Francois DesRochers
GM Field Guide #5: GM Sessions (Players' Psychology)
GENERAL This is very much a more “high-brow” aspect to the GM Sessions posts, in that it isn’t directly attributable to the crafting,...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 20, 20226 min read
The Bazaar #29: OCC Overview – Operator
INTRODUCTION General. In the far future, where technology is seen by many as the saving grace against the inhuman and monstrous, and...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 12, 20226 min read
The Bazaar #28: OCC Overview – Coalition Grunt
INTRODUCTION General. So if you were to look at this OCC, one could be excused for wondering what the draw would be. Your baseline...
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Francois DesRochers
Mar 1, 202210 min read
The Bazaar #27: OCC Rationalization (Men-at-Arms) - A Follow-up
INTRODUCTION General. In a follow-up to last week’s post (The Bazaar 26: OCC Rationalization (Men-at-Arms)), I thought I’d take a look at...
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Francois DesRochers
Feb 22, 20229 min read
The Bazaar #26: OCC Rationalization (Men-At-Arms)
INTRODUCTION One of the things Palladium Books has tried in earnest to do in their World Books, and in some cases Sourcebooks, is provide...
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Francois DesRochers
Feb 15, 20226 min read
The Bazaar #25: The Palladium Books Online Fandom
GENERAL Third party content producers and the fandom's support of whatever your slice of geek culture happens to be is one of the key...
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Francois DesRochers
Feb 1, 20223 min read
The Bazaar #24: Artist Review (Larry MacDougall)
INTRODUCTION When the Rifts RPG first came out, it was a wild, post-Apocalyptic mash-up of technology, magic, psionics, demons and...
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Francois DesRochers
Jan 18, 20226 min read
The Bazaar #23: OCC Overview – The Mind Melter
INTRODUCTION General. As far as Psychic classes and access to the varied powers they deliver, there isn’t one that delivers quite the...
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Francois DesRochers
Nov 2, 20219 min read
The Bazaar #18: Player Character Attributes
INTRODUCTION General. In a sort of follow-up to my post where I posit what I would look like as a Rifted character (hint, no great hero),...
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Francois DesRochers
Sep 28, 20216 min read
The Bazaar #16: OCC Overview – The Crazy
INTRODUCTION General. Raving lunatics, covert ninjas with mommy issues (pun intended), whatever you want to call them, they certainly are...
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Francois DesRochers
Aug 24, 20215 min read
The Bazaar #14: OCC Overview – Wilderness Scout
INTRODUCTION General. You could probably be excused for comparing this to the AD&D Ranger Class, because they do indeed line up fairly...
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Francois DesRochers
Aug 4, 20215 min read
The Bazaar #13: OCC Overview – Glitter Boy
INTRODUCTION General. One of the iconic classes of the Rifts RPG, this was one of the more popular ones from the get-go. Sporting a...
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Francois DesRochers
Jun 22, 20216 min read
The Bazaar #12: OCC Overview – Ley Line Walker
INTRODUCTION General. One of the iconic classes from the Rifts RPG, and one of the most popularized images based on Kevin Long’s line art...
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Francois DesRochers
Jun 1, 20214 min read
The Bazaar #11: OCC Overview – Juicer
INTRODUCTION General. One of the iconic classes of the Rifts RPG, this was one of the more popular ones from the get-go, with a massive...
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Francois DesRochers
May 4, 202110 min read
GM Field Guide #3: Playing Coalition States As Antagonists
General. Short of playing characters from the Coalition States, the CS is pretty much the quintessential antagonist for most Rifts...
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Francois DesRochers
Jun 23, 20203 min read
GM Field Guide #2: Perspectives - Playing the Coalition States (Part 2)
GENERAL In the previous post, I discussed some of the issues facing easily the most polarizing issue about the Coalition States (how they...
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Francois DesRochers
Jun 11, 20206 min read
GM Field Guide #1: Perspectives - Playing the Coalition States (Part 1)
GENERAL To assume that a population is defined by one individual, or the loudest sub-set, fails to take into account the totality of the...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 16, 20203 min read
The Bazaar #4 - Astartes Youtube Series
General. I’m not necessarily promoting another gaming platform on this site, particularly one that makes the leap from paper-and-pen RPG...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 11, 20208 min read
The Bazaar #3 - Campaign Levels and Managing Power Levels
GENERAL Rifts is often regarded as a power player or god-player dream system. The setting, to some extent, certainly can lead players...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 7, 20205 min read
The Bazaar #2 - What This Blog Will / Won't Address
I WILL NOT ADDRESS RIFTS Game Mechanics. One of the constant issues the Palladium Books system faces is criticism of various parts of the...
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