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Thanks for the help, but if there is an extra benny for using the preferred sheets, I will use the preferred sheets.

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If we are still getting things together and there's no rush, I'll try to throw my character together when I start my text shift, Wednesday or later. I'll have to figure out the formatting rules for character creation on the site again. Where do we want characters posted?

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I just double checked lodge rules and they look great. If I roll up Harry Dresden I could use the rules to recreate his basement/sub basement from before they were destroyed.

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That's neat. Yup pencil me in too please. I'm thinking a demoted crossroads demon. He kept a deal with a mortal screwing over a fellow demon and was brought low for it. Now he wants to be powerful again, and since he's persona non grata with his own kind he needs allies somewhere. And maybe he has ...

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Thanks for the help!

To be fair, it has been five or six years and everything is buried.

Edited: I'll probably grab a signature item straight out of The Dresden Files after I look at character creation, and save 5 EP for a second character in case a Rifts game opens up.

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I just got back on the boards after many years away and this sounds pretty cool. It's like we're starting out where a lot of low fantasy eventually ends up, with the general populace aware of the supernatural and at odds with it. I have all the companions so I'd probably work from them to roll up a ...

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Is this game DOA? I'd love to play this setting in a group of Juicers.

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AWAY / NOT AVAILABLE Player Name: Beowulf85 IM Contact(s): gun.powder85@gmail.com* GM/AGM/Mod Account(s): Beowulf85 Player Account(s): Gale Wingstorm Inactive Account(s): None. Currency Balance: 15 +1 for Savage Rifts Membership +1 EP for Pilot Adventure +3 for Savage Recruiting +2 for Player Recom...

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Ulrich wrote:GAGHNFLD... I've been doing rail guns wrong. The ROF is supposed to be how many large bursts are fired to represent the hundreds/thousands of shards fired. I don't believe I missed something so big.

Good thing this is a learning game, right!?

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Combat Round 2 Boy - AC The Boy - AC The boy struggles against his captors (+2 because muddy). 1d6+2 = 6 (4) [Make removable] 1d12 = 3 (3) [Make removable] 1d12 = 2 (2) [Make removable] Amazingly, he gets free and jumps in the river! The current looks unpredictable, this may be a frying pan to fire ...

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Sorry about delays all. I was away all weekend at a birthday and now I'm out with friends on a road trip. Not much time to work on the post prior ot that due to arranging shipping and packing up all my belongings. Will try to get one down this wee, Wednesday or Thursdayish. It doesn't help that ther...

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Should be in about a month and a half. My stuff mostly shipped today, most of the rest is packed up or ready to be left behind. I'll be road tripping Europe seeing friends before I leave, then back in Canada late Juner or early July. Will try to get a post down tonight, because if I don't it'll be d...

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FYI all, I'm getting ready to move continents. Posts may be delayed. Got to get my PC and other stuff shipped from UK to Canada.

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Other than a TW actually not being able to normally make it since Analyze is not on the TW list,it looks good True, but there are imaginative unofficial ways around such things (requiring individual GM approval). What if it was made by the sun god himself? What if a high level TW made it with the h...

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Over on the EU side I somewhat regularly have scheduled EP contests. You can take a look over there or chat with EU players via hangouts for more details and examples. I have just one question: Would you like to see such here? Caveat: I'd suggest VV determine the rewards for any such contests. Note...

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Heh, couldn't that potentially have issues, being in the same world? "We saved Garnet Town." "Noooo, WE saved Garnet Town." There is overall board continuity, but it's somewhat flexible. It's not as though GMs cross reference all of their plans and actions with all other GMs and...

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As I'm leaving Liverpool soon I pointed my active player group here if they wanted to continue gaming.

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Last night I didn't, today I do. Hurray for timely dreams. :lol: I'd need to do some more world-research if I wanted to do it "right", but I could also just make a whole bunch of stuff up. Mostly, I'm not quite sure where to set it - somewhere in a remote part of North America, but not to...

