RST! Out of Character (OOC) Area

RST! Savage Rifts: opens in 68 P.A. (42 years before canon time line) and located in the badlands of the old Texas frontier. Players are Independent Mercenary Bikers (tread and hover) not affiliated with the Legion, who race across the Freelands and are part of the history of the region, known as the Pecos Empire.
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RST! Out of Character (OOC) Area

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Out of character chat takes place here or on discord.

RIFTS SPEED TRIBES!
  • * Not affiliated with the tomorrow legion, independent mercenaries *
Savage Worlds Rifts
  • GM: Lars
    (CS Disavowed is not ending, RST! is in addition to that game)

    RST! is a Savage Rifts game which opens in the Freelands of the Lone Star State, once known as Texas during the lost Golden Age of Humanity. The Player Characters are their own mercenary outfit / small company and are on friendly terms with Emperor Saber Lasar of The Pecos Empire.

    Characters are Novice (and Seasoned MARS) and begin the game with a “free” hovercycle (free skill: Piloting & free Edge: Ace).

    Seeking adventure in the post post apocalyptic world of Rifts Earth? Join us in the badlands of the west, consort with and battle outlaws, Coalition, demons and other Speed Tribes! and just maybe, make a difference in the world (or get rich trying). Not every hero has a legion behind them - some of us are the real deal.

    Game opens in early 68 P.A.
  • HJ Rolls: Standard
  • F&G Rolls: Standard
  • Free Skill: Pilot d6
  • Free Edge: Ace
  • Start with a personally modified Hover or Motor Cycle of choice
  • Adventure Cards: No
  • EP Allowed: Yes
  • Character Restrictions: No Shape changers (ie Dragons or were-beasts). No Vampires. No Glitter Boy or Power Armor or Robot Vehicle’s. Novice I.F. and M.A.R.S. (Advances as usual) characters. Yes you get the one PbP Advance. D-Bees, human etc are fine!
  • Start Date: July, 2020 (or prior depends on Players)
Origins of Speed Tribes
This game concept is based on two things. The Rifts Book called Machinations of Doom

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/216228

and an old 1992 advertisement of a future Rifts Book: Speed Tribes

https://db4sgowjqfwig.cloudfront.net/ca ... 1589932768
RST! Savage Rifts: opens in 68 P.A. (42 years before canon time line) and located in the badlands of the old Texas frontier. Players are Independent Mercenary Bikers (tread and hover) not affiliated with the Legion, who race across the Freelands and are part of the history of the region, known as the Pecos Empire.
Agents of Titan Robotics Industries (AoT)
The Agents (Players)
• Jim - Sparkmort Zipwidget: Male Tinker Gnome Power Armor Ace
• Derrick - Caiden: Male Human, Momano Headhunter
• Steve (Hans) - Berk: Male Simvan Psi-Druid Monster Tamer/Rider
• Murp - Rupetta Martin: Female Human MARS Merc Soldier (X-CS)
• Freemage - Lance: Male Dog Boy Techno-Warrior (Cyber[netic] Knight)
• CSC - Ozy “Oz”: Dragon

My Accounts:
Active
  • Daniel - Admin/GM of AoT
  • Jackal - IC (Neural Intelligence) - 7th SET
  • Vi - Space Pirate - Stars Without Numbers
  • Henry Grimes - CS Commando - Rumble in the Jungle

Not Active
  • Hondo - Wild Psi Stalker
  • Burn - Mega Juicer - Juicer Uprising (On Hold)
  • Blackfish - Ogre Combat Mage - 12th SET (On Hold)
  • Setrakian - Dragon Juicer - FoM Jungles (Retired)

NPC Accounts
  • Lord Coake - NPC
  • Valentine - NPC
  • Erin Tarn - NPC
  • James T - NPC
  • Hagen Lonovich - NPC

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As this is the out of character area - and I am fairly new to the game - I would love to hear from the other members their rationale for their character concept?

Like, I'm playing a human MARS soldier as I based my character on a character I played in a Last Parsec one-shot IRL. I ALMOST made him a juicer, but it was an integral part of the character to have a cybernetic replacement for the lower part of his face.

Why did you choose the race and type you did?

I've had a few winter cognacs, so if this is the wrong spot for this post feel free to move or delete!
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Toughness: 5
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The post is where it should be.

Asher Black is a SWADE build of a former character.

He is human and former CS Intel Operative. (Humans and the Coalition - we are a bit before the genetic research of Lone Star, so psi-x and mutant animals are very unlikely)

In a new territory information becomes a very lucrative commodity. Hence Asher's current occupation as an intel Broker.

