Section 9: Rifts 9.01. What is Rifts?
Rifts is practically a game which defies explanation. Is it cyberpunk? Is it post-apocalyptic? Is it a mecha game? What *IS* it? As I’m at a loss to describe it, I’ll cop out and fall back to Kevin’s own words…. ” Rifts are tears in the fabric of space and time. They are found at the nexus points where several “lines” of natural energy (that mankind calls magic) intersect and create a surge in the lines of power. It is a terrifying and exciting extrapolation of the concepts of magic and ley lines as presented in the Beyond the Supernatural role-playing game. The science of geomancy had vanished centuries before. Only myths and crackpot practitioners of magic had any inkling about ley lines and mystic energy. Consequently, no one could have anticipated the fate that awaited mankind. Nuclear holocaust ignited the destruction of the world as we know it, but it was not the primary instrument of destruction. The sudden destruction of a billion people triggered a surge in the ley lines. ..
