Look, a decent Rifts map!

Look, a decent Rifts map!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/rifts-for-savage-worlds/posts/1571099

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  1. Paul VermerenMay 10, 2016 at 8:36 AM

    Are you suggesting that the succession of hand-drawn maps that have appeared in the past 80+ Rifts books, with little consistency between them, wasn't "decent"?

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  2. Casey G.May 10, 2016 at 8:41 AM

    I know it's very D&D, but a hexcrawl version of this would be great. Rifts is perfect for a sandbox. I wonder if the monster book will have encounter tables?

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  3. Paul VermerenMay 10, 2016 at 8:42 AM

    Now I see that the "highway sign" picture I bitched about earlier is supposed to be Chi-Town. Why would there be highway signs written in English, in a country where practically everyone is illiterate? THIS IS BULLSHIT

    ;)

    I thought of writing up my Pacific Northwest-based Rifts stuff as a hexcrawl at one point, but never got around to it. I wouldn't hold my breath for a random encounter table.

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  4. Casey G.May 10, 2016 at 8:43 AM

    I'm trying to remember if my Deadlands book has one...

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  5. Paul VermerenMay 10, 2016 at 8:46 AM

    Palladium certainly doesn't have many. A few of the Palladium Fantasy, 1st ed books had them. Honestly, they seem like a very D&D thing.

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  6. Andrew ShieldsMay 10, 2016 at 9:18 AM

    Robotech had some random encounters, but it was a more finite enemy force in a situation where the PCs were generally patrolling.

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  7. Casey G.May 10, 2016 at 9:20 AM

    After the Bomb had some as well. The Road Hogs table was good. That game was about travel after all.

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  8. Paul VermerenMay 10, 2016 at 9:21 AM

    Right. There might be some random encounter tables in Rifts adventures, come to think of it. Palladium's encounter tables are adventure-specific rather than generic like D&D's.

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  9. Casey G.May 10, 2016 at 12:44 PM

    Hey, Paul V., just went over $300K, so big books it is.

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  10. Paul VermerenMay 10, 2016 at 12:44 PM

    Casey G. Nice. I wonder if they'll add more stretch goals. (I wouldn't be upset if they didn't.)

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  11. Casey G.May 11, 2016 at 2:06 PM

    Just checked, every $10,000 is a one-sheet adventure.

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