We’ve been busy trying to survive the pandemic, locked away in our office, avoiding human contact…well we actually did something useful with our time and have developed the Rifts® Automated Character Sheet (RACS), a Microsoft® EXCEL® template that allows you to build a character for the Rifts® Role-Playing Game, by Palladium Books®. Our continued partnership with Palladium Books® will hopefully see many more digital tools and templates for use with their games!

So what does the Rifts Automated Character Sheet entail?

• The next step in character data collection! This EXCEL® template provides automation to your Rifts® character creation process. Done in Microsoft® EXCEL®, this character template will allow you to build your character with substantial ease and speed. Ideal for the new gamer who doesn’t know all of the Palladium Books® rules just yet, it’s also a highly effective tool for Game Masters and advanced players alike who make multiple characters, NPCs or just like to min/max or theory craft characters between games.
• Dice Roller: A simple dice roller is on the main page of the character sheet to help with character creation or in game dice rolling needs.
• Automated Attributes and Stat Block: All the bonuses and features from attributes are presented in a large stat block allowing you to easily see your bonus to save vs Psionics, Mind Control, etc. You can pick your strength type (Normal, Augmented, Robotic or Supernatural) to determine your carrying and lifting capacity and even your M.D. punch damage if you strength is high enough and of the right type.
  Automated Combat Stats: The main page holds a section where you can pull up data for your various combat stats, from hand to hand abilities such as Strike, Parry, Dodge and Disarm, to W.P. bonuses including those of the W.P. Sharpshooting variety. This section draws upon all of your character’s selection of skills and abilities and even offers customization from odd O.C.C. or racial abilities.
• Automated Psionics: All psionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 12: Psyscape™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected from a dropdown menu that then populates tables with the information on psionics for your character. Each psionic ability’s data including damage, M.D.C. and range also automatically increases based on the character’s level of experience.
  Automated Spells: All Common Invocation, Necromancy, Ocean Magic and Biomancy spells (yes, all the Lemurian Biomancer spells too!) can be selected from a dropdown menu that then populates tables with the information on spells for your character. Each spell’s data including damage, M.D.C. and range also automatically increases based on the character’s level of experience.
• Automated Skills: All skills from Rifts® Ultimate Edition, Rifts® World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court™ and Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria can be selected and then automatically add bonuses from prerequisites and related skills. Physical skills that provide bonuses also add those bonuses directly to attributes and combat stats. Bonuses that require dice rolls are denoted and can then be manually rolled and added to the character sheet. Custom percent bonuses such as O.C.C. bonuses can also be added to individual skills.
• Automated Cybernetics & Bionics: All cybernetics and bionics from Rifts® Ultimate Edition along with some favorites from other books can be selected from dropdown menus which then tabulate bonuses and add them to your combat stats. Prices also sum up so an enterprising Headhunter can keep track of his hardware and upgrades. Simple cybernetic body part diagrams even allow players to allocate the locations of their various cybernetic and bionic components
  Freeform O.C.C. and Racial Power Section: A section for non-standard powers, special O.C.C. or racial abilities allows the player to add custom skills and powers that can be linked to those features to draw upon the character’s level of experience, I.Q. bonus or other stats so powers grow as the character advances.
• Character Building Section: On the main page of the document is a section to help you build your character, from customizing attributes, to adding non-standard bonuses from O.C.C. or racial abilities, to an Optional point buy system for attributes.
• Helpful Hints and Suggestions: Red triangular tabs appear throughout the document. Hovering over the red tab with the mouse cursor will reveal useful data from sourcebooks, hints, suggestions and other information, such as what a particular stat means, how it’s used in the game and what things can add bonuses or affect it. There is also a page with overview instructions on how to use the sheet, and a number of instructional videos will be posted via Palladium TV on the ins and outs of the character sheet. The first can be found here: youtu.be/a89XzAV37sE
• Portrait: A special sheet is set up so you can add an image to the document for a custom portrait for your character. That image is then displayed on the main page and is protected from accidental movement or deletion from the main page.
  Password Protected: Several pages of the document are password protected so players won’t accidently delete formulas and ruin the character sheet’s automated features. The password is provided so players can customize the sheet to their liking then protect the sheet again so they don’t undo all their hard work.
• Note: The file is best used in Microsoft® EXCEL® 2016 or above. Some data may be lost if not using Microsoft® EXCEL®, such as when using similar products like Open Office.

You can purchase the Rift® Automated Character Sheet from DriveThruRPG here.

You can check out Palladium Books® large line of Rifts® titles as well as the Megaverse® of other game in their library, here.

Like every other small business in Ontario, we are struggling to survive the COVID-19 Pandemic, but we are managing to do it thus far!

We are working remotely like everyone else, still taking custom orders and still working with our partners in innovative ways to keep the economy from completely stalling and to keep the flow of creativity going.

Another CANSEC has come and gone and I am reminded of the many contracts, friends, fellow employees and suppliers that I have had the chance to reconnect with at this even over the years. The Defense industry is kind of funny that way, kind of like the Comic Book world where you keep bumping into the same people at various CONs and industry events.

I am also reminded of how today’s technology and defensive systems were yesterdays dreams and ideas, so often portrayed in science fiction and the Comic Book world.

Wildcat Engineering Solutions is proud to present our first major product release: Collapsible Spiral Dice Towers!

This is for gamers who need to control their dice, especially ones that like to get away or fall off the table. Our solution to your problem is a Collapsible Spiral Dice Tower, complete with a spiral staircase for improved “bounce” and random number generating as well as being able to collapse in on itself for easier storage, yet still being capable of storing your dice collection during transit.

The Tower collapses into a small cylinder, which doubles as a dice storage box. You simply slip the collasped tower into your dice bag to keep everything secure.

When you’re ready to play again you pop out the collapsed dice tower, remove the lid, rotate the tower until it is fully extended and then take the lid, open the side door and slide it into the slot of the dice towers exit door, ensuring that the lid’s door aligns inside and acts as a deflector should the dice do something funny rolling down the stairs and not want to go where it is supposed to go. See Video for a demo on how to assemble and take down your Collapsible Spiral Dice Tower.

Now a Dice Tower isn’t amazing on its own, you obviously need dice, so when we went looking for a dice supplier we obviously turned to the best in the industry and have partnered up with Chessex to bring you a wide selection of the best dice in gaming!

So you have an old appliance and you manage to crack or break one of its plastic parts… “Oh great” you sarcastically exclaim! Now you’ll have to buy a new one to replace the old appliance. Not true, we can model you a replacement part and print you a new one!

One of our clients had the exact same problem, an old dishwasher’s wheel clips kept coming off in the wash and causing the rack to skid to a halt and get stuck in the dishwasher itself without its wheels. We were able to model new clips off the deformed part and 3D printed a replacement clip, which he then ordered six of to replace all the clips on the dishwasher’s rack and now it works like brand new, all for less than $50.

Whether your a home owner looking to extend the life of your dishwasher, replace a broken lamp cover or a HVAC Repairman looking to help out your clients replace old plastic gears and bevels Wildcat Engineering Solution has the solution for you! Give us a call for a quote and let us help you extend the life of your old appliances, furnace, toys and tools.