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Young child learn to enslave animals for amusement (Pokemon) Historic collector with future back issues I particularly like 'Young child learn to enslave animals for amusement' and 'Boy with golden triangle tries to save save girl' because both are entirely apt, and horrid ways of describing the se...

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I really like the idea of a dark god being behind the vampires. It makes all the scarier when you kill the big powerful master vampire you have hunted for years, only to find out he was just a pawn. And one of many at that. It fits with the Anne Rice mythology. I forget where Buffy said vampires or...

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When playing face to face our sessions are normally 4 hours long and stop as dictated by a clock. I was just thinking that in a PBP there is no such natural break. For example A one sheet will normally take us 1 or 2 sessions each 4 hours long. Based on players spending time chatting with NPCs, dis...

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Play it either way, you can have both on Rifts Earth, because you can have everything on Rifts Earth. Necromancers are capable of turning themselves in to independent vampires, much more similar to a Dracula type thing. I can see both working well depending on the power level and scope of your campa...

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Just do it! 18157135_1556467277710477_6590774693012564151_n[1].jpg For instance: Forest animals impede scientific progress. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_1_Genesis_box_art.jpg A friendly New Yorker helps a plane crash survivor find purpose in life. https://upload....

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I wouldn't want to rush people, it's important you feel like you're ready and able to start. If you're worried about the rules though, I and my players have been figuring a lot of them out as we go and we're having a good time. The nice thing about GMing PbP is, if you want, you can take days to res...

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Okay well in that case Ulich will take another move action to jump before firing and he will only fire two weapons so his shot is a medium range so he only suffers a -2 penalty. His last missile system will not be fired so ignore it. Also since I was unaware of how far we were from the hostile I di...

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I may have a type: Ultimate Ever Ever Favorite: Usagi Yojimo. More recent favorite: Mouse Guard First comics I ever bought? You got it (b&w) TMNT . And the friggin' new Marvel movies are super awesome! Of those Civil War is my favorite, but Deadpool man, I had no idea anything could be that hil...

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Our games are filling up! That's a good thing, but also means we need more prospective GMs. As it stands there are only four spaces open left in one group, and we have four characters currently being created. Is there anyone who is already a member of the site that might be interested in running a g...

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Okay well in that case Ulich will take another move action to jump before firing and he will only fire two weapons so his shot is a medium range so he only suffers a -2 penalty. His last missile system will not be fired so ignore it. Also since I was unaware of how far we were from the hostile I di...

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As a consideration for long term gains how about Maintain Concept [5] The Player may dictate the results of a single roll on the MARS or HJ table. (I know as someone who only plays point buy games the addition of random rolls to character creation was jarring and hard to get used to. Sometimes you ...

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Where are EP and Experience tracked? Is it a read only google sheet somewhere or a post managed by the Admins? EP is in the 'Explorer Points' section of the board. You create a post for your main account in the proper thread and only Admins can modify the post from there on out. Experience is track...

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Hi there, I would imagine that would be up to the gm. I personally do not have any problem with at character creation letting folks from that setting take edges. I might even make you take an edge from that setting representing your time there. Basically make your character using the setting and bo...

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Here you go. LOL I finally figured out how to add attachments. Just eyeing that, it looks close to 200 yards (183 m, 600 ft), I think you can jump a max of 150 feet with your flight pack assist? That's 50 yards. For reference: http://www.savagerifts.com/download/file.php?id=79 oooooooooooooooh I th...

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Holy smokes. So three bennies have to last 3 months of play. It would seem to me that that would make it much less heroic and more gritty as character deaths would become more common. I guess that means save them for removing Shaken and Vigor rolls is the better path. Is that the case or does it ba...

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I believe my hold action should carry over to this round, correct? If you want to do it last thing round 1 after all the enemies moved then go ahead and do it now, just don't take 2 actions in 1 round. I don't think there is an official rule about holding actions in Savage Worlds, but it's somethin...

