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The slightly shimmering ghost-shape of Alecto resolved back into her usual armored appearance as she disengaged the chameleon surface of her suit. She surveyed the carnage for a moment, and the...captives? Recruits? Hm. There would have to be a strict vetting process. The Hammers had not been choosy...

"Citizens of Gloom. You know something is wrong here. It has been wrong for some time, and is getting wronger every day, but for many of you it was hard to put a name to until recently. Giest invited a band of musicians to perform a concert. The money from this concert was to be donated, in fu...

Humble was the perfect distraction. Alecto put the helmet of her newly-acquired armor on, and the surface of it shimmered and seemed to become translucent as each point on its surface created an image of what was on the far side of the suit. As she moved, the camouflage was imperfect; the suit's abi...

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The fireteams spread out through Gloom to do their work, and Alecto chose the one farthest from the city. Perched on the high ground to the north, the relay tower boasted a little light at the tip that winked on and off. Vasquez, from the mercenary band that had signed up with the Black Company, acc...

Still peeking out the window, eyes marking whatever lies in wait outside, Alecto replies to Gargamel. "I suspect the band that was brought in to perform recently was at least in part a cover operation for the SET. I placed a communication device in the instrument case of one of the band members...

And next to Seelia, you can get a sense of how it feels to be Zentradi!

Oh, that'd be cool!

Mmm, well, it costs the character nothing to 'swap' AB Magic with Power Points, since I have both of them. I don't really see that a racial arcane background is or should be more limited than one taken as an edge from another source, but if that's the GM's call I can adjust to accommodate it without...

Hm. The link to the game site actually doesn't work. I think you need to send invitations before we can access it.

On Roll20 I am Salmon Max.

Okay! Thinking complete, and some quick discussion with Sgt86 via Hangouts. All is decided. Player Name : SalmonMax Google Handle : samminmax@gmail.com Character Name : Seelia Nishnocket Rank : Seasoned Experience : 20 Advances Left : 0 Race : Pixie! Iconic Framework : MARS Personal Attributes : Agi...

Hm. I'd have to think about that. Pretty big downgrade in damage, and I'm gonna be struggling as it is with just a d6 in Str...plus the reduction in AP. The powers are still good, even toned down, but 2d4 from 2d8 is kind of brutal. Hm! I'm also not sure what you mean by 'medium' is 2d6. A battle fu...

I dunno about the 'fairy magic' thing. Lots of races have innate AB Magic. Why should fairies be limited in ways other races aren't? The racial perk costs them the same number of picks after all.

The thread is kind of a huge one. Here's a link for convenience:

http://savagerifts.com/sr/viewtopic.php ... =256#p5554

It comes down to something similar though. AB Magic gives 5 PPE. Extra Power (with no AB) gives 5 PPE. AB Magic gives every pixie the ability to cast spells, which works well enough for the 'innate magic' of original fairies. One thing I was trying to finagle was them having AB Magic AND Extra Power...

Oh...oh! Hahaha, I used the term 'crazy' in its non-game adjective form. IE - a kind of nutty, off the wall character. Not a Crazy as in a Rifts IF. Seelia's not a Crazy. She's just crazy. :) I'd probably go for a MARS build, actually. I even have some rolls for one in Supporting Cast; or I can make...

I did some preliminary work on this in my character-experimentation thread in Supporting Cast. Revisiting my old workup with some changes: Original Rifts traits: Low PS, high PP, somewhat low PE Flight Nightvision and keen sight Invisibility at will Sense Ley Lines Innate magic spells Usually attrac...

Hmm, interesting notion. I was going to just use the D-bee building thing in Rifts to make pixies, but I do have the Fantasy Companion. Would you prefer I use those rules? Hm, actually, I read through the Fantasy Companion. It doesn't have fey in it though, besides elves and a couple 'monstrous' ones.

Well...a game in Rifts England just begs for a crazed pixie crusader. :) Seelia Nishnocket is the name! Full of zeal and zest, with veal in her vest! Devil with a blade! Demon with a spell! Flicker in the air and whicker 'round the bend, she'll stickya in the end! Seelia's services have been assigne...

I'm interested. I'll PM you a character proposal shortly.

Same character generation rules as the site? And are the Vauxhall Knights part of the Tomorrow Legion?

Ah, thanks. That does clear things up!

