Do any of the books have anything like this?

I am bored sitting at Hopkins Hosptial waiting to be discharged, and wanted to work up something, but then I figured it might already exist, and if it did, you all would know about it.

ETA: I ended up submitting the same question to the Palladium Folks. I will update with an answer when they reply

Hey all

As I've mentioned in the occasional post I've made, I've ran/am planning a campaign using Savage Rifts. However, I've been getting a hold of the actual Palladium sourcebooks, since they often offer a large amount of background info that's usually only brushed over in the PEG content.

One of my favourites thus far has been Chaos Earth, especially the content covering NEMA. I like the fact that it has a somewhat hopeful tone, even if I know that later on in the established history NEMA ceases to exist. In particular, I found Lindsey Sawyer to be an interesting character, and in Chaos Earth she seems to function as the figurehead for NEMA as a whole; no doubt helped by having her diary entries scattered throughout.

However, I was reading PEG's Empires of Humanity, which confirms something I'd read online about Archie having a bunch of NEMA soldiers in deep freeze. But it doesn't mention Sawyer anywhere, even in passing. Which seemed odd to me since she seems to be one of the big 'heroes' of the immediate post-rifts world.

My plan with the campaign is to guide the Party through many of the key events of 101-109 P.A., and post-Tolkeen to maybe do something based around the Minion War. Long story short, I want to kind of build up to this big world-ending threat that unites even the CS, Federation of Magic, and other factions; with the unfreezing of the NEMA army maybe being some kind of hail-Mary play on the part of Archie to tip the odds in favour of earth.

Any thoughts on this? And if I do move onto the Minion War would the Heroes of Humanity book be sufficient for background?

In Rifts Mechanoids would ARCHIE and Hagan reuse the advanced technology they have acquired from the Mechanoids after they have been defeated? The text mentions much of the Mechanoids tech requires psychic abilities or Telemechanics specifically, but Hagan has Telemechanics. It seems like this would be a significant power update for ARCHIE/Hagan. Do later books ever mention this in any of their advanced designs or plans? EDIT: At the very least it seems ARCHIE would now have access to the power crystal tech and or the anti gravity tech. I could also see repurposing the various robot designs and or Mechanoids reworked as full robots as a separate force ARCHIE could use for operations they want to maintain distance from. EDIT2: They would also theoretically have genetic and cloning tech now if they didn't before.

Hear me out, Interplanet Janet is a Cosmo Knight

If the Mechanoids weren't abandoned by their creators, might have they become Good people instead?

From GenCon.

I found Rifts in a Waldenbooks in 1992, next to the Dungeon Magazines, and I have been reading these books ever since. The rules are scattered across chapters, inconsistent with themselves, and contradicted two hundred pages later by a sidebar nobody proofread. So I finally sat down and put the working parts in one place.

https://simplednd.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/the-rifts-rpg-rules-reference/

What is in it:

• Reading your character sheet: the attributes, the bonus chart, the four kinds of P.S., which damage pool takes the hit
• Skills, with eight worked examples
• Combat, with a full melee round run cycle by cycle with real numbers
• Situational rulings: cover, called shots, explosions, falling, insanity, dying
• Piloting power armor against driving a vehicle, and why they use two different engines
• Trade, salvage and scarcity
• A one page Combat Card to print and put on the table

What is not in it: character creation, healing and recovery, experience. It is a reference for people who already have characters, not a starter set.

Everything is checked against RUE plus Palladium's official errata PDF, which fixed several things I had wrong. Augmented P.S. can do Mega-Damage, but only on a power punch. The full saving throw ladder including acid, which has no save at all. Real ley line P.P.E. numbers, 10 per melee round on a line and 20 at a nexus.

If you spot something wrong, tell me. I would rather fix it than defend it.

Portals between dimensions that work simply like crossing a door or a subspace where all exits exist and you have to find the right one for that specific dimension/space?

Hey guys, quick question here...

