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Warning Violence and the Supernatural
The fictional worlds of Palladium Booksreg are violent deadly and filled with supernatural monsters Other-dimensional beings often referred to as demons torment stalk and prey on humans Other alien life forms monsters gods and demigods as well as magic insanity and war are all elements in these books
Some parents may find the violence magic and supernatural elements of the games inappropriate for young readersplayers We suggest parental discretion
Please note that none of us at Palladium Booksreg condone or encourage the occult the practice of magic the use of drugs or violence
The Rifterreg Number 30 Your guide to the Palladium Megaversereg
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First Printing - April 2005
Copyright 2005 Palladium Books Inc
All rights reserved world wide under the Universal Copyright Convention No part of this book may be reproduced in part or whole in any form or by any means without permission from the publisher except for brief quotes for use in reviews All incidents situations institutions governments and people are fictional and any similarity without satiric intent of charshyacters or persons living or dead is strictly coincidental
Palladium Booksreg Riftsreg The Rifterreg Coalition Warsreg RECONreg Nightbanereg The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Gamereg The Mechanoidsreg The Mechanoid Invasionreg After the Bombreg Phase Worldreg and Megaversereg are registered trademarks owned and licensed by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Inc
The slogan A Megaverse of adventure - limited only by your imagination and titles and names such as Riftsreg Promise of Power Beyond the Supernatural BTS-2 HU2 Splicers Chaos Earth NEMA MercTown Merc Ops Tome Grotesque Arcanum Naruni United Worlds of Warlock Geofront Mechanoid Space Dinosaur Swamp Arzno Lazlo Victor Lazlo Lazlo Agency Lazlo Society Heroes Unlimited Powers Unlimited Ninjas amp Superspies A liens Unlimited Mutant Undershyground The Nursery Hardware Unlimited Gadgets Unlimited Three Galaxies Void Runners Gramercy Island Skraypers Atorian Empire Wormwood Land of the Damned The Citadel Wolfen Wars Wolfen Wulfen Cosmo-Knights Cyber-Knight Dragonlands Triax Gargoyle Empire Free Quebec Xiticix Invasion Fadetown Hammer of the Forge Siege On Tolkeen Psyscape Dweomer ARCHIE-3 Northern Gun Coalition States Erin Tarn Emperor Prosek Splugorth Splynncryth Mega-Damage Skelebot SAMAS Glitter Boy Dog Boys Dog Pack Techno-Wizard Ley Line Walker Shifter Bio-Wizardry Psi-Stalker Brodkil Juicer Crazy Burbs Borg Bot D-Bee Chi-Town Triax NGR and other names titles slogans and likenesses of characters are trademarks owned by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Jnc
Palladium Online wwwpalladiumbookscom
The Rifterreg 30 RPG sourcebook series is published by Palladium Books Inc 12455 Universal Drive Taylor MI 48180 Printed in the USA
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Sam
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Palladium Booksreg Presents
THE 30 Sourcebook and guide to the Palladium Megaversereg
Coordinator amp Editor in Chief Wayne Smith
Editor Alex Marciniszyn
Contributing Writers
Josh Blackwell
Samson Blackwell
James MG Cannon
Levi Johnstone
Chris Kluge
John C Philpott
Kevin Siembieda
Josh Sinsapaugh
Proofreader Julius Rosenstein
Cover Illustration John Zeleznik
Cover Logo Design Steve Edwards
Credits Page Logo Niklas Brandt
Typesetting Wayne Smith
Keylining Kevin Siembieda
Interior Artists
Kent Buries
Drunken Style Studio (DSS)
Brandon C Clark (DSS)
Mark Dudley (DDS)
Allen Manning
Brian Manning
Apollo Okamura
Jeff Russell
Ryan Stegman (DSS)
Chuck Walton (DSS)
and other Palladium Madmen
Based on the RPG rules characters
concepts and Megaversereg created by Kevin Siembieda
Special Thanks to all our contributors writers and artists - and a special welcome on board to the artists and writers making their debut in this issue Our apologies to anybody who got accidentally left out or their name misspelled
3
Sam
ple
file
Contents The Rifterreg 30 - April 2005 Page 6 - Art - Jeff Russell
This trio of hideous beings are just a few of the horrors awaiting you in Tome Grotesquetrade the first big sourcebook for Beyond the Supernaturaltrade Second Edition The art is by a Canadian Jeff Russell whose dynamic artwork along with Michael Dubisch and Brandon C Clark fill the book
Jeffs story may be of interest to you budding young artists out there You see this is Jeffs first professional job This talshyented young artist has dabbled with drawing for his own fun and pleasure for years but he hadnt ever submitted his artwork to anyone for publication Being a looong time fan of Palladium Books Jeff finally decided to send some samples of his art over for our consideration Perhaps needless to say Kevin Siembieda took one look at the outstanding quality originality and detail and shouted Quick hire this guy before someone else snaps him up And we did
Now Jeffs story is not a typical one and his level of skill is unusually high so dont every one of you artists out there think youll get hired your first try out the door The point is if Jeff hadnt taken that first difficult step (its scary putting yourself out there for rejection) hed never have gotten hired Now hes drawing monsters and creepy stuff for Palladium With a little luck youll be seeing this talented gents artwork for years to come
Page 7 - From the Desk of Kevin Siem bieda Birthday Boy Kevin gets a little retrospective and personal
as he gushes about the exciting projects Palladium has in store for our fans and gamers at large Part of this is brought about by the Nokia videogame which as it nears completion looks fabushylous and is getting us all pumped up The other part comes from the creative dynamics and aura of excitement that is building and building among the people at Palladium Led by Kevin Siembieda freelance writers and artists along with the entire Palladium staff are boiling with bold new ideas and new heights of enthusiasm Beyond the Supernaturaltrade Second Edition and its supplements is one set of books that exemplify this creative energy so is Riftsreg Ultimate Edition and virtually everything on Palladiums drawing board The start ofa new era of cutting edge RPGs and epic fun Spread the word
