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 24 Your guide to the Palladium Megaversereg

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Copyright 2003 Palladium Books Inc amp Kevin Siembieda

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

Chaos Earth NEMA Mechanoid Space Heroes Unlimited HU2 Powers Unlimited Ninjas amp Superspies Aliens Unlimshyited Mutant Underground The Nursery Hardware Unlimited Gadgets Unlimited Beyond the Supernatural BTS-2 Three Galaxies Void Runners Coalition Wars Gramercy Island Skraypers Atorian Empire Wormwood Land of the Damned The Citadel Wolfen Wars Wolfen Cosmo-Knights Cyber-Knight Free Quebec Xiticix Invasion Fadetown Hammer of the Forge Siege On Tolkeen Psyscape Dweomer ARCHIE-3 Northern Gun Coalition States Erin Tam 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 MesozoicLand Card Magic and other names titles and likenesses of characters are trademarks owned by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Inc

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First Printing - October 2003

Copyright 2003 Palladium Books Inc amp Kevin Siembieda

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

Chaos Earth NEMA Mechanoid Space Heroes Unlimited HU2 Powers Unlimited Ninjas amp Superspies Aliens Unlimshyited Mutant Underground The Nursery Hardware Unlimited Gadgets Unlimited Beyond the Supernatural BTS-2 Three Galaxies Void Runners Coalition Wars Gramercy Island Skraypers Atorian Empire Wormwood Land of the Damned The Citadel Wolfen Wars Wolfen Cosmo-Knights Cyber-Knight Free Quebec Xiticix Invasion Fadetown Hammer of the Forge Siege On Tolkeen Psyscape Dweomer ARCHIE-3 Northern Gun Coalition States Erin Tam 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 MesozoicLand Card Magic and other names titles and likenesses of characters are trademarks owned by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Inc

Palladium Online wwwpalladiumbookscom

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Palladium Booksreg Presents

THE 24 Sourcebook and guide to the Palladium Megaversereg

Coordinator amp Editor in Chief Wayne Smith

Contributing Writers

James MG Cannon

Chris Matthys Shawn Merrow

Pat Nowak

Rodney Stott

Kevin Siembieda

Eric Thompson

Todd Yoho

Proofreader Julius Rosenstein

Typesetting Wayne Smith

Keylining Kevin Siembieda

Cover Logo Design Steve Edwards

Credits Page Logo Niklas Brandt

Based on the RPG rules characters

concepts and Megaversereg created by Kevin Siembieda

Cover Illustration John Zeleznik

Interior Artists

Drunken Style Studios (DSS)

Brandan C Clark (DSS) Mark Dudley (DSS)

Allen Manning

Brian Manning

Apollo Okamura

Liz RehfuslLAR (DSS)

Sharard Jackson (DSS) Freddie Williams II

and other Palladium Madmen

Special Thanks to all our contributors writers and artists - and a special welcome onboard to the artists and writers making their debut in this issue Our apologies to anybody who got accidentally left out or their name misspelled

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Contents - The Rifterreg 24 - October 2003

Page 6 -Art This stunning full page illustration is by Freddie Williams II

and is just a hint of what awaits gamers in Powers Unlimitedtrade Two a sourcebook for Heroes UnlimitecfTM 2nd Edition schedshyuled for a late November 2003 release

Page 7 - From the Desk of Kevin Siembieda The boss talks about why he has deliberately rescheduled Beshy

yond the Supernaturaltrade 2nd Edition the 48 and 64 page-sized source books and how they are here to stay and why people may be missing new releases (Could it be in part that long time Palshyladium fans dont expect us to hit our deadlines Well its time to adjust because Palladium has been hitting its release schedule on time or within two weeks on 90 of its releases in 2003 and thats a trend we hope to keep going)

Page 9 - Palladium News Convention Calendar for 2003 and even a few scheduled apshy

pearances for 2004 already Palladium holds the price on its games (with the big 160 amp 192 page books real bargains comshypared to the competition) plus a few announcements but nothshying new on the Riftsreg Movie yet

