RIFTS Campaign Discussion

Please not this week though. I need to be able to see that if it happens.

Evil Amelia?

But Birdy, explosions and laughter? Evil Amelia.

Neo, I'll be doing some work and stuff. So I'll be there I guess. I can't think of anything I'd specifically need right now, but I'm around.

EXP
Shira: 1,450
Amelia: 1,350
Celica: 1,350
Don: 1,000
Slimex: 1,500

Vampire Queen's Cloak
+5 MDC
User is capable of teleporting short distances (5 feet or less) free of PPE Cost. Requires recharge of five minutes. Can teleport through non magical walls/barriers.

Vampire Queen's Daggers
Deal 4d4 MDC damage
When user deals damage to an enemy with the dagger, recover 2d4 Health/PPE. (Changes depending on which dagger)

Conquest's Armor
+10 MDC
User gains +10 on intimidate checks. When attacking, the attacker wins ties.

Conquest's Swords
Deal 4d5 MDC damage
No Special Effect

Excerpt From Death Mark For Dummies
Congratulations! You are now the owner of your very own Death Mark! First off, we'll teach you the most important thing. That is, how to transfer your mark! Simply recite the magic words below while invoking the power of your mark!

I am thou, thou art I... Through the ancient tongue, I transfer this power to you. The land's power flows through me, and now through you. This mark that holds its place on my hand contains the powers of death. Spirit, acceptance, and growth through pain. These gifts, I provide to you. I give you my greatest power. My greatest treasure.

Now that we have all that mumbo jumbo over, I'm sure you're wondering, dear reader. "What can I do with my Death Mark?" What an exciting question! Here's what you may do! Not only does your power regulate the balance of life and death itself, keeping the dead in the ground where they belong and protecting the living from malevolent souls, but now you have the power to see dead people! Congratulations! You can now speak with spirits and ghosts. Things of the like. As the Death Mark holder, it is your job to help put these restless souls to rest. Good luck!

-Written by Professor Henderson

Finally home! So Yay! I'll pop on Rifts in a couple minutes for EXP and stuff. Yay EXP and stats! Dibs on the cloak for Shira. The PPE dagger should go to Slimex.

Since I won't be here this weekend, I'll get some stuff out of the way.

1.Slimex gives the Vampire Daggers to Celica.

2.No proficiency with swords, so I won't take Conquest's Sword for now. I'll probably get it when I level up so I can do some MDC damage without using a spell. In the meantime, anyone can use it.

3.Shira and Slimex have Shadow Meld... Sure it costs PPE and we need shadow, but personally, I'd give the cloak to someone else who can't currently teleport. (Actually, I'd just switch the cloak around to whoever needs it when we need to use it. There's no reason to not share it between the party)

Oh I missed the PPE part... Yeah. Keeping the PPE dagger. No proficiency for them either though...

With that said, the HP dagger is completely useless to Slimex. With 29 SDC HP I pretty much have to do a no damage run (which works well for now).

Regaining HP is not something that's gonna happen. So whoever wants the HP dagger can take it.

1) Shira's Shadow Meld doesn't cost PPE
2) Shadow Meld does not allow you to pass through walls or barriers like the cloak.
3) Shira can only naturally teleport over extremely long distances, and she has to pass a low skill check to be accurate
4) The cloak will allow Shira to become an even better thief, stealth artist, and jailbreaker. Because it's primary use is teleporting through locked doors or walls. If we give that cloak to someone else, they'll just immediately get caught on the other side. Shira can instantly go invisible, has the best stealth skill in the party, has other ways to break out if necessary, and can handle herself better than anyone else if separated.
5) I've already added it to my character sheet, don't make me un-add it...

Also, the HP dagger is useless to Shira. She will always have a stronger and better weapon, she's a MDC creature and only uses HP at all in SDC only worlds, and she naturally regenerates anyway.

I'm not saying Shira shouldn't have the Cloak, I'm saying this particular piece of equipment should be shared between the party members situationally.

For a stealth segment, sure Shira would be the best pick (altough Slimex is EXREMELY good at Stealth, he just didn't have a stealth segment until now), but for combat, it might save another character's life.

So like... For now Shira can keep it, but I'd really REALLY like if that Cloak was a shared item.

---Examples of applications for other characters---

Celica could fight inside Sechs, then teleport behind the enemy while he's occupied fighting the mech.
Amelia could use her missiles point blank and teleport away to avoid damaging herself.
Slimex could teleport somewhere, impersonate an animal to lure enemies away, then teleport back.