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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 hushymans Other alien life fonns monsters gods and demigods as well as magic insanity and war are all elements in this book
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 13 Your guide to the Palladium Megaversereg
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First Printing - January 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 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 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 Beyond the Supershynatural BTS Coalition Wars RiftsworksZ Systems Failure Gramercy Island Chaos Earth Skraypers Wormwood Baa Igor Wastelands Mount Nimro Eastern Territory Library of Bletherad Land of the Damned Wolfen Coalition Wars Free Queshybec Xiticix Invasion Splynn Dimensional Market 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 Spatial Mage Mutant Underground The Anvil Galaxy and other names titles and likenesses of characters are trademarks owned by Kevin Siembieda and Pallashydium Books Inc
Knights of the Dinner Tabletrade is a trademark of Kenzer Co and the creation of Jolly Blackburn
Gen Conreg is a registered trademark of Wizards of the Coast
Palladium On-Line wwwpalladiumbookscom
The Riftertrade 13 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
THE 13 Sourcebook and guide to the Palladium Megaverse reg
Coordinator amp Editor in Chief Wayne Smith
Supervising Coordinator amp Typesetting
Maryann Siembieda
Contributing Writers
Russell Brin
James Calder
James MG Cannon
Bill Fellows
Crystal Frasier
Joseph Larsen
Shawn Merrow
Kevin Siembieda
Rodney Stott
Richard Thomassen
Jon Thompson
Rich Wulf
Knights of the Dinner Table Jolly Blackburn
Proofreader Julius Rosenstein
Cover Illustration Kevin Long
Interior Artists
Apollo Okamura
David Black
Wayne Breaux Jr
Kent Buries
Matt Henegar
Tyler Walpole
Michael Wilson Based on the RPG rules characters
and other Palladium Madmen concepts and Megaversereg created by Kevin Siembieda Riftsreg Comic Strip Ramon Perez
Cover Logo Design Steve Edwards
Credits Page Logo Niklas Brandt
Keylining Kevin Siembieda
Special Tbanks to Matthew Enokson for his suggesting the theme of this issue and to the many conshytributors who helped to make The Rifler 13 one of the best ever Our apologies to anybody who got accishydentally left out or their name misspelled
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Contents - The Rifter 13 shy
Page 6 - From the Desk
of Kevin Siembieda Kevin is on a mission to get books out in 200 I Not just any
books but those weve talked about for years No kidding thats what he says Read it for yourself
Art by Mall Henegar
Page 7 - Palladium News A Riftsreg CCG coming this Spring and now (maybe) action
figures too Read all about it in this issues news
Page 8 - Rumor Killers Geepers Where do these rumors come from Well Kevin
does his best to squash them Plus a plug for Mike Dubischs Weirdling 2
Page 9 - Coming Attractions A few product updates hype and coming attractions for
Heroes UnlimitedTM Riftsreg and Palladium Fantasyreg The bossman plans on heavy support for each of these lines (see the tentative and incomplete schedule on page six) In fact he tells me hes shooting for a half dozen sourcebooks for each Yeah Ill believe it when I see it too but I can tell you hes been working himself and us like mules to make it happen
Read about the latest Palladium Fantasy RPGreg books comshying for the first part of 200 I on page 13 The accompanying artshywork are illustrations from The Eastern Territory sourcebook The artist is Kent Buries
Page 14 - Knights of the Dinner Tabletrade Jolly Blackburn and the KoDT gang are BACK to say
good-bye for now Jolly and the folks at Kenzer amp Company are just too busy to keep supplying us with this great comic strip Well miss it as much as you but we understand and wish Jolly and the Kenzerites our best wishes
You can continue to get your dose of KoDT on a monthly bashysis from the comic book available in hobby and comic book shops everywhere or directly from Kenzer amp Company 1935 S Plum Grove Rd Suite 194 Palatine IL 60067 Tell em Pallashydium sent ya
Page 16 - Palladium Megaversereg
Questions and Answers This issue Rodney Stott and Shawn Merrow address quesshy
tions concerningale luck curses and healing urn not to menshytion Horror Factor and drinking booze All really helpful material endorsed by Kevin Siembieda
Artwork is by Wayne Breaux Jr
Page 19 - Lucky Charms and Superstitions
Optional rules applicable to all Palladium games Joseph Larsen offers some optional rules thoughts and sugshy
gestions on luck and lucky charms (no not the cereal but obshyjects said to bring a character good luck)
Artwork is by Tyler Walpole the guy who will soon be doshying the DampD comic book published by Kenzer amp Company
January 2001 Page 22 - Nightbanereg
Pcc The Cursed This is a really cool character idea by Shawn Merrow Artshy
work by Wayne I see you Breaux Jr
Page 24 - Beyond the SupernaturaJTM
Optional OCcs amp ideas for BTS James Calder presents the Arcane Archaeologist the Occultshy
ist and Cryplozoologist as optional OCCs for BTS along with a few new lore skills Kevin Siembieda thought they really fit BTS and said I love em I might even include a more elaboshyrate version of them in BTS when I get around to doing the Secshyond Edition (hopefully the end of this year or early 2002)
Artwork by Wayne spooky Breaux Jr
Page 30 - Beyond the Supernaturaltrade
Living Numbers and Curses Russell Brin presents some more wild supernatural oplional
source-material for Beyond the Supernatural including the omishynous Thirteen Entity a new kind of magical being (a living manifestation) of numbers and some curse magic
Artwork by Wayne Im not a number Breaux Jr
Page 34 - Beyond the SupernaturaJTM
The Fayfield Inn Adventure wow more stuff for BTS Adaptable to Nightbanereg
HU2trade and Ninjas amp Superspiestrade Written by Russell Brin
Artwork by Wayne the insane Breaux Jr
Page 38 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
In the hands of Fate Crystal Frasier presents the Deck 0Fate a powerful and rare
magic item of incredible power GMs use it carefully if you include it in your game and have fun
Artwork by Tyler Walpole
Page 45 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
The Thirteenth Tribe Richard Thomassen presents adventure source material about
the legendary 13th tribe of Wolfen people thought to be extinct
Artwork by Tyler Walpole
Page 49 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
The Thirteen Deadly Magicks Thirteen new optional spells for Palladium Fantasy Nuff
said Written by James Calder
Artwork by Wayne Breaux Jr
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Page 54 - The PaUadium Fantasy everything sent in and enjoy getting reader comments suggesshytions and input (keep those writing submissions coming too)Role-Playing Gamereg Fan comments do help shape (to some small degree) the things
The Legend of the Thirteen Orcish Lords we do as The Rifter 13 illustrates Thanks for the idea Matt Jon Thompson presents adventure source material for Pallashy
dium Fantasy about legendary Orcish Lords Includes the opshytional High Orc OCc Orcish Knight RCC a new riding animal used by Orcs and other fun stuff
Art by Apollo Okamura
Page 71- Riftsreg
Dark Techno-Wizardry Bill Fellows offers some interesting optional Occs and