Page 8 - Palladium News Riftsreg Promise of Powertrade read all about it (and then head
right on over to the website and see glimpses for yourself www rifts-promiseofpowercom) Hey come on down to Gen Con Indy and a number of other conventions to meet and game with Kevin Siembieda and other Palladium creators and pals Its all laid out for you on page 9
Page 10 - National Games Week Have you heard of National Games Week No Well we
present the lowdown way in advance so you and your favorite stores can be part of the excitement this November
Page 11 - Coming Attractions Get the insider perspective on upcoming projects like Tome
Grotesquestrade and Arcanumtrade for Beyond the SupernatushyrarrM Second Edition as well as the series of mercenary books coming out for Riftsreg and Riftsreg Ultimate Edition an exshypanded and rewritten updated edition of the Riftsreg RPG (The pencil sketch is the concept drawing for one of the double-page color end sheets being created by John Zeleznik ) Villains Unshylimitedtrade for HU2 is back in print (with 16 pages of new mateshyrial) after a two year hiatus and Riftsreg Pantheons of the Megaversereg is back after seven years Our entire (tentative) reshylease schedule is found on page IS
Page 16 - A Cut Above
Optional Rules for ALL Palladium Games
This comprehensive offering of optional rules and rules modshyifications for Palladiums Megaversal Game System is not for everyone but you detail rules freaks will go crazy over it Plus theres probably something that almost everyone will find inshytriguing desirable and useful or thought provoking Madmen Levi Johnstone amp John C Philpott have really given this a lot of thought and present a number of interesting ideas and game meshychanics for implementing them into your Palladium games - if you want to
Page 17 - Superstars Characters of phenomenal skill and ability
Page 20 - New Specialized Advanced Skills begin
Page 27 - New Magic Skills
Page 30 - Focused Magic
Page 3 I - Arcomi - new mystic martial art for Riftsreg (opshytional)
Page 33 - Further Custom izing Your Character
Page 35 - New Optional Rules for Weapons Combat amp Stealth
Page 44 - Additional Missile Weapon Combat Modifiers
Page 45 - M DC Armor Pass-Through Damage
Artwork is by the incomparable Kent Buries
Page 47 - SplicersTM
New War Mounts Chris Kluge presents a host of very cool and fun War Mounts
for the SplicersTM RPG including the Abomination Black Talon War Hawk Tunnel Rats and others Plus some Hook Line amp Sinkertrade adventures An excellent addition to any SplicersTM campaign
Artwork is by the artists of Drunken Style Studio
Page 68 - Riftsreg Chaos Earthtrade
Blue Zone Demons Josh Sinsapaugh presents a horde of new compelling deshy
mons to add to your Chaos Earthtrade or Riftsreg campaigns The
4
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Demon Plague continues to spew wicked and terrible monstrosishyties against the already embattled people of Chaos Earthtrade This is just the most recent in a continuing stream of horrors Five Lesser Demons and three Greater Demons
Artwork by the demonically talented Apollo Okamura
Page 83 - Riftsreg
Candle Magic Samson amp Josh Blackwell offer a new and strange type of
magic that seems to originate from the Palladium World Easily adaptable to the Palladium Fantasy RPGreg (ie convert to SDC)
Artwork is by Brian and A Ian Manning
Page 91 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg
The Hammer of the Forgetrade
Chapter 30 of James MG Cannons popular ongoing saga Read and enjoy
Artwork by Brian Manning
Page 96 - Congratulations on
Knights of the Dinner Tablereg 100 Our old pal Jolly Blackburn is the writer and artist for
KoDT (old timers will remember that KoDT ran in the first 5 isshysues or so of The Rifterreg) Knights of the Dinner Table has been a long running comic book series and just this February Jolly and his teammates celebrated their one hundredth issue Thats quite an accomplishment Congratulations to Jolly Dave Brian Steve and the rest of the Kenzer Company crew
For those of you who dont know about Jollys hilarious gamers comic book you can ask about it at most comic book stores or you can write to
KoDT Magazine 511 West Greenwood Ave Waukegan IL 60087 questionskenzercocom A one year subscription (12 issues) is $45 (US $50 in Canshy
ada and $74 US Overseas) Highly recommended by the Pallashydium staff Oh and tell em Palladium Books sent you
The Theme for Issue 30
This issues theme is imagination and unlimited possibilities Editor Wayne Smith has chosen four juicy hunks of optional role-playing source material for your enjoyment all excellently written Hopefully they will inspire you to experiment with your game settings villains monsters and storylines Enjoy
The Cover John Zeleznik whipped up this little ditty for fun We
thought it captured a certain sense of wonder horror and the imagination that exemplifies the content of this issue John Zelemik remains one of Palladiums fan favorite artists (we like him too) and you can see more of Johns art on the cover of
Riftsreg Mere Ops inside Riftsreg Ultimate Edition and on other covers coming in the future
Optional and Unofficial Rules amp Source Material
Please note that most of the material presented in The Rifterreg is unofficial or optional rules and source material
They are alternative ideas homespun adventures and material mostly created by fellow gamers and fans Iike you the reader Things one can elect to include in one s own campaign or simshyply enjoy reading about They are not official to the main games or world settings
As for optional tables and adventures if they sound cool or fun use them If they sound funky too high-powered or inapshypropriate for your game modify them or ignore them comshypletely
All the material in The Rifterreg has been included for two reasons One because we thought it was imaginative and fun and two we thought it would stimulate your imagination with fun ideas and concepts that you can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders
wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium Online
Coming Next Issue The Rifterreg 31
We havent plotted out everything thats going into this Summer issue but you can count on it including some fun and interesting things including
bull More surprises and fun bull A cosmic cover by Apollo Okamura bull Material for Palladium Fantasyreg - The Quest
for Castle rake bull Material for Beyond the Supernatura(fM or
Nightbanereg
bull Material for Riftsreg bull The next epic chapter of The Hammer of the
Forgetrade
bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg
bull New contributors and fun So please join us
Palladium Booksreg role-playing games infinite possibilities limited only by your imaginationtrade
Palladiums games are found in stores everywhere
5
Sam
ple
file
Art by Jeff Russell for Tome Grotesque
6
Sam
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file
- PAL-Rifter30pdf
-
First Printing - April 2005
Copyright 2005 Palladium Books Inc
All rights reserved world wide under the Universal Copyright Convention No part of this book may be reproduced in part or whole in any form or by any means without permission from the publisher except for brief quotes for use in reviews All incidents situations institutions governments and people are fictional and any similarity without satiric intent of charshyacters or persons living or dead is strictly coincidental
Palladium Booksreg Riftsreg The Rifterreg Coalition Warsreg RECONreg Nightbanereg The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Gamereg The Mechanoidsreg The Mechanoid Invasionreg After the Bombreg Phase Worldreg and Megaversereg are registered trademarks owned and licensed by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Inc
The slogan A Megaverse of adventure - limited only by your imagination and titles and names such as Riftsreg Promise of Power Beyond the Supernatural BTS-2 HU2 Splicers Chaos Earth NEMA MercTown Merc Ops Tome Grotesque Arcanum Naruni United Worlds of Warlock Geofront Mechanoid Space Dinosaur Swamp Arzno Lazlo Victor Lazlo Lazlo Agency Lazlo Society Heroes Unlimited Powers Unlimited Ninjas amp Superspies A liens Unlimited Mutant Undershyground The Nursery Hardware Unlimited Gadgets Unlimited Three Galaxies Void Runners Gramercy Island Skraypers Atorian Empire Wormwood Land of the Damned The Citadel Wolfen Wars Wolfen Wulfen Cosmo-Knights Cyber-Knight Dragonlands Triax Gargoyle Empire Free Quebec Xiticix Invasion Fadetown Hammer of the Forge Siege On Tolkeen Psyscape Dweomer ARCHIE-3 Northern Gun Coalition States Erin Tarn Emperor Prosek Splugorth Splynncryth Mega-Damage Skelebot SAMAS Glitter Boy Dog Boys Dog Pack Techno-Wizard Ley Line Walker Shifter Bio-Wizardry Psi-Stalker Brodkil Juicer Crazy Burbs Borg Bot D-Bee Chi-Town Triax NGR and other names titles slogans and likenesses of characters are trademarks owned by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Jnc
Palladium Online wwwpalladiumbookscom
The Rifterreg 30 RPG sourcebook series is published by Palladium Books Inc 12455 Universal Drive Taylor MI 48180 Printed in the USA
2
Sam
ple
file
Palladium Booksreg Presents
THE 30 Sourcebook and guide to the Palladium Megaversereg
Coordinator amp Editor in Chief Wayne Smith
Editor Alex Marciniszyn
Contributing Writers
Josh Blackwell
Samson Blackwell
James MG Cannon
Levi Johnstone
Chris Kluge
John C Philpott
Kevin Siembieda
Josh Sinsapaugh
Proofreader Julius Rosenstein
Cover Illustration John Zeleznik
Cover Logo Design Steve Edwards
Credits Page Logo Niklas Brandt
Typesetting Wayne Smith
Keylining Kevin Siembieda
Interior Artists
Kent Buries
Drunken Style Studio (DSS)
Brandon C Clark (DSS)
Mark Dudley (DDS)
Allen Manning
Brian Manning
Apollo Okamura
Jeff Russell
Ryan Stegman (DSS)
Chuck Walton (DSS)
and other Palladium Madmen
Based on the RPG rules characters
concepts and Megaversereg created by Kevin Siembieda
Special Thanks to all our contributors writers and artists - and a special welcome on board to the artists and writers making their debut in this issue Our apologies to anybody who got accidentally left out or their name misspelled
3
Sam
ple
file
Contents The Rifterreg 30 - April 2005 Page 6 - Art - Jeff Russell
This trio of hideous beings are just a few of the horrors awaiting you in Tome Grotesquetrade the first big sourcebook for Beyond the Supernaturaltrade Second Edition The art is by a Canadian Jeff Russell whose dynamic artwork along with Michael Dubisch and Brandon C Clark fill the book
Jeffs story may be of interest to you budding young artists out there You see this is Jeffs first professional job This talshyented young artist has dabbled with drawing for his own fun and pleasure for years but he hadnt ever submitted his artwork to anyone for publication Being a looong time fan of Palladium Books Jeff finally decided to send some samples of his art over for our consideration Perhaps needless to say Kevin Siembieda took one look at the outstanding quality originality and detail and shouted Quick hire this guy before someone else snaps him up And we did
Now Jeffs story is not a typical one and his level of skill is unusually high so dont every one of you artists out there think youll get hired your first try out the door The point is if Jeff hadnt taken that first difficult step (its scary putting yourself out there for rejection) hed never have gotten hired Now hes drawing monsters and creepy stuff for Palladium With a little luck youll be seeing this talented gents artwork for years to come
Page 7 - From the Desk of Kevin Siem bieda Birthday Boy Kevin gets a little retrospective and personal
as he gushes about the exciting projects Palladium has in store for our fans and gamers at large Part of this is brought about by the Nokia videogame which as it nears completion looks fabushylous and is getting us all pumped up The other part comes from the creative dynamics and aura of excitement that is building and building among the people at Palladium Led by Kevin Siembieda freelance writers and artists along with the entire Palladium staff are boiling with bold new ideas and new heights of enthusiasm Beyond the Supernaturaltrade Second Edition and its supplements is one set of books that exemplify this creative energy so is Riftsreg Ultimate Edition and virtually everything on Palladiums drawing board The start ofa new era of cutting edge RPGs and epic fun Spread the word