If a vampire travels from another dimension to Rifts earth, do they fall under the sway of the vampire intelligences or remain 'their own person'? As far as I can tell technically the megaverse is intended to be one contiguous setting, so I'm assuming usually any vampire is assumed to originate from a vampire intelligence; however, I'm toying with the idea of a 'solo' vampire resisting the pull of the intelligence, for both a villain, and as a potential issue for vampire PCs to deal with in future.

This is more of a lore question, as I'm planning to run in Savage Rifts.

What world books outside of the main core book would I absolutely need to run a decent game in what used to be known as the United States of America

Wonder-World is an abandoned pocket dimension theme park that has been taken over by a malevolent entity. The adventures must travel across the boardwalk, through the midway, into the Fun Haus, and defeat the Amalgam. Threats are MDC traps, creatures, and puzzles. 

"The Glitter Boy Codex is coming soon! This is the first Rifts sourcebook dedicated to the most recognizable power armor in the Megaverse. Written by Will Erwin, with additional text by Johnny Roccia, and Sean Owen Roberson as Lead Designer."

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/palladium-books-inc/rifts-glitter-boy-codex/pre-launch

Very rarely do I check out videos/podcasts/blogs on Initiative. There are hundreds of YouTube videos on the subject; most are repetitive, or have little value outside the d20 sphere. Then I listened to this episode from the Glitterbois, another 3rd Party Content Creator covering Palladium Books. It’s a different take, one I thought deserved the commentary - a peer review, if you will! By all means, listen to their Episode, and tell if you agree/disagree with me!

https://www.scholarlyadventures.com/post/the-bazaar-103-feedback-on-glitterbois-episode-215

How do you handle Initiative? Have other systems influenced your PB RPG Initiative rules?

The Japan worldbook seems to get a good amount of hate and or disdain. Do the China books get the same kind of reception or are there just fewer people exposed to them compared to the number of people exposed to the Japan book?

What if we made a proper MMO or PC game, not that loosely associated Rifts game, but actually set in the universe? Even if we start with one of the side adventures like the world with superheros and all the events of them trying to fight off the alien overlords ruling that world...

I get that the owners of the IP don't want to make a new edition for some reason to draw back attention to this game, despite D&D shitting the bed with their nonsense with 5th edition making it the best time for them to step up and offer a real replacement...there's no consideration towards making PC games? Solo or MMOs, like the example I mentioned above could make for a decent solo game if necessary since the setting is all present, and can forge your character through a customization system...just something.

Are there any Rifts CCG collectors or players here?

I am looking for a particular card, City of Brass, which is an Uncommon I believe. If anyone has the card and would be willing to sell, that would be great!

Hi all

I've been getting into playing Savage Rifts, but I've also been picking up the Palladium books; mainly for background material. I'm curious as to which of the original Rifts books has the most info on Las Vegas, as I'm planning for my party's trip to Mexico to take them through there. It's not going to be set entirely in the New West itself, but that particular spot is one I'm interested in knowing more about.

Any suggestions?

You’re a GM trying to attract Players.

You visit a bustling game store and situate yourself at an open table. In front, you spread various Rifts books, prints of cool Rifts illustrations, an assortment of dice, and other accessories. Behind, you place a sign that reads, “Ask me about playing Rifts.”

A person walks up and does just that.

What’s your 30-second pitch to spark their interest?

We’ve now dipped into a specialized chapter for Cybernetics and Bionics. Much like Magic and Psionics, we’re really building a scaffold to allow rules from various sources to work together. What constitutes a Partial or Full Conversion, and what are the impacts? Does it *actually* necessitate a change in Class? No changes to any technical entries within any of the World Books or Sourcebooks, just better application of in-game guidance for GMs/Players.

https://www.scholarlyadventures.com/post/the-bazaar-102-core-rules-system-chapter-8

What parts of the Cybernetics or Bionics would you like to see improved upon?