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Some parents may find the violence magic and supernatural elements of the games inapproprishyate 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 15 Your guide to the Palladium Megaversereg

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First Printing - July 2001

Copyright 200 I 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 fonn 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 charshyacters or persons living or dead is strictly coincidental

Palladium Booksreg Riftsreg The Rifterreg 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

Heroes Unlimited HU2 Ninjas amp Superspies Aliens Unlimited Mutant Underground The Nursery Mechanoid Space Beyond the Supernatural BTS Coalition Wars RiftsworkZ Systems Failure Gramercy Island Chaos Earth Skraypers Atorian Empire Wonnwood Baalgor Wastelands Mount Nimro Eastern Territory Library of Bletherad Land of the Damned Wolfen Wars Wolfen Coalition Wars Free Quebec Xiticix Invasion Splugorth Fadetown Hammer of The Forge Siege On Tolkeen Psyscape Mechanoids Space 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 Cyber-Knight Psi-Stalker Brodkil Juicer Crazy Burbs Borg Bot D-Bee Chi-Town Triax NGR Shifter Mutant Underground The Anvil Galaxy and other names titles and likenesses of characters are trademarks owned by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Inc

Gen Conreg is a registered trademark of Wizards of the Coast

Palladium On-Line wwwpalladiumbookscom

The Riftertrade 15 RPG sourcebook series is published by Palladium Books Inc 12455 Universal Drive Taylor MI 48180 Printed in the USA

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First Printing - July 2001

Copyright 200 I 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 fonn 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 charshyacters or persons living or dead is strictly coincidental

Palladium Booksreg Riftsreg The Rifterreg 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

Heroes Unlimited HU2 Ninjas amp Superspies Aliens Unlimited Mutant Underground The Nursery Mechanoid Space Beyond the Supernatural BTS Coalition Wars RiftsworkZ Systems Failure Gramercy Island Chaos Earth Skraypers Atorian Empire Wonnwood Baalgor Wastelands Mount Nimro Eastern Territory Library of Bletherad Land of the Damned Wolfen Wars Wolfen Coalition Wars Free Quebec Xiticix Invasion Splugorth Fadetown Hammer of The Forge Siege On Tolkeen Psyscape Mechanoids Space 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 Cyber-Knight Psi-Stalker Brodkil Juicer Crazy Burbs Borg Bot D-Bee Chi-Town Triax NGR Shifter Mutant Underground The Anvil Galaxy and other names titles and likenesses of characters are trademarks owned by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Inc

Gen Conreg is a registered trademark of Wizards of the Coast

Palladium On-Line wwwpalladiumbookscom

The Riftertrade 15 RPG sourcebook series is published by Palladium Books Inc 12455 Universal Drive Taylor MI 48180 Printed in the USA

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Palladium Booksreg Presents

15 Sourcebook and guide to the Palladium Megaversereg

Coordinator amp Editor in Chief Wayne Smith

Supervising Coordinator amp Typesetting Maryann Siembieda

Contributing Writers

Eric Baierl DeAnna Renae Bearce

James MG Cannon

RC Craigo

Ted Dimitry

Steve Edwards

David Haendler

Shawn Merrow

Alex Miller

David Solon Philips

Paul Sillanpiiii

Kevin Siembieda

Rodney Stott Richard Thomassen

Proofreader Julius Rosenstein

Cover Illustration Unknown

Based on the RPG rules characters

concepts and Megaversereg created by Kevin Siembieda

Interior Artists

Apollo Okamura

Wayne Breaux Jr

Kent Buries Jeff Burke

Ted Dimitry

Freddie Williams II

Michael Wilson

and other Palladium Madmen

Cover Logo Design Steve Edwards

Credits Page Logo Niklas Brandt

Keylining Kevin Siembieda

Special Thanks to all our contributors writers and artists Our apologies to anybody who got accishydentally left out or their name misspelled

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Contents The Rifter 15 - July 2001shy

Page 6 - Art Page Apollo Okamum depicts a Coalition UAR-l on moonlight

patrol probably on the outskirts of the Burbs

Eastern Territory sourcebook It is written by Steve Edwards and fully endorsed by Kevin Siembieda as official fantasy source-material A bit of history and specific Knightly Orders found in the southern and northern parts of the Eastern Terrishytories is presented in detail Includes masters of the shield