Techno-Wizard devices for use in Riftsreg Includes the Necro-Tech and Techno-Shifter as well as building Techno-Horrors and various Occ related powers and TW deshyvices and guns
Art by Kent Buries
Page 85 - Riftsreg
The Thirteenth Hour Rick Wulf presents a strange little tale about strange happenshy
ings the monstrous Rodian dimensional travel and Techno-Wizard magic for expanding into adventures
Art by David Black page 96 art by Apollo Okamura
Page 97 - Riftsreg Lone Star Comic Strip Ramon Perez gives us another pUlse-pounding chapter in the
adventures of Johnny Shakes Cueball and company as they find themselves at odds with the dreaded Doctor Bradford and the forces at the Lone Star Complex Ramon Perez Writer Artshyist and Letterer
Ramon promises the shocking conclusion WILL appear in The Rifter 14 Hes fmishing it right now to make sure We can hardly wait
Page 105 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg
Hammer of the Forge The 13th (of course) chapter in James M G Cannons Phase
WorlarM story Artwork by Apollo Okamura
Page 112 - Art A cool illustration by Apollo Okamura to round out this isshy
sue It just seemed to fit here instead of our usual page six art
The theme for lucky issue 13 This issues theme is luck charms superstitions and the
nwnber thirteen
Why Because Rifterreg reader and Palladium gamer Matshythew pickmybrain Enokson gave us the idea Way back in April or sometime Matt e-mailed us and asked will The Rifterreg 13 have any significance based on luck
We thought it was a great idea and solicited people to conshytribute articles based on luck and the number thirteen You hold the end result in your hands (And we think its pretty good too) Although its impossible to maintain lines of communication with everybody who writes e-mails or calls us we try to read
The Cover The cover to The Rifter 13 is a painting done by Kevin
Long for the interior of the Riftsreg RPG It depicts a swarm of Xiticix emerging from a dimensional Rift You cant get any unluckier than that
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 the reader can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders
wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium On-Line
Coming Next Issue bullbullbull
The Riftertrade 14 bull The conclusion of the Riftsreg Lone Star comic
strip (or so we are told)
bull Material for The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg
bull Material for Heroes UnlimitedfM bull
bull Material for Riftsreg
bull The next chapter of the Hammer ofthe Forgetrade
bull The latest news and developments at Palladium
bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg
bull New contributors and fun
Convention Breaking News
Maryarm amp Kevin Siembieda will be guests at Simcon March 222324 amp 25 in Rochester New York Come on down to chat get autographs hear panel discussions and game
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From the Desk of Kevin Siembieda
Im on a mission
I intend to get a large number of the role-playing books weve talked about or promised over the years done and in the hands of garners Not everything but a lot of them Ive made it my personal mission for the year That means Im shooting to get a lot of books out not just for Riftsreg but for all of Pallashydium Books major lines
I know youre thinking its a nice thought but Palladium never seems to hit its schedule Thats true and 1 may blow this one too However thats my goal To help keep things on track I already have several books done and awaiting fmal editshying and art assigrunents By the time you read this Coalition Warstrade 5 Shadows of EvjITM will already be at the printers The Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade will be fmished and awaiting artwork Coalition Warstrade 6 Final Siegetrade will be half written and Bill Coffin will be well on his way writing The Northern Hinterlandstrade
The following list shows our ambitious schedule Will I actushyally get all of this done I dont know but Im sure going to try Note The order of release may differ from these lists
For Riftsreg Coalition Warstrade Five Shadows ofEviltrade (January) Coalition Warstrade Six Final Siegetrade (March) Riftsreg Australia Two (Spring) Riftsreg Australia Three Riftsreg Dimension Book Anvil GalaxyTM Riftsreg Africatrade Two and The Rifterreg Sourcebook series (of course)
For The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg Eastern TerritoryTM (February) Northern Hinterlandstrade (March or April) Old Kingdom Lowlandstrade (Summer) Old Kingdom Mountainstrade (Summer) The Land of the Darnnedtrade (Summer)
For Heroes Unlimitedtrade 2nd Edition Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade (February or March) Hardware Unlimitedtrade (April or May) The Mutant Undergroundtrade (Sununer) The NurseryTM (Fall)
New Books We have a number of new books in development too Inshy
cluding the After the Bombreg Role-Playing Game several Palladium Fantasy RPGreg titles and a few surprises Id rather not reveal just yet (in case they get bumped into next year)
Licenses and Other Developments Take a look at the News section and youll see we are also
trying to establish several licensing deals to generate product sanctioned and approved by Palladium Books but actually manshyufactured and distributed by another company entirely The first of these licenses is with a Collectable Card Game company known as Precedence They are developing a Rifisreg CCG that should be out this Spring We are also looking into a possible toy deal to get Rifisreg actionjigures produced at least on a limshyited basis (dont know if that will be feasible yet) as well as exshyploring other avenues Right now the focus for these licenses is on Riftsreg Why Because Riftsreg is our most popular game but we anticipate potential licensing partners will start looking at Palladiums other product lines too
Thats what we are looking at and planning for the year Hope all of you will come along for the adventure
- Kevin Siembieda 2001
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- PAL-Rifter13pdf
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First Printing - January 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 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 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 Beyond the Supershynatural BTS Coalition Wars RiftsworksZ Systems Failure Gramercy Island Chaos Earth Skraypers Wormwood Baa Igor Wastelands Mount Nimro Eastern Territory Library of Bletherad Land of the Damned Wolfen Coalition Wars Free Queshybec Xiticix Invasion Splynn Dimensional Market 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 Spatial Mage Mutant Underground The Anvil Galaxy and other names titles and likenesses of characters are trademarks owned by Kevin Siembieda and Pallashydium Books Inc
Knights of the Dinner Tabletrade is a trademark of Kenzer Co and the creation of Jolly Blackburn
Gen Conreg is a registered trademark of Wizards of the Coast
Palladium On-Line wwwpalladiumbookscom
The Riftertrade 13 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
THE 13 Sourcebook and guide to the Palladium Megaverse reg
Coordinator amp Editor in Chief Wayne Smith
Supervising Coordinator amp Typesetting
Maryann Siembieda
Contributing Writers
Russell Brin
James Calder
James MG Cannon
Bill Fellows
Crystal Frasier
Joseph Larsen
Shawn Merrow
Kevin Siembieda
Rodney Stott
