RIFTS Campaign Discussion

The difference between a Glitter Boy and a giant robot pilot's the difference between Spyd and Seren. Same-ish role, different levels of finesse.

I don't remember exactly how big a Glitter Boy is, Lurk, but you make it sound like power armor and it's definitely a proper mech. It's got a shoulder-mounted 7ft railgun and its hands are 3x human size.

The stomp attack's effective on stuff to 3ft tall, so I'd estimate 10-12ft? I'll check in a bit.

Then it's pick and choosing, and it artificially inflates everyone's stats.

Maybe we could have two extra rolls for the set of 8 so you can drop the two lowest?

Body Fixers: Body Fixers are medical doctors, but they treat all sorts of living creatures from aliens to monsters to people to demons and such. I don't think we're using the default setting since it's horribly crapsack, but these guys are usually criminals because they treat D-Bees, which are weird alien things that are breaking the law by being alive, so treating one is also a crime. While not great in combat, Body Fixers are the best medics around and have good out of combat skills like persuasion and familiarity, and are one of the few classes who are highly literate in the default setting.

City Rats: These characters are your rogue-types who don't really like getting into combat. They're good at sneaking and pickpocketing and navigating the cities, and whatnot. If you want to play a more traditional thief, and not the modern combat thief, this is your go-to class.

Cyber Doc: Generally black market workers, these are your doctors for cyborgs. They excel at surgically grafting flesh and machine, but are generally less scrupulous than Body Fixers because of the scrap trade, where cyborgs and robots will be destroyed and sold for parts to Cyber Docs. These characters I believe are the second most literate in the game, and excel at out of combat buffing of characters by enhancing them with cybernetics.

Operator: The Operator is your general mechanic and computer technician, capable of designing physical and digital systems and implementing them for certain tasks. They're great at assembling practical machines, finding parts, doing easy repairs, enhancing machines, etc. These are the Cyber Docs for pure robots, but can also do more on their own.

Rogue Scholars: These are your Indiana Jones's, being decent with weapons and stealth, but excelling at academia and teaching. These guys want the truth and are very good at investigating and identifying the authenticity of artifacts and whatnot. These guys are also walking libraries, getting special bonuses to finding information and books.

Rogue Scientists: These are like Rogue Scholars, but instead of spreading knowledge, are in pursuit of knowledge for themselves for various reasons. They tend to have more technical skills than Rogue Scholars and can build things like the Operator, though not quite as well. Basically, Kurt without his drill.

Vagabond: Basically a bandit or a combat rogue, with lots of relevant skills to match. Not much to say here.

Wilderness Scout: These are your Rangers and stuff, with bonuses to outdoor travel, tracking, mapmaking, and the like with relevant skills. If travelling in the wilderness, these guys are a must because they speed up group travel by up to 300% at max level.



That's it for Scholars and Adventurers. All that's left is mages and psions.

That's what the two sets are for.

Also, since it uses the 18 point scale, you can use something like 5E's 8 stat point buy (optional rules if using Honor and Sanity).

Not to mention the penalties for really low stats are horrendous, and affect both gameplay and RP. I want to RP the character that I want to RP. Not the character the RNG tells me to.

I'm sorry.

I know how that feels. *hugs*

*hugs Mystic*

I'm feeling a bit better now. I did well on the acting portion, so I hope it balances out.

If you don't like sets and can't come up with a point buy system, we could always have it so you can roll your dice and then assign them to the stats you choose with two refills for your lowest stats.