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The Rifterreg Number 37

Your guide to the Palladium Megaversereg

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Copyright 2007 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 pennission 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 characters 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 Splicersreg Phase Worldreg and Megaversereg are registered tradeshymarks 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 Chaos Earth NEMA MercTown Merc Ops Tome Grotesque Beyond Arcanum Naruni Mechanoid Space Dinosaur Swamp Galactic Tracer Operation Holy House Arzno Lazlo Victor Lazlo Lazlo Agency Lazlo Society Heroes Unlimited Powers Unlimited Ninj as amp Superspies Aliens Unlimited Mutant Underground The Nursery Hardware Unlimited Gadgets Unlimited Three Galaxies Void Runners Gramercy Island Skraypers Atorian Empire Wormwood Land of the Damned The Citadel The Palladium of Desires Wolfen Wars Wolfen Wulfen Cosmo-Knight Cyber-Knight Gargoyle Empire Free Quebec Xiticix Invasion Fadetown Hammer of the Forge Siege on Tolkeen Psyscape Dweomer ARCHIE-3 Northshyern Gun Coalition States Erin Tarn Emperor Prosek Splugorth Splynncryth Mega-Damage Mega-Hero Skelebot SAMAS Glitter Boy Dog Boy 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 In c

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Copyright 2007 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 pennission 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 characters 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 Splicersreg Phase Worldreg and Megaversereg are registered tradeshymarks 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 Chaos Earth NEMA MercTown Merc Ops Tome Grotesque Beyond Arcanum Naruni Mechanoid Space Dinosaur Swamp Galactic Tracer Operation Holy House Arzno Lazlo Victor Lazlo Lazlo Agency Lazlo Society Heroes Unlimited Powers Unlimited Ninj as amp Superspies Aliens Unlimited Mutant Underground The Nursery Hardware Unlimited Gadgets Unlimited Three Galaxies Void Runners Gramercy Island Skraypers Atorian Empire Wormwood Land of the Damned The Citadel The Palladium of Desires Wolfen Wars Wolfen Wulfen Cosmo-Knight Cyber-Knight Gargoyle Empire Free Quebec Xiticix Invasion Fadetown Hammer of the Forge Siege on Tolkeen Psyscape Dweomer ARCHIE-3 Northshyern Gun Coalition States Erin Tarn Emperor Prosek Splugorth Splynncryth Mega-Damage Mega-Hero Skelebot SAMAS Glitter Boy Dog Boy 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 In c

Palladium Online wwwpalladiumbookscom

The Rifterreg 37 RPG sourcebook series is published by Palladium Books Inc 12455 Universal Drive Taylor MI48 J 80 Printed in the USA

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Palladium Booksreg Presents

THERIF1~E 37 Sourcebook and Guide to the Palladium Megaversereg

Coordinator amp Editor in Chief Wayne Smith

Editor Alex Marciniszyn

Contributing Writers Cover Illustration Tyler Walpole

James MG Cannon Interior Arti sts

Greg Diaczyk Allen Manning

Zachary Houghton Brian Manning

Jason Marker Apollo Okamura

Matt Olfson Jeffrey Russell

Kevin Siembieda Michael Wilson

Todd Yoho

Proofreader Julius Rosenstein

Cover Logo Design Steve Edwards

Credits Page Logo Niklas Brandt

Typesetting Wayne Smith

Keylining Kevin Siembieda

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

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Contents - The Rifterreg 37 - January 2007

Page 6 - Art

This is a page of art from Riftsreg Sourcebook One Exshypanded and offers a littl e hint about the secret organization known as the Republicans The artwork is by the indomitable Michael Wilson

Oh and you can count on seeing more of Mike (and other great artists) in the books to come in 2007

Page 7 - From the Desk of Kevin Siem bieda

The year 2006 was one of contrast starting with betrayal and staring into the face of doom followed by resounding love kindness and hope Kevin th anks the thousands of Palladium fansfriends who helped us through the dark times and talks about the promise of a brighter jilture starting now 2007 We think you ll like what we have planned

Page 8 - Palladium News The Riftsreg movie option to be developed by Jerry

Bruckheimer has been ex tended Palladium plan s to offer origishynal downloadable source material and adventures from the Palshyladium website the Palladium Open House (May 5 amp 6) is going to be better and more fun than even last year Palladium freelance writer Jeff Hansen may have figured out what hapshypened to Jimmy Hoffa and Palladium has big plans for 2007 Read all about it

