[KarmaInferno]

RIFTS does however suffer from power creep worse than most other games.

It's like each later sourcebook author kept trying to out-do the previous ones.

Compare anything from the later books to, say, the Scholar from the corebook.



-k

[CanRay]

Paranoia.

I just GMed a game where the group nuked an entire sector by causing one part of The Computer to slowly degrade, have a HDD Head Crash, and then die.

[mistrornge]

Without a doubt Rolemaster. Simply one of the most realistic game systems ever made. I use those rules with a Faerun world system. Occasionally using other random adventures.

Shadowrun 2e was a favorite from high school.  We played that and the original villains and vigilantes game.

[beowulf_of_wa]

RIFTS does however suffer from power creep worse than most other games.

It's like each later sourcebook author kept trying to out-do the previous ones.

Compare anything from the later books to, say, the Scholar from the corebook.



-k

true, and that's part of the fun.

[The_Gun_Nut]

If you want to see something nasty in Rifts, port a martial artist over from Ninjas & Superspies or Mystic China.

Mayhem ensues.

[beowulf_of_wa]

port anything from heroes unlimited, watch the world end. (some more)

[TheWanderingJewels]

Legend of the Five Rings 4th with a bit of stuff adapted from Sengoku.

[freddieflatline]

port anything from heroes unlimited, watch the world end. (some more)

Naw all you need is an unstable rift generator and everything will be fine

[Mirikon]

Or do as one of my characters in a M&M game did, and send the entire problem to a universe where Earth was overrun with zombies.

As a note, it is fun to watch a DM's reaction when, faced with an imminent alien invasion, you skip off to your home outside of time and space to look for a convenient parallel dimension that has zombies running around all over the place, and design a ritual that will open a portal large enough to send the entire alien invasion force to that world.

We had to promise him that 'send them to the zombie dimension' wouldn't be our standard ploy for dealing with threats.

[CanRay]

All it takes is one Nihilistic Supervillian who can tap into that realm as well and let the Zeds loose into your world.

I say it all the time when RPGing, "The door swings both ways."

Yes, I'm a Ghostbusters geek.

[Mirikon]

One thing about time travel is that you can avoid nasty little surprises like that. Yeah, that character gave the DM all kinds of headaches.

[CanRay]

Give me Superscience anyday.  'Course, it can do those things too. 

And build a power suit that fits into a medium-sized robot that fits into a giant-sized robot designed for combat in trans-orbital situations.

"How the hell do you plan for things like this?"  "I overdosed on my medication and zoned out watching The Anime Channel for 50-hours straight."  "Oh."  "Just don't ask about my genetic manipulation project.  I almost have a Pikachu!"  "Where do you get the time to do all of this?"  "I sleep an average of 18-minutes a day.  It's very refreshing.  I used to only sleep 10."

[freddieflatline]

Give me Superscience anyday.  'Course, it can do those things too. 

And build a power suit that fits into a medium-sized robot that fits into a giant-sized robot designed for combat in trans-orbital situations.

"How the hell do you plan for things like this?"  "I overdosed on my medication and zoned out watching The Anime Channel for 50-hours straight."  "Oh."  "Just don't ask about my genetic manipulation project.  I almost have a Pikachu!"  "Where do you get the time to do all of this?"  "I sleep an average of 18-minutes a day.  It's very refreshing.  I used to only sleep 10."

Wish we got Anime Channel down where I am at in Texas.  We are always about ten years behind the rest of the country.

[CanRay]

I wish we got it in Canada.  I figure with Superscience on my side, I could get any damned channel I wanted. 

[Malex]

As of late 40K has been of serious interest. D&D Planescape still has a top slot.