I want to run a Rifts game, based around the time of the mechanoids coming to earth. I am looking for 5-8 players to start, and hopefully we will get a good reliable core of 4-5 out of that number

The game will be on Mayhem, using OpenRPG. I am looking at 3 time slots, Monday noon EST, Monday 8 pm EST, and Tuesday noon EST.

Characters will be starting at level 1. Characters will need to be rolled with me in the room, and I will help you determine starting equipment based on your character, race and OCC. Advancement will go at a fairly decent pace, at least for the first 5-6 levels, figure 4-6 sessions a level during that time. Sessions will usually contain at least one combat. Figure combat / skill usage / action 60-70% of the time and RP / decision making / other 30-40% of the time.

Borgs, dragons, mdc dbees, will be allowed within reason. If you do not want a MDC character, you will need/get magic or technology that will make you comparable to the rest of the group power wise. If you go the SDC route, I will work with you to get tattoes of power, TW items, PA or robot vehicle or something that will give you MDC. The reason you will need MDC power to start is that the mechanoids will be the first foe you face and they are pretty tough. Note, MDC characters will not be allowed in C.S. areas for the most part. So if the majority of the group wants to go that route, you will either be avoiding the C.S. or an enemy of the C.S.

Alignment is going to be fairly loose, you won't be put in a straight jacket based on what you choose, I reserve the right to modify your alignment based on
your in game actions though...

Once you have your character rolled up, your race and/or OCC selected and your wealth and possessions received, you will need to make a one paragraph description of your character that will be used when you meet someone new. You will also need to come up with a background for your character that explains why you have left home and are out adventuring. This doesn't have to be very long if you are not good at backgrounds, but I do require 3 things, first, what is your family like and where are they now, second, why are you adventuring instead of staying at home, and third, what do you hope to accomplish before you die, which will hopefully be after a long and successful adventuring career

I have almost all of the books, and what few I don't own, I usually have an ecopy of, so I am willing to entertain character ideas from just about anywhere on Rifts earth as long as you have a decent background that explains why you are in the south eastern US, and willing to risk your like fighting alien machines.

I would like to have at least one psychic and one magic using character, this is so that future ideas I have will be doable. Without any psychic/magical ability, some of the directions I want to go will be difficult. This doesn't mean that EVERYONE needs to be psychic and/or magical, but it would be nice if we had one out of six

If there are any particular things you would like to see/do in the Rifts world with your character, ie. fight vampires, go to the chitown burbs, join the tolkeen war, go to wormwood, etc please let me know and I can probably write an adventure scenario that will let you do it. I welcome player input on what the group wants to accomplish / do, so feel free to shoot ideas by me.

Thanks for your patience reading through all of this, look forward to getting a Rifts game off the ground.

Athos

I'm in for this. No clue what I'd play yet, but I like me some Rifts

I would love to play Rifts Monday nights at 8pm EST (I may be a little late as I get off at 7pm EST and it's an hour drive home...)

I can't seem to find my main book, but I believe I would like to be a Tatoo man. May need (a lot) of help unless I can find the book online

Anyway, let me know if and when this is going to happen. I've downloaded OpenRPG and will figure out how to connect with it


Runebane

i'd be interested and can make any of those times

would you consider PCs from the Palladium megaverse not just rift occs?

Probably not from the megaverse... too much room to get munchkinny.

The conversion books would probably be ok, with some exceptions of course. I don't want to the party to be made up of Godlings or Lizard Mages, that would be a little too much. I prefer characters to be something that would fit in Rifts Earth.

Hope this helps...

So no DeeBees from the heroes unlimited universe huh?

I'd be open to a Mon 8 pm est game and I run and play Rifts so I got a ton of material. How do you feel about a Knight of the White Rose (good mystic knight) from Madhaven?

Izzyiz, I reserve the right to refuse any character I don't think fits the campaign. I am not trying to be a dick, I just don't want to have a super powerful character and then a bunch of medium or low power characters, I want to try and keep everyone close to the same starting power. After 30 years of DMing, I just find it works better this way, having everyone starting roughly equal.

If you have an idea, put it in a text file and give it to me next Monday. I will look over the character, if it is comparable in power to the other pc's I will probably allow it. But I am not going to write any blank checks and then have a player whine all session about how I didn't let his perfect munchkin character ruin the game for everyone else.

In the mercenaries book, is a superspy character OCC that I would allow, but 700 MDC and regeneration will probably not be allowed, I think that is the invulnerability super power, but some others might, it would depend on the background, overall strength, etc.

I want all characters in text file format, it is easy for me to save them in text nodes that way, and I can easily track changes, which is important to me.

Knight of the White Rose will be fine, I just got Madhaven and have only briefly looked them over, but if I understand them correctly, they are basically a counter to the evil mystic knights, which would open up some interesting future possibilities.

Looks like we have about 5 players interested in Monday night, so if everyone is fine with it, we can meet next Monday on Mayhem and do some character development.

Athos

What's your email? I have an idea for a character that I want to run by you but this forum doesn't do PMs...