Citizen Keen Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Set to the tune of "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop" *ahem* Gimme Gimme Siembeda Gimme Gimme RIFTS Gimme Gimme Siembeda Gimme Gimme RIFTS I am a po' man, but I have been dying to do a full HERO conversion of RIFTS. I hope to have money in three or four months, and I figure doing the main book will take me that long. So I'ma gonna beg. If anyone has a copy of RIFTS they would be willing to mail to me, I would owe them forever. And then, once I start pounding away, I will threaten arooo with Glitter Boyz until he puts HERO Rifts up on starherofandom.com, for all your viewing pleasure. Yay! Please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials I really hate to rain on your parade, but I strongly suggest you read this URL before starting this project... http://www.palladiumbooks.com/policies.html unfortunately there are a couple of good reasons you dont see Rifts or other conversions online. its also one of the reasons I dont play anything Palladium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Keen Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Umm... That policy only bans derivative works made for commerical or financial gain. Anything posted online for "personal use," they are happy to have. Since StarHeroFandom doesn't cost money to use, a HERO/RIFTS conversion would be wholely allowed. You don't see much RIFTS stuff online because it's a horrible system. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials ok... I guess I was a little confused then, theres a section called "No conversions and why" which was why I brought up a concern have fun with it, I agree that its not even remotely a good system, the whole SDC vs MDC issue by itself is annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTesla Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Actually there is a section on conversions and a link as to why... http://www.palladiumbooks.com/conversions.html Great setting, but I'm with Shadowcat when it comes to buying any of their items. EDIT - I obviously type too slow shadowcat1313 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Rifts - From my [Compilation] "to Star Hero Comnversions & Adaptations" Thread http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4648 Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Keen Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials The no conversions page does more accurately address the issue. I'm curious about the legality of the issue. My impression is that the law is not on Kevin (Siembeda's) side. Posting conversions of RPGs online is a tried and true practice. Home campaigns, etc. As long as I say "RIFTS © 2005 Palladium Games," and I don't repeat any details from the books (I don't describe what a Glitter Boy is, etc., I just provide a statted HERO idea), I think I'm in the clear. I'm going to hit up a lawyer friend or two and see. If we could get some "blue text" - DoJ representative posting - I'd also appreciate it. If it all goes against me, I'll just clearly and regularly advertise (on the boards, and on starherofandom.com if arooo allows) the existence of a "personal" conversion, and send it to any and all "friends" who ask for it, along with updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Keen Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Rifts - From my [Compilation] "to Star Hero Comnversions & Adaptations" Thread http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4648 Yeah, I have a firm idea in my head of how to handle the mechanics. I want to provide a "ready-out-of-the-box" conversion for any and all "friends" who want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTesla Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Good luck, I think it is a great project. Wish I could help out with your original request, but those books are not only buried, they are also guarded by some pretty big spiders up in the old attic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Keen Posted May 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Good luck' date=' I think it is a great project. Wish I could help out with your original request, but those books are not only buried, they are also guarded by some pretty big spiders up in the old attic.[/quote'] Thanks anyway. Hopefully I'll luck out on the HERO boards, otherwise I'm going to have to start peddling heroin to small children. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Thanks anyway. Hopefully I'll luck out on the HERO boards' date=' otherwise I'm going to have to start peddling heroin to small children. ;-)[/quote'] Nah, man. Peddling heroin to children is wrong. They'll buy meth in pixy stix straws, tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials true, but what really turned Annakin to the darkside was lust for Padme he had the worst case of heroine addiction the universe had ever seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Dude, Palladium have a bad rep for going in hard on people doing anything with their system. While the conversion may be a good idea you're probably setting yourself up for a load of problems if they notice you. (And if you believe the stories they probably have regular looks at these boards to look for people trying). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTesla Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Shhhh Nothing to see here, move along. I doubt they can do much to someone who is "contemplating" a thought such as his. Now that he has been warned I'll just sit back and hope that I am on his "friends" list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials P.S. Good luck with the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials I think they crush on conversions and things because they were sued. I think at a certain point they would allow things to be posted, but then they put in the no conversion policy on their own board. Now you cant take say Foxbat and load up your own version with their rules, especially not on their own turf. I could be wrong but it could just be a reaction from that. I know freelancers were asked not to help people fix ideas for submission to the Rifter for that reason. YMMV on what the real reason is. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proditor Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials I'd just like to interject that Jeff Dee is a dude. I asked if there was a problem with my planned V&V conversions if I only did stats, no BG, no pics. He said "I can't say yes to all of them, I don't own them all. But I can't see anyone getting bent over it. Just please post the following links so people can get the source material and it should all be good." And of course, if anyone did object, I'd yank the material. But I think Jeff realizes something. A sale or two of their PDF's might occur from this. And he realizes that a lot of us spent our hard earned allowances as kids to buy his way cool game and we still have a deep fondness for the characters even when the game is basically dead. And that's why Jeff Dee is a dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Keen Posted June 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Who is Jeff Dee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proditor Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Who is Jeff Dee? BLASPHEMY!!!! Here's his page, it includes some details of his RPG work. http://www.io.com/unigames/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSgeekHero Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Re: Little Anthony & The Imperials Actually there is a section on conversions and a link as to why... http://www.palladiumbooks.com/conversions.html Great setting, but I'm with Shadowcat when it comes to buying any of their items. EDIT - I obviously type too slow I used to not buy their stuff because the mechanics sucked. Now, I have a new reason and it has nothing to do with their policies... It's the f(bleep) style sheet they use. I mean come on, its white letters on a black background. Just leave the damn page in plain black text on white background!!!! Ok...rant over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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