Rifts

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One of my eternal favorites.

Just had my first session of Savage Rifts last week, having my second session tomorrow. My group are a bunch of mercs working out of Paducah. They include a burster who hates the Coalition, a glitter boy pilot who got her suit by stealing it from an ex, a hatchling dragon, a ley line walker with a gambling addiction, a mutant with ninja training, and an elderly cyber-knight looking for a worthy cause to give his life for. The first session was a lot of fun, and I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.

They've said that it's not going to just be conversions or rehashes of the existing world books, but that a lot of Rifts fan-favorite stuff is in the works.

Psyscape. Dumb name, dumb concept, dumb execution. The idea of a psionic kingdom isn't a bad one inherently, but making it a faux-pacifist hidden city of hippie goodness and light is just offensively bad.

Sounds great. Any initial pitfalls to watch out for with the SR ruleset?

I've been playing Savage Worlds for over a decade at this point, so my basic advice to avoid pitfalls is basically:
*There are no dump stats
*Learn to think tactically instead of thinking like a D&D adventurer where everyone just stands out in an open field taking swings until one of them dies
*You don't need a d12 in a skill to be good at it. You're better off with a d8 so that you can diversify your skill set early on and have something to grow into.
*Your GM should be throwing out Bennies like water, and the players should be spending them the same way.
*Don't change rules until you've actually played the game as written. Some stuff that looks bad on paper works great in actual play.

For Savage Rifts specifically, I'd say that you should be prepared to roll with the punches. PCs have a *lot* of power right out of the gate, and they should get to use that power. So GMs need to be ready to handle that sort of thing.

Why in the hell does it have a mawed penis in it's chest?

Have you guys read the FATAL & Friends reviews of some of Palladium Rifts books? Shit's hilarious.

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