Scholarly Adventures

A review of this noble martial class for the Rifts RPG, and how to best leverage the class among others.

A bit of an introspective of what 2025 will look like for the blog.

INTRODUCTION The Headhunter is perhaps one of the overlooked jewels of the Rifts RPG. I’m partial to this class as a gritty expression of...

INTRODUCTION   Originally portrayed as the ‘everyday ordinary person’ thrust into the middle of life and death conflict and adventuring,...

INTRODUCTION I was pleasantly surprised to see the Palladium Books Christmas Grab Bag once again advertised and up on the Palladium Books...

A book review of some masters in genre art, and how they can be used to influence/inspire your adventures.

GENERAL Someone posed the following question to me on Facebook a short while ago: “Why don’t you like min-maxxers?” I thought about it...

Rifts RPG resin models and an ongoing project to paint and show off these miniatures.

GENERAL I’ve made my position on YouTube videos for some time now. It’s not that I’m uninterested in the production of quality videos for...

INTRODUCTION The idea of playing a Solo RPG is not something new. There is an increasingly compelling set of resources being developed...

GENERAL As odd as it may sound, crafting an adventure is much like crafting effective PPT slide decks. We’ve likely all suffered through...

GENERAL Everyone’s favorite dog to kick, CS soldiers are the stereotypical “red shirts” for most Rifts games. I’ll be the first to admit...

GENERAL The Bundles of Holding are back for the Rifts RPG! For those that aren’t aware, these are a series of discounted offerings from...

INTRODUCTION Cybernetic and bionic modification is a major theme for Rifts. It should be no surprise then that a character class that...

GENERAL The primary mission of this blog has always been the promotion of resources and guidance for Rifts Game Masters and Players,...

INTRODUCTION One of the more popular Classes from the release of Rifts was the Burster. Not quite as iconic as the Juicer or the Glitter...

INTRODUCTION When the Rifts RPG first came out, it was a wild, post-Apocalyptic mash-up of technology, magic, psionics, demons and...

INTRODUCTION General. The Rifts RPG is a game that brings a lot of different play styles and classes to the table with varying levels of...

(An Unsolicited Submission to Palladium Books) GENERAL For any long-time Player of the Palladium Books games, you quickly realize the...

INTRODUCTION General. One of the running themes for Rifts has always been about the bionic and cybernetic augmentation. From the very...