Richard Thomassen
Jon Thompson
Rich Wulf
Knights of the Dinner Table Jolly Blackburn
Proofreader Julius Rosenstein
Cover Illustration Kevin Long
Interior Artists
Apollo Okamura
David Black
Wayne Breaux Jr
Kent Buries
Matt Henegar
Tyler Walpole
Michael Wilson Based on the RPG rules characters
and other Palladium Madmen concepts and Megaversereg created by Kevin Siembieda Riftsreg Comic Strip Ramon Perez
Cover Logo Design Steve Edwards
Credits Page Logo Niklas Brandt
Keylining Kevin Siembieda
Special Tbanks to Matthew Enokson for his suggesting the theme of this issue and to the many conshytributors who helped to make The Rifler 13 one of the best ever Our apologies to anybody who got accishydentally left out or their name misspelled
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Contents - The Rifter 13 shy
Page 6 - From the Desk
of Kevin Siembieda Kevin is on a mission to get books out in 200 I Not just any
books but those weve talked about for years No kidding thats what he says Read it for yourself
Art by Mall Henegar
Page 7 - Palladium News A Riftsreg CCG coming this Spring and now (maybe) action
figures too Read all about it in this issues news
Page 8 - Rumor Killers Geepers Where do these rumors come from Well Kevin
does his best to squash them Plus a plug for Mike Dubischs Weirdling 2
Page 9 - Coming Attractions A few product updates hype and coming attractions for
Heroes UnlimitedTM Riftsreg and Palladium Fantasyreg The bossman plans on heavy support for each of these lines (see the tentative and incomplete schedule on page six) In fact he tells me hes shooting for a half dozen sourcebooks for each Yeah Ill believe it when I see it too but I can tell you hes been working himself and us like mules to make it happen
Read about the latest Palladium Fantasy RPGreg books comshying for the first part of 200 I on page 13 The accompanying artshywork are illustrations from The Eastern Territory sourcebook The artist is Kent Buries
Page 14 - Knights of the Dinner Tabletrade Jolly Blackburn and the KoDT gang are BACK to say
good-bye for now Jolly and the folks at Kenzer amp Company are just too busy to keep supplying us with this great comic strip Well miss it as much as you but we understand and wish Jolly and the Kenzerites our best wishes
You can continue to get your dose of KoDT on a monthly bashysis from the comic book available in hobby and comic book shops everywhere or directly from Kenzer amp Company 1935 S Plum Grove Rd Suite 194 Palatine IL 60067 Tell em Pallashydium sent ya
Page 16 - Palladium Megaversereg
Questions and Answers This issue Rodney Stott and Shawn Merrow address quesshy
tions concerningale luck curses and healing urn not to menshytion Horror Factor and drinking booze All really helpful material endorsed by Kevin Siembieda
Artwork is by Wayne Breaux Jr
Page 19 - Lucky Charms and Superstitions
Optional rules applicable to all Palladium games Joseph Larsen offers some optional rules thoughts and sugshy
gestions on luck and lucky charms (no not the cereal but obshyjects said to bring a character good luck)
Artwork is by Tyler Walpole the guy who will soon be doshying the DampD comic book published by Kenzer amp Company
January 2001 Page 22 - Nightbanereg
Pcc The Cursed This is a really cool character idea by Shawn Merrow Artshy
work by Wayne I see you Breaux Jr
Page 24 - Beyond the SupernaturaJTM
Optional OCcs amp ideas for BTS James Calder presents the Arcane Archaeologist the Occultshy
ist and Cryplozoologist as optional OCCs for BTS along with a few new lore skills Kevin Siembieda thought they really fit BTS and said I love em I might even include a more elaboshyrate version of them in BTS when I get around to doing the Secshyond Edition (hopefully the end of this year or early 2002)
Artwork by Wayne spooky Breaux Jr
Page 30 - Beyond the Supernaturaltrade
Living Numbers and Curses Russell Brin presents some more wild supernatural oplional
source-material for Beyond the Supernatural including the omishynous Thirteen Entity a new kind of magical being (a living manifestation) of numbers and some curse magic
Artwork by Wayne Im not a number Breaux Jr
Page 34 - Beyond the SupernaturaJTM
The Fayfield Inn Adventure wow more stuff for BTS Adaptable to Nightbanereg
HU2trade and Ninjas amp Superspiestrade Written by Russell Brin
Artwork by Wayne the insane Breaux Jr
Page 38 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
In the hands of Fate Crystal Frasier presents the Deck 0Fate a powerful and rare
magic item of incredible power GMs use it carefully if you include it in your game and have fun
Artwork by Tyler Walpole
Page 45 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
The Thirteenth Tribe Richard Thomassen presents adventure source material about
the legendary 13th tribe of Wolfen people thought to be extinct
Artwork by Tyler Walpole
Page 49 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
The Thirteen Deadly Magicks Thirteen new optional spells for Palladium Fantasy Nuff
said Written by James Calder
Artwork by Wayne Breaux Jr
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Page 54 - The PaUadium Fantasy everything sent in and enjoy getting reader comments suggesshytions and input (keep those writing submissions coming too)Role-Playing Gamereg Fan comments do help shape (to some small degree) the things
The Legend of the Thirteen Orcish Lords we do as The Rifter 13 illustrates Thanks for the idea Matt Jon Thompson presents adventure source material for Pallashy
dium Fantasy about legendary Orcish Lords Includes the opshytional High Orc OCc Orcish Knight RCC a new riding animal used by Orcs and other fun stuff
Art by Apollo Okamura
Page 71- Riftsreg
Dark Techno-Wizardry Bill Fellows offers some interesting optional Occs and
Techno-Wizard devices for use in Riftsreg Includes the Necro-Tech and Techno-Shifter as well as building Techno-Horrors and various Occ related powers and TW deshyvices and guns
Art by Kent Buries
Page 85 - Riftsreg
The Thirteenth Hour Rick Wulf presents a strange little tale about strange happenshy
ings the monstrous Rodian dimensional travel and Techno-Wizard magic for expanding into adventures
Art by David Black page 96 art by Apollo Okamura
Page 97 - Riftsreg Lone Star Comic Strip Ramon Perez gives us another pUlse-pounding chapter in the
adventures of Johnny Shakes Cueball and company as they find themselves at odds with the dreaded Doctor Bradford and the forces at the Lone Star Complex Ramon Perez Writer Artshyist and Letterer
Ramon promises the shocking conclusion WILL appear in The Rifter 14 Hes fmishing it right now to make sure We can hardly wait
Page 105 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg
Hammer of the Forge The 13th (of course) chapter in James M G Cannons Phase
WorlarM story Artwork by Apollo Okamura
Page 112 - Art A cool illustration by Apollo Okamura to round out this isshy
sue It just seemed to fit here instead of our usual page six art
The theme for lucky issue 13 This issues theme is luck charms superstitions and the
nwnber thirteen
Why Because Rifterreg reader and Palladium gamer Matshythew pickmybrain Enokson gave us the idea Way back in April or sometime Matt e-mailed us and asked will The Rifterreg 13 have any significance based on luck
We thought it was a great idea and solicited people to conshytribute articles based on luck and the number thirteen You hold the end result in your hands (And we think its pretty good too) Although its impossible to maintain lines of communication with everybody who writes e-mails or calls us we try to read