Would it be useful, do y'all think, to have a specific thread where new games being pitched can be posted? So there's one easy place to look for new games? And so, if you see it getting updated, you know there's something new going on? I ask because I feel like it'd be useful to me, but I dunno if m...

"With regards to the SET, I agree," says Alecto. "Fighting them is counterproductive, especially if they are assisting our employer. We should attempt to contact them peacefully. I may have a way to do that soon." The agreement signed, Alecto goes to a window to peek carefully o...

"Yes," Alecto said. "It may even have been the purpose of this ambush. Assessing our tactics and capabilities. We should assume the next attack will be better tailored to our strengths and weaknesses." She paused, then added, "I suggest we do not give them an opportunity to...

Alecto glanced at Thrudh. He was the ranking officer after all.

There were a lot of questions she had about the 13th SET and the events being described, but this wasn't the time for it.

Name: Salmon Max
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What did you want done?: Cash in 50% discount card and use 10 EP to buy yet another character slot.

Argh, I can't stop! D3@Th 0tT3R Rank: Novice Experience: 5 Advances Left: Race: Human Power Level: Four Color Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d12+1, Spirit d8, Strength d4, Vigor d6 Charisma: -4; Pace: 12; Parry: 4; Toughness: 9 (4) Skills : Shooting 1d6 Knowledge: Computer 1d12 Knowledge: Aliens 1d8...

Experimenting with a temporal speedster using Supers Companion rules. Possibly for ARES Protocol if there is an opening. Player Name: Max Google Handle: samminmax@gmail.com Keiko Ichimura Rank : Novice Experience : 5 Advances Left : Race : Human Power Level : Four Color Attributes : Agility d10, Sma...

Next out of the Ranger is Alecto. She pulls her railgun out with her and levels it at the Juicer and his buddy taking cover near the glitterboys. She takes care to get some distance between herself, Hans, and the Ranger, so that a blast won't be able to hit them all at once. Without preamble, and na...

Alecto paused, considering, then said, "Thank you, Ben. My condolences for the loss of your radio performer. If it matters, his murderer is still at large and seemed to think the musician's room was an appropriate place to hide the body." "Then again, given the nature of this place, i...

Alecto has time to look down at the grenades and compare several courses of action. There's too many to grab and try to throw away. She's not close enough to an exit to get out. So she dropped and covered her vital areas with her arms. And then the world was noise and fire and smoke. She survived. S...

Meanwhile, Alecto was over at another tent, inspecting a selection of black market cybernetic products. Cybernetics weren't exactly right for her...they used power inefficiently, limiting her frame's ability to support them...but they were as close as she could get to augmenting herself without acce...

Yeah, I had trouble with that too.

I think the Nameless will be a decent fit though. Fingers crossed!

That said, if I'd known the board was going to branch out into Phase World games, I might have waited.

Alecto took that in with characteristic stoicism, then said, "Cess has disposed of the evidence of what appears to be a murder. Is there a means of communicating with it?"

Nothing stops you from playing a Silhouette in Rifts.

But yeah Phase World is pretty cool.

Damnit. So many games, so few character slots.

Hehe

Thanks everyone!

Alecto stared into the dark for a long moment as her optics adjusted to the difficult conditions of darkness with bright lights shining out of it. Reviewing footage captured by her eye-cams revealed certain details though, and she unlocked her railgun rifle and extended its barrels. "Hans. They...

"The creature threatened to inform Ben of our intrusion," Alecto pointed out as she closed the door behind them and accompanied Sammy back to the front desk. "It's likely he knows of it." When they arrived at the desk, with the octopus Ben still watching his video screen, Alecto...

Alecto's hand had dropped to the hilt of her vibrosword...but she didn't draw it. Whatever it was, it didn't seem hostile, exactly. Just...disquieting. "I will inform Ben of what we've seen here," she said to Sammy. "If you would prefer, I will omit any reference to your involvement.&...

"I was in the room," Alecto points out. "If I'd wanted it, I could easily have taken it myself. I was asking because I wished to ensure the room was left exactly as Tasha Wicked left it. Closing and locking the door behind us, if she had left it open, would be a clue for her to reali...

Alecto stares at Sammy for a long moment, utterly mystified. "Why did you do that?" She takes the case and shakes her head. "Please re-enter the room and unlock the door from the inside. This must be replaced exactly as it was. I have a recording of its position I will use to do so. P...