Page 10 - Coming Attractions Palladium has a ton 0 good stuff coming for the end of the

year starting with Chaos Earthtrade Creatures of Chaostrade and Riftsreg Adventure Sourcebook The Vanguardtrade both of which just shipped Ah but theres more a lot more a pair of World Books for Riftsreg China Powers Unlimitedtrade Two (for HU2) Beyond the Supernaturaltrade 2nd Edition a revised edition of Riftsreg Federation of Magictrade (with 34 pages of new material) the Riftsreg GM Guide and Riftsreg Book of Magic back in print more Chaos Earthtrade sourcebooks and other good stuff Read about the highlights here and then checkshyout or catalog at the back of the book to see what youve missed

Page 14 - X-Mas Surprise Package It has become tradition for Palladium Books to give a little

back to the fans this time of year The 2003 X-Mas Surprise Package - Grab Bag is our way of doing that Autographed books T-shirts back stock special editions original artwork and surprises can be yours if you are willing to take the chance Our way of saying thank you and Happy Holidays See page 14 for all the details Limited time offer

Page 16 - Collectors Super

X-Mas Surprise Package No youre not seeing double This year - and this year onlyshy

Palladium is offering something truly amazing a Grab Bag deshy

signed for the true collector and that hard to buy for super-fan It includes one or more pages of original art (worth $50-$180 each) a new limited edition portfolio of artwork for upcoming projects limited T-Shirt some books and other wild stuff Dont take my word for it check out page 16 One more way of saying thank you and Happy Holidays

Page 18 - Questions amp Answers Rodney Stott Shawn Merrow and Kevin Siembieda tackle a

diverse selection of questions before diving into Second Edition Fantasy conversions for fan fave Yin-Sloth Jungles The Jungle conversions are the first in an ongoing series starting with skills Next issue Jungle Magic

Page 25 - Originsreg Game Expo 2004 As this dynamic ad suggests Origins 2004 has big plans for

Kevin Siembieda Palladium Books and Palladium fans Hope to see you there next summer Call or check out the website for more info

Page 27 - After the Bombreg amp Heroes Unlimitedtrade

MesozoicLand Part Two Todd S Yohos big fmale on Mutant Dinosaurs and the isshy

land known as MesozoicLand Maps key locations key characshyters villains weapons and more Weapons and equipment start on page 38 and adventures on page 40 plus Hook Line amp Sinkertrade adventures on page 46

Artwork by Brian and Allen Manning

Page 48 - Riftsreg

Media in Rifts Earth A mountain of cool optional source material by Patrick

Nowak as he takes a look at arts sports and entertainment comshymon to the Coaiition States and North America It takes a look at the CS Media machine radio and television movie producshytion and the Black Market Gladiator Sports and Arenas inshycludes Entertainment Skills the Performer OCC Field Reporter OCC Rifts Bard OCC and a comprehensive look at the Rifts Gladiator (including arenas rules of the game and equipment)

Artwork is by the guys at Drunken Style Studio Mark Dudley Brandan C Clark and Sharard Jackson

Page 72 - Riftsreg The Metabolic Juicer

A new variant Juicer OCC by Eric Thompson The pros the cons the special abilities dangers and experience tables

Artwork by Brian Manning

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Page 82 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg

The Hammer of the Forgetrade Chapter 24 of James MG Cannons epic saga

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

Page 89 - The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg

Card Magic Optional Occ and rules for a new type of magic by Chris

Matthys A magic that is more impressive and dangerous than one might think at first glance

Elegant Artwork by the lady of Drunken Style Studio Liz Rehfus

Page 97 - The Catalog of Palladium Booksreg

- Fall 2003 For your convenience we present Palladiums entire Fall Catshy

alog of role-playing games sourcebooks novels metal miniashytures and other good stuff And at no extra cost Enjoy

The theme for issue 24 A venues of power and power misused seems to be the theme

of this issue Actually we though Wayne did a rather nice job mixing up the subject matter and material to provide a little something for everyone A nice package

The Cover The cover is a closeup detail of John Zelezniks cover paintshy

ing for Beyond the Supernatura(TM Second Edition What you dont see are the two psychic investigators being menaced in the back alley of the Grimbor Antique shop Just a little something to help whet peoples appetites for this unique role-playing game of horror modern magic the supernatural and beyond