The Cover The cover to The Rifter 13 is a painting done by Kevin
Long for the interior of the Riftsreg RPG It depicts a swarm of Xiticix emerging from a dimensional Rift You cant get any unluckier than that
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 the reader can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders
wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium On-Line
Coming Next Issue bullbullbull
The Riftertrade 14 bull The conclusion of the Riftsreg Lone Star comic
strip (or so we are told)
bull Material for The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg
bull Material for Heroes UnlimitedfM bull
bull Material for Riftsreg
bull The next chapter of the Hammer ofthe Forgetrade
bull The latest news and developments at Palladium
bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg
bull New contributors and fun
Convention Breaking News
Maryarm amp Kevin Siembieda will be guests at Simcon March 222324 amp 25 in Rochester New York Come on down to chat get autographs hear panel discussions and game
5
Sam
ple
file
From the Desk of Kevin Siembieda
Im on a mission
I intend to get a large number of the role-playing books weve talked about or promised over the years done and in the hands of garners Not everything but a lot of them Ive made it my personal mission for the year That means Im shooting to get a lot of books out not just for Riftsreg but for all of Pallashydium Books major lines
I know youre thinking its a nice thought but Palladium never seems to hit its schedule Thats true and 1 may blow this one too However thats my goal To help keep things on track I already have several books done and awaiting fmal editshying and art assigrunents By the time you read this Coalition Warstrade 5 Shadows of EvjITM will already be at the printers The Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade will be fmished and awaiting artwork Coalition Warstrade 6 Final Siegetrade will be half written and Bill Coffin will be well on his way writing The Northern Hinterlandstrade
The following list shows our ambitious schedule Will I actushyally get all of this done I dont know but Im sure going to try Note The order of release may differ from these lists
For Riftsreg Coalition Warstrade Five Shadows ofEviltrade (January) Coalition Warstrade Six Final Siegetrade (March) Riftsreg Australia Two (Spring) Riftsreg Australia Three Riftsreg Dimension Book Anvil GalaxyTM Riftsreg Africatrade Two and The Rifterreg Sourcebook series (of course)
For The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg Eastern TerritoryTM (February) Northern Hinterlandstrade (March or April) Old Kingdom Lowlandstrade (Summer) Old Kingdom Mountainstrade (Summer) The Land of the Darnnedtrade (Summer)
For Heroes Unlimitedtrade 2nd Edition Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade (February or March) Hardware Unlimitedtrade (April or May) The Mutant Undergroundtrade (Sununer) The NurseryTM (Fall)
New Books We have a number of new books in development too Inshy
cluding the After the Bombreg Role-Playing Game several Palladium Fantasy RPGreg titles and a few surprises Id rather not reveal just yet (in case they get bumped into next year)
Licenses and Other Developments Take a look at the News section and youll see we are also
trying to establish several licensing deals to generate product sanctioned and approved by Palladium Books but actually manshyufactured and distributed by another company entirely The first of these licenses is with a Collectable Card Game company known as Precedence They are developing a Rifisreg CCG that should be out this Spring We are also looking into a possible toy deal to get Rifisreg actionjigures produced at least on a limshyited basis (dont know if that will be feasible yet) as well as exshyploring other avenues Right now the focus for these licenses is on Riftsreg Why Because Riftsreg is our most popular game but we anticipate potential licensing partners will start looking at Palladiums other product lines too
Thats what we are looking at and planning for the year Hope all of you will come along for the adventure
- Kevin Siembieda 2001
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Palladium Booksreg Presents
THE 13 Sourcebook and guide to the Palladium Megaverse reg
Coordinator amp Editor in Chief Wayne Smith
Supervising Coordinator amp Typesetting
Maryann Siembieda
Contributing Writers
Russell Brin
James Calder
James MG Cannon
Bill Fellows
Crystal Frasier
Joseph Larsen
Shawn Merrow
Kevin Siembieda
Rodney Stott
Richard Thomassen
Jon Thompson
Rich Wulf
Knights of the Dinner Table Jolly Blackburn
Proofreader Julius Rosenstein
Cover Illustration Kevin Long
Interior Artists
Apollo Okamura
David Black
Wayne Breaux Jr
Kent Buries
Matt Henegar
Tyler Walpole
Michael Wilson Based on the RPG rules characters
and other Palladium Madmen concepts and Megaversereg created by Kevin Siembieda Riftsreg Comic Strip Ramon Perez
Cover Logo Design Steve Edwards
Credits Page Logo Niklas Brandt
Keylining Kevin Siembieda
Special Tbanks to Matthew Enokson for his suggesting the theme of this issue and to the many conshytributors who helped to make The Rifler 13 one of the best ever Our apologies to anybody who got accishydentally left out or their name misspelled
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Contents - The Rifter 13 shy
Page 6 - From the Desk
of Kevin Siembieda Kevin is on a mission to get books out in 200 I Not just any
books but those weve talked about for years No kidding thats what he says Read it for yourself
Art by Mall Henegar
Page 7 - Palladium News A Riftsreg CCG coming this Spring and now (maybe) action
figures too Read all about it in this issues news
Page 8 - Rumor Killers Geepers Where do these rumors come from Well Kevin
does his best to squash them Plus a plug for Mike Dubischs Weirdling 2
Page 9 - Coming Attractions A few product updates hype and coming attractions for
Heroes UnlimitedTM Riftsreg and Palladium Fantasyreg The bossman plans on heavy support for each of these lines (see the tentative and incomplete schedule on page six) In fact he tells me hes shooting for a half dozen sourcebooks for each Yeah Ill believe it when I see it too but I can tell you hes been working himself and us like mules to make it happen
Read about the latest Palladium Fantasy RPGreg books comshying for the first part of 200 I on page 13 The accompanying artshywork are illustrations from The Eastern Territory sourcebook The artist is Kent Buries
Page 14 - Knights of the Dinner Tabletrade Jolly Blackburn and the KoDT gang are BACK to say
good-bye for now Jolly and the folks at Kenzer amp Company are just too busy to keep supplying us with this great comic strip Well miss it as much as you but we understand and wish Jolly and the Kenzerites our best wishes
You can continue to get your dose of KoDT on a monthly bashysis from the comic book available in hobby and comic book shops everywhere or directly from Kenzer amp Company 1935 S Plum Grove Rd Suite 194 Palatine IL 60067 Tell em Pallashydium sent ya
Page 16 - Palladium Megaversereg
Questions and Answers This issue Rodney Stott and Shawn Merrow address quesshy
tions concerningale luck curses and healing urn not to menshytion Horror Factor and drinking booze All really helpful material endorsed by Kevin Siembieda