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Ulrich wrote:Here you go. LOL I finally figured out how to add attachments.

Just eyeing that, it looks close to 200 yards (183 m, 600 ft), I think you can jump a max of 150 feet with your flight pack assist? That's 50 yards.
For reference:

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Good point, I forgot how crazy the range on a boom gun is compared with almost anything else. Alright, let's be big damn heroes! :D (As long as we are completely out of range of enemy fire) I believe my hold action should carry over to this round, correct? If you want to do it last thing round 1 af...

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Okay, so am I standing on top of the rocks? 'Cause if that's the only way I can get a clear shot, that's fine, but I was hoping to avoid it. :p Sorry, I thought that's what we discussed. Going where you had originally pointed out would have given them heavy cover as there were many boulders in the ...

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Aaron, See the first page of AwkTek's profile. Under Edges it is in small print. --> Clairvoyance, Mind Reading, Telepathy My bad, I looked and somehow missed that. Either way, since I couldn't find a hard ruling feel free to roll 1d12 for the flying version of 'running'. If you want to do it retro...

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Enemies (10) - JOKER! The two nearest broadkil rush the boy, attempting to tackle and restrain him. Tackle (agility) [dice]0[/dice][dice]1[/dice] Restrain (opposed strength) [dice]2[/dice][dice]3[/dice] Boy's opposed strength [dice]4[/dice] Restraining the boy is surprisingly challenging for the two...

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Also worth noting, the Bop's optimal speed is 352 yards/round. 352 = 176 pace = 3.7 large hexes That being said you probably can't drive at optimal speed unless on a well paved highway. Cut that speed in half on rough terrain, and much much slower again if you plan on going through the water. Okay,...

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In somewhat-related news, I did a PDF search of the SW Deluxe and Savage Rifts books and failed to find any reference to mapping real-world measurements to Size. Anyone have a source for that? I was looking for one as well, I do not think that one exists. Size rating doesn't even seem to necessaril...

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Power Gamer: 63% Butt-Kicker: 46% Tactician: 75% Specialist: 21% Method Actor: 54% Storyteller: 83% Casual Gamer: 50% I think the only reason I didn't get higher on 'power gamer' is because I tend to run/play high powered campaigns where everyone has the potential to be equally absurd, and if everyo...

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Also worth noting, the Bop's optimal speed is 352 yards/round. 352 = 176 pace = 3.7 large hexes That being said you probably can't drive at optimal speed unless on a well paved highway. Cut that speed in half on rough terrain, and much much slower again if you plan on going through the water. Okay,...

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In other words:

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If anyone would care to double check my trigonometry, feel free.

Divide yards by 2 to see how much pace it takes to cover the distance.

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Seth Merikh wrote:Need visual.

Sorry, no.

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I think everyone's posted except Chevy. Since when is he the last to post? LOL!

No rush, still lots of time, but he usually posts about 5 minutes after me. The amount of times I've edited one of my posts and by the time I'm done he's already responded to the original post...

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LOL! I had to do some research on this map to try and figure out how it was intended to run because it's either HUGE or way too small . I discussed it with the other GMs as well, and was assured that several players would be confused. I think you're number 2, lol. Sorry for the confusion, but after ...

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I went by the scale listed on the PNG of the map. 1 hex = 4 yds. Yes, and you crossed several hundred hexes. If each of the larger hexes was 4 yards AwkTech would take up 1.5 hexes alone. There wouldn't be room for all of the characters. :lol: Click on the map to zoom in and check the notes that I ...

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I converted stuff like that all the time for Rifts. 120 mph = 211,200 yards/hr 60 minutes/hr = 211,200/60 = 3,520 yards/minute 1 round = 6 seconds 1 minute = 60 seconds 60/6 = 10 3,520/10 = 352 yards/round 1 pace = 2 yards 352/2 = 176 pace/round optimal speed Practically speaking the books really sh...