Page 8 - Palladium News Riftsreg Promise of Powertrade read all about it (and then head
right on over to the website and see glimpses for yourself www rifts-promiseofpowercom) Hey come on down to Gen Con Indy and a number of other conventions to meet and game with Kevin Siembieda and other Palladium creators and pals Its all laid out for you on page 9
Page 10 - National Games Week Have you heard of National Games Week No Well we
present the lowdown way in advance so you and your favorite stores can be part of the excitement this November
Page 11 - Coming Attractions Get the insider perspective on upcoming projects like Tome
Grotesquestrade and Arcanumtrade for Beyond the SupernatushyrarrM Second Edition as well as the series of mercenary books coming out for Riftsreg and Riftsreg Ultimate Edition an exshypanded and rewritten updated edition of the Riftsreg RPG (The pencil sketch is the concept drawing for one of the double-page color end sheets being created by John Zeleznik ) Villains Unshylimitedtrade for HU2 is back in print (with 16 pages of new mateshyrial) after a two year hiatus and Riftsreg Pantheons of the Megaversereg is back after seven years Our entire (tentative) reshylease schedule is found on page IS
Page 16 - A Cut Above
Optional Rules for ALL Palladium Games
This comprehensive offering of optional rules and rules modshyifications for Palladiums Megaversal Game System is not for everyone but you detail rules freaks will go crazy over it Plus theres probably something that almost everyone will find inshytriguing desirable and useful or thought provoking Madmen Levi Johnstone amp John C Philpott have really given this a lot of thought and present a number of interesting ideas and game meshychanics for implementing them into your Palladium games - if you want to
Page 17 - Superstars Characters of phenomenal skill and ability
Page 20 - New Specialized Advanced Skills begin
Page 27 - New Magic Skills
Page 30 - Focused Magic
Page 3 I - Arcomi - new mystic martial art for Riftsreg (opshytional)
Page 33 - Further Custom izing Your Character
Page 35 - New Optional Rules for Weapons Combat amp Stealth
Page 44 - Additional Missile Weapon Combat Modifiers
Page 45 - M DC Armor Pass-Through Damage
Artwork is by the incomparable Kent Buries
Page 47 - SplicersTM
New War Mounts Chris Kluge presents a host of very cool and fun War Mounts
for the SplicersTM RPG including the Abomination Black Talon War Hawk Tunnel Rats and others Plus some Hook Line amp Sinkertrade adventures An excellent addition to any SplicersTM campaign
Artwork is by the artists of Drunken Style Studio
Page 68 - Riftsreg Chaos Earthtrade
Blue Zone Demons Josh Sinsapaugh presents a horde of new compelling deshy
mons to add to your Chaos Earthtrade or Riftsreg campaigns The
4
Sam
ple
file
Demon Plague continues to spew wicked and terrible monstrosishyties against the already embattled people of Chaos Earthtrade This is just the most recent in a continuing stream of horrors Five Lesser Demons and three Greater Demons
Artwork by the demonically talented Apollo Okamura
Page 83 - Riftsreg
Candle Magic Samson amp Josh Blackwell offer a new and strange type of
magic that seems to originate from the Palladium World Easily adaptable to the Palladium Fantasy RPGreg (ie convert to SDC)
Artwork is by Brian and A Ian Manning
Page 91 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg
The Hammer of the Forgetrade
Chapter 30 of James MG Cannons popular ongoing saga Read and enjoy
Artwork by Brian Manning
Page 96 - Congratulations on
Knights of the Dinner Tablereg 100 Our old pal Jolly Blackburn is the writer and artist for
KoDT (old timers will remember that KoDT ran in the first 5 isshysues or so of The Rifterreg) Knights of the Dinner Table has been a long running comic book series and just this February Jolly and his teammates celebrated their one hundredth issue Thats quite an accomplishment Congratulations to Jolly Dave Brian Steve and the rest of the Kenzer Company crew
For those of you who dont know about Jollys hilarious gamers comic book you can ask about it at most comic book stores or you can write to
KoDT Magazine 511 West Greenwood Ave Waukegan IL 60087 questionskenzercocom A one year subscription (12 issues) is $45 (US $50 in Canshy
ada and $74 US Overseas) Highly recommended by the Pallashydium staff Oh and tell em Palladium Books sent you
The Theme for Issue 30
This issues theme is imagination and unlimited possibilities Editor Wayne Smith has chosen four juicy hunks of optional role-playing source material for your enjoyment all excellently written Hopefully they will inspire you to experiment with your game settings villains monsters and storylines Enjoy
The Cover John Zeleznik whipped up this little ditty for fun We
thought it captured a certain sense of wonder horror and the imagination that exemplifies the content of this issue John Zelemik remains one of Palladiums fan favorite artists (we like him too) and you can see more of Johns art on the cover of
Riftsreg Mere Ops inside Riftsreg Ultimate Edition and on other covers coming in the future
Optional and Unofficial Rules amp Source Material
Please note that most of the material presented in The Rifterreg is unofficial or optional rules and source material
They are alternative ideas homespun adventures and material mostly created by fellow gamers and fans Iike you the reader Things one can elect to include in one s own campaign or simshyply enjoy reading about They are not official to the main games or world settings
As for optional tables and adventures if they sound cool or fun use them If they sound funky too high-powered or inapshypropriate for your game modify them or ignore them comshypletely
All the material in The Rifterreg has been included for two reasons One because we thought it was imaginative and fun and two we thought it would stimulate your imagination with fun ideas and concepts that you can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders
wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium Online
Coming Next Issue The Rifterreg 31
We havent plotted out everything thats going into this Summer issue but you can count on it including some fun and interesting things including
bull More surprises and fun bull A cosmic cover by Apollo Okamura bull Material for Palladium Fantasyreg - The Quest
for Castle rake bull Material for Beyond the Supernatura(fM or
Nightbanereg
bull Material for Riftsreg bull The next epic chapter of The Hammer of the
Forgetrade
bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg
bull New contributors and fun So please join us
Palladium Booksreg role-playing games infinite possibilities limited only by your imaginationtrade
Palladiums games are found in stores everywhere
5
Sam
ple
file
Art by Jeff Russell for Tome Grotesque
6
Sam
ple
file
- PAL-Rifter30pdf
-
Palladium Booksreg Presents
THE 30 Sourcebook and guide to the Palladium Megaversereg
Coordinator amp Editor in Chief Wayne Smith
Editor Alex Marciniszyn
Contributing Writers
Josh Blackwell
Samson Blackwell
James MG Cannon
Levi Johnstone
Chris Kluge
John C Philpott
Kevin Siembieda
Josh Sinsapaugh
Proofreader Julius Rosenstein
Cover Illustration John Zeleznik
Cover Logo Design Steve Edwards
Credits Page Logo Niklas Brandt
Typesetting Wayne Smith
Keylining Kevin Siembieda
Interior Artists
Kent Buries
Drunken Style Studio (DSS)
Brandon C Clark (DSS)
Mark Dudley (DDS)
Allen Manning
Brian Manning
Apollo Okamura
Jeff Russell
Ryan Stegman (DSS)
Chuck Walton (DSS)
and other Palladium Madmen
Based on the RPG rules characters
concepts and Megaversereg created by Kevin Siembieda
Special Thanks to all our contributors writers and artists - and a special welcome on board to the artists and writers making their debut in this issue Our apologies to anybody who got accidentally left out or their name misspelled
3
Sam
ple
file
Contents The Rifterreg 30 - April 2005 Page 6 - Art - Jeff Russell
This trio of hideous beings are just a few of the horrors awaiting you in Tome Grotesquetrade the first big sourcebook for Beyond the Supernaturaltrade Second Edition The art is by a Canadian Jeff Russell whose dynamic artwork along with Michael Dubisch and Brandon C Clark fill the book
Jeffs story may be of interest to you budding young artists out there You see this is Jeffs first professional job This talshyented young artist has dabbled with drawing for his own fun and pleasure for years but he hadnt ever submitted his artwork to anyone for publication Being a looong time fan of Palladium Books Jeff finally decided to send some samples of his art over for our consideration Perhaps needless to say Kevin Siembieda took one look at the outstanding quality originality and detail and shouted Quick hire this guy before someone else snaps him up And we did
Now Jeffs story is not a typical one and his level of skill is unusually high so dont every one of you artists out there think youll get hired your first try out the door The point is if Jeff hadnt taken that first difficult step (its scary putting yourself out there for rejection) hed never have gotten hired Now hes drawing monsters and creepy stuff for Palladium With a little luck youll be seeing this talented gents artwork for years to come
Page 7 - From the Desk of Kevin Siem bieda Birthday Boy Kevin gets a little retrospective and personal
as he gushes about the exciting projects Palladium has in store for our fans and gamers at large Part of this is brought about by the Nokia videogame which as it nears completion looks fabushylous and is getting us all pumped up The other part comes from the creative dynamics and aura of excitement that is building and building among the people at Palladium Led by Kevin Siembieda freelance writers and artists along with the entire Palladium staff are boiling with bold new ideas and new heights of enthusiasm Beyond the Supernaturaltrade Second Edition and its supplements is one set of books that exemplify this creative energy so is Riftsreg Ultimate Edition and virtually everything on Palladiums drawing board The start ofa new era of cutting edge RPGs and epic fun Spread the word
Page 8 - Palladium News Riftsreg Promise of Powertrade read all about it (and then head
right on over to the website and see glimpses for yourself www rifts-promiseofpowercom) Hey come on down to Gen Con Indy and a number of other conventions to meet and game with Kevin Siembieda and other Palladium creators and pals Its all laid out for you on page 9
Page 10 - National Games Week Have you heard of National Games Week No Well we
present the lowdown way in advance so you and your favorite stores can be part of the excitement this November
Page 11 - Coming Attractions Get the insider perspective on upcoming projects like Tome
Grotesquestrade and Arcanumtrade for Beyond the SupernatushyrarrM Second Edition as well as the series of mercenary books coming out for Riftsreg and Riftsreg Ultimate Edition an exshypanded and rewritten updated edition of the Riftsreg RPG (The pencil sketch is the concept drawing for one of the double-page color end sheets being created by John Zeleznik ) Villains Unshylimitedtrade for HU2 is back in print (with 16 pages of new mateshyrial) after a two year hiatus and Riftsreg Pantheons of the Megaversereg is back after seven years Our entire (tentative) reshylease schedule is found on page IS
Page 16 - A Cut Above
Optional Rules for ALL Palladium Games
This comprehensive offering of optional rules and rules modshyifications for Palladiums Megaversal Game System is not for everyone but you detail rules freaks will go crazy over it Plus theres probably something that almost everyone will find inshytriguing desirable and useful or thought provoking Madmen Levi Johnstone amp John C Philpott have really given this a lot of thought and present a number of interesting ideas and game meshychanics for implementing them into your Palladium games - if you want to
Page 17 - Superstars Characters of phenomenal skill and ability
Page 20 - New Specialized Advanced Skills begin