Artwork is by Wayne Breaux Jr
Page 19 - Lucky Charms and Superstitions
Optional rules applicable to all Palladium games Joseph Larsen offers some optional rules thoughts and sugshy
gestions on luck and lucky charms (no not the cereal but obshyjects said to bring a character good luck)
Artwork is by Tyler Walpole the guy who will soon be doshying the DampD comic book published by Kenzer amp Company
January 2001 Page 22 - Nightbanereg
Pcc The Cursed This is a really cool character idea by Shawn Merrow Artshy
work by Wayne I see you Breaux Jr
Page 24 - Beyond the SupernaturaJTM
Optional OCcs amp ideas for BTS James Calder presents the Arcane Archaeologist the Occultshy
ist and Cryplozoologist as optional OCCs for BTS along with a few new lore skills Kevin Siembieda thought they really fit BTS and said I love em I might even include a more elaboshyrate version of them in BTS when I get around to doing the Secshyond Edition (hopefully the end of this year or early 2002)
Artwork by Wayne spooky Breaux Jr
Page 30 - Beyond the Supernaturaltrade
Living Numbers and Curses Russell Brin presents some more wild supernatural oplional
source-material for Beyond the Supernatural including the omishynous Thirteen Entity a new kind of magical being (a living manifestation) of numbers and some curse magic
Artwork by Wayne Im not a number Breaux Jr
Page 34 - Beyond the SupernaturaJTM
The Fayfield Inn Adventure wow more stuff for BTS Adaptable to Nightbanereg
HU2trade and Ninjas amp Superspiestrade Written by Russell Brin
Artwork by Wayne the insane Breaux Jr
Page 38 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
In the hands of Fate Crystal Frasier presents the Deck 0Fate a powerful and rare
magic item of incredible power GMs use it carefully if you include it in your game and have fun
Artwork by Tyler Walpole
Page 45 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
The Thirteenth Tribe Richard Thomassen presents adventure source material about
the legendary 13th tribe of Wolfen people thought to be extinct
Artwork by Tyler Walpole
Page 49 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
The Thirteen Deadly Magicks Thirteen new optional spells for Palladium Fantasy Nuff
said Written by James Calder
Artwork by Wayne Breaux Jr
4
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Page 54 - The PaUadium Fantasy everything sent in and enjoy getting reader comments suggesshytions and input (keep those writing submissions coming too)Role-Playing Gamereg Fan comments do help shape (to some small degree) the things
The Legend of the Thirteen Orcish Lords we do as The Rifter 13 illustrates Thanks for the idea Matt Jon Thompson presents adventure source material for Pallashy
dium Fantasy about legendary Orcish Lords Includes the opshytional High Orc OCc Orcish Knight RCC a new riding animal used by Orcs and other fun stuff
Art by Apollo Okamura
Page 71- Riftsreg
Dark Techno-Wizardry Bill Fellows offers some interesting optional Occs and
Techno-Wizard devices for use in Riftsreg Includes the Necro-Tech and Techno-Shifter as well as building Techno-Horrors and various Occ related powers and TW deshyvices and guns
Art by Kent Buries
Page 85 - Riftsreg
The Thirteenth Hour Rick Wulf presents a strange little tale about strange happenshy
ings the monstrous Rodian dimensional travel and Techno-Wizard magic for expanding into adventures
Art by David Black page 96 art by Apollo Okamura
Page 97 - Riftsreg Lone Star Comic Strip Ramon Perez gives us another pUlse-pounding chapter in the
adventures of Johnny Shakes Cueball and company as they find themselves at odds with the dreaded Doctor Bradford and the forces at the Lone Star Complex Ramon Perez Writer Artshyist and Letterer
Ramon promises the shocking conclusion WILL appear in The Rifter 14 Hes fmishing it right now to make sure We can hardly wait
Page 105 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg
Hammer of the Forge The 13th (of course) chapter in James M G Cannons Phase
WorlarM story Artwork by Apollo Okamura
Page 112 - Art A cool illustration by Apollo Okamura to round out this isshy
sue It just seemed to fit here instead of our usual page six art
The theme for lucky issue 13 This issues theme is luck charms superstitions and the
nwnber thirteen
Why Because Rifterreg reader and Palladium gamer Matshythew pickmybrain Enokson gave us the idea Way back in April or sometime Matt e-mailed us and asked will The Rifterreg 13 have any significance based on luck
We thought it was a great idea and solicited people to conshytribute articles based on luck and the number thirteen You hold the end result in your hands (And we think its pretty good too) Although its impossible to maintain lines of communication with everybody who writes e-mails or calls us we try to read
The Cover The cover to The Rifter 13 is a painting done by Kevin
Long for the interior of the Riftsreg RPG It depicts a swarm of Xiticix emerging from a dimensional Rift You cant get any unluckier than that
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 the reader can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders
wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium On-Line
Coming Next Issue bullbullbull
The Riftertrade 14 bull The conclusion of the Riftsreg Lone Star comic
strip (or so we are told)
bull Material for The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg
bull Material for Heroes UnlimitedfM bull
bull Material for Riftsreg
bull The next chapter of the Hammer ofthe Forgetrade
bull The latest news and developments at Palladium
bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg
bull New contributors and fun
Convention Breaking News
Maryarm amp Kevin Siembieda will be guests at Simcon March 222324 amp 25 in Rochester New York Come on down to chat get autographs hear panel discussions and game
5
Sam
ple
file
From the Desk of Kevin Siembieda
Im on a mission
I intend to get a large number of the role-playing books weve talked about or promised over the years done and in the hands of garners Not everything but a lot of them Ive made it my personal mission for the year That means Im shooting to get a lot of books out not just for Riftsreg but for all of Pallashydium Books major lines
I know youre thinking its a nice thought but Palladium never seems to hit its schedule Thats true and 1 may blow this one too However thats my goal To help keep things on track I already have several books done and awaiting fmal editshying and art assigrunents By the time you read this Coalition Warstrade 5 Shadows of EvjITM will already be at the printers The Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade will be fmished and awaiting artwork Coalition Warstrade 6 Final Siegetrade will be half written and Bill Coffin will be well on his way writing The Northern Hinterlandstrade
The following list shows our ambitious schedule Will I actushyally get all of this done I dont know but Im sure going to try Note The order of release may differ from these lists
For Riftsreg Coalition Warstrade Five Shadows ofEviltrade (January) Coalition Warstrade Six Final Siegetrade (March) Riftsreg Australia Two (Spring) Riftsreg Australia Three Riftsreg Dimension Book Anvil GalaxyTM Riftsreg Africatrade Two and The Rifterreg Sourcebook series (of course)