Art by Apollo Okamura

Page 11 - Coming in 2007

Reprints of old favorites and plenty of new game releases are planned for 2007

Riftsreg Sourcebook One Expanded is gonna be epic O-Bees of North Americatrade will be co mprehensive and fun (with 30+ new D-Bees and twi ce as many old faves) Hades Pits of HeJITM and Oya l Hell Unleashedtrade launch the Minion WarTioI saga with crossovers into the worlds of Heroes UnlimshyitecflM and Riftsreg Plus Palladium is working on getting the Robotechreg license and hopes to release Warpath Urban Jun shygletrade all by Spring And thats just half of it We have source books planned for all our game lines Phase Worldreg Riftsreg Heroes Unlimitedtrade Nightbanereg Palladium Fanshytasy RPG reg and Riftsreg Chaos EarthtradeI This section offers all the juicy details And get all the latest news commentary and info from our web site at wwwpaladiumb ookscom

Page 16 - The Rifterreg Super-Subscription Offer The price of The Rifterreg is going up but you can get the

book for $7 95 each plus a free gift by subscribing now Heres how

Page 17 - Heroes Unlimitedtrade

The Expanded Mega-Hero

Optional source material and ideas for playing Mega-Heroe s in Heroes Unlimitedtrade by Greg Diaczyk Includes super ability power increases new Mega-Powers new Achilles Heels (weaknesses) Power Category-Specific Mega-Heroes Dual Classes plus Secret Base Creation Rules and ideas galore

Special Mega-Powers page 18

New Achilles Heels page 23

Powers by Category page 27

Mega-Hero Alternatives page 32

Secret Base Creation Rules page 35

Artwork is by Mega-Heroes Brian and Allen Manning

Page 40 - Great House Shiva

Official source material

and adventure ideas for Splicersreg

Todd Yoho presents the Great House Shiva The history beshyhind House Shiva its government goals dreams and war mashychine Also includes notable non-player characters a pair of new Occs the Naga Dancer and Pariah (aka the Betrayer) plus the host annor of the new Occs and a few new weapons New War Mounts will appear in The Rifterreg 38

Art by Brian and A Ian Manning

Page 58 - Abernathy Passtrade

A town and adventure setting

for Riftsreg New Westtrade

Zachmy Houghton outlines the New West Boomtown of Abshyernathy Pass and suggests adventure What happens when a two-bot town strikes silver Boomtown But will the town last or fade away when the silver ends

Art by Ramon Perez

Page 61 The RCSG Ft Laredo

and the East St Louis RiftTM

Optional setting and adventure

for Riftsreg and the CS

Matthew Olfson provides optional source material and adshyventure ideas involving th e St Louis Rift better known as the Devil s Gate and the Coa lition Army outpost that guards it This dimensional portal is a constant source of trouble for the CS and is responsible for unleashing many of the D-Bees and demons found in North America Includes notable player charshyacters history of the Rift Fort Laredo and ideas for adventure

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

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Contents - The Rifterreg 37 - January 2007

Page 6 - Art

This is a page of art from Riftsreg Sourcebook One Exshypanded and offers a littl e hint about the secret organization known as the Republicans The artwork is by the indomitable Michael Wilson

Oh and you can count on seeing more of Mike (and other great artists) in the books to come in 2007

Page 7 - From the Desk of Kevin Siem bieda

The year 2006 was one of contrast starting with betrayal and staring into the face of doom followed by resounding love kindness and hope Kevin th anks the thousands of Palladium fansfriends who helped us through the dark times and talks about the promise of a brighter jilture starting now 2007 We think you ll like what we have planned

Page 8 - Palladium News The Riftsreg movie option to be developed by Jerry

Bruckheimer has been ex tended Palladium plan s to offer origishynal downloadable source material and adventures from the Palshyladium website the Palladium Open House (May 5 amp 6) is going to be better and more fun than even last year Palladium freelance writer Jeff Hansen may have figured out what hapshypened to Jimmy Hoffa and Palladium has big plans for 2007 Read all about it

