Megaverse in Flames by Carl Gleba (2014-05-04)

194 Pages·11.453 MB·English

Palladium Books® Presents:
Rifts® World Book 35:
Megaverse
®
in Flam es
TM
By Carl Gleba
A Rifts® Minion War™ Crossover Book
(order #8152070)
Warning!
Violence, War, Magic & the Supernatural
The fictional worlds of Rifts® are violent, deadly and filled with aliens, war and supernatural mon-
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life forms, monsters, vampires, ghosts, ancient gods and demigods, as well as magic, insanity, psychic
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Megaverse® in Flames™
A Minion War™ Crossover book for Rifts®, Phase World®,
Heroes Unlimited™, the Palladium Fantasy RPG®
and the entire Palladium Megaverse®.
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Dedication
Megaverse® in Flames marks the completion of the Minion War series for me. I have worked on it long and hard, but this accom-
plishment would not have been possible if it weren’t for someone who has been a role model in my life. Without a doubt it is our parents
who create the foundation of the person that we are, but I think there are certain role models in our lives who come along and help smooth
out some of the rough spots and help mold and shape us into the person that we become. My Uncle Timothy Brown, Senior has been
someone I’ve looked up to for a long time. He provided several opportunities for me as a young man by giving me my first real job. He
taught me the values of hard work and integrity. I knew working for my uncle that I couldn’t be a screw-up and that I had to prove to
my co-workers, and my uncle, that I wasn’t just “Tim’s nephew.” The values my Uncle Tim helped to instill in me have brought me
nothing but success in my life. I have done very well in my day job and as a writer for Palladium, and I owe it to my uncle. So thank
you, Uncle Tim, for helping to mold me into the man that I am today. I dedicate the completion of this series to you, my uncle, Timothy
Brown, Senior.
Love, Carl J. Gleba ~ 2013
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Palladium Books® Presents:
Rifts® World Book 35:
Megaverse® in Flames™
Written by: Carl Gleba
Additional Writing & Ideas: Kevin Siembieda
Editors: Matthew Clements
Alex Marciniszyn
Kevin Siembieda
Wayne Smith
Proofreader: Julius Rosenstein
Cover Illustration: R.C. Aradio
Interior Artists:
Amy L. Ashbaugh
Nick Bradshaw
Allen Manning
Brian Manning
Michael Mumah
Tanya J. Ramsey
Benjamin Rodriguez
Jared Trulock
Charles “Chuck” Walton II
Maps: Leslie Furness
Art Direction: Kevin Siembieda
Typography and Layout: Wayne Smith
Based on the RPG rules, writings, characters, settings,
concepts and Megaverse® created by Kevin Siembieda.
Special Thanks to Carl Gleba for writing another book that is a dream for players and Game Masters alike; to
Matthew Clements for pitching in when needed, to R.C. Aradio for a powerful cover; to all of Palladium’s incred-
ible artists, Amy, Nick, Allen, Brian, Mike, Tanya, Ben and Chuck. And to the Palladium Books crew fighting back
the forces of Hades, Alex, Wayne, Kathy, Julius and Jeff, all of whom work tirelessly to bring you new realms of
adventure.
– Kevin Siembieda, August, 2014
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Contents The Teag Monster Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Random Encounters Around Calgary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Military Report to CS Joint Chiefs of Staff . . . . . . . . .8
The Monster’s Attitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Classified Audio Reports from Tolkeen . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Composition of Monsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Minion War in Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Random Loot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
The Demons of Hades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Calgary Kingdom of Monsters Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rifts Earth, a Megaversal Crossroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hell Lord Doom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rifts Earth the key to victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hell’s Wrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Coalition States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Dinosaur Swamp Hell Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cyber-Knights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hell Lord Pain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Free State of Lazlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Eylor Slave Barge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Archie Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hell’s Pain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Vampires of Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
France, Hell Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lemurians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hell Lord Heart Ripper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
New German Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Beast Crushers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The beginning of the end? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Magic Zone Hell Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The First Wave Arrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hell Lord Rune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Hell Lords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Soul Steel, Rune Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Demon Plagues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The Iron Guardsmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Demon Plague Random Generation Tables . . . . . . . . . . 18
New Mexico Hell Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Step One: Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hell Lord Zugard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Step Two: Number and Type of Minions . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The real danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dyvalian Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Death’s Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Unaligned Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Canadian Tundra Hell Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
The End Game and the Lords of Hades . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hell Lord Fury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Hell Pits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Bio-Mechanical Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
The Key to Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
The Terror Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Creation of a Hell Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Hades Demons in Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Timing is Everything . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Hell Lord Siren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Dangerous Effects of a Hell Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
The Siren’s Call Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Dimensional Anomalies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
The Art of Soulmancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Hell Pit Plagues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Anatomy of Soulmancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Destroying a Hell Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Rules for Learning Soulmancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Each of the Blood Pillars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Soulmancer O.C.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Certain Locations Cannot Become Hell Pits . . . . . . . . . 29
Blood Warrior O.C.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Hell Plagues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Soulmancy Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
The Ultimate Cure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Soulmancy Spell List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Mystic Blight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Level One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Mind Scream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Blood Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Achilles’ Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Death Trance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
MDS, Metabolic Degeneration Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . 35
Peer into Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Mystic Burnout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Level Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Blood Boils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Acid Blood Spit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Bone Rot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Blood Bath (Super-Healing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
The Seventh Demon as it was foretold . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Blood Splatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Calgary, Kingdom of Monsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Blood Spray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
A bit of history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Level Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
When monsters unite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Blood Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Calgary City Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Blood Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Hell Lord Doom’s Fortress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Blood Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Calgary Hell Pits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Young Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Ruins of the past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Level Four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Slaves in Calgary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Blood Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Slave Auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Blood Thirsty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Calgary City Proper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Boil & Brew Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
