We’ll things went pretty smoothly, still hard downsizing the office, but at least we found a nice place. You can continue to receive our excellent care and help designing your prototypes and 3-D printing right here in Orleans.

Wildcat Engineering Solutions Inc.,

Suite 238,

9-2022 Lanthier Drive,

Orleans, Ontario,

K1V 3V4

Yes folks as of this Labour Day weekend we will have a new address! Don’t worry we are not going far, in fact we are still in Orleans, in a mini-mall., our new address will be as follows:

What an experience! It was weird travelling all masked up, extra vaccinated and paranoid that you might catch that nasty virus…but it was worth it to see old friends and family again at the Palladium Books® Open House.

The first big surprise was that Kevin Siembieda had brought on Sean Owen Robertson as his business partner, we were all a little concerned, but once I had a chance to sit and chat with Sean, we hit it off right away and it turns out he’s a great guy, with a big heart just like Kevin and a super fan just like me! He and Kevin couldn’t be more “two peas in a pod”.

While everyone was masked up and keeping their distance, it was great getting a chance to talk to and hang out with old and new friends, but man did my ears hurt each night after wearing a mask all day…

Rifts® Automated Character Sheet

We had a bunch of explanation videos and tutorials demonstrating the Rifts® Automated Character Sheet an EXCEL® Template, which brought in a tone of people and who had tons of questions. Get your copy today, right here, at DriveThruRPG!

Highlights of the Weekend

One of the big highlights for me was the Palladium Books® Auction, an event where Kevin auctions off odd, exciting and really weird Palladium Book® memorabilia, rare books, collectable and stuff. I had noted a good copy of the original Beyond the Supernatural™ 1st Edition up for sale and patiently waited…One guy offered a mere $40 for it and I then jumped in and out bid him at $80, almost in hand another guy desperately wanted the book for that friend and jumped in, we had a bidding war up to $130 before I had to drop out… As a consolation prize Kevin provided me with an odd printer’s proof copy with some defects in it. Who knows, it might be worth something one day for its oddities! Another interesting note, a copy of the original (pre Nightbane™ fiasco) Nightspawn™, in good condition which sold at the store for $19.95 went for $320!

Another big highlight for me personally was rolling a Natural 30 on a d30 on my first go at James Brown’s 3D Printed table top Rifts® game.

I got so busy talking to people, running games and participating in games that I kept forgetting to take pictures of the event… The best ones I have were of the VIP Night, when everyone was at the opening ceremonies and only a few stragglers were around.

As you can see, things quickly filled up during the rest of the weekend!

Looks like the pandemic is starting to finally run its course, borders appear to be opening and we have a great group of friends and family waiting for us in Detroit so we have confirmed a tentative attendance for the Palladium Books® Open House 2022! Hope to see you there!

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.