Judging__Eagle wrote:
Frank, were the werewolves from the moon "Zenith Moon Warpers"? or something else? The intro description alone for them seems to suggest that they were (they only work with others of the same race), or was it something else?
I think the group were playing TMNT (or TMNT characters ported into Rifts). In TMNT, you pick an animal from a huge list (or roll for it with hilarious results) and play a mutant one of them. Then you customise them on scales of "Paws - clumsy hands - human hands", "Animal noises (must take the telepathy psychic power) - rough growly voice - human voice" and "walking animal (like the Turtles themselves) - furry - human who looks kind of like the animal in question".
Then you roll to see how you were mutated, what your background and education were, etc. etc.
And if the whole party choose to be of the same batch, the following applies:
*You must all be of the same animal type, background (can select different skills) and choices on the hands, voice and appearance tables.
*You all roll for your stats separately, but if anyone rolls the 16+ and wins a bonus die, they ALL get the bonus die. It stacks. So if 6 players each roll 16+ for one stat, they each get +6d6 and laugh merrily.
*I can't remember, but possibly they also all get the bonus if one of them takes a physical skill? Not sure. It seems I lost the book during one of my trips from one state to another.
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Anyway, Rifts really can be loads of fun. You just need to take a relaxed attitude, treat it like what it is: something random and stupid and kitchen sink, and try to make stuff as "lolwut?" as you can.
But the base system will make you claw your eyes out still.
Oh, and don't try to make a d20 conversion or whatever, or Kev will sue you. Because as we all know, WotC and the Internet are the two main things crushing the RPG industry! His position at the top of the RPG industry is in danger because of the Internet! Also, Communism is a global threat and I'm kind of worried about them sending that "Titanic" ship out there, what if it hits an iceberg or something?
That's probably one of his biggest issues, actually - he's still living in the 70s or whatever. But still, don't let that stop you. Play it once and have a ball.
Oh, also, laugh at the pictures. There is a snake smoking from a hookah in one book - we dubbed it Kevin's editor, sharing his drugs. Another one has a sort of tarrasque with a GIANT SPIKED SCROTUM.