I am making a new character for a campaign and I was thinking of doing an Adam Jensen like character, so far I decided to have a Police Officer O.C.C as a partially converted cyborg with two vibro blades in his arms and two other cybernetics available at the start and I was wondering if there was any kind of H.U.D augment I could pick so I could justify pop out glasses.
For those who don't know what Rifts is, it is an RPG that takes place 300 years after a war on the solstice in planetary aligment resulted in portals to other dimensions and worlds to open on Earth and flooding the world with monsters and demons. Vampires have taken over the American southwest and mexico, the Facist Coalition of States controls much of the midwest, gargoyles have overrun France with the New German Republic coming out of a tech company. China has been engulfed in a sea of fog and transormed into hell on earth by its gods. It has a wide variety of Character classes
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Has Anyone here played the tabletop rpg 'Rifts'?
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Posté 21 mars 2013 - 01:01
wsandista
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Yes, Rifts is quite a good PnP system because any rulebook in the megaversal group can apply.
For what you are looking for, Ninjas and Superspies does have cybernetic enhancements, but if that doesn't have what you are looking for, Heroes Unlimited should have something similar. Just look out for Leviatahn.
For what you are looking for, Ninjas and Superspies does have cybernetic enhancements, but if that doesn't have what you are looking for, Heroes Unlimited should have something similar. Just look out for Leviatahn.
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Posté 21 mars 2013 - 08:07
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The Palladium system is old, broken, and terrible. It hasn't seen any significant upgrade since it was created and is based on the game style of Palldium Books' founder and owner, Kevin Siembieda. It's a rigid system where every class has unique abilities, each new setting book has a new magic system, and rules are inconsistent between printings.
That said, I own nearly every game product Palladium Books has ever released since the late 80s and have enjoyed countless hours playing nearly every game line they have supported. Not only that, but I have supported their crowdfunding efforts in the printing of their last few books, bought products directly from them when the company was in danger of imminent shutdown (due to a nasty betrayal by one of their own friends/employees), and I continue to buy books to support the company to this day. Despite what the internet will tell you, it is indeed possible to really dislike something while still supporting it, and love something while still criticizing it.
I am currently running three concurrent Rifts games with three different groups in a shared world. These games have been running for over a year, and I hope the players remain interested for many more. I have never run or played in a campaign that's lasted more than 3 or 4 levels, so I'm hoping this breaks a record for me and my groups.
I had a hankering to play Rifts, but since none of my friends run the darn thing, I had to run a game. If I got to play, I'd go with either a Glitter Boy pilot (or some other robot pilot, maybe from Triax) or an Ixion Cyber-Knight. An itinerant Operator might be nice, too, if the game weren't too focused on combat. So many options!
Game 1 is a Coalition based game called Rifts: AWOL, where the players are all former Coalition military personnel who are on the lam. Their current goal is to acquire enough money out in the Chi-Town 'Burbs to repair their stolen vehicle, keep themselves armed and armoured, and eventually escape the long arm of the Coalition States.
Game 2 is a magic-based game that is currently in the vampire kingdoms of Mexico. The players have sided with the cannibal cult of a giant spider demon against Camazotz, Lord of Bats, in the hopes of acquiring the means to escape the immediate area and head northwest to the New West.
Game 3 follows the members of a mercenary outfit who have seen their company broken and scattered. They are transporting a mysterious magical artifact across the wilds of Canada to the west coast.
Meanwhile, the Coalition's war on Tolkeen has begun and soon, all three groups will be caught up in that conflict.
You can find optics in the main book. Or, if you want a bionic option, the Rifts Bionics Sourcebook has tons of options. I dunno what "pop out glasses" are, but there are options for a radar system, targeting laser, and computer link-up.
That said, I own nearly every game product Palladium Books has ever released since the late 80s and have enjoyed countless hours playing nearly every game line they have supported. Not only that, but I have supported their crowdfunding efforts in the printing of their last few books, bought products directly from them when the company was in danger of imminent shutdown (due to a nasty betrayal by one of their own friends/employees), and I continue to buy books to support the company to this day. Despite what the internet will tell you, it is indeed possible to really dislike something while still supporting it, and love something while still criticizing it.
I am currently running three concurrent Rifts games with three different groups in a shared world. These games have been running for over a year, and I hope the players remain interested for many more. I have never run or played in a campaign that's lasted more than 3 or 4 levels, so I'm hoping this breaks a record for me and my groups.
I had a hankering to play Rifts, but since none of my friends run the darn thing, I had to run a game. If I got to play, I'd go with either a Glitter Boy pilot (or some other robot pilot, maybe from Triax) or an Ixion Cyber-Knight. An itinerant Operator might be nice, too, if the game weren't too focused on combat. So many options!
Game 1 is a Coalition based game called Rifts: AWOL, where the players are all former Coalition military personnel who are on the lam. Their current goal is to acquire enough money out in the Chi-Town 'Burbs to repair their stolen vehicle, keep themselves armed and armoured, and eventually escape the long arm of the Coalition States.
Game 2 is a magic-based game that is currently in the vampire kingdoms of Mexico. The players have sided with the cannibal cult of a giant spider demon against Camazotz, Lord of Bats, in the hopes of acquiring the means to escape the immediate area and head northwest to the New West.
Game 3 follows the members of a mercenary outfit who have seen their company broken and scattered. They are transporting a mysterious magical artifact across the wilds of Canada to the west coast.
Meanwhile, the Coalition's war on Tolkeen has begun and soon, all three groups will be caught up in that conflict.
You can find optics in the main book. Or, if you want a bionic option, the Rifts Bionics Sourcebook has tons of options. I dunno what "pop out glasses" are, but there are options for a radar system, targeting laser, and computer link-up.
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Posté 21 mars 2013 - 11:12
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I played Rifts once. It was horrifying, probably due to the GM.
I played a Glitter Boy pilot.
The game started with my mech getting trashed to the point where all it could do was walk.
This was followed up with my meeting the mechanic character, and her repairs made it:
1) sentient
2) reject me as a pilot
and
3) have an amorous attraction for the mechanic that the GM played up for reasons I'd rather not guess at.
For the rest of the game I was a Glitter Boy pilot without a Glitter Boy to pilot. Until the one session I missed, during which I was put into a coma and then promptly killed.
My problems with Rifts don't even touch the game mechanics.
I played a Glitter Boy pilot.
The game started with my mech getting trashed to the point where all it could do was walk.
This was followed up with my meeting the mechanic character, and her repairs made it:
1) sentient
2) reject me as a pilot
and
3) have an amorous attraction for the mechanic that the GM played up for reasons I'd rather not guess at.
For the rest of the game I was a Glitter Boy pilot without a Glitter Boy to pilot. Until the one session I missed, during which I was put into a coma and then promptly killed.
My problems with Rifts don't even touch the game mechanics.
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