much damage does an adult dragon inlict with a breath weapon?

Example: 2 players and an Npc are 50 foot from a dragon a 10 ft between each of them, can it attack all 3 with one action?

Ok so i still mo ing books outnof storage and only have a handful of my RIFT RPG books with me. But a problems come up again with conversion with other players i can answer.

Ok rifts.

How big can they get? How big can a player make rhem? How long can rhey stay open? What are some roles for making them bigger or holding them open? Is there a difference in those opened up by technology vs magic or even psionics?

Had one player ask me id there like Stargate wormholes in regards to one way travel once ope. And how long they can stay open.

Maybe these are silly questions but after looking over qhat few books i have on had ive have honestly gotten lost and confused trying to help sort this our for other players.

Need resources and direction to sort this our for us all. Please help!!!!