Page 27 - New Magic Skills
Page 30 - Focused Magic
Page 3 I - Arcomi - new mystic martial art for Riftsreg (opshytional)
Page 33 - Further Custom izing Your Character
Page 35 - New Optional Rules for Weapons Combat amp Stealth
Page 44 - Additional Missile Weapon Combat Modifiers
Page 45 - M DC Armor Pass-Through Damage
Artwork is by the incomparable Kent Buries
Page 47 - SplicersTM
New War Mounts Chris Kluge presents a host of very cool and fun War Mounts
for the SplicersTM RPG including the Abomination Black Talon War Hawk Tunnel Rats and others Plus some Hook Line amp Sinkertrade adventures An excellent addition to any SplicersTM campaign
Artwork is by the artists of Drunken Style Studio
Page 68 - Riftsreg Chaos Earthtrade
Blue Zone Demons Josh Sinsapaugh presents a horde of new compelling deshy
mons to add to your Chaos Earthtrade or Riftsreg campaigns The
4
Sam
ple
file
Demon Plague continues to spew wicked and terrible monstrosishyties against the already embattled people of Chaos Earthtrade This is just the most recent in a continuing stream of horrors Five Lesser Demons and three Greater Demons
Artwork by the demonically talented Apollo Okamura
Page 83 - Riftsreg
Candle Magic Samson amp Josh Blackwell offer a new and strange type of
magic that seems to originate from the Palladium World Easily adaptable to the Palladium Fantasy RPGreg (ie convert to SDC)
Artwork is by Brian and A Ian Manning
Page 91 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg
The Hammer of the Forgetrade
Chapter 30 of James MG Cannons popular ongoing saga Read and enjoy
Artwork by Brian Manning
Page 96 - Congratulations on
Knights of the Dinner Tablereg 100 Our old pal Jolly Blackburn is the writer and artist for
KoDT (old timers will remember that KoDT ran in the first 5 isshysues or so of The Rifterreg) Knights of the Dinner Table has been a long running comic book series and just this February Jolly and his teammates celebrated their one hundredth issue Thats quite an accomplishment Congratulations to Jolly Dave Brian Steve and the rest of the Kenzer Company crew
For those of you who dont know about Jollys hilarious gamers comic book you can ask about it at most comic book stores or you can write to
KoDT Magazine 511 West Greenwood Ave Waukegan IL 60087 questionskenzercocom A one year subscription (12 issues) is $45 (US $50 in Canshy
ada and $74 US Overseas) Highly recommended by the Pallashydium staff Oh and tell em Palladium Books sent you
The Theme for Issue 30
This issues theme is imagination and unlimited possibilities Editor Wayne Smith has chosen four juicy hunks of optional role-playing source material for your enjoyment all excellently written Hopefully they will inspire you to experiment with your game settings villains monsters and storylines Enjoy
The Cover John Zeleznik whipped up this little ditty for fun We
thought it captured a certain sense of wonder horror and the imagination that exemplifies the content of this issue John Zelemik remains one of Palladiums fan favorite artists (we like him too) and you can see more of Johns art on the cover of
Riftsreg Mere Ops inside Riftsreg Ultimate Edition and on other covers coming in the future
Optional and Unofficial Rules amp Source Material
Please note that most of the material presented in The Rifterreg is unofficial or optional rules and source material
They are alternative ideas homespun adventures and material mostly created by fellow gamers and fans Iike you the reader Things one can elect to include in one s own campaign or simshyply enjoy reading about They are not official to the main games or world settings
As for optional tables and adventures if they sound cool or fun use them If they sound funky too high-powered or inapshypropriate for your game modify them or ignore them comshypletely
All the material in The Rifterreg has been included for two reasons One because we thought it was imaginative and fun and two we thought it would stimulate your imagination with fun ideas and concepts that you can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders
wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium Online
Coming Next Issue The Rifterreg 31
We havent plotted out everything thats going into this Summer issue but you can count on it including some fun and interesting things including
bull More surprises and fun bull A cosmic cover by Apollo Okamura bull Material for Palladium Fantasyreg - The Quest
for Castle rake bull Material for Beyond the Supernatura(fM or
Nightbanereg
bull Material for Riftsreg bull The next epic chapter of The Hammer of the
Forgetrade
bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg
bull New contributors and fun So please join us
Palladium Booksreg role-playing games infinite possibilities limited only by your imaginationtrade
Palladiums games are found in stores everywhere
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Contents The Rifterreg 30 - April 2005 Page 6 - Art - Jeff Russell
This trio of hideous beings are just a few of the horrors awaiting you in Tome Grotesquetrade the first big sourcebook for Beyond the Supernaturaltrade Second Edition The art is by a Canadian Jeff Russell whose dynamic artwork along with Michael Dubisch and Brandon C Clark fill the book
Jeffs story may be of interest to you budding young artists out there You see this is Jeffs first professional job This talshyented young artist has dabbled with drawing for his own fun and pleasure for years but he hadnt ever submitted his artwork to anyone for publication Being a looong time fan of Palladium Books Jeff finally decided to send some samples of his art over for our consideration Perhaps needless to say Kevin Siembieda took one look at the outstanding quality originality and detail and shouted Quick hire this guy before someone else snaps him up And we did
Now Jeffs story is not a typical one and his level of skill is unusually high so dont every one of you artists out there think youll get hired your first try out the door The point is if Jeff hadnt taken that first difficult step (its scary putting yourself out there for rejection) hed never have gotten hired Now hes drawing monsters and creepy stuff for Palladium With a little luck youll be seeing this talented gents artwork for years to come
