Favorite Rifter Article, and why.

[Shawn Merrow]

After last night will have to go with the Dead Reign article.

[Dustin Fireblade]

Rifter 23, CS Target Acquisition Group's.

A short, simple and too the point article that isn't overpowered or silly. It adds another aspect to playing the CS military above and beyond what is presented in the books as well.

Plus, the author asked me to play in his PBEM that he was starting, based on the article. That game lasted a few years, and was one of the best Rifts campaigns I've played in.

[Library Ogre]

The Secret Life of Troglodytes.

Yes, it's my article. However, it's the one I'm most proud of.

[Entiago]

I have alot of favorite articles in the RiFTERS....and i dont think i can pick one as the most favorite, because there is alot of good work in there from people on the boards.

[drewkitty ~..~]

The original version of Chaos Earth.

I liked the idea that some of the governments had managed to survive and resist. Maybe I'm just a patriot at heart.

*nods* I liked that version better
but


The one I liked the best occ is the Card Magic (not gambler magic in R9.5). It showed good creativeness.

Though the going mental article is one I use most.

[rat_bastard]

A cut above (rifter 30), a great solid article about doing more with skills and weapon proficiencies.

[Reagren Wright]

Mmm, tough choice. I'll have to say Rifter #25. Guns for Hire. Someone from the military
gives a excellent intrepration of how real life skills can be applied in a rpg setting. Great
stuff John.

[Danger]

The alternate versions of Operators, issue #5.

[Damian Magecraft]

A cut above (rifter 30), a great solid article about doing more with skills and weapon proficiencies.

I have to agree this article was well thought out.

[Balabanto]

A Cut Above was very good, but my favorite article is actually "Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting' from Rifter #3.

You may ask why.

I believe that the combat system of Rifts is too Shaw Brothers for it's own good. That article brings us up to the more modern age of how we see martial arts on film. Does it make characters slightly more powerful? Sure.

But considering that when Rifts was envisioned, no one envisioned a shaolin or kung fu or Jiu-jitsu dojo/kwoon/school in every couple towns, the way we live now, I think it's a much better approximation. Plus, it eats a lot of skills.

And, HTH Commando is still better.

[Carl Gleba]

Galactic Tracer Starship Creation rules Rifter 34

Why? Cause I like spaceships and rules to make them

Plus I've used them in a couple games and they work great. Rifter 34 was probably the only Rifter I ever carried consistently to my games.

Carl

[The Galactus Kid]

And, HTH Commando is still better.

Depends on which martial art you take. There are more in Rifter #7 which are also awesome. Krav Magha? awesome. I'll take a critical strike on 15-20 please.

[Slag]

Geez, guys...ya' make a man blush.

Thanks, all,

J. Philpott...


PS: off the top of my head, ones I really liked not yet mentioned: Enthralled (#25), Systems Failure air articles (the Pilot OCC one in #7 or 8 IIRC and Phallanx's recent Warbirds arty), & the original Techno-Wizard article from #5 or so that made it into Ultimate Rifts.

[BillionSix]

I like the ones with Nightbane Morphus tables. Because I like Nightbane, and they are good and practical.

But I also like the article on expanded Mega-Heroes. They are well done.

Brian

[Lord Z]

First Place: Cyberjacking Across the Megaverse by Wayne Breaux, Issue #2. Many of the Palladium settings are mostly cyber-punk but lack many tropes of that sub-genre. This article fills a lot of those gaps, and it does so by relying upon the Palladium rules rather than supplementing them.

Second Place: Primorder by Robyn Stott, same issue. Primorder is still the most original world setting in the Megaverse even all these years later. It's different and different is good. This article is darn short for a dimension book, but it uses that space effectively. Several sourcebooks for the Three Galaxies haven't made me like that setting anymore than Primorder which does the same job in a few pages.

Third Place: Soul Tree by J. Larsen, Issue #28. It's the best monster yet. I hope this plant ends up in monster book for BtS-2.

Honorable Mentions: Dreams of Glory: A Last Street Adventure by Todd Yoho, Issue #20.
and Giga-Damage: the next BIG thing in gaming by Bill Coffin, Issue #9 1/2.

[Seneca]

Back in Rifter #1 The Wolfen New Roman Empire. I enjoy using them in my Europe game as another regional power.

That and the Rahuman article in Rifter #5 I beleive. A well thought out article that expanded that D-bee's race in Rifts and other games. I would enjoy a series of articles based on different D-bees from the conversion book and how they have adapted in Rifts.

[Lord Z]

Robyn, I'm sorry that I got your name wrong.

[Lord Z]

Oops, I forgot Dark Technowizardry in Issue #13. We'll call that my #3 pick. I use necro-shifter tech all the time.

[Marrowlight]

Into the Deep, or w/e the Underground races of Palladium Fantasy article was called -- one of the few Palladium based Rifter articles that I wish was official.

[Jason Richards]

CS Target Acquisition Group.

Epic.

[bradshaw]

Galactic Tracer Starship Creation rules Rifter 34

Why? Cause I like spaceships and rules to make them

Plus I've used them in a couple games and they work great. Rifter 34 was probably the only Rifter I ever carried consistently to my games.

Carl

Carl baby you just got seconded!

[The Galactus Kid]

Rifter 4 Archie 3 vs the world

Ditto