There was a pause as she parsed Sammy's cryptic sayings, then concluded, "So, to the best of your knowledge, no one illegally entered the room before or after you entered. The case was already inside."

Alecto nods. "Very well. It is a small risk regardless."

Alecto considers, then says, "It is real, but not a rose."

Going invisible means you have 3 rounds of invisibility, as far as I can tell. Rules as written at the moment, you could spend one of those rounds replacing the e-clip, yes. It's unclear to me actually, if that interrupts the power, causing it to stop working, and thus forcing it to be re-started (d...

Alecto follows after the cat, drawing even with him as they walk.

"I don't see how that's relevant. If the door was open when you arrived, the probability that guitar was planted is higher. If you had to forcibly unlock it, that probability is reduced."

Alright, discussion seems to have stalled a little so I thought I'd revisit the actual item with the revision proposed and give people something concrete to approve or reject. :) The Fury Base: Triax T-11 Enhanced - +2 toughness, +7 armor - Pace +2 - Str 1d12+2 - Full environment - Loudspeaker, 10 m...

Alecto frowned slightly at the news. "The 13th SET has a cyberknight in it," she says with some disapproval. "That could be problematic. I suggest avoiding open hostilities unless they offer no alternative. They may prove willing to listen to our side of the story." At the warnin...

Thankya, sir!

Hmm. As members of the Black Company, do we have any intel or data on the Legion SETs? Who's on them and so on?

It is an advantage yes. Other forms of power point storage have other advantages. I don't feel like I have enough game system experience to say categorically if one is better than the other. Fortunately I have y'all for that.

And actions to keep swapping them in and out.

That's an action, right?

Arr, well, this how it worked before I came along. I'm trying to avoid big changes, mostly. I wouldn't -object- to that change, but since it's not hugely difficult to get more e-clips and swap them out, I'm not going to request or advocate for it. I feel like...that's a fight for another day, if at ...

"I am Alecto," said the young woman in a somewhat patched and battered looking set of Huntsman armor. She was almost too pretty to be a mercenary, devoid of the scars and roughness that even the lucky ones generally had around the edges. With her slim build and dewy eyes, she could have j...

It's very close. Beyond just explaining more clearly, there are a few changes: 1) This now applies to ALL powers. No more '1 shot = 1 power point, but only for powers that are in a weapon' business. If a weapon has an attack power that costs points to use, it still needs a supercapacitor to mediate ...

"Evidence suggests the undead members of the Second SET discovered we had been dispatched to discretely destroy them, and acted pre-emptively to undermine our task," says Alecto. "It implies they have intelligence assets within Castle Refuge, and that the leadership of the Tomorrow L...

Alright, I need to get my item done so I know what to post in my interlude, and since commenting on this has died down I feel like we're close. Let me present a writeup incorporating some of the most recent feedback and see if we can't get to 'yes.' :) Proposed is replacing the current text of the '...

We can call it whatever we want. :) I think if the powers can be run off of e-clips that convert to PP, using mod-slots as normal...and swapping clips (or whatever it's designed to use that's mechanically equivalent) replenishes the PP, it's all good. Substitute in 'supercapacitors' for 'supertech b...

Factor in skill chips, for 4 dice to a given skill. Not hard to get 1d12+1 or 2 with that, and that eats up most of the penalties and leaves a big honkin' skill on top of that. It's an investment, yeah, and not every character will want to do it...but for effectively infinite use on a carefully chos...

Well, I will come clean here. The gun thing was really added by me to illustrate what I saw as a flaw in the rule as written; that weapon powers were advantaged over non-weapon powers. I don't actually want a gun on the suit. :) I think the direction the rules are moving in is positive though. I wil...

I'm wary of it simply on account of how easy it is to boost one's skills to sky-high levels in Rifts.

Seems like it wouldn't take a HUGE investment to have an infini-power with this.

Did want to get a bit more info on it though.

How does that rule inteact with maintenance costs for powers?

Also, what skill would be rolled? Would that vary with item trapping?

I'm inclined to agree on the swapping thing. I'd also perhaps state in the rules that the Power Points in super-tech items do not recharge on their own. No 1/hour thing. The only way they recharge is by getting more energy from an outside source (ie - a new e-clip). So one question to posit then...w...

Ah, ok. That wasn't my understanding given the rules as written, but I think it's a fantastic idea and would really help address many of the qualms I had. Let me propose this then. Lets change this paragraph: Powers : All supertech powers work off of some kind of battery, e-clip, reactor etc. When a...