Page 7 - From the Desk of Kevin Siem bieda Birthday Boy Kevin gets a little retrospective and personal
as he gushes about the exciting projects Palladium has in store for our fans and gamers at large Part of this is brought about by the Nokia videogame which as it nears completion looks fabushylous and is getting us all pumped up The other part comes from the creative dynamics and aura of excitement that is building and building among the people at Palladium Led by Kevin Siembieda freelance writers and artists along with the entire Palladium staff are boiling with bold new ideas and new heights of enthusiasm Beyond the Supernaturaltrade Second Edition and its supplements is one set of books that exemplify this creative energy so is Riftsreg Ultimate Edition and virtually everything on Palladiums drawing board The start ofa new era of cutting edge RPGs and epic fun Spread the word
Page 8 - Palladium News Riftsreg Promise of Powertrade read all about it (and then head
right on over to the website and see glimpses for yourself www rifts-promiseofpowercom) Hey come on down to Gen Con Indy and a number of other conventions to meet and game with Kevin Siembieda and other Palladium creators and pals Its all laid out for you on page 9
Page 10 - National Games Week Have you heard of National Games Week No Well we
present the lowdown way in advance so you and your favorite stores can be part of the excitement this November
Page 11 - Coming Attractions Get the insider perspective on upcoming projects like Tome
Grotesquestrade and Arcanumtrade for Beyond the SupernatushyrarrM Second Edition as well as the series of mercenary books coming out for Riftsreg and Riftsreg Ultimate Edition an exshypanded and rewritten updated edition of the Riftsreg RPG (The pencil sketch is the concept drawing for one of the double-page color end sheets being created by John Zeleznik ) Villains Unshylimitedtrade for HU2 is back in print (with 16 pages of new mateshyrial) after a two year hiatus and Riftsreg Pantheons of the Megaversereg is back after seven years Our entire (tentative) reshylease schedule is found on page IS
Page 16 - A Cut Above
Optional Rules for ALL Palladium Games
This comprehensive offering of optional rules and rules modshyifications for Palladiums Megaversal Game System is not for everyone but you detail rules freaks will go crazy over it Plus theres probably something that almost everyone will find inshytriguing desirable and useful or thought provoking Madmen Levi Johnstone amp John C Philpott have really given this a lot of thought and present a number of interesting ideas and game meshychanics for implementing them into your Palladium games - if you want to
Page 17 - Superstars Characters of phenomenal skill and ability
Page 20 - New Specialized Advanced Skills begin
Page 27 - New Magic Skills
Page 30 - Focused Magic
Page 3 I - Arcomi - new mystic martial art for Riftsreg (opshytional)
Page 33 - Further Custom izing Your Character
Page 35 - New Optional Rules for Weapons Combat amp Stealth
Page 44 - Additional Missile Weapon Combat Modifiers
Page 45 - M DC Armor Pass-Through Damage
Artwork is by the incomparable Kent Buries
Page 47 - SplicersTM
New War Mounts Chris Kluge presents a host of very cool and fun War Mounts
for the SplicersTM RPG including the Abomination Black Talon War Hawk Tunnel Rats and others Plus some Hook Line amp Sinkertrade adventures An excellent addition to any SplicersTM campaign
Artwork is by the artists of Drunken Style Studio
Page 68 - Riftsreg Chaos Earthtrade
Blue Zone Demons Josh Sinsapaugh presents a horde of new compelling deshy
mons to add to your Chaos Earthtrade or Riftsreg campaigns The
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Demon Plague continues to spew wicked and terrible monstrosishyties against the already embattled people of Chaos Earthtrade This is just the most recent in a continuing stream of horrors Five Lesser Demons and three Greater Demons
Artwork by the demonically talented Apollo Okamura
Page 83 - Riftsreg
Candle Magic Samson amp Josh Blackwell offer a new and strange type of
magic that seems to originate from the Palladium World Easily adaptable to the Palladium Fantasy RPGreg (ie convert to SDC)
Artwork is by Brian and A Ian Manning
Page 91 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg
The Hammer of the Forgetrade
Chapter 30 of James MG Cannons popular ongoing saga Read and enjoy
Artwork by Brian Manning
Page 96 - Congratulations on
Knights of the Dinner Tablereg 100 Our old pal Jolly Blackburn is the writer and artist for
KoDT (old timers will remember that KoDT ran in the first 5 isshysues or so of The Rifterreg) Knights of the Dinner Table has been a long running comic book series and just this February Jolly and his teammates celebrated their one hundredth issue Thats quite an accomplishment Congratulations to Jolly Dave Brian Steve and the rest of the Kenzer Company crew
For those of you who dont know about Jollys hilarious gamers comic book you can ask about it at most comic book stores or you can write to
KoDT Magazine 511 West Greenwood Ave Waukegan IL 60087 questionskenzercocom A one year subscription (12 issues) is $45 (US $50 in Canshy
ada and $74 US Overseas) Highly recommended by the Pallashydium staff Oh and tell em Palladium Books sent you
The Theme for Issue 30
This issues theme is imagination and unlimited possibilities Editor Wayne Smith has chosen four juicy hunks of optional role-playing source material for your enjoyment all excellently written Hopefully they will inspire you to experiment with your game settings villains monsters and storylines Enjoy
The Cover John Zeleznik whipped up this little ditty for fun We
thought it captured a certain sense of wonder horror and the imagination that exemplifies the content of this issue John Zelemik remains one of Palladiums fan favorite artists (we like him too) and you can see more of Johns art on the cover of
Riftsreg Mere Ops inside Riftsreg Ultimate Edition and on other covers coming in the future