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Also worth noting, the Bop's optimal speed is 352 yards/round.
352 = 176 pace = 3.7 large hexes
That being said you probably can't drive at optimal speed unless on a well paved highway. Cut that speed in half on rough terrain, and much much slower again if you plan on going through the water.

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If AwkTech takes that line of approach at a flying pace of 12 it will take forever to get in range. Did you forget to check the notes about scale? At 12 pace it will take 4 turns to cross a large hex (I assume you can roll 1d12 for 'running' while flying as well, but that's not reliable). You'd prob...

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Just a note: Clint has confirmed that the limit of taking an upgrade twice ONLY applies to Minor Upgrades: http://www.pegforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=462372#p462372 So, yeah, you could make a really nasty sword: Sword of Badassery Base Item: Chain Greatsword (Converted total: 20,350 Credits) Minor: +2...

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TW Basic Blessed Shades of General Awesomeness 1 - Preparation Time: 3d12 hours 2 - Components + Associated Costs: Stylish high quality shades, 300 credits + 30 credits for conversion 3 - Minor Upgrades + Associated Costs + Time Required: + 2 notice, + 10,000 credits, + 4d6 hours + 2 charisma, + 10,...

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TW Fancy Chain Sword Time to make a sword that just makes its wielder better at fighting! 1 - Preparation Time: 3d12 hours 2 - Components + Associated Costs: Chain Long Sword - 14,000 credits + 1,400 conversion cost (good call Zed). 3 - Minor Upgrades + Associated Costs + Time Required: + 2 fighting...

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Corrigon wrote:you do have to pay for the TW's time

Yes, and that can vary greatly depending on a number of factors, thus we're just calculating the base cost. In most instances there would be a hefty additional charge on top of any of these.

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Now I'm going to go delete the OOC posts that are not where they should be because I don't want them cluttering the game thread, especially when I try to count posts at the end of the quarter. The OOC tag is intended for relevant information directly relating to your post, such as die rolls, explana...

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OOC I would figure AwkTek would actually be bigger than the Bop. for the third time today, please keep purely OOC posts here... *fake exasperated eye roll* :roll: According to TLPG: Mountaineer is size 5 Hatchlings are size 6 So you would be right, however I couldn't find base sizes for each size r...

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I don't think there are hard rules for it. Until another player/GM points out that it's wrong I'll function under the assumption that they are capable of 360 degrees if they are being properly manned or if the pilot has an ability/training to be able to drive and control weapons at the same time. Ot...

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It's a pretty good way of making sure a player doesn't over commit, then become overwhelmed and flake out. You may be an experienced PbPer and know what you can handle, but not everyone on here is. We want to make sure players are properly committed to being able to play a single character before ta...

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i have the quick edge which allows me to redraw initiative draws of 5 or less. I would like to do that please. That would work if your low initiative were due to a card draw, but it's due to your critical fail on your notice check. Regardless of what card you drew you ended up at the bottom because...

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Note: If you could include relative sizes of your vehicles/large characters (size 1/2/3/4 etc.. and size in yards, metres, and feet) in your signatures it would be helpful. I'm trying to keep things to scale(ish) Also please provide a link to your character sheet. I think the Bop > AwkTech > Ulrich...

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Out of the entire group only Egil, Zima, and Chevy hear the cry and locate its source. It originated from a running figure, what looks like a young human sprinting down a path along the river’s edge. Behind him are several large humanoid figures with red skin and obvious bionic parts gleaming in the...

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When it happens, if I have time I may just start up a second character.

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I voted vampires because I love fighting vampires.

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All in all it takes about three weeks to get everything in order. Ulrich's salvage arrives in the 2nd week giving him time to get upgrades done on his robot. The initial specialist reports come back at the same time and based on the findings from the first mission Chevy, Ulrich, Zima, and AwkTech ga...

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By the time Hans arrives Visceral and Spellweaver have already been at work investigating the curious magical stains for a few days. The initial research revolved around trying to determine how to control or remove them and, while the two are skilled in their own right, the research hits a number of...