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 ones 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 Riftertrade 25

bull Golemancy for Palladium Fantasyreg

bull Material for Nightbanereg andor Heroes UnlimshyitetPMbull

bull Material for Beyond the SupernaturatrMbull

bull More material for Rijtsreg

bull Expanded Questions and Answers Rodney Shawn and Kevin have worked up a larger than usual questions and answers section with Pallashydium Fantasyreg Second Edition conversions for the Yin-Sloth Jungestrade Next up - Jungle Magic

bull The next chapter of The Hammer ofthe Forgetrade

bull The latest news and developments at Palladium Books

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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Contents - The Rifterreg 24 - October 2003

Page 6 -Art This stunning full page illustration is by Freddie Williams II

and is just a hint of what awaits gamers in Powers Unlimitedtrade Two a sourcebook for Heroes UnlimitecfTM 2nd Edition schedshyuled for a late November 2003 release

Page 7 - From the Desk of Kevin Siembieda The boss talks about why he has deliberately rescheduled Beshy

yond the Supernaturaltrade 2nd Edition the 48 and 64 page-sized source books and how they are here to stay and why people may be missing new releases (Could it be in part that long time Palshyladium fans dont expect us to hit our deadlines Well its time to adjust because Palladium has been hitting its release schedule on time or within two weeks on 90 of its releases in 2003 and thats a trend we hope to keep going)

Page 9 - Palladium News Convention Calendar for 2003 and even a few scheduled apshy

pearances for 2004 already Palladium holds the price on its games (with the big 160 amp 192 page books real bargains comshypared to the competition) plus a few announcements but nothshying new on the Riftsreg Movie yet

Page 10 - Coming Attractions Palladium has a ton 0 good stuff coming for the end of the

year starting with Chaos Earthtrade Creatures of Chaostrade and Riftsreg Adventure Sourcebook The Vanguardtrade both of which just shipped Ah but theres more a lot more a pair of World Books for Riftsreg China Powers Unlimitedtrade Two (for HU2) Beyond the Supernaturaltrade 2nd Edition a revised edition of Riftsreg Federation of Magictrade (with 34 pages of new material) the Riftsreg GM Guide and Riftsreg Book of Magic back in print more Chaos Earthtrade sourcebooks and other good stuff Read about the highlights here and then checkshyout or catalog at the back of the book to see what youve missed

Page 14 - X-Mas Surprise Package It has become tradition for Palladium Books to give a little

back to the fans this time of year The 2003 X-Mas Surprise Package - Grab Bag is our way of doing that Autographed books T-shirts back stock special editions original artwork and surprises can be yours if you are willing to take the chance Our way of saying thank you and Happy Holidays See page 14 for all the details Limited time offer

Page 16 - Collectors Super

X-Mas Surprise Package No youre not seeing double This year - and this year onlyshy

Palladium is offering something truly amazing a Grab Bag deshy

signed for the true collector and that hard to buy for super-fan It includes one or more pages of original art (worth $50-$180 each) a new limited edition portfolio of artwork for upcoming projects limited T-Shirt some books and other wild stuff Dont take my word for it check out page 16 One more way of saying thank you and Happy Holidays

Page 18 - Questions amp Answers Rodney Stott Shawn Merrow and Kevin Siembieda tackle a

diverse selection of questions before diving into Second Edition Fantasy conversions for fan fave Yin-Sloth Jungles The Jungle conversions are the first in an ongoing series starting with skills Next issue Jungle Magic

Page 25 - Originsreg Game Expo 2004 As this dynamic ad suggests Origins 2004 has big plans for

Kevin Siembieda Palladium Books and Palladium fans Hope to see you there next summer Call or check out the website for more info

Page 27 - After the Bombreg amp Heroes Unlimitedtrade

MesozoicLand Part Two Todd S Yohos big fmale on Mutant Dinosaurs and the isshy

land known as MesozoicLand Maps key locations key characshyters villains weapons and more Weapons and equipment start on page 38 and adventures on page 40 plus Hook Line amp Sinkertrade adventures on page 46

