Why is Carellas stuff so munchkin?
This is another serious rabidity point amongst Rifts players. Some feel that Carella ramped up the power level of Rifts with his material, and that Palladium had to respond which is why everything is so hyperpowerful in Rifts these days. Others say that it was planned from the start and Carella was an excellent writer. To be sure, Carella’s stuff wasn’t much more horrible than what we usually get out of Palladium — he put a little more backstory into his ideas at any rate, even if the end results honked people off (Neo-Humans seem to really rankle people badly). Because I don’t really do anything in South America, I rarely run into many problems with his material personally. I liked the Neo-Humans (and the mutant republic in general) — they just required a little toning down, but I find all Rifts stuff like that. I really liked the Megaversal Legion, but that’s because I’ve done stuff with them already. I mean, it’s a matter of opinion, in the end, but I don’t think he did anything w