Oh god, are we going point by point now? That can't end anywhere good. :) That is your viewpoint, not my intent. One you often erroneously see in my writing, despite my pretty constant protestations to the contrary. Please keep that in mind. Okay, not your intent. So I'll just make a suggestion and ...

So wait...now it's 2 mod slots required to get a measly 10 power points? How did this go backwards? Hee hee! Just kidding, of course. 2 minor or 1 major. I suppose if that applied equally to ALL powers, then I'd have less of an objection to it. I still feels like it makes super tech items kind of......

You're making a pretty big assumption about what I'm doing, and it still feels pretty adversarial. I'm not expecting special treatment. I am trying to work with the rules...either as written or within what seemed to me to be the spirit of. I have no expectations here. I do not have any sense of enti...

As for duration of the powers, welcome to Savage Worlds. You don't get to circumvent that by changing the power source from AB to Supertech. Ah yes, the 'suck it up, snowflake' rejoinder. :) Should I take that as the end of the discussion? I hope not, but if things are turning adversarial it might ...

Okay, so the trappings would need to be reworked? :) I apologize that my comment about batting a lash betrayed some irritation. I did mean it in humor, but I also can't help but feel frustrated, and that leaked out a bit. I will try harder to keep things on the level. These are important questions t...

So I feel like I want to have agreement on the ground rules before I change my item again. Being informed I've chosen the 'wrong' powers feels very much like the goalposts being moved after I kicked the ball. :) Here's a summary of the rules, as they seem to be evolving: Weapons can use e-clips as p...

That would be enough for less than a minute of invisibility. Not very useful for the suit's intended function.

Oops, sorry, I missed your note.

I'm unclear though, on what the 'right' kind of powers would be? Why would these powers be wrong?

I'm not trying to have a candy store. Quite the contrary. I'm trying to work WITH you guys to ensure my submission is balanced. Please do not assume my intent is to somehow 'get away with something.' I've already redesigned the item so that the powers work off of an e-clip, precisely as you suggest ...

The super plasma gun that's been approved already had like 48 shots or something, yeah? That didn't ring any alarm bells?

My point is that this never seems to have been a problem before.

Is this a problem with the rules, or are people just really really opposed to my particular submission?

Wait, how is everything broken now?

I'm a little confused.

I'm backing down here, I'm conceding the point. How does this break anything?

Fair enough. Weapon it is then. I mean, it really works to my advantage. 96 hours at 2 hours per point means 48 points and running out of them means the armor is also out of juice. Using a weapon means 60 points and they're independent from the armor's power supply. I'm coming out ahead on this deal.

Okay, revision then. The Fury is a suit of advanced exoskeleton armor identical in stats to the Triax T-11 Enhanced armor, though of different appearance. It's true power, however, comes from the weapon system built into its right arm. This advanced equipment enables the armor to manipulate electrom...

Okay, so...basically...just make sure the super tech item is a weapon, and you're golden? Because an e-clip is a valid power source for powers, but nothing else is?

Alright, I can work with that. I don't agree with it, but it does imply a workaround.

Arr, okay, they're powered but do the rules as written say what the limits of their power supply is? If not, requiring 'PPE' to be bought is a workaround for what is (in my view) a relatively poor item writeup. :) If so, then that sort of item could, and should, be handled another way. My position i...

I would generalize this not just to armor, but any technological item that has a limited power supply expressed as an operating time rather than 'shots.' Including exoskeleton armor, but not limited to them. Working out a general rule for how to handle that kind of item is probably good. Requiring m...

That strikes me as a very narrow reading of the rule. The battery has a limited duration. Why not simply do what some of us are already doing, and treat the powers as drawing from that duration? The specific ratio that's used to determine how much duration corresponds to a 'shot' or 'point' is of co...

Well, that was assuming that the vehicle had an inexhaustible power supply, I thought? This item has a battery. The description for supertech...well, I'll just cut'n'paste: Powers : All supertech powers work off of some kind of battery, e-clip, reactor etc. When activating powers 1 shot = 1 power po...

Yes, the skill is something I was discussing with Venatus and Hans on Hangouts. The armor operates by interfacing directly with Alecto's mind, what Venatus suggested be called a 'neural interface' trapping that requires an appropriate cybernetic implant to make use of. The dataport implant. As a res...