Optional and Unofficial Rules amp Source Material
Please note that most of the material presented in The Rifterreg is unofficial or optional rules and source material
They are alternative ideas homespun adventures and material mostly created by fellow gamers and fans Iike you the reader Things one can elect to include in one s own campaign or simshyply enjoy reading about They are not official to the main games or world settings
As for optional tables and adventures if they sound cool or fun use them If they sound funky too high-powered or inapshypropriate for your game modify them or ignore them comshypletely
All the material in The Rifterreg has been included for two reasons One because we thought it was imaginative and fun and two we thought it would stimulate your imagination with fun ideas and concepts that you can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders
wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium Online
Coming Next Issue The Rifterreg 31
We havent plotted out everything thats going into this Summer issue but you can count on it including some fun and interesting things including
bull More surprises and fun bull A cosmic cover by Apollo Okamura bull Material for Palladium Fantasyreg - The Quest
for Castle rake bull Material for Beyond the Supernatura(fM or
Nightbanereg
bull Material for Riftsreg bull The next epic chapter of The Hammer of the
Forgetrade
bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg
bull New contributors and fun So please join us
Palladium Booksreg role-playing games infinite possibilities limited only by your imaginationtrade
Palladiums games are found in stores everywhere
5
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Art by Jeff Russell for Tome Grotesque
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- PAL-Rifter30pdf
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Demon Plague continues to spew wicked and terrible monstrosishyties against the already embattled people of Chaos Earthtrade This is just the most recent in a continuing stream of horrors Five Lesser Demons and three Greater Demons
Artwork by the demonically talented Apollo Okamura
Page 83 - Riftsreg
Candle Magic Samson amp Josh Blackwell offer a new and strange type of
magic that seems to originate from the Palladium World Easily adaptable to the Palladium Fantasy RPGreg (ie convert to SDC)
Artwork is by Brian and A Ian Manning
Page 91 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg
The Hammer of the Forgetrade
Chapter 30 of James MG Cannons popular ongoing saga Read and enjoy
Artwork by Brian Manning
Page 96 - Congratulations on
Knights of the Dinner Tablereg 100 Our old pal Jolly Blackburn is the writer and artist for
KoDT (old timers will remember that KoDT ran in the first 5 isshysues or so of The Rifterreg) Knights of the Dinner Table has been a long running comic book series and just this February Jolly and his teammates celebrated their one hundredth issue Thats quite an accomplishment Congratulations to Jolly Dave Brian Steve and the rest of the Kenzer Company crew
For those of you who dont know about Jollys hilarious gamers comic book you can ask about it at most comic book stores or you can write to
KoDT Magazine 511 West Greenwood Ave Waukegan IL 60087 questionskenzercocom A one year subscription (12 issues) is $45 (US $50 in Canshy
ada and $74 US Overseas) Highly recommended by the Pallashydium staff Oh and tell em Palladium Books sent you
The Theme for Issue 30
This issues theme is imagination and unlimited possibilities Editor Wayne Smith has chosen four juicy hunks of optional role-playing source material for your enjoyment all excellently written Hopefully they will inspire you to experiment with your game settings villains monsters and storylines Enjoy
The Cover John Zeleznik whipped up this little ditty for fun We
thought it captured a certain sense of wonder horror and the imagination that exemplifies the content of this issue John Zelemik remains one of Palladiums fan favorite artists (we like him too) and you can see more of Johns art on the cover of
Riftsreg Mere Ops inside Riftsreg Ultimate Edition and on other covers coming in the future
Optional and Unofficial Rules amp Source Material
Please note that most of the material presented in The Rifterreg is unofficial or optional rules and source material
They are alternative ideas homespun adventures and material mostly created by fellow gamers and fans Iike you the reader Things one can elect to include in one s own campaign or simshyply enjoy reading about They are not official to the main games or world settings
As for optional tables and adventures if they sound cool or fun use them If they sound funky too high-powered or inapshypropriate for your game modify them or ignore them comshypletely
All the material in The Rifterreg has been included for two reasons One because we thought it was imaginative and fun and two we thought it would stimulate your imagination with fun ideas and concepts that you can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders
wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium Online
Coming Next Issue The Rifterreg 31
We havent plotted out everything thats going into this Summer issue but you can count on it including some fun and interesting things including
bull More surprises and fun bull A cosmic cover by Apollo Okamura bull Material for Palladium Fantasyreg - The Quest
for Castle rake bull Material for Beyond the Supernatura(fM or
Nightbanereg
bull Material for Riftsreg bull The next epic chapter of The Hammer of the
Forgetrade
bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg
bull New contributors and fun So please join us
Palladium Booksreg role-playing games infinite possibilities limited only by your imaginationtrade
Palladiums games are found in stores everywhere
5
Sam
ple
file
Art by Jeff Russell for Tome Grotesque
6
Sam
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- PAL-Rifter30pdf
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Art by Jeff Russell for Tome Grotesque
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- PAL-Rifter30pdf
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