For The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg Eastern TerritoryTM (February) Northern Hinterlandstrade (March or April) Old Kingdom Lowlandstrade (Summer) Old Kingdom Mountainstrade (Summer) The Land of the Darnnedtrade (Summer)
For Heroes Unlimitedtrade 2nd Edition Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade (February or March) Hardware Unlimitedtrade (April or May) The Mutant Undergroundtrade (Sununer) The NurseryTM (Fall)
New Books We have a number of new books in development too Inshy
cluding the After the Bombreg Role-Playing Game several Palladium Fantasy RPGreg titles and a few surprises Id rather not reveal just yet (in case they get bumped into next year)
Licenses and Other Developments Take a look at the News section and youll see we are also
trying to establish several licensing deals to generate product sanctioned and approved by Palladium Books but actually manshyufactured and distributed by another company entirely The first of these licenses is with a Collectable Card Game company known as Precedence They are developing a Rifisreg CCG that should be out this Spring We are also looking into a possible toy deal to get Rifisreg actionjigures produced at least on a limshyited basis (dont know if that will be feasible yet) as well as exshyploring other avenues Right now the focus for these licenses is on Riftsreg Why Because Riftsreg is our most popular game but we anticipate potential licensing partners will start looking at Palladiums other product lines too
Thats what we are looking at and planning for the year Hope all of you will come along for the adventure
- Kevin Siembieda 2001
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Contents - The Rifter 13 shy
Page 6 - From the Desk
of Kevin Siembieda Kevin is on a mission to get books out in 200 I Not just any
books but those weve talked about for years No kidding thats what he says Read it for yourself
Art by Mall Henegar
Page 7 - Palladium News A Riftsreg CCG coming this Spring and now (maybe) action
figures too Read all about it in this issues news
Page 8 - Rumor Killers Geepers Where do these rumors come from Well Kevin
does his best to squash them Plus a plug for Mike Dubischs Weirdling 2
Page 9 - Coming Attractions A few product updates hype and coming attractions for
Heroes UnlimitedTM Riftsreg and Palladium Fantasyreg The bossman plans on heavy support for each of these lines (see the tentative and incomplete schedule on page six) In fact he tells me hes shooting for a half dozen sourcebooks for each Yeah Ill believe it when I see it too but I can tell you hes been working himself and us like mules to make it happen
Read about the latest Palladium Fantasy RPGreg books comshying for the first part of 200 I on page 13 The accompanying artshywork are illustrations from The Eastern Territory sourcebook The artist is Kent Buries
Page 14 - Knights of the Dinner Tabletrade Jolly Blackburn and the KoDT gang are BACK to say
good-bye for now Jolly and the folks at Kenzer amp Company are just too busy to keep supplying us with this great comic strip Well miss it as much as you but we understand and wish Jolly and the Kenzerites our best wishes
You can continue to get your dose of KoDT on a monthly bashysis from the comic book available in hobby and comic book shops everywhere or directly from Kenzer amp Company 1935 S Plum Grove Rd Suite 194 Palatine IL 60067 Tell em Pallashydium sent ya
Page 16 - Palladium Megaversereg
Questions and Answers This issue Rodney Stott and Shawn Merrow address quesshy
tions concerningale luck curses and healing urn not to menshytion Horror Factor and drinking booze All really helpful material endorsed by Kevin Siembieda
Artwork is by Wayne Breaux Jr
Page 19 - Lucky Charms and Superstitions
Optional rules applicable to all Palladium games Joseph Larsen offers some optional rules thoughts and sugshy
gestions on luck and lucky charms (no not the cereal but obshyjects said to bring a character good luck)
Artwork is by Tyler Walpole the guy who will soon be doshying the DampD comic book published by Kenzer amp Company
January 2001 Page 22 - Nightbanereg
Pcc The Cursed This is a really cool character idea by Shawn Merrow Artshy
work by Wayne I see you Breaux Jr
Page 24 - Beyond the SupernaturaJTM
Optional OCcs amp ideas for BTS James Calder presents the Arcane Archaeologist the Occultshy
ist and Cryplozoologist as optional OCCs for BTS along with a few new lore skills Kevin Siembieda thought they really fit BTS and said I love em I might even include a more elaboshyrate version of them in BTS when I get around to doing the Secshyond Edition (hopefully the end of this year or early 2002)
Artwork by Wayne spooky Breaux Jr
Page 30 - Beyond the Supernaturaltrade
Living Numbers and Curses Russell Brin presents some more wild supernatural oplional
source-material for Beyond the Supernatural including the omishynous Thirteen Entity a new kind of magical being (a living manifestation) of numbers and some curse magic
Artwork by Wayne Im not a number Breaux Jr
Page 34 - Beyond the SupernaturaJTM
The Fayfield Inn Adventure wow more stuff for BTS Adaptable to Nightbanereg
HU2trade and Ninjas amp Superspiestrade Written by Russell Brin
Artwork by Wayne the insane Breaux Jr
Page 38 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
In the hands of Fate Crystal Frasier presents the Deck 0Fate a powerful and rare
magic item of incredible power GMs use it carefully if you include it in your game and have fun
Artwork by Tyler Walpole
Page 45 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
The Thirteenth Tribe Richard Thomassen presents adventure source material about
the legendary 13th tribe of Wolfen people thought to be extinct
Artwork by Tyler Walpole
Page 49 - The Palladium Fantasy
Role-Playing Gamereg
The Thirteen Deadly Magicks Thirteen new optional spells for Palladium Fantasy Nuff
said Written by James Calder
Artwork by Wayne Breaux Jr
4
Sam
ple
file
Page 54 - The PaUadium Fantasy everything sent in and enjoy getting reader comments suggesshytions and input (keep those writing submissions coming too)Role-Playing Gamereg Fan comments do help shape (to some small degree) the things
The Legend of the Thirteen Orcish Lords we do as The Rifter 13 illustrates Thanks for the idea Matt Jon Thompson presents adventure source material for Pallashy
dium Fantasy about legendary Orcish Lords Includes the opshytional High Orc OCc Orcish Knight RCC a new riding animal used by Orcs and other fun stuff
Art by Apollo Okamura
Page 71- Riftsreg
Dark Techno-Wizardry Bill Fellows offers some interesting optional Occs and
Techno-Wizard devices for use in Riftsreg Includes the Necro-Tech and Techno-Shifter as well as building Techno-Horrors and various Occ related powers and TW deshyvices and guns
Art by Kent Buries
Page 85 - Riftsreg
The Thirteenth Hour Rick Wulf presents a strange little tale about strange happenshy
ings the monstrous Rodian dimensional travel and Techno-Wizard magic for expanding into adventures
Art by David Black page 96 art by Apollo Okamura
Page 97 - Riftsreg Lone Star Comic Strip Ramon Perez gives us another pUlse-pounding chapter in the
adventures of Johnny Shakes Cueball and company as they find themselves at odds with the dreaded Doctor Bradford and the forces at the Lone Star Complex Ramon Perez Writer Artshyist and Letterer
Ramon promises the shocking conclusion WILL appear in The Rifter 14 Hes fmishing it right now to make sure We can hardly wait
