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<blockquote data-quote="Weiley31" data-source="post: 8498484" data-attributes="member: 7017196">I always wanted to like/love Palladium Rifts RPG because it was the one of the few things out there that legit had a Macross RPG for it. And I am a huge Macross hussy. The problem?I really dislike percentages in games: ESPECIALLY in RPGs. And Palladium and their RPGs were percentages incarnate.Yeah the idea of Rifts factions or random PC fighting alongside the TMNT with Michangelo flipping riding a Macross Valkyrie, out of control probably, sounds like one hell of a mental image/scenario that would sound gravy right up my soul. But I just could never....get Palladium's system/math.Fate is another one that I don't dislike but I want to try to play/like and so far, no luck. I got the Atomic Robo: The Roleplaying Game version because from a number of sources I've read online, Atomic Robo's take on the Fate engine is the most/a pretty good, streamlined take on the Fate/ the mechanics themselves. So, I figured that by using that as the base/guide to learning Fate, it should be cool, and I could do my prequel Hell Boy 5E campaign using Atomic Robo(Fate) to be used for the WW II section of the past.I get some parts of it like the Bennies and taking a complication to gain a Benny. How to actually level up/play it/the Aspects/or how combat works in it......uh.In regard to dice system/mechanics, Rolling Under isn't exactly my first choice of use if making a game: I'm too used/ingrained to rolling for high numbers in RPGs due to DND.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Weiley31, post: 8498484, member: 7017196"] I always wanted to [I]like/love[/I] Palladium Rifts RPG because it was the one of the few things out there that legit had a Macross RPG for it. And I am a huge Macross hussy. The problem? [I]I really dislike percentages in games: ESPECIALLY in RPGs. And Palladium and their RPGs were percentages incarnate.[/I] Yeah the idea of Rifts factions or random PC fighting alongside the TMNT with Michangelo flipping riding a Macross Valkyrie, out of control probably, sounds like one hell of a mental image/scenario that would sound gravy right up my soul. But I just could never....[I]get[/I] Palladium's system/math. Fate is another one that I don't dislike but I want to try to play/like and so far, no luck. I got the Atomic Robo: The Roleplaying Game version because from a number of sources I've read online, Atomic Robo's take on the Fate engine is the most/a pretty good, streamlined take on the Fate/ the mechanics themselves. So, I figured that by using that as the base/guide to learning Fate, it should be cool, and I could do my prequel Hell Boy 5E campaign using Atomic Robo(Fate) to be used for the WW II section of the past. I [I]get[/I] some parts of it like the Bennies and taking a complication to gain a Benny. How to actually level up/play it/the Aspects/or how combat works in it......[I]uh.[/I] In regard to dice system/mechanics, Rolling Under isn't [I]exactly[/I] my first choice of use if making a game: I'm too used/ingrained to rolling for high numbers in RPGs due to DND. [/QUOTE]

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