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First off, yes, if you have Master of Magic/Master Psionic, and an item has a Power, you can choose to use the Mega-Power version of that Power, if you wish. And yes, you could draw from the ring's power supply until it was depleted, then top it off with your own if needed. Master Explorer's Pack T...

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Ring of True Invisibility Why not make a ring using the mega power of the previous example? It looks as though this makes things a little more complicated and a lot more expensive. 1 - Preparation time: 3d12 hours 2 - Components: Silver Ring 100 credits 3 - Minor Upgrades: + 5 stored PPE to charge t...

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I think I'll start with something classic, an invisibility ring. The ring itself could really cost any amount, I'll say 100 credits for a fine high quality silver ring. 1 - Preparation time: 3d12 hours 2 - Components: Silver Ring 100 credits 3 - Minor Upgrades: + 5 stored PPE to charge the device, +...

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I think some people are getting confused about how the rules work when it comes to constructing TW Items. It's pretty much algebra, that being said algebra comes easier to some than it does to others. Luckily we're only really dealing with addition and multiplication. Why don't we try building some ...

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Diamonds are listed as costing 15,000 per carat in RUE. If GMs want to change that price according to what they think the market value would be, they can . I have stated this multiple times . There's really no need to submit an advanced method of calculating market value for every item. Items have a...

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The old characters have a once carat diamond each, not all of them are magic users. Given the rules about the time it takes to create such an item, they may not have the time to get more than one or two converted (if that's the way they choose to go). I don't even know if they have enough money to d...

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What you've got Visceral, adult dragon (statted in the Guild of the Gifted, Outskirts section of the board) Potentially relevant skills include: Investigation d8 [dice]0[/dice] [dice]1[/dice] Knowledge (Arcana) d10 [dice]2[/dice] [dice]3[/dice] Knowledge (History) d8 [dice]4[/dice] [dice]5[/dice] Kn...

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Note, the 40,000 credit base price is just the price for everything required to create the PPE battery. It was priced according to the TW construction guidelines. After that comes the highly subjective markup. I mentioned earlier it could be as much as 200%.

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Diamind mines in the United States. (hint, there aren't many)

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I'd just like to put down my vote for VV's build. Works for me.

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Actually it does say, though it would take me time to find it. Synthetic gems DO NOT WORK. Natural only. That said the setting has it as a price per carat period. That price fluctuates but does not increase beyond this. I'm guessing it's in world book 2, though it could be buried somewhere under Te...

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One further "lore" question, since I'm very much a newb to the setting: Are synthetic diamonds acceptable for this procedure, or do they need to be natural diamonds? This matters a bit when it comes to pricing. If a synthetic diamond will do, then it's all good. But if it needs to be a na...

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Further revised proposal based on general feedback as well as private discussion in the GM google hangout. Palladium sourcing: Diamonds (and to a lesser extent emeralds) have a unique property that allows them to be converted in to PPE batteries by Techno Wizards and Atlantian Stone Masters, as well...

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This is just a battery you can draw on at will to cast spells. It's like having an extra 5 PPE in your pocket. You could theoretically use it to recharge, but if you're already full you can choose to spend the PPE from the diamond or from your own reserves first. There wouldn't be much point on over...

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Revised proposal based on general feedback as well as private discussion in the GM google hangout. Base notes: 5 PPE per carat, diamonds are worth about 15,000 credits per carat. (Emeralds are 5 PPE for every 2 carats) Diamonds (and to a lesser extent emeralds) have a unique property that allows the...

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For clarification, diamonds (and to a lesser extent emeralds) have the innate ability to be PPE batteries, but it isn't indicated anywhere that it's as simple as any given magic practitioner pumping PPE in to them. They can be used as such if a sufficiently skilled magic practitioners create them, a...

