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Good Idea For a RIFTS game?... or BEST IDEA EVER?

Started by RPGPundit, November 10, 2010, 03:28:02 PM

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November 10, 2010, 03:28:02 PM
A thought came to me: "Scum of The Wasted Earth":  A RIFTS campaign where all the PCs are Vagabonds.

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November 10, 2010, 03:33:58 PM
Maybe add in some Wilderness Scouts, Rogue Scientists, and Rogue Scholars. Even so, I'd love to play in that kind of campaign.
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November 10, 2010, 03:37:39 PM
Vagabonds are one of the best Rifts OCCs.  

I think it's a great idea!

Not to step on any toes, but how about Vagabonds, Gamblers, Saloon Bums, and Saddle Tramps?

Although, I suppose a Saddle Tramp is pretty much the same as a Vagabond but with a horse.
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#3
November 10, 2010, 03:53:27 PM
And one Glitter Boy.  But he's a total douche bag and all the Vagabonds hate him.
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November 10, 2010, 04:32:15 PM
Human-level RIFTS can be a lot of fun.   If you go with "MDC = rare" instead of the usual assumptions, then its nicely playable.

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November 10, 2010, 04:52:46 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;416174A thought came to me: "Scum of The Wasted Earth":  A RIFTS campaign where all the PCs are Vagabonds.

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Would love to play in that sort of campaign!

Quote from: everloss;416178Vagabonds are one of the best Rifts OCCs.  

I think it's a great idea!

Not to step on any toes, but how about Vagabonds, Gamblers, Saloon Bums, and Saddle Tramps?

Although, I suppose a Saddle Tramp is pretty much the same as a Vagabond but with a horse.

good ideas here...I would add "professional escorts"(;)) as well..all ne'er do wells and dance hall loungers welcome

Quote from: Spinachcat;416189Human-level RIFTS can be a lot of fun.   If you go with "MDC = rare" instead of the usual assumptions, then its nicely playable.

good point...with the limitations of being a "vagabond" type almost required, though the uber powerful can play a part.
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#6
November 10, 2010, 04:54:57 PM
BEST IDEA EVER...no, Pundit. Because "Best Ideas Ever" ALWAYS include time travel. That is a given.

So it is indeed good for a RIFTS campaign.
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November 10, 2010, 05:49:38 PM
Quote from: Settembrini;416193BEST IDEA EVER...no, Pundit. Because "Best Ideas Ever" ALWAYS include time travel. That is a given.

So it is indeed good for a RIFTS campaign.

There's no reason I can't see why this idea couldn't end up involving time travel...

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#8
November 10, 2010, 07:07:18 PM
It is interesting to note that as the only characters with soap, at least they would be clean...

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#9
November 10, 2010, 08:47:44 PM
Sadly, their teeth would all be rotten, due to their "bit of candy".
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November 10, 2010, 08:51:19 PM
The only RIFTS game I ever played in my character was a San Berdoo biker and nega-psychic surrounded by glitterboys and dragons . . .
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November 10, 2010, 11:59:28 PM
I'd like to do an alternate reality game.

The Shining Silver Knights of the Coalition  who save their world from true evil monstrosities. Magically bonded to supernatural armor.

Dragons in armor serve as their vehicles and Ley Line Walkers as artillery--a squad of the magical variants from a what if Rifts world. Where magic saves humans from the evils of infections technology--demons of cybernetic steel, and invading infovores. All lost on the other Rifts. Dealing with everything they love and dream of turned black and sour.
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November 11, 2010, 03:48:22 AM
Quote from: Zachary The First;416298Sadly, their teeth would all be rotten, due to their "bit of candy".

Wooo good point. Maybe I've been stuck on their soap alone for too long.

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#13
November 12, 2010, 12:52:26 PM
Just for the record, though I don't think it'd really need saying, the point of the campaign would not be "your characters suck and will always suck", it would be "let's see how far a bunch of vagabonds in RIFTS can actually get".  My bet would be that if the players were sufficiently good, they'd all be kitted out hardcore and taking on very significant foes in no time.

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#14
November 12, 2010, 01:45:27 PM
Oh yeah, I'd love to fucking play this. My first act of aggression would be to find some people with expensive gear and stalk them until they have a hard fight, then kill them at their camp right afterwords. Then take their shit to a black market town like Cincinnati (is that just our old game or canon?) and sell it for some decent gear, then blow the rest on whores.
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