Page 7 - From the Desk

of Kevin Siembieda The boss man reveals the Curse of Palladium late books

(and why) whats at the printers and the current status of hotly anticipated books like Coalition Warstrade Six Final Siege and After the Bombreg and other titles

Page 7 - Palladium News What and When The current schedule for releases through

October Dont forget Kevin and Maryann will be at Dragon Con in September (unless something goes terribly awry on the end of the convention folk)

Page 9 - Coming Attractions Will the Riftsreg CCG ever come out Find out here The latshy

est on the After the Bombreg RPG the Northern Hinterlandstrade which should be on store shelves with Adventures in the Northshyern Wilderness Second Edition hot on its heels details on the upcoming RiftSreg Game Masters Guide and a look at Mechanoid Spacetrade coming in 200 I

Art by Freddie Williams Kent Buries and others

Page 14 - After the Bombreg RPG

Sneak Preview A tantalizing except of Erick Wujciks work for this anticishy

pated role-playing game of mutants and survival

Page 17 Questions and Answers This issue Rodney Stott and Shawn Merrow address quesshy

tions concerning a variety of topics from the price of Palladium Fantasy RPGreg wagons to vehicle speed in a dense forest to Cosmo Knights and jet lag All really helpful material endorsed by Kevin Siembieda (actually Kevin answered the Wagon and Dense Forest questions personally)

Artwork is by newcomer Jeff Burke

Page 19 - The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Gamereg Knights of the Eastern Territories

Heres a real treat for you Palladium Fantasy fans this secshytion on Knights was cut due to space considerations from the

sword lance and horse

Artwork is by Jeff Burke

Page 27 - The Palladium Fantasy

Role-Playing Gamereg

Blade Law Richard Thomassen presents optional history magic and

rules for Rune Weapons Some cool ideas and a keen insight as to how these fabled weapons were created The Backlash secshytions takes into consideration the magical weapons intelligence awareness and curses

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

Page 33 - Heroes Unlimitedtrade

In Only Six Days James MO Cannon takes a look at and offers some insight

and suggestions to world building in the Heroes UnlimitedfM setting The world at large history technology magic vigilanshytes themes and more

Illustrated by Michael Wilson

Page 42 - Nightbanereg

Brain Fry David Haendler presents a number of villains and designer

drugs for the world of the misbegotten and misunderstood Nightbanereg Everything one needs to launch a good adventure campaign involving a seedy underworld of drugs and vice Plus a trio of villains suitable for use in Nightbanereg or Heroes UnshyIimitedfM

Artwork by the Midnight Rider Freddie Williams II

Page 51 - Nightbanereg

New Morphus Tables Eric Baierl David Solon Philips RC Craigo and DeAnna

Renae Bearce join forces to present a slue of really cool and exshyciting optional new morphus combinations including Alien Appendage Food Fish Mannequin Toy Freak and Undead Tables

Oh and lets not forget RC Craigo and DeAnna Renae Brearces New Nightbane Talents including Shadow Weapons and other cool things

Artwork by Nightlord Wayne Breaux Jr

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Page 65 - Riftsreg

Operation Ironskull Ted Dimitry does double duty as writer and illustrator for

this section of optional Coalition Cyborgs and skullduggery Four optional new CS Cyborgs and adventure ideas

Art by Ted Dimitry Written by Ted Dimitry

Page 76 - Riftsreg

One Chance in a Million Part one of a three part story dealing with Chi-Town the

Black Market NTSET and Colonel Thaddius Lyboc

A short story written by Paul Sillanplill

Art by Michael Wilson

Page 88 - Riftsreg

Specialized Shifterstrade Alex Miller presents optional variant Shifter OCCs for

your consideration They include the Traveller Sensechal and a dozen or more new Shifter Spells Some very cool stuff

Art by Wayne Breaux Jr

Page - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg

Hammer of the Forge The 15th chapter in James M G Cannons gripping Phase

WorlcfT M story

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

The theme for issue 15

This issues theme is magic and dimensions with new mateshyrial for Palladium Fantas Nightbanereg Heroes UnlimitecfTM

and Riftsreg

Palladium Books plans on more actively supporting all of its game lines and this issue of The Rifterreg continues that pledge