Page 105 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg
Hammer of the Forge The 13th (of course) chapter in James M G Cannons Phase
WorlarM story Artwork by Apollo Okamura
Page 112 - Art A cool illustration by Apollo Okamura to round out this isshy
sue It just seemed to fit here instead of our usual page six art
The theme for lucky issue 13 This issues theme is luck charms superstitions and the
nwnber thirteen
Why Because Rifterreg reader and Palladium gamer Matshythew pickmybrain Enokson gave us the idea Way back in April or sometime Matt e-mailed us and asked will The Rifterreg 13 have any significance based on luck
We thought it was a great idea and solicited people to conshytribute articles based on luck and the number thirteen You hold the end result in your hands (And we think its pretty good too) Although its impossible to maintain lines of communication with everybody who writes e-mails or calls us we try to read
The Cover The cover to The Rifter 13 is a painting done by Kevin
Long for the interior of the Riftsreg RPG It depicts a swarm of Xiticix emerging from a dimensional Rift You cant get any unluckier than that
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 the reader can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders
wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium On-Line
Coming Next Issue bullbullbull
The Riftertrade 14 bull The conclusion of the Riftsreg Lone Star comic
strip (or so we are told)
bull Material for The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg
bull Material for Heroes UnlimitedfM bull
bull Material for Riftsreg
bull The next chapter of the Hammer ofthe Forgetrade
bull The latest news and developments at Palladium
bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg
bull New contributors and fun
Convention Breaking News
Maryarm amp Kevin Siembieda will be guests at Simcon March 222324 amp 25 in Rochester New York Come on down to chat get autographs hear panel discussions and game
5
Sam
ple
file
From the Desk of Kevin Siembieda
Im on a mission
I intend to get a large number of the role-playing books weve talked about or promised over the years done and in the hands of garners Not everything but a lot of them Ive made it my personal mission for the year That means Im shooting to get a lot of books out not just for Riftsreg but for all of Pallashydium Books major lines
I know youre thinking its a nice thought but Palladium never seems to hit its schedule Thats true and 1 may blow this one too However thats my goal To help keep things on track I already have several books done and awaiting fmal editshying and art assigrunents By the time you read this Coalition Warstrade 5 Shadows of EvjITM will already be at the printers The Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade will be fmished and awaiting artwork Coalition Warstrade 6 Final Siegetrade will be half written and Bill Coffin will be well on his way writing The Northern Hinterlandstrade
The following list shows our ambitious schedule Will I actushyally get all of this done I dont know but Im sure going to try Note The order of release may differ from these lists
For Riftsreg Coalition Warstrade Five Shadows ofEviltrade (January) Coalition Warstrade Six Final Siegetrade (March) Riftsreg Australia Two (Spring) Riftsreg Australia Three Riftsreg Dimension Book Anvil GalaxyTM Riftsreg Africatrade Two and The Rifterreg Sourcebook series (of course)
For The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg Eastern TerritoryTM (February) Northern Hinterlandstrade (March or April) Old Kingdom Lowlandstrade (Summer) Old Kingdom Mountainstrade (Summer) The Land of the Darnnedtrade (Summer)
For Heroes Unlimitedtrade 2nd Edition Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade (February or March) Hardware Unlimitedtrade (April or May) The Mutant Undergroundtrade (Sununer) The NurseryTM (Fall)
New Books We have a number of new books in development too Inshy
cluding the After the Bombreg Role-Playing Game several Palladium Fantasy RPGreg titles and a few surprises Id rather not reveal just yet (in case they get bumped into next year)
Licenses and Other Developments Take a look at the News section and youll see we are also
trying to establish several licensing deals to generate product sanctioned and approved by Palladium Books but actually manshyufactured and distributed by another company entirely The first of these licenses is with a Collectable Card Game company known as Precedence They are developing a Rifisreg CCG that should be out this Spring We are also looking into a possible toy deal to get Rifisreg actionjigures produced at least on a limshyited basis (dont know if that will be feasible yet) as well as exshyploring other avenues Right now the focus for these licenses is on Riftsreg Why Because Riftsreg is our most popular game but we anticipate potential licensing partners will start looking at Palladiums other product lines too
Thats what we are looking at and planning for the year Hope all of you will come along for the adventure
- Kevin Siembieda 2001
6
Sam
ple
file
- PAL-Rifter13pdf
-
Page 54 - The PaUadium Fantasy everything sent in and enjoy getting reader comments suggesshytions and input (keep those writing submissions coming too)Role-Playing Gamereg Fan comments do help shape (to some small degree) the things
The Legend of the Thirteen Orcish Lords we do as The Rifter 13 illustrates Thanks for the idea Matt Jon Thompson presents adventure source material for Pallashy
dium Fantasy about legendary Orcish Lords Includes the opshytional High Orc OCc Orcish Knight RCC a new riding animal used by Orcs and other fun stuff
Art by Apollo Okamura
Page 71- Riftsreg
Dark Techno-Wizardry Bill Fellows offers some interesting optional Occs and
Techno-Wizard devices for use in Riftsreg Includes the Necro-Tech and Techno-Shifter as well as building Techno-Horrors and various Occ related powers and TW deshyvices and guns
Art by Kent Buries
Page 85 - Riftsreg
The Thirteenth Hour Rick Wulf presents a strange little tale about strange happenshy
ings the monstrous Rodian dimensional travel and Techno-Wizard magic for expanding into adventures
Art by David Black page 96 art by Apollo Okamura
Page 97 - Riftsreg Lone Star Comic Strip Ramon Perez gives us another pUlse-pounding chapter in the
adventures of Johnny Shakes Cueball and company as they find themselves at odds with the dreaded Doctor Bradford and the forces at the Lone Star Complex Ramon Perez Writer Artshyist and Letterer
Ramon promises the shocking conclusion WILL appear in The Rifter 14 Hes fmishing it right now to make sure We can hardly wait
Page 105 - Riftsreg Phase Worldreg
Hammer of the Forge The 13th (of course) chapter in James M G Cannons Phase
WorlarM story Artwork by Apollo Okamura
Page 112 - Art A cool illustration by Apollo Okamura to round out this isshy
sue It just seemed to fit here instead of our usual page six art
The theme for lucky issue 13 This issues theme is luck charms superstitions and the
nwnber thirteen
Why Because Rifterreg reader and Palladium gamer Matshythew pickmybrain Enokson gave us the idea Way back in April or sometime Matt e-mailed us and asked will The Rifterreg 13 have any significance based on luck