The Bone Pit Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Level Five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
The Lotus Petal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Blood Mist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Secret Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Blood Secret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Flying Bones Betting Parlor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Pseudo Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
The Better Beast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reveal Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
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Level Six . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 BEW Meat Grinder Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Blood Bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Lightning Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Read Soul in Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 BEW Carnage Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Toxic Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Soul Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Level Seven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Maw Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Blood Oath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 BEW Walking Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Bloody Boils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Minion War Arms Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Create Soulmancy Soul Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Demon Melee Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Inflict Internal Trauma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Demon Bows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Life Drain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Demon Arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Level Eight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Magic Bone Arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Blood Rain (Panic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Demon Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Consume Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 TW Iron Bolt Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Demon Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Iron Eye Deevil Slayer Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Restore Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Iron Bolt Deevil Slayer Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Level Nine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Bone Shard Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Blood Lust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Bone Gutter Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
River of Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Bone Crusher Shard Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Level Ten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Bone Grinder Shard Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Deadly Clots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Demon Magic Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Soul Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Beast Charm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Demon Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Devilkin Amulet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Level Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Gorgon Monocle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Heart Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Gorgon Poison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rip Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Omni Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Suspend Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Dyval Weapons & Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Level Twelve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Hell Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Soul Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Hell Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Soul Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Hell Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Soultwist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Hell Galleon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Supernatural Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Hell Schooner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Level Thirteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Hell Battle Barge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Blood Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Deevil Magic Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Blood Rift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Demon Fly Potion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Flesh Golem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Fire Rage Potion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Level Fourteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Gargoyle Heart Amulet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Death by 1,000 Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Magot Eye Amulet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Soul Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Mare Staves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Level Fifteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Soul Stones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Create Blood Pillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Succubus Scent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Curse: Eternal Torment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Rifts Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Permanency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Deadly Reefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Transfer Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Reef Contact Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Soul Weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 The Islands of Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Spells of Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Map of the Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Create Hell Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Ciudad de Diablo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Summon Demon Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 City Defenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Youthful Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Army of Lord Shard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Lord Kreelo, Dimensional Arms Dealer . . . . . . . . . 111 Emerging Deevil Overlords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Megaverse Armaments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Overlord Shard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Blood Energy Weapon Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 The Dimension Stormer Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
BEW Wrist Blaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Overlord Necroskull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
BEW Shoulder Blaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Flaming Skull Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
BEW Blood Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Overlord Shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
BEW Blood Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Dragon Lord Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Flesh Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Overlord Dai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Bone Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Spike the Hangdog Daemonix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
BEW Chaos Trooper Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 The Tolkeen Avengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Lightning Forearm Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Overlord Sindel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Demonic Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Deceiver, Rune Battle Axe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Sindel’s Steel Bloods Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Coalition battles demons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Overlord Sthena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Coalition States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 & 175
Sthena’s Army, the Vipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 CS: Emperor Prosek Speaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Queen Marauder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 CS: Reason for Siege on Tolkeen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
The Flying Marauders Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 CS: Vanguard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 & 175
Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Cuba, a Deevil Stronghold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
The Americas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Cuba, Map of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Coalition States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Cyber-Knights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 & 175
Coalition Vanguard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Cyber-Knights, Report to Lord Coake . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cyber-Knights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Death (see Hell Lord Zugard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Federation of Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Deevil Magic Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Federation: Dweomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Demon Bone Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Federation: Stormspire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Demon Bows & Arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Free Quebec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Demon End Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
The City State of Lazlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Demon Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
New Lazlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Demon Invasion Starts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Lemuria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Demon Magic Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Mercenaries of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Demon Plagues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Northern Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Demon Plague Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Psyscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Demonic Vehicles (Kreelo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Titan Robotics, Archie Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Detroit-Windsor Rifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
The Republicans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Devil City (see Ciudad de Diablo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Vampire Kingdoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Edict of Planetary Distress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 & 175
Xiticix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Federation of Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Other Notable Forces from Around the World . . . . . 183 Flesh Golem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Africa: The Phoenix Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Hell Galleon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Atlantis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Hell Lords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
China and the Yama Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Hell Lord Doom (Canada) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 51
The Oceans & New Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Hell Lord Doom’s Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 & 54
Russia, The Warlords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Hell Lord Fury (Canada) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Hell Lord Heart Ripper (France) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
The Anti-Monster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Hell Lord Pain (Dinosaur Swamp) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Triax and the NGR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Hell Lord Rune (Magic Zone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Triax: The Gargoyle Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Hell Lord Siren (Mexico) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Triax: The Brodkil Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Hell Lord Zugard (New Mexico) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
How to Save Rifts Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Hell Pits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Possible Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Hell Pit, Creation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 & 110
Hades Triumphant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Hell Pit, Dangerous Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Dyval Triumphant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Hell Pit, Diseases (see Hell Plagues) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Hell Pit, Destruction of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Defeating Both . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Hell Pit, Dimensional Anomalies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seeking Extra-Dimensional Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Hell Pit Plagues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Coalition States, Heroes of Humanity . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Hell Pit, Spell Effects on Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hell Pit in Canada (Calgary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Quick Find Index Hell Pit in Canada (Tundra) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Hell Pit in Dinosaur Swamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Anti-Monster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Hell Pit in France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Archie Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 & 182
Hell Pit in Magic Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Arzno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Hell Pit in Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Blood Energy Weapon Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Hell Pit in New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Blood Pillars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 & 28
Hell Plagues (disease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Blood Pillar Creation Ritual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Hell Weapons of Dyval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Blood Rifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Horsemen of the Apocalypse (see Zugard) . . . . . . . . . . 71
Blood Pool Ritual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Insane Deevil Overlord (see Shard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Blood Warrior O.C.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Kingdom of Monsters (see Calgary) . . . . . . . . . . 39 & 40
Bone Shard Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Kreelo, Dimensional Arms Dealer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Calgary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lazlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 & 178
Calgary, City Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lemurians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 & 180
Calgary, Random Encounters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lightning Cannon (Kreelo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Calgary, Stats and Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lightning Forearm Gun (Kreelo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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Lord Kreelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Overlord Sthena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Megaversal Armaments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Possible Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Mercenaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Soul Cannon (Kreelo Carnage Tank) . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Minion War in Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Soulmancer O.C.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Minion War, Why Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Soulmancy, Art of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
NEMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 & 182 Soulmancy, Blood Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
New German Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Soulmancy, Soulmancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Northern Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Soulmancy, Spells & Rituals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Overlord Dai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Tolkeen Avengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Overlord Necroskull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Undead Vehicle (see Walking Death) . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Overlord Queen Marauder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Vampires of Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 & 183
Overlord Shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Vicious Blade (see Hell Lord Doom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Overlord Shard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 & 152 White Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Overlord Shard, Army of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Xiticix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Overlord Sindel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Yama Kings of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 & 184
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Military Report
to the Coalition
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Classified Audio Report from
Front-Line Units in Tolkeen
Rated: Red One Priority
Date: 12-21-109
Time: 00:12
Subject: Uncontrolled Rift Activity in Tolkeen Ruins
“At approximately zero hundred hours on 12-21-109,
the ley lines at Sector T-39 flared with a far greater intensity
than expected, even for this annual occurrence. Our RCSG
scientists on site had warned us to expect some increased
level of ley line activity and a possible supernatural event,
so we were prepared.
“What we did not expect was the massive Rift that
opened or the demon horde that surged from it. In the past,
a typical Rift might unleash a dozen aliens or supernatural
beings, but we were not prepared for the estimated 500-700
demons that streamed out at us – almost all of them armed
and prepared for combat.
“My use of the term ‘demon’ is a deliberate one, as
our database shows the invasion force was composed of a
mixed group of Class Two, Three and Four ‘demons’ from
the dimension of Hades.
“The ensuing battle was fierce. We responded by mobi-
lizing and moving our units back where we would have the
advantage of range and distance with our weapon systems.
The Rift location was bombarded with missiles, while SA-
MAS engaged monsters trying to flee, both in the air and
on the ground.
“We were able to hold our position and racked up a con-
siderable body count of the enemy. However, I regret to in-
form you that at least thirty percent of the demon insurgents
escaped into our world.
“As a full battalion of armored troops with service in the
Tolkeen campaign these past four years, we had the experi-
ence and firepower to ‘manage’ this unexpected eruption
from the Rift. A less experienced or smaller force would
almost certainly have been overrun and slaughtered. Other
units have been. I have received similar reports from thir-
teen garrisons in the Tolkeen theater and I expect others.
All report the same experience: An unusual energy surge
along the ley line, followed by the appearance of a Rift
from which several hundred demons emerge. Five garri-
sons were overrun. Two were wiped out down to the last
man. I’m sure their reports will be arriving shortly, if you
do not have them already. I suspect losses would have been
greater, except for two things. One, I do not believe the
demon forces were prepared for our military presence. And
two, I think their mission was to enter and disperse into our
world, not to engage us in all-out battle.
“We remain on Red Alert status.
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