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Re: Greatest Post-Apoc Film of All Time OK, it is in my queue. Heretofore my favorite post apoc movie (non anime) was Logan's run.

Re: I need a function! The Codex Jamaica was first cited in the private collection of Boris Balkan (1914 – 1999). The Codex Jamaica was long thought destroyed or fictional, until the auction of the Balkan collection in 2000. At the vernissage of the collection before auction, a journal of inventory in the collectors own hand, noted that in Sept of 1999, Codex Jamaica R.V.C. The item was never located. Codex Jamaica was thought to have been a bibliotheca spirited out of Spain in the 1550's by a member of the Knights of Rhodes at the request of Philip II, to avoid it’s destruction by the Inquisition. These books were a collection of Jewish mysticism, Moorish alchemical formulae and Persian ceremonies that had been trophies of various military orders, collectors and practitioners then into of possession of Philip II. The Codex Jamaica is thought to be a repository of texts and calendars surviving from the seventeenth dynasty of Rahotep. Jamaica , a Spanish colony since Columbus claimed it in 1492, was thought to be the destination of the bibliotheca because of a private letter from a monk in Jamaica that relate the landing and founding of a priory by a Knight of Malta. Ship logs have never been recovered to verify this Some have claimed that the Inquisition was a cover for the tracking down of this repository and that in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar as a means to render obsolete any non Christian observances. Next: the Yggdrasil Mace

Re: I need a function! Railgun of Alexandria Welcome Citizen, you have chosen the topic Railgun of Alexandria. Alexandria is a class four satellite in orbit around the gas giant Gutenberg located in the sixth orbit of Tau Script 324, a blue binary star system 2,497 light years from Terra Prime. Railgun is a limited mass driver technology which utilizes an electromagnetic force called the Lorentz force to propel electrically conductive projectiles to speeds approaching 4500 m/s. Railgun of Alexandria, a non Terran device named by colonists 87 standard Terran years ago. After a plague of cerebral cancers the Ministry of Recovery has declared the device an alien threat and quarantined the satellite. Want to learn more? Welcome Agent, you have selected Alien Technology, index: Insurrection Railgun of Alexandria is a device of unknown Alien technology that weaponizes an unknown material and the unique gravetic properties of the satellite Alexandria as mass driver. Colonists have used this weapon to destroy all terran naval vessels sent to pacify the Gutenberg colony. Ministry of Sciences has reported that the satellite Alexandria rotates to fire at vehicles in space. How this rotation is achieved is unknown. Theory: Satellite crust moves independent of mantle and core of satellite. Maximum distance for targeting has been eight AU. Ministry of Information agents have constructed a disinformation campaign that the system is host to a plague of cerebral cancers which are generated by the Railgun of Alexandria device. Next: the Qir’ koptic Rune

Re: I need a function! The Plautt Device named for James Plautt (1810 – 1893), a British naturalist and engineer. Although discredited by contemporaries, Plautt maintained that he discovered a substance that he named Alteratium. This substance Plautt claimed was responsible for the process of evolution in species. Alteratium was thought to have been found by Plautt in Africa while he was building a private railroad. Edgware and Mill Hill Times printed excerpts from his diaries. The articles referred to a device that, with the combination of magnets and Alteratium, allowed Plautt to ‘Evolve’ a subject species into what Plautt called the subjects 'mu' form. Peer review and subsequent discoveries revealed the Plautt Device as a hoax. James Plautt gave lectures in London to various scientific societies but returned to Africa 1882 to conduct more research. Next: the Scythincus Seal