We thought it was a great idea and solicited people to conshytribute articles based on luck and the number thirteen You hold the end result in your hands (And we think its pretty good too) Although its impossible to maintain lines of communication with everybody who writes e-mails or calls us we try to read
The Cover The cover to The Rifter 13 is a painting done by Kevin
Long for the interior of the Riftsreg RPG It depicts a swarm of Xiticix emerging from a dimensional Rift You cant get any unluckier than that
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 the reader can use (if you want to) or which might inspire you to create your own wonders
wwwpalladiumbookscom - Palladium On-Line
Coming Next Issue bullbullbull
The Riftertrade 14 bull The conclusion of the Riftsreg Lone Star comic
strip (or so we are told)
bull Material for The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg
bull Material for Heroes UnlimitedfM bull
bull Material for Riftsreg
bull The next chapter of the Hammer ofthe Forgetrade
bull The latest news and developments at Palladium
bull Source material for the entire Palladium Megaversereg
bull New contributors and fun
Convention Breaking News
Maryarm amp Kevin Siembieda will be guests at Simcon March 222324 amp 25 in Rochester New York Come on down to chat get autographs hear panel discussions and game
5
Sam
ple
file
From the Desk of Kevin Siembieda
Im on a mission
I intend to get a large number of the role-playing books weve talked about or promised over the years done and in the hands of garners Not everything but a lot of them Ive made it my personal mission for the year That means Im shooting to get a lot of books out not just for Riftsreg but for all of Pallashydium Books major lines
I know youre thinking its a nice thought but Palladium never seems to hit its schedule Thats true and 1 may blow this one too However thats my goal To help keep things on track I already have several books done and awaiting fmal editshying and art assigrunents By the time you read this Coalition Warstrade 5 Shadows of EvjITM will already be at the printers The Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade will be fmished and awaiting artwork Coalition Warstrade 6 Final Siegetrade will be half written and Bill Coffin will be well on his way writing The Northern Hinterlandstrade
The following list shows our ambitious schedule Will I actushyally get all of this done I dont know but Im sure going to try Note The order of release may differ from these lists
For Riftsreg Coalition Warstrade Five Shadows ofEviltrade (January) Coalition Warstrade Six Final Siegetrade (March) Riftsreg Australia Two (Spring) Riftsreg Australia Three Riftsreg Dimension Book Anvil GalaxyTM Riftsreg Africatrade Two and The Rifterreg Sourcebook series (of course)
For The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg Eastern TerritoryTM (February) Northern Hinterlandstrade (March or April) Old Kingdom Lowlandstrade (Summer) Old Kingdom Mountainstrade (Summer) The Land of the Darnnedtrade (Summer)
For Heroes Unlimitedtrade 2nd Edition Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade (February or March) Hardware Unlimitedtrade (April or May) The Mutant Undergroundtrade (Sununer) The NurseryTM (Fall)
New Books We have a number of new books in development too Inshy
cluding the After the Bombreg Role-Playing Game several Palladium Fantasy RPGreg titles and a few surprises Id rather not reveal just yet (in case they get bumped into next year)
Licenses and Other Developments Take a look at the News section and youll see we are also
trying to establish several licensing deals to generate product sanctioned and approved by Palladium Books but actually manshyufactured and distributed by another company entirely The first of these licenses is with a Collectable Card Game company known as Precedence They are developing a Rifisreg CCG that should be out this Spring We are also looking into a possible toy deal to get Rifisreg actionjigures produced at least on a limshyited basis (dont know if that will be feasible yet) as well as exshyploring other avenues Right now the focus for these licenses is on Riftsreg Why Because Riftsreg is our most popular game but we anticipate potential licensing partners will start looking at Palladiums other product lines too
Thats what we are looking at and planning for the year Hope all of you will come along for the adventure
- Kevin Siembieda 2001
6
Sam
ple
file
- PAL-Rifter13pdf
-
From the Desk of Kevin Siembieda
Im on a mission
I intend to get a large number of the role-playing books weve talked about or promised over the years done and in the hands of garners Not everything but a lot of them Ive made it my personal mission for the year That means Im shooting to get a lot of books out not just for Riftsreg but for all of Pallashydium Books major lines
I know youre thinking its a nice thought but Palladium never seems to hit its schedule Thats true and 1 may blow this one too However thats my goal To help keep things on track I already have several books done and awaiting fmal editshying and art assigrunents By the time you read this Coalition Warstrade 5 Shadows of EvjITM will already be at the printers The Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade will be fmished and awaiting artwork Coalition Warstrade 6 Final Siegetrade will be half written and Bill Coffin will be well on his way writing The Northern Hinterlandstrade
The following list shows our ambitious schedule Will I actushyally get all of this done I dont know but Im sure going to try Note The order of release may differ from these lists
For Riftsreg Coalition Warstrade Five Shadows ofEviltrade (January) Coalition Warstrade Six Final Siegetrade (March) Riftsreg Australia Two (Spring) Riftsreg Australia Three Riftsreg Dimension Book Anvil GalaxyTM Riftsreg Africatrade Two and The Rifterreg Sourcebook series (of course)
For The Palladium Fantasy RPGreg Eastern TerritoryTM (February) Northern Hinterlandstrade (March or April) Old Kingdom Lowlandstrade (Summer) Old Kingdom Mountainstrade (Summer) The Land of the Darnnedtrade (Summer)
For Heroes Unlimitedtrade 2nd Edition Aliens Unlimited Galaxy Guidetrade (February or March) Hardware Unlimitedtrade (April or May) The Mutant Undergroundtrade (Sununer) The NurseryTM (Fall)
New Books We have a number of new books in development too Inshy
cluding the After the Bombreg Role-Playing Game several Palladium Fantasy RPGreg titles and a few surprises Id rather not reveal just yet (in case they get bumped into next year)
Licenses and Other Developments Take a look at the News section and youll see we are also
trying to establish several licensing deals to generate product sanctioned and approved by Palladium Books but actually manshyufactured and distributed by another company entirely The first of these licenses is with a Collectable Card Game company known as Precedence They are developing a Rifisreg CCG that should be out this Spring We are also looking into a possible toy deal to get Rifisreg actionjigures produced at least on a limshyited basis (dont know if that will be feasible yet) as well as exshyploring other avenues Right now the focus for these licenses is on Riftsreg Why Because Riftsreg is our most popular game but we anticipate potential licensing partners will start looking at Palladiums other product lines too
Thats what we are looking at and planning for the year Hope all of you will come along for the adventure
- Kevin Siembieda 2001
6
Sam
ple
file
- PAL-Rifter13pdf
-