Art by Apollo Okamura

Page 11 - Coming in 2007

Reprints of old favorites and plenty of new game releases are planned for 2007

Riftsreg Sourcebook One Expanded is gonna be epic O-Bees of North Americatrade will be co mprehensive and fun (with 30+ new D-Bees and twi ce as many old faves) Hades Pits of HeJITM and Oya l Hell Unleashedtrade launch the Minion WarTioI saga with crossovers into the worlds of Heroes UnlimshyitecflM and Riftsreg Plus Palladium is working on getting the Robotechreg license and hopes to release Warpath Urban Jun shygletrade all by Spring And thats just half of it We have source books planned for all our game lines Phase Worldreg Riftsreg Heroes Unlimitedtrade Nightbanereg Palladium Fanshytasy RPG reg and Riftsreg Chaos EarthtradeI This section offers all the juicy details And get all the latest news commentary and info from our web site at wwwpaladiumb ookscom

Page 16 - The Rifterreg Super-Subscription Offer The price of The Rifterreg is going up but you can get the

book for $7 95 each plus a free gift by subscribing now Heres how

Page 17 - Heroes Unlimitedtrade

The Expanded Mega-Hero

Optional source material and ideas for playing Mega-Heroe s in Heroes Unlimitedtrade by Greg Diaczyk Includes super ability power increases new Mega-Powers new Achilles Heels (weaknesses) Power Category-Specific Mega-Heroes Dual Classes plus Secret Base Creation Rules and ideas galore

Special Mega-Powers page 18

New Achilles Heels page 23

Powers by Category page 27

Mega-Hero Alternatives page 32

Secret Base Creation Rules page 35

Artwork is by Mega-Heroes Brian and Allen Manning

Page 40 - Great House Shiva

Official source material

and adventure ideas for Splicersreg

Todd Yoho presents the Great House Shiva The history beshyhind House Shiva its government goals dreams and war mashychine Also includes notable non-player characters a pair of new Occs the Naga Dancer and Pariah (aka the Betrayer) plus the host annor of the new Occs and a few new weapons New War Mounts will appear in The Rifterreg 38

Art by Brian and A Ian Manning

Page 58 - Abernathy Passtrade

A town and adventure setting

for Riftsreg New Westtrade

Zachmy Houghton outlines the New West Boomtown of Abshyernathy Pass and suggests adventure What happens when a two-bot town strikes silver Boomtown But will the town last or fade away when the silver ends

Art by Ramon Perez

Page 61 The RCSG Ft Laredo

and the East St Louis RiftTM

Optional setting and adventure

for Riftsreg and the CS

Matthew Olfson provides optional source material and adshyventure ideas involving th e St Louis Rift better known as the Devil s Gate and the Coa lition Army outpost that guards it This dimensional portal is a constant source of trouble for the CS and is responsible for unleashing many of the D-Bees and demons found in North America Includes notable player charshyacters history of the Rift Fort Laredo and ideas for adventure

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

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Page 83 - Family Business

Fiction story in the Riftsreg setting

A touching short story by Jason Marker about Dog Boys and the hardship of life on Rifts Earth

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

Page 91 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg

The Hammer of the Forgen

Chapter 37 A for Vendetta the latest of James MG Canshynons popular ongoing saga Read and enjoy

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

Page 96 - Palladium Open House

Some more details about the Palladium Open House

The Theme for Issue 37 Heroes hardship fighting monsters and the use of special

powers to make the world a better place (or not) This issue foshycuses on Heroes UnlimitedfM Splicersreg and Riftsreg We hope you enjoy it as much as we did putting it all together

Another fun-filled issue designed to provoke your imaginashytion and inspire and motivate players and Game Masters alike to try new ideas and expand their gaming Megaversereg

The Cover The cover is a Mega-Hero trying to protect innocent bystandshy

ers from giant hunks of debris It is by Tyler Walpole who has done some black and white artwork for the Palladium Fantasy RPGreg and various other gam e lines

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 like 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 so und 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

The Rifterreg 38 We should have concrete Robotechreg news and a

tentative release schedule other news and a peak of whats coming down the pipeline along with the usual source material and fun from across the Pallashydium Megaverse

bull More for Spicersreg - War Mounts

bull An adventure for Heroes Unlimite([fM set in Censhytury Station

bull Material for Riftsreg

bull News and other developments

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 inlaginationtrade

Palladiums games are found in stores everywhere

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