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Re: Character ideas for a new player Here is what I might do, little character to it but you get the idea Beinfang the Bold Val Char Cost Roll Notes 15 STR 5 12- Lift 200.0kg; 3d6 [4] 20 DEX 30 13- OCV: 7/DCV: 7 14 CON 8 12- 12 BODY 4 11- 13 INT 3 12- PER Roll 12- 14 EGO 8 12- ECV: 5 15 PRE 5 12- PRE Attack: 3d6 16 COM 3 12- 5 PD 2 Total: 5 PD (0 rPD) 3 ED 0 Total: 3 ED (0 rED) 4 SPD 10 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 8 REC 4 36 END 4 35 STUN 8 Movement: Running: 6"/12" Leaping: 2"/4" Swimming: 1"/2" Cost Powers END 15 Warrior's Awareness: Spatial Awareness (Unusual Group), +3 to PER Roll, Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees); Limited Power Power loses about half of its effectiveness (Range, equal to or less than 3", not through solid objects/Physical barriers; -1) 3 Incredible Endurance: Endurance Reserve (20 END, 1 REC) 4 Efficent STR use: Power Can Draw END from Character or END Reserve (+1/4) applied to STR 1 9 Out Maneuvering Opponent: Aid SPD 1d6, Can Add Maximum Of 20 Points, Delayed Return Rate (points return at the rate of 5 per Minute; +1/4); Extra Time (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12), Only to Activate, -3/4), Requires A Skill Roll (Analyze: Combat, 02; -1/2) 5 Hard to Read in Combat: LoW (-5) for vrs. Analyze: Combat 4 Martial Block +2 +2 Block, Abort 4 Martial Disarm -1 +1 Disarm; 25 STR to Disarm roll 3 Martial Grab -1 -1 Grab Two Limbs, 25 STR for holding on 4 Shove +0 +0 30 STR to Shove 4 Counterstrike +2 +2 Weapon +2 DC Strike, Must Follow Block Perks 10 "Greatest Swordsman of his time": Reputation (A medium-sized group) 14-, +5/+5d6 Talents 2 Sure footed: Environmental Movement (no penalties on Broken/Cluttered Terrain/Area) 9 "I know something you don't know...": Ambidexterity (no Off Hand penalty) 10 Follow-Through Attack Skills 6 PS: Master Swordsman 15- 10 Defense Maneuver I-IV 11 Analyze: Combat 16- 3 Acrobatics 13- 3 Breakfall 13- 3 Climbing 13- 6 +2 with any three related Skills 4 +2 with single Characteristic Roll: DEX 1 WF: Blades 1 WF: Two-Handed Weapons 1 WF: Off Hand 21 +7 with any three maneuvers or a tight group of attacks Total Characteristic Cost: 92 Total Powers & Skill Cost: 156 Total Cost: 248

Re: Character ideas for a new player Nothing helps more than example. I will post a character that is cut fro th ecloth of a MAd martigan.

Re: Help Me Populate A Creepy Hotel the Calculator Man in his late 30's, thin. Wears clothes generally just out of season. He constantly gets cables, messages, packages and messengered pouches, yet he is never seen calling or ordering anything. Kids think he is great because he makes fantastic paper airplanes that fly farther than any you've seen. He counts evrything, stairs, seconds between floors in the elevator, drinks people have in th ebar, revolutios of the ceiling fan in a minute, in an hour, ice cubes made in an hour by the machine down the hall, how many times you have adjusted your necktie, how many syllables you just spoke.

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Re: Rifts HERO? Not sure to what you are referring. If it is the Firing of the Boom Gun, Rifts clearly indicates the auto matic knockback and possible damage by Firing the Boom gun without precautions.

Re: Rifts HERO? Very true, however unles the GBK is within .5119 km it takes more than a seg to reach the Glitter boy. But ther GB is 0 DCV for a Ph which at spd 4 is 3 segs minimim and it also means the GBK has to time it right and hopefully is closer . Ok. So 11- chance to hit a 0 DCV target with a 0 Ocv attack. It occurs to me as well that only the Dex based CV is halved for non combat Mv, which after including Dcv for size and Velocity = Dex(5/2) + Size 4 + Velocity Dcv 15 = 21. Right?

