Stirk, what is Savage Rifts? It is Rifts using the Savage World's system. There is a whole book on it.
What is Rifts?It is concentrated 90s. The books have lasted for decades and they just kinda through every idea they had at it. The main idea is that you're in a world connected to a "Multiverse" with portals. This means you have giant sci-fi robots fighting against gargoyles, space wizards fighting Cobra/Nazi hybrids, drugged up super soldiers fighting giant tentacle monster vampires, and more! And most of those things are playable. It can get silly. Some of it is silly in the base game.
A lot of it is silly in the base game.
The main setting is a post-apocalyptic Earth with random magic and sci-fi elements literally everywhere. You'll be playing here, and in America. Everything is covered in guns (just in general).
Why Savage Rifts?Conventional weapons are nonviable in most Rifts games and that is sad
Really?Well it is also easier to run than the Palladium system. Theoretically.
The power scaling seems all over for the base classes. It is! There's the downside of letting you play basically anything. Some things just arn't going to be as powerful as other things. I'll try to keep the game fun for all players, you don't have to play an OP character if you don't want to. If you do want to it is pretty clear what the more powerful options are and you can just kinda pick them.
Can I change my starting equipment? Sure.
Can I play something in Rifts that isn't in the SW book?Sure. We'll work it out if you're interested.
Can I play something that isn't in Rifts and also not in the SW book?Rifts was kinda a crossover setting where you could explicitly use any of Palladium's books and have it work with the setting. So go for it.
Aren't you like super busy?Yeah you're getting an update once a weekend. Maybe during the week if we're doing something fast like combat.
So are we going to use the Tomorrow Legion thing?Probably not. You're free to have your own loyalties but the party isn't going to be under anyone by default, though the PCs might be in charge of their own faction.
So what is the plot then?Current plot outline is fighting the Coalition. You will either discover a potential Macguffin that would allow your victory or have to gather allies to take them on depending on the flavor of the party. Or some combination of both. Said macguffin would also depend on the party's flavor. Either way will end up with a couple of sidequests fighting non-Coalition things to get to the end goal.
What is the Coalition?A group of skull fetishists who are just kinda blatantly Nazi ripoffs. Hate everyone who isn't human and most people who are. Dress in all black covered in skulls. Ride in cars shaped like skulls. Have robots shaped like skulls. Look like stormtroopers, but covered in skulls. Cover everything that isn't already covered in skulls in spikes. Black spikes.
They arn't subtle villains. Presumably so you can just come out of a rift and go "yeah those guys are bad news".
Do I need books for this? You can head over to the
Discord and I can talk you through character creation.
Anything else I should know?If you're familiar with Rifts, Megadamage is a lot more rare in the SW version. It is basically for heavy weapons and heavy armor here, but also doesn't splat non-mega things instantly. Just something to keep in mind.
Can I have gear from other Save World Games?Sure. Like characters where meant to be transferable gear was too. This includes core if you particularly like anything in the core book.
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