Savage Rifts
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I am incredibly impressed with Savage Rifts, the adaptation of Rifts (a great setting with a terrible system) to Savage Worlds (a great system). In particular, it's amazing how well it maintains balance between the iconic frameworks; you can have a glitter boy and a scholar in the same party and actually come up with situations that threaten the former without slaughtering the latter. Somehow, it manages to be thoroughly over-the-top without being broken. These resources help expand the game.
(This is for the SWADE version; click here for an archive of old-edition info.)
Setting Information and Summaries
A condensed summary of the setting (for new players) plus expanded info on a few key things.
• An Introduction To Rifts Earth
• Important Recent Events in Rifts
• Religions in Rifts
Savage Rifts: House Rules (plus Errata)
Specific game tweaks, in addition to the SWADE General Rules used in all games, with a few frameworks getting more detailed notes below.
• Savage Rifts: Elemental Fusionists
• Savage Rifts: Glitter Boys
• Savage Rifts: New Character Options
Savage Rifts: Framework and Race List
A useful resource for new players trying to decide who and what to be. Alternatively, try the flowchart approach below.
• Savage Rifts: What Should I Play?
Savage Rifts: New D-Bees
Most converted from classic Rifts books, plus some originals and new mutants. In addition, the S.A.T.U.R.N. option below covers high-powered races, such as Titans and the Project Achilles mutants.
• Savage Rifts: S.A.T.U.R.N. Option
Savage Rifts: Vehicles and More List
A list of every vehicle, robot vehicle, and power armor.
Other Resources
- Savage Rifts Grimoire — A Word document, easily edited into a custom grimoire.
- Savage Rifts Techno-Wizard List — The TW powers sorted by Rank.
- Savage Rifts Vampire Defenses — A list of attack types and how they affect vampires (Heroic or otherwise).
- Savage Rifts Pace and MPH — Some unofficial observations and a conversion.
- Savage Rifts Pregens — A fun mix of six ready-to-use starting characters.
- Savage Rifts Randomizer — Randomly suggests a race and framework to play.
- Manufacturer-Specific Modifiers — Very useful notes on specific brands of gear; see EOH p. 38.
- Other Grenades — Tear gas is found in Jape Defender description (TLFM, p. 16), assume 200cr. Smoke and stun grenades are in Savage Worlds, p. 78 (50cr each).
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