Re: Jab's Rifts Builds (Battle Magus! Lord Magus! High Magus!)
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:56 pm
The "magical mecha" idea is actually fairly clever, something anime had been doing for a while but was also an easy fit for Rifts. And really, after seeing the success of giant robots, why wouldn't mages go "Oooooh, let me have some of that!" The need to be outside the robot is also kind of interesting, making it an easy way to differentiate the two and give some weaknesses to these powerful magical juggernauts. It kind of reminds me of the Warjacks of the Iron Kingdom.
But yeah, in a weird way this book reminds me of Batman V. Superman, where it was incredibly obvious every time the writers of that movie wanted to address fan complaints about Man of Steel and the fact that the heroes didn't seem to care about collateral damage.
"The giant Doomsday creature has unleashed a massive explosion in the city. Luckily it was Sunday and most of the buildings in that district were empty."
"Doomsday has fallen from back to Earth thanks to our ill-advised nuclear missile. Luckily he landed on an abandoned island off the coast of Gotham City."
"I've got to lead the creature back to the Kryptonite Spear. Luckily that part of Gotham is almost entirely abandoned, so no one will get hurt."
This book is pretty much the same thing, just for magic.
But yeah, in a weird way this book reminds me of Batman V. Superman, where it was incredibly obvious every time the writers of that movie wanted to address fan complaints about Man of Steel and the fact that the heroes didn't seem to care about collateral damage.
"The giant Doomsday creature has unleashed a massive explosion in the city. Luckily it was Sunday and most of the buildings in that district were empty."
"Doomsday has fallen from back to Earth thanks to our ill-advised nuclear missile. Luckily he landed on an abandoned island off the coast of Gotham City."
"I've got to lead the creature back to the Kryptonite Spear. Luckily that part of Gotham is almost entirely abandoned, so no one will get hurt."
This book is pretty much the same thing, just for magic.