(I had considered bringing my Driving Ace into this game but her Behemoth, isn't necessarily a Speed Tribes type vehicle.)
Last edited by AsherBlack on Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:45 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Asher Black
Quick Stats _
Novice Human Information Broker
Charisma: -- || Pace: 6 (1d6) || Parry: 4 || Toughness: 5 [6 (11)] || Strain: --
ISP: 20/20
Wounds: None || Fatigue: None
Combat Edges: None
Relevant Edges: Telemechanics, I Know a Guy, Connections
Bennies: 4/4
Fire Baby
NG-357 Magnum-Turbo Hovercycle _
  • Size: 2
  • Acc/TS: 15/70
  • Toughness: 17 (8)
  • Crew: 1 + 1
  • Notes:
    Exposed Crew, Handling 1, Hover, MDC Armor, Electric Model
Weapons
Weapons On Hand _
  • Wilk's 237 Backup Laser Pistol
  • Wilk's 447
  • Vibro-Sword
  • Vibro-Knife
Powers
Available Powers _
  • Telepathy - Face-to-Face/All-Points Bulletin
  • Bolt - Data Spike/Power Surge
  • Mind Reading - What Happens in Vegas/Is My Business
  • Clairvoyant - Snoop Onto Them/Reach Out and Touch Someone
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The race fit the concept of what I was going for. I rarely play anything basic human when there are other options available. (I play a human every day of my life. This is my chance to escape.) I had a TW gremlin in another game on the site, but someone else had claimed the TW spot. I like the mechanic aspect of gremlins and thought a goblin sapper type would fit such an endeavor. Also, there's loads of character art for a goblin demolitionist / cycle rider.
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I obviously don’t have Player Characters but a few of my not secret NPCs....

68 PA is an exciting time to play. You’ll see.


Erin Tarn is Rifts. Kevin (founder of Rifts) and I had a long conversation over dinner on how to bring her back into the game as a younger version. In the upcoming.... hmm. Can’t say , but... it got me thinking about playing her as a NPC. C. Walton did the art for young Erin after the discussion. See her NPC character sheet for that art.



Hudson Blackwell founded the Black Company. That game was a year long game. I thought about starting it back up. Then figured I’d do some in the past stuff. Ie. Speed Tribes. Maybe at some point I’ll return to the BC. But for now I’m excited to NPC Hudson and see how things were back when he was a starting up mercenary.



Zieja is my favorite character I ever played here. It was in the 13 SET. She was a clone. Now I have the opportunity to show where the original Z came from.



Playing 42 years in the past, compared to the rest of the Rifts groups, let’s me do some fun things as a GM. For one, it’s more gritty and apocalyptic in nature which I like. I am already looking at a crossover (like 6-8 months away, which would be with Jon [Pender] as the other GM) and I’m excited to play with you all in a time that built what Lone Star becomes in 110 PA.



As mentioned on Discord: Everyone who responds to his question gets a bennie!!!!

Oh. And GT. As you posted the question and answered already. Have a bennie.
Agents of Titan Robotics Industries (AoT)
The Agents (Players)
• Jim - Sparkmort Zipwidget: Male Tinker Gnome Power Armor Ace
• Derrick - Caiden: Male Human, Momano Headhunter
• Steve (Hans) - Berk: Male Simvan Psi-Druid Monster Tamer/Rider
• Murp - Rupetta Martin: Female Human MARS Merc Soldier (X-CS)
• Freemage - Lance: Male Dog Boy Techno-Warrior (Cyber[netic] Knight)
• CSC - Ozy “Oz”: Dragon

My Accounts:
Active
  • Daniel - Admin/GM of AoT
  • Jackal - IC (Neural Intelligence) - 7th SET
  • Vi - Space Pirate - Stars Without Numbers
  • Henry Grimes - CS Commando - Rumble in the Jungle

Not Active
  • Hondo - Wild Psi Stalker
  • Burn - Mega Juicer - Juicer Uprising (On Hold)
  • Blackfish - Ogre Combat Mage - 12th SET (On Hold)
  • Setrakian - Dragon Juicer - FoM Jungles (Retired)

NPC Accounts
  • Lord Coake - NPC
  • Valentine - NPC
  • Erin Tarn - NPC
  • James T - NPC
  • Hagen Lonovich - NPC

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Why did you choose the race and type you did?

I'd been developing Sulannus as a character since before SWADE rolled around. She's based on a looooooooong running character I have in another game, and it was very fun deciding on what was different and what was the same based on this different 'timeline.'

The release of Empires of Humanity brought an essential piece that was always missing before...the existence of credible bows as weapons in Rifts. Sulannus was many things in her original form...a warrior, a wizard...but one thing that always defined her was her archery. I kept that option in the original game, even though it meant making some suboptimal choices for character development. Once I saw some good archery options show up in Rifts, I knew it was time.

Speed Tribes gave me a good place to do that. I'm very curious to see how the character develops here.
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Stan is based on a weird villain I invented for an interlude, Action Dan. viewtopic.php?p=42064#p42064 I loved the idea though and decided Dan was an evil copycat of the real Action Man, Stan. Stan also popped up in another New West interlude on an electronic message board. viewtopic.php?p=49808#p49808

So he's a concept that's been percolating for a while. Changed from crazy to delusional techno warrior since there's not a non-psi crazy build option. As for his race... at first is was because nothing jumped out at me saying "Hi, I'm Stan". As he's evolved during creation he's become a former NEMA-sicle so that kinda locked it in.
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Ezy_Entry wrote: Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:40 am As this is the out of character area - and I am fairly new to the game - I would love to hear from the other members their rationale for their character concept?

