Atlantis Mercenaries

Game Master EltonJ

EltonJ, any interest in running both campaigns, Mercenary and slave?

Thinking I will go ahead with my Psi-Slinger for the Merc campaign, and my idea for the slave campaign is presently an Intelligent Construct (Empires of Humanity), sent as a spy to gather information about Atlantis and Sluggorth. Archie and Titan has been known to use such synthroid spies, but I think I'd go with another builder, such as the Neruni. He'd function a bit like a light borg, but with Power Armour Jock, and the intention to capture a suit of some sort eventually.

It's a simple story about a worm and a robot.....Anyone else getting an Earthworm Jim vibe? Just me? Ok then.

Hey, I remember earthworm Jim. The funny thing to do would be to make a PC that was a suit of sentient power armour, and have the worm occupy a space inside. One could handle locomotion and conventional weapons, while the other cast buffs and battlefield control powers... could be a tough combo...

Probably better handled as a single player with the Sidekick edge though.

Hey, I remember earthworm Jim. The funny thing to do would be to make a PC that was a suit of sentient power armour, and have the worm occupy a space inside. One could handle locomotion and conventional weapons, while the other cast buffs and battlefield control powers... could be a tough combo...

Probably better handled as a single player with the Sidekick edge though.

Could likely do it as a suit of Bio-armor with an enslaved Zembahk inside. Kind of a Splugorth Rogue Trooper.

[dice=random Character made for fun]1d33] Techno-Wizard

Ancestry: Human
Skills: Electronics, Occult, Repair, and Science at d6. +3dice Smrt +3Cbt
Edges:AB Techno-Wizardry. Arcane Machinist. Machine Maestro. Human edge
Powers, x, x, x,
Gear: Starting Gear, Adventure Survival Light Armor, TK Revolver, Tool Kit.

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Hmmm this would work well in either.

And just to see how odd this is and because I never play non-humans...
Zembahk Mystic
Ancestry Zembahk

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Feel free to say RACE instead of ANCESTRY, as it's expressed as race in Savage Worlds.

EltonJ, any interest in running both campaigns, Mercenary and slave?

Thinking I will go ahead with my Psi-Slinger for the Merc campaign, and my idea for the slave campaign is presently an Intelligent Construct (Empires of Humanity), sent as a spy to gather information about Atlantis and Sluggorth. Archie and Titan has been known to use such synthroid spies, but I think I'd go with another builder, such as the Neruni. He'd function a bit like a light borg, but with Power Armour Jock, and the intention to capture a suit of some sort eventually.

You can make a Shemmenarian (sp) if you go with Archie-3. And yes, both campaigns might be a good idea. :)

I don't think I'd want an actual Shemmenarian, and I think it would be unlikely Archie would send one. He wouldn't want anyone getting a close enough look to determine they're all synthetics, or even have anyone wondering why this Shemmenarian was a gynoid. Better to send a one-off, that if discovered, wouldn't spill the beans on an entire project.

Besides which, most of the fun in the Intelligent Construct is that you can make them exactly how you want them.

I don't think I'd want an actual Shemmenarian, and I think it would be unlikely Archie would send one. He wouldn't want anyone getting a close enough look to determine they're all synthetics, or even have anyone wondering why this Shemmenarian was a gynoid. Better to send a one-off, that if discovered, wouldn't spill the beans on an entire project.

Besides which, most of the fun in the Intelligent Construct is that you can make them exactly how you want them.

Okay. So a different Intelligent construct.

Rough sketch of my Bio-Borg:

Concept: Captured surface-dweller, transformed into a Bio-Borg because he's expendable and otherwise useless as a slave (given True Atlantaeans are superior in every way, I figure a normal human would seem pathetic by comparison). There was a slave uprising in the middle of his brainwashing; he still remembers most of his past and is HORRIFIED by his transformation into a hideous non-human thing. Think for added irony I'd make him a former soldier of the Coalition states with the hatred of all things supernatural that comes with it.

Hero's Journey:

Training 1: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Training 2: 1d20 ⇒ 15

So Dirty Fighter and any Combat Edge of my choice, neat!

Rough sketch of my Bio-Borg ...

Oh this will be fun considering the worm's overwhelming irrational fear of all things Biowizardly!

Yeah, it'll be neat to scream in terror every time I look in a mirror lol.

Yeah, it'll be neat to scream in terror every time I look in a mirror lol.

You won't be the only one screaming. My slave branch character, the Zembahk Mystic, has Paranoia (Major) Bio-Borgs and Biowizardry.

This will be interesting.....

<poke> AFAIK, my PC is good-to-go, and I'm still here...

Gotcha. Let me set up both campaigns tonight, after my Warhammer game tonight (probably).

Poor Wandering One here.
Finalizing Slave branch character under the alias.

EltonJ: Can I re-roll the symbiote mental flaw. Being at -2 to everything whenever Storm Dragon's Bio-Borg is present is not a formula for long term survival.

Symbiote insanity re-roll: 1d12 ⇒ 10 Phobia(major): Undead, includes Vampires

So, you're going to go with two campaigns? I'm always up for more games, but above you said I could play them in either one, and I'm wondering if I can play my Cyber-Knight in both?

Think I have my merc mostly done. He got a vehicle on one of his MARS rolls, so we'll need to work out what kind. Honestly, I've always wanted something like an Avengers Quin-jet. There is nothing like that in the books that I can find (a massive oversight for a sci-fi game I think). May need to convert the NGR Dragonfly to Savage stats, or maybe use a reflavoured helecopter.

I'll need to think of a mercenary character if we're doing two tables. Maybe I'll try the Vampire Hunter? Would depend on whether vampire slayin' is on the table.

Also not sure how much sense it would make but I've wanted to play a dragon for a while in RIFTS, they seem neato.

They can be pretty cool, though as I said a while back, they can be hard to make unique. Their abilities are pretty established. You can pick a direction and specialize though, which is probably what I would do; I've thought of a dragon for the Slave campaign if my construct doesn't come together.

If you try to advance things evenly, you end up pretty generic, so I'd probably specialize on something, like fire, magic, psionics, melee, or maybe even focus on Metamorphosis and live like an insanely tough humanoid in armour with hand held weapons. Go all in on an option and be really good at one thing, rather.

So, you're going to go with two campaigns? I'm always up for more games, but above you said I could play them in either one, and I'm wondering if I can play my Cyber-Knight in both?

I can run two pbp campaigns in Rifts, yes.

Thanks, but that wasn't my main question. Can I play the same PC in both?

Thanks, but that wasn't my main question. Can I play the same PC in both?

Yes, I can allow that.

Just curious - what are we waiting for? Has everyone posted their finalized character(s)?

Let me fix this. :)

Alright, all of you can post your characters in discussion. I'll have a campaign start thread in Gameplay after it gets dark.

Hi I'm interested in the game as well. My name is wolf. I'm rather new to swade but I come bearing players. We use the online table if that's ok. I can provide myself another novice and two old hands ready to roleplay our asses off. 3612255285

Hi I'm interested in the game as well. My name is wolf. I'm rather new to swade but I come bearing players. We use the online table if that's ok. I can provide myself another novice and two old hands ready to roleplay our asses off. 3612255285

Hi Wolf, we won't pick up again until New Year's. But if you are interested, I'd like to hear a character concept from you.