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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 889875" data-attributes="member: 8158">Hmm. After hearing everyone rag on FATAL, I'm torn. On the one hand, it's being bashed for political incorrectness (daring to suggest that in an underdeveloped feudal culture enlightened concepts like sexual equality and racial tolerance hasn't taken root), while OTOH it's being accused of the worst of all crimes--poor game mechanics. I guess I just gotta take a look.RIFTS was a game that I really fell in love with based on flavor reasons--the &quot;anything-goes&quot; atmosphere, lots of cool pictures--but abandoned because of the assanine mechanics of the Palladium system. I attack, you roll to dodge. If I still hit, you roll to roll with it. Mega-damage was just the icing on the crap-cake. Hit points became meaningless because if any damage got through your armor, you died instantly. And mega-damage could come in the form of a weapon the size of laser-pointer. Characters would get into martial arts fights and just stand there kicking each other's MDC armor with their worthless SDC feet and fists. Why? WHY, Palladium, WHY?Now if there was a d20 RIFTS, I'd pick that up in a heartbeat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felon, post: 889875, member: 8158"] Hmm. After hearing everyone rag on FATAL, I'm torn. On the one hand, it's being bashed for political incorrectness (daring to suggest that in an underdeveloped feudal culture enlightened concepts like sexual equality and racial tolerance hasn't taken root), while OTOH it's being accused of the worst of all crimes--poor game mechanics. I guess I just gotta take a look. RIFTS was a game that I really fell in love with based on flavor reasons--the "anything-goes" atmosphere, lots of cool pictures--but abandoned because of the assanine mechanics of the Palladium system. I attack, you roll to dodge. If I still hit, you roll to roll with it. Mega-damage was just the icing on the crap-cake. Hit points became meaningless because if any damage got through your armor, you died instantly. And mega-damage could come in the form of a weapon the size of laser-pointer. Characters would get into martial arts fights and just stand there kicking each other's MDC armor with their worthless SDC feet and fists. Why? WHY, Palladium, WHY? Now if there was a d20 RIFTS, I'd pick that up in a heartbeat. [/QUOTE]

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