Like, I'm playing a human MARS soldier as I based my character on a character I played in a Last Parsec one-shot IRL. I ALMOST made him a juicer, but it was an integral part of the character to have a cybernetic replacement for the lower part of his face.

Why did you choose the race and type you did?

I've had a few winter cognacs, so if this is the wrong spot for this post feel free to move or delete!
I play characters based on art. I will scour the internet looking for cool art until I see something that inspires me. Then I make the character, normally with only some bullet points for ides. Developing the details of my character ideas as I play them.


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1 = 2 of Clubs
2 = 2 of Diamonds
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5 = 3 of Clubs
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7 = 3 of Hearts
8 = 3 of Spades
9 = 4 of Clubs
10 = 4 of Diamonds
11 = 4 of Hearts
12 = 4 of Spades
13 = 5 of Clubs
14 = 5 of Diamonds
15 = 5 of Hearts
16 = 5 of Spades
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18 = 6 of Diamonds
19 = 6 of Hearts
20 = 6 of Spades
21 = 7 of Clubs
22 = 7 of Diamonds
23 = 7 of Hearts
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25 = 8 of Clubs
26 = 8 of Diamonds
27 = 8 of Hearts
28 = 8 of Spades
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30 = 9 of Diamonds
31 = 9 of Hearts
32 = 9 of Spades
33 = 10 of Clubs
34 = 10 of Diamonds
35 = 10 of Hearts
36 = 10 of Spades
37 = J of Clubs
38 = J of Diamonds
39 = J of Hearts
40 = J of Spades
41 = Q of Clubs
42 = Q of Diamonds
43 = Q of Hearts
44 = Q of Spades
45 = K of Clubs
46 = K of Diamonds
47 = K of Hearts
48 = K of Spades
49 = A of Clubs
50 = A of Diamonds
51 = A of Hearts
52 = A of Spades
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54 = Jokers = They are equal
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There has been some fun Independent Game Play. Thank you all! The Group Post will be up ASAP.
Agents of Titan Robotics Industries (AoT)
The Agents (Players)
• Jim - Sparkmort Zipwidget: Male Tinker Gnome Power Armor Ace
• Derrick - Caiden: Male Human, Momano Headhunter
• Steve (Hans) - Berk: Male Simvan Psi-Druid Monster Tamer/Rider
• Murp - Rupetta Martin: Female Human MARS Merc Soldier (X-CS)
• Freemage - Lance: Male Dog Boy Techno-Warrior (Cyber[netic] Knight)
• CSC - Ozy “Oz”: Dragon

My Accounts:
Active
  • Daniel - Admin/GM of AoT
  • Jackal - IC (Neural Intelligence) - 7th SET
  • Vi - Space Pirate - Stars Without Numbers
  • Henry Grimes - CS Commando - Rumble in the Jungle

Not Active
  • Hondo - Wild Psi Stalker
  • Burn - Mega Juicer - Juicer Uprising (On Hold)
  • Blackfish - Ogre Combat Mage - 12th SET (On Hold)
  • Setrakian - Dragon Juicer - FoM Jungles (Retired)

NPC Accounts
  • Lord Coake - NPC
  • Valentine - NPC
  • Erin Tarn - NPC
  • James T - NPC
  • Hagen Lonovich - NPC

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Ndreare wrote: Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:59 am
I play characters based on art. I will scour the internet looking for cool art until I see something that inspires me. Then I make the character, normally with only some bullet points for ides. Developing the details of my character ideas as I play them.
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This is actually exactly how I originally created Ezy Entry for the Last Parsec one shot I played. Found the image that is now my profile and went from there. I was originally after "hacker scifi cop".
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First Group Post went up today. Get to know each other. The Action starts soon!

https://savagerifts.com/sr/viewtopic.php?f=328&t=5414
Agents of Titan Robotics Industries (AoT)
The Agents (Players)
• Jim - Sparkmort Zipwidget: Male Tinker Gnome Power Armor Ace
• Derrick - Caiden: Male Human, Momano Headhunter
• Steve (Hans) - Berk: Male Simvan Psi-Druid Monster Tamer/Rider
• Murp - Rupetta Martin: Female Human MARS Merc Soldier (X-CS)
• Freemage - Lance: Male Dog Boy Techno-Warrior (Cyber[netic] Knight)
• CSC - Ozy “Oz”: Dragon

My Accounts:
Active
  • Daniel - Admin/GM of AoT
  • Jackal - IC (Neural Intelligence) - 7th SET
  • Vi - Space Pirate - Stars Without Numbers
  • Henry Grimes - CS Commando - Rumble in the Jungle

Not Active
  • Hondo - Wild Psi Stalker
  • Burn - Mega Juicer - Juicer Uprising (On Hold)
  • Blackfish - Ogre Combat Mage - 12th SET (On Hold)
  • Setrakian - Dragon Juicer - FoM Jungles (Retired)

NPC Accounts
  • Lord Coake - NPC
  • Valentine - NPC
  • Erin Tarn - NPC
  • James T - NPC
  • Hagen Lonovich - NPC

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