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This is a different item, and while I think it works according to the rules it seems really really strong. Am I reading it correctly? 30 PPE storage plus a power points edge to draw on? That's how much PPE a Heroic or Legendary character might have on their own. It's also not something you could use...

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Well if you want to make them even more expensive. Personally I thought just paying for the Kinsentite mod was expensive enough. And by weapon, I meant the ones out of SWD and SFC. NOT TLPG. Excellent, we'll go with those prices. I'll edit my proposal. I take it you approve because you wrote it up....

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I wasn't overlooking it at all, I fully took your word for it. I'm not about to challenge anyone's claims about the setting, because I am at the minimum a serious contender for the dubious distinction of "least setting knowledge" on this board. You could tell me that there are flying pig-...

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For approval. Kisentite weaponry should not do MD without some help.* But it is just as expensive as vibro-weaponry regardless. I listed options because that was the intent in HUGG (the book they are from) Kisentite Weaponry http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff244/master_mikel/Rifts/Kisentite_zps9...

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If this is something only TW can make and then hand out it sounds like their arcane machinist ability. Perhaps some custom IF edges should be done. PPE battery: seasoned, TW, kn arcana d10( requirments are negotiable) TW has unlocked the secret of storimg ppe for future use inside diamonds. He can ...

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If this is something only TW can make and then hand out it sounds like their arcane machinist ability. Perhaps some custom IF edges should be done. PPE battery: seasoned, TW, kn arcana d10( requirments are negotiable) TW has unlocked the secret of storimg ppe for future use inside diamonds. He can ...

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Interesting. I thought it functioned really well using the TW item creation rules. Oh, if it works no problem. There just seemed to be a lot of commentary. As a magic item I guess it's simpler in my mind because it just uses the "add ppe enchantment" and some flavour, like charging takes ...

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Interesting. I thought it functioned really well using the TW item creation rules. Also note, I managed to find the reference for it in RUE. It's on the bottom of page 131/top of page 132. It speaks of Techno Wizards being able to use diamonds and emeralds to store PPE using the talisman or energy s...

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Kinsentite is not well suited to being made vibro because of its rigidity. It is well suited to being enchanted though. I don't think Kinsentite NEEDS to be MD either. It's impossible to break very tough, but that doesn't mean that a normal person can use it to cut through tank armor. A normal pers...

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Ok I'll drop the master of magic edge out. Good point thanks. That's not what I was saying. Master of Magic is fine as it is. All we established is that it can't be used by psychics, which is fine. If we wanted to create one for psychics we could use the exact same build only with psychic edges ins...

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The only item in the TLPG that grants additional power points for the user's powers (as opposed to powering the item or the item's powers) is the HJ Enchanted Items staff on a 1 result. That item cannot be made with the existing TW conversion/upgrade rules The closest thing would be an item that gr...

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It would be cheaper to manufacture the machine to suit the customer than it would be to manufacture a machine that could be used by any customer. I don't think the two edges is necessary, just swap it out when suitable.

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When building these I would use the power points edge with a major trapping that the power points edge build a pool of energy that recharges at the normal rate. Uses the same rules to draw the stored energy out as lay lines. This might just be only for ppe because psionics cannot draw from lay line...

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Rifts: Japanese High School. LOL. In which your characters play D&D on lunch breaks. Other ideas: A campaign where all characters are non corporeal beings. A not-quite-as-far-out concept: A campaign where all the PCs are residents of a Fadetown, working to protect the insular community from int...

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Rifts: Japanese High School. LOL. In which your characters play D&D on lunch breaks. Other ideas: An all faerie campaign. A campaign where all characters are non corporeal beings. A campaign where all of the characters got lost in the astral plane. Perhaps their cords were severed. Maybe their b...

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Basic price, if I'm understanding correctly. 10,000 credits for 2 minor upgrades. 60,000 credits for master of magic (seasoned edge, requires novice edge) 20,000 credits for conceal arcana (novice, automatically mega due to master of magic) 90,000 credits base cost + TW markup. If this works for oth...

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