Re: Rifts HERO? Doing a bit more reseach on Vehicles. Hero 5th ed rev. pg. 471 At non combat Mv, OCV is Zero, DCV is Half And a driving roll is required to exert a CV, which means I have to add a Combat Piloting roll.

Re: Rifts HERO? Here now, a taste of the Plasma Warhead Mini missle of which the Glitter boy Killer armor has 10x I built these as vehicles. I think it is very dynamic. Comments welcome So 10x of this missle cost 67 points on the Glitter boy Killer Armor Also, the Dex of the missle is 14 so on any Ph it is fired, if th ePilot of th eGlitter boy Killer armor i higher it does not fire until Dex 14.. And at Spd 12, the missle can move on any seg it is fired. Folowing is a breakdown of the Missle speed in Segments: Distence moved by seg (1 second) 1,843 kph / 60 minutes / 60 seconds = .5119 km per seg Seg 1 Mv : Seg 2 Mv : Seg 3 Mv : Seg 4 Mv zero - .5119 km : .5120 kn - 1.023 km : 1.024 - 1.535 km : --> 1.6 km

Re: Rifts HERO? Ok, had to reference some rules and add more info for the Glitterboy armor that was actually in the Glitter boy Killer armor description Here now the result

Re: Rifts HERO? I am beginning to think I am serving the forces of evil. Namely you Trencher. I hope your players are not D-bee's, cause if they are, they are in a world of hurt. The art for the Glitter boy killer armor is fantastic, I was just thinking of converting it, so... it is next.

Re: Rifts HERO? Hi Rifter yuo must be one of the four views. Do you play of GM Rifts Hero?

Re: Rifts HERO? Thanks. If anyone benefits then I have done my job. Since I have fulfilled one request, anyone have a request for my next conversion?

Re: Rifts HERO? I am almost afraid of what a Glitterboy would look like in Hero. But I get to it straight away.

Re: Rifts HERO? Trencher: Thanks for the praise. I think I will build Juicers from Juicer Uprising next

Re: Rifts HERO? It is located in post 38, Lord Liaden, under weapon damage

Re: Rifts HERO? Glad you asked. Morningstar11070 has a chart for converting RIFTS damage to Hero, I used that as a baseline to decide how tough I wanted Skelebots to be. A used hit location to distribute the Armor, trying to keep to the source material of Rifts for a faithful conversion. Base Armor def of 10 to all locarions which is 1x Hardened. Ablative Armor next, Also 1x Hardened. Now Ablative Armor in Hero works like this. If the Ablative Armor is exceeded in BODY by an attack, then it (where "it" is the amount of Armor with the Ablative Limitation) begins to have an activation roll to apply vrs. any next attack. Pg. 115 5th Rev. Clearly Ablative def is on "top" of all def, which means any BODY from any attack is first applied to Ablative def. So lets take a look at a location and go through an attack, say the Torso Location 9-14, Base armor of 10 H, 17 H, and 5 H2, with 4 charges remaining A beserk Asphalt Elemental attacks with a 4 d6 hka, doing 19 Body. The GM chooses not to expend a Charge for Armor, So total def. is 27, 10 + 17 So the Skelebot takes no BODY. However 19 Body does exceed the Ablative Armor of 17 def, so that Armor now has an activation roll of 15-. On the next attack the Asphalt Elemental activates his Beserk strength and uses a spear, fashioned from an APC's axle, doing 5.5 d6 HKA The attack does 23 Body. Rolling for Activation 15- the Skelebot rolls 16, which means the activation fails. Total def. now is 10 H, the GM decides to use the Armor Charge making it 15 Def. Meaning that 23 Body - 15 Armor = Skelebot takes 8 Body. A serious blow to its functions, and bad luck for the Skelebot, it's days are numbered. On the up side since the Ablative Armor failed, the next Armor activation is still 15- I hope that answered your question

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Re: Rifts HERO? Errr... Here now my Skelebot conversion