The Cover

We thought the cover had a nice sort of After the Bombreg kinda feel We thought it would be a nice change to go with something more peaceful and atmospheric this time around Oil painting by an unknown artist

This is embarrassing but we have misplaced the information regarding the identity of this talented freelance artist and can not tell you who he or she is With any luck this individual will contact us and we can give said individual the credit he or she deserves Our sincere apologies to the artist

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 garners 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 the reader can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders

Coming Next Issue

The Riftertrade 16 bull New contributing authors

bull Material for The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg

bull Material for Heroes UnlimitedTM The Thropo Aliens by Wayne Breaux

bull Material for Nightbanereg andor Beyond the Supernatura(fM

bull Material for Riftsreg

bull The next chapter of the Hammer ofthe Forgetrade

bull The second of three parts for One Chance in a Milliontrade

bull The latest news and developments at Palladium

bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg

bull New contributors and fun So please join us

wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium On-Line

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Contents The Rifter 15 - July 2001shy

Page 6 - Art Page Apollo Okamum depicts a Coalition UAR-l on moonlight

patrol probably on the outskirts of the Burbs

Eastern Territory sourcebook It is written by Steve Edwards and fully endorsed by Kevin Siembieda as official fantasy source-material A bit of history and specific Knightly Orders found in the southern and northern parts of the Eastern Terrishytories is presented in detail Includes masters of the shield

Page 7 - From the Desk

of Kevin Siembieda The boss man reveals the Curse of Palladium late books

(and why) whats at the printers and the current status of hotly anticipated books like Coalition Warstrade Six Final Siege and After the Bombreg and other titles

Page 7 - Palladium News What and When The current schedule for releases through

October Dont forget Kevin and Maryann will be at Dragon Con in September (unless something goes terribly awry on the end of the convention folk)

Page 9 - Coming Attractions Will the Riftsreg CCG ever come out Find out here The latshy

est on the After the Bombreg RPG the Northern Hinterlandstrade which should be on store shelves with Adventures in the Northshyern Wilderness Second Edition hot on its heels details on the upcoming RiftSreg Game Masters Guide and a look at Mechanoid Spacetrade coming in 200 I

Art by Freddie Williams Kent Buries and others

Page 14 - After the Bombreg RPG

Sneak Preview A tantalizing except of Erick Wujciks work for this anticishy

pated role-playing game of mutants and survival

Page 17 Questions and Answers This issue Rodney Stott and Shawn Merrow address quesshy

tions concerning a variety of topics from the price of Palladium Fantasy RPGreg wagons to vehicle speed in a dense forest to Cosmo Knights and jet lag All really helpful material endorsed by Kevin Siembieda (actually Kevin answered the Wagon and Dense Forest questions personally)

Artwork is by newcomer Jeff Burke

Page 19 - The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Gamereg Knights of the Eastern Territories

Heres a real treat for you Palladium Fantasy fans this secshytion on Knights was cut due to space considerations from the

sword lance and horse

Artwork is by Jeff Burke

Page 27 - The Palladium Fantasy

Role-Playing Gamereg

Blade Law Richard Thomassen presents optional history magic and

rules for Rune Weapons Some cool ideas and a keen insight as to how these fabled weapons were created The Backlash secshytions takes into consideration the magical weapons intelligence awareness and curses

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

Page 33 - Heroes Unlimitedtrade

In Only Six Days James MO Cannon takes a look at and offers some insight

and suggestions to world building in the Heroes UnlimitedfM setting The world at large history technology magic vigilanshytes themes and more

Illustrated by Michael Wilson

Page 42 - Nightbanereg

Brain Fry David Haendler presents a number of villains and designer

drugs for the world of the misbegotten and misunderstood Nightbanereg Everything one needs to launch a good adventure campaign involving a seedy underworld of drugs and vice Plus a trio of villains suitable for use in Nightbanereg or Heroes UnshyIimitedfM

Artwork by the Midnight Rider Freddie Williams II

Page 51 - Nightbanereg

New Morphus Tables Eric Baierl David Solon Philips RC Craigo and DeAnna

Renae Bearce join forces to present a slue of really cool and exshyciting optional new morphus combinations including Alien Appendage Food Fish Mannequin Toy Freak and Undead Tables

Oh and lets not forget RC Craigo and DeAnna Renae Brearces New Nightbane Talents including Shadow Weapons and other cool things