Yeah, I made a note of that in the description. It's still very good armor at that point, just nothing more.

Hehe yeah, well, I wanted it to be a sort of all purpose thing...almost more like a removable component of themselves than a genuinely separate piece of equipment. If you're one of these androids, and you don't need to infiltrate as a human being, you have this 'suit' on. It integrates into you; sen...

"I recommend a degree of caution," Alecto says. "There is a significant price on our heads. Infiltration is a distinct possibility."

First stab at a suit of stealth/infiltration armor. It uses the base rules for the normal exoskeleton-augmented body armor, but is made of unique and possibly alien technology far in advance of most Rifts equipment. It has the ability to render itself almost invisible via projected, tightly controll...

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Special: Customizing a MARS package for Whisper Backbuilding: Personal Concept MARS consists of: 5 skill points 2 edges An F&G roll which is valued at 2 edges Any IF starting gear Mystic Operative MARS Package Arcane Endurance: Gain Power Points and Improved Rapid Recharge (or Extraordinary Rapi...

Advances Please list all Edges and Advances taken for your character here Iconic Framework Master of Magic Improved Rapid Recharge Extraordinary Rapid Recharge Extra Power Strong Willed Improved Shadow Meld Perfected Shadow Meld Hero’s Journey Thief Advances Race: Arcane Background: Magic Hind: +1d...

Gear Credits : 1900 TK Sub-machine Gun (15/30/60, 2d6+2, ROF3, AP 2, 40 shots (3ppe recharge), 6lbs, 3 rnd bursts) L-20 Pulse Rifle (25/50/100, 3d6+1, ROF4, AP 2, 40 shots, 7lbs, semi-auto or 3 rnd bursts) Communications Band (Speak Language power, +1 Persuasion/Streetwise, also gives +2 Charisma w...

Background Whisper's not from around town, at least not originally. Her parents were refugees...fleeing a tyrannical magical empire in another dimension; one that ruled entire planets and treated their kind as expendable tools in games of intrigue. They found in Earth a dangerous world where they w...

G'day all. Quick question! I'm considering pitching a character concept for this game if there's still an opening (it's a little hard to tell sometimes; different sources of info say different things), but I'm not sure who the GM is! It's listed as being Hobo Joe on the Recruitment forum. But then I...

Now the real question:

Can Telemechanics be used to steal control of drones?

Same character as above, only as an ARES mage: Origin: Laboratory Manipulation - +1d Spirit, and Strong Willed - Instinctive Fighter: 1d4 Fighting and Shooting - Dependency: ? - Lab Rat (-2 Charisma) - Paranoid (quirk) - Hunted (minor) P&G 1: Superior Arcane Power - True Prodigy - Master of Magi...

And a Silhouette ley line walker because I've never actually played a MAGE in Rifts and it's weird and I kind of want to Racial Abilities and Complications: Arcane Background (Magic) : All silhouettes begin with Arcane Background Magic and three spells. The silhouette’s spells must include the follo...

Spitballing dragon hatchling Racial stuff: Size +6; +2 to be hit by normally sized foes Strength starts at 1d12+4, Vigor 1d8 Slow Regeneration (can regenerate limbs 1 roll/day) Infravision: Halve any darkness penalties Armored Hide (+16MDC, +6 Toughness in dragon form) Natural Attacks (Claws or Bite...

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Tragedy! Do androids cry electric...tears? Hm. Title needs work.

"I do not know. It is possible the theft happened without their knowledge. It is also possible they were brought here for no purpose other than this fraud. More information is required." She steps out into the hallway and closes the door...then pauses to consider. "Sammy, when you sa...

"Sammy. Are you here investigating?" She entered the room and looked around, recording the contents. Clearly the musician was canny enough not to leave personal effects behind. A little odd she wasn't more careful with the case. A thermal scan revealed no hotspots, or evidence of power so...

"Understood. Thank you for the warning." Alecto goes to the elevator and, stepping inside, presses the button to go to the sub-level. It had risks, but the musicians at the concert might know more about Giest and her activities and goals. It was also possible, given Ben's description of th...

Alecto considers this, then says, "Arranging a charity concert for her own victims does not seem to be in character for Giest. Is it possible she stated this purpose falsely, and arranged the theft herself? Mercenaries would be a convenient target to assign the blame to." "Tasha Wicke...

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