Artwork by Brian and Allen Manning

Page 48 - Riftsreg

Media in Rifts Earth A mountain of cool optional source material by Patrick

Nowak as he takes a look at arts sports and entertainment comshymon to the Coaiition States and North America It takes a look at the CS Media machine radio and television movie producshytion and the Black Market Gladiator Sports and Arenas inshycludes Entertainment Skills the Performer OCC Field Reporter OCC Rifts Bard OCC and a comprehensive look at the Rifts Gladiator (including arenas rules of the game and equipment)

Artwork is by the guys at Drunken Style Studio Mark Dudley Brandan C Clark and Sharard Jackson

Page 72 - Riftsreg The Metabolic Juicer

A new variant Juicer OCC by Eric Thompson The pros the cons the special abilities dangers and experience tables

Artwork by Brian Manning

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Page 82 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg

The Hammer of the Forgetrade Chapter 24 of James MG Cannons epic saga

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

Page 89 - The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg

Card Magic Optional Occ and rules for a new type of magic by Chris

Matthys A magic that is more impressive and dangerous than one might think at first glance

Elegant Artwork by the lady of Drunken Style Studio Liz Rehfus

Page 97 - The Catalog of Palladium Booksreg

- Fall 2003 For your convenience we present Palladiums entire Fall Catshy

alog of role-playing games sourcebooks novels metal miniashytures and other good stuff And at no extra cost Enjoy

The theme for issue 24 A venues of power and power misused seems to be the theme

of this issue Actually we though Wayne did a rather nice job mixing up the subject matter and material to provide a little something for everyone A nice package

The Cover The cover is a closeup detail of John Zelezniks cover paintshy

ing for Beyond the Supernatura(TM Second Edition What you dont see are the two psychic investigators being menaced in the back alley of the Grimbor Antique shop Just a little something to help whet peoples appetites for this unique role-playing game of horror modern magic the supernatural and beyond

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 ones 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 Riftertrade 25

bull Golemancy for Palladium Fantasyreg

bull Material for Nightbanereg andor Heroes UnlimshyitetPMbull

bull Material for Beyond the SupernaturatrMbull

bull More material for Rijtsreg

bull Expanded Questions and Answers Rodney Shawn and Kevin have worked up a larger than usual questions and answers section with Pallashydium Fantasyreg Second Edition conversions for the Yin-Sloth Jungestrade Next up - Jungle Magic

bull The next chapter of The Hammer ofthe Forgetrade

bull The latest news and developments at Palladium Books

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

Page 82 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg

The Hammer of the Forgetrade Chapter 24 of James MG Cannons epic saga

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

Page 89 - The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg

Card Magic Optional Occ and rules for a new type of magic by Chris

Matthys A magic that is more impressive and dangerous than one might think at first glance

Elegant Artwork by the lady of Drunken Style Studio Liz Rehfus

Page 97 - The Catalog of Palladium Booksreg

- Fall 2003 For your convenience we present Palladiums entire Fall Catshy

alog of role-playing games sourcebooks novels metal miniashytures and other good stuff And at no extra cost Enjoy

The theme for issue 24 A venues of power and power misused seems to be the theme

of this issue Actually we though Wayne did a rather nice job mixing up the subject matter and material to provide a little something for everyone A nice package

The Cover The cover is a closeup detail of John Zelezniks cover paintshy

ing for Beyond the Supernatura(TM Second Edition What you dont see are the two psychic investigators being menaced in the back alley of the Grimbor Antique shop Just a little something to help whet peoples appetites for this unique role-playing game of horror modern magic the supernatural and beyond

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 ones 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 Riftertrade 25

bull Golemancy for Palladium Fantasyreg

bull Material for Nightbanereg andor Heroes UnlimshyitetPMbull

bull Material for Beyond the SupernaturatrMbull

bull More material for Rijtsreg

bull Expanded Questions and Answers Rodney Shawn and Kevin have worked up a larger than usual questions and answers section with Pallashydium Fantasyreg Second Edition conversions for the Yin-Sloth Jungestrade Next up - Jungle Magic

bull The next chapter of The Hammer ofthe Forgetrade

bull The latest news and developments at Palladium Books

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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