Artwork by Nightlord Wayne Breaux Jr

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Page 65 - Riftsreg

Operation Ironskull Ted Dimitry does double duty as writer and illustrator for

this section of optional Coalition Cyborgs and skullduggery Four optional new CS Cyborgs and adventure ideas

Art by Ted Dimitry Written by Ted Dimitry

Page 76 - Riftsreg

One Chance in a Million Part one of a three part story dealing with Chi-Town the

Black Market NTSET and Colonel Thaddius Lyboc

A short story written by Paul Sillanplill

Art by Michael Wilson

Page 88 - Riftsreg

Specialized Shifterstrade Alex Miller presents optional variant Shifter OCCs for

your consideration They include the Traveller Sensechal and a dozen or more new Shifter Spells Some very cool stuff

Art by Wayne Breaux Jr

Page - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg

Hammer of the Forge The 15th chapter in James M G Cannons gripping Phase

WorlcfT M story

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

The theme for issue 15

This issues theme is magic and dimensions with new mateshyrial for Palladium Fantas Nightbanereg Heroes UnlimitecfTM

and Riftsreg

Palladium Books plans on more actively supporting all of its game lines and this issue of The Rifterreg continues that pledge

The Cover

We thought the cover had a nice sort of After the Bombreg kinda feel We thought it would be a nice change to go with something more peaceful and atmospheric this time around Oil painting by an unknown artist

This is embarrassing but we have misplaced the information regarding the identity of this talented freelance artist and can not tell you who he or she is With any luck this individual will contact us and we can give said individual the credit he or she deserves Our sincere apologies to the artist

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 garners 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 the reader can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders

Coming Next Issue

The Riftertrade 16 bull New contributing authors

bull Material for The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg

bull Material for Heroes UnlimitedTM The Thropo Aliens by Wayne Breaux

bull Material for Nightbanereg andor Beyond the Supernatura(fM

bull Material for Riftsreg

bull The next chapter of the Hammer ofthe Forgetrade

bull The second of three parts for One Chance in a Milliontrade

bull The latest news and developments at Palladium

bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg

bull New contributors and fun So please join us

wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium On-Line

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Page 65 - Riftsreg

Operation Ironskull Ted Dimitry does double duty as writer and illustrator for

this section of optional Coalition Cyborgs and skullduggery Four optional new CS Cyborgs and adventure ideas

Art by Ted Dimitry Written by Ted Dimitry

Page 76 - Riftsreg

One Chance in a Million Part one of a three part story dealing with Chi-Town the

Black Market NTSET and Colonel Thaddius Lyboc

A short story written by Paul Sillanplill

Art by Michael Wilson

Page 88 - Riftsreg

Specialized Shifterstrade Alex Miller presents optional variant Shifter OCCs for

your consideration They include the Traveller Sensechal and a dozen or more new Shifter Spells Some very cool stuff

Art by Wayne Breaux Jr

Page - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg

Hammer of the Forge The 15th chapter in James M G Cannons gripping Phase

WorlcfT M story

Artwork by Apollo Okamura

The theme for issue 15

This issues theme is magic and dimensions with new mateshyrial for Palladium Fantas Nightbanereg Heroes UnlimitecfTM

and Riftsreg

Palladium Books plans on more actively supporting all of its game lines and this issue of The Rifterreg continues that pledge

The Cover

We thought the cover had a nice sort of After the Bombreg kinda feel We thought it would be a nice change to go with something more peaceful and atmospheric this time around Oil painting by an unknown artist

This is embarrassing but we have misplaced the information regarding the identity of this talented freelance artist and can not tell you who he or she is With any luck this individual will contact us and we can give said individual the credit he or she deserves Our sincere apologies to the artist

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 garners 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 the reader can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders

Coming Next Issue

The Riftertrade 16 bull New contributing authors

bull Material for The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg

bull Material for Heroes UnlimitedTM The Thropo Aliens by Wayne Breaux

bull Material for Nightbanereg andor Beyond the Supernatura(fM

bull Material for Riftsreg

bull The next chapter of the Hammer ofthe Forgetrade

bull The second of three parts for One Chance in a Milliontrade

bull The latest news and developments at Palladium

bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg

bull New contributors and fun So please join us

wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium On-Line

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