Skills Index

The Complete Palladium Skills Book v6.5 By: Mad Dog maddog1@alaska.net Dedicated to the insane folks on the Official Palladium Mailing List; who
had to suffer with the cumbersome HTML version of this Netbook for so long.
Now you can create your characters without your computer having to be right
in front of you.
© 1995-1999 Christopher Axtell (aka Mad Dog); I reserve the rights to this
compiled collection of skills. On the other hand, this does not mean I
"own" every skill. The skill "Read Aura" is completely my creation. Barring
such terms, phrases and other legal mumbo jumbo to properly identify all
the proper copyright stuff. Know here that no infringement of any
copyrights/trademarks/sweat off your back is intended. This "Complete
Palladium Skills Book" is intended solely for the gamers themselves and no
exchange of money is allowed nor indorsed. No part of this compilation may
be altered and posted or published. Please allow me this small service, and
send any updates to me instead for inclusion in the next version.
P.S.: Please don't sue my *ss off. If a skill is listed here that you
created and you wish it removed, send me a polite e-mail asking me to do
so, and I'll remove it in the next version of the Netbook.
P.P.S.: Kevin Siembieda and the folks at Palladium Books; please don't
think of this as competition or a blatant theft of your hard work. Digging
through 10+ books to create a character gets tiring very quickly.
Last updated: 990814
© 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990 Kevin Siembieda; © 1999 Palladium Books, All
rights reserved world wide. No part of this work may be reproduced in part
or whole, in any form or by any means, without permission from the
publisher. All incidents, situations, institutions, governments and people
are fictional and any similarity to characters or persons living or dead is
strictly coincidental.
A.R.C.H.I.E. Three, Adventures on the High Seas, Aliens Unlimited, Alistair
Dunscon, Anti-Monster, Avenging Angel, Baalgor Wastelands , Battle Magus,
Beguiler, Beyond the Supernatural, Bio-Wizardry, 'Borg, 'Bot, Brodkil,
Cascade, Chaos Earth, Chi-Town, Chiang-Ku, Cloudweaver, Coalition States,
Coalition War Campaign, Cosmic Forge, Cosmo-Knights, Crazies, Crazy,
Credia, Cyborg Shocktrooper, Cyber-Knight, Cyberoid, D-Bee, Death Wing,
Demonfist, Diabolist, BizantiumDog Boys, Dog Pack, Dragon Borgs,
Dragonwright, Dreamstream, Dweomer, Eandroth, Ectohunter, Emperor Prosek,
Erin Tarn, Fadetowns, Federation of Magic, Fennodi, Gene-Splicers, Glitter
Boy, Hagan Lanovich, Heavy Machine, Heroes Unlimited, Hero-Knight, Hidden
Witch, Hollow Men, Hook, Line and Sinker, I.S.P., Juicer Uprising, Juicer,
Justice Ranger, K-9 Sniffer, Kill Hounds, Kittani, Ley Line Walker, Light
Machine, Lone Star, Lone Star Complex, Lords of Magic, Maxpary, M.D.C.,
Mega-Damage, Mega-Hero, Mega- Steed, Megahourse, Melech, Millennium Tree,
Mind Mage, Mindwerks, Monsters & Animals, Morozko Frost Demon, Mystic
China, Mystic Knight, Mystic Kuznya, Naruni Enterprises, Naut'Yll, New
West, NGR, Nightfeeder, Night Witch, Nightbane, Nightlands, Nightlords,
Ninjas & Superspies, Nostrous Dunscon, Old Believer, P.P.E., Palladium
Fantasy, RPG, Pantheons of the Megaverse, Phase Technology, Phase World,
Psi-Hounds, Psi-Net, Psi-Slinger, Psi-Stalker, Psyscape, Rahu-Man, Ratling,
S.D.C., SAMAS, Scraypers, Shifter, Silonar, Simvan, Skelebots, Sky-Knight,
Sky-Knights, Slinger, Smoke Solider, Spider Skull Walker, Splugorth, Spook
Squad, Stormspire, Summoner, Techno-Wizard, Terror Trooper, The Compendium
of Weapons, Armour & Castles, The Lord of the Deep, the Old Ones, The Place
of Magic, The Slayer, The Sunaj, Timiro, Triax, Triax & The NGR, Tristine
Chronicles, Vibro- Blade, Victor Lazlo, Villains Unlimited, War-Knight,
Whale Singers, White Tiger, Wingrider, Wired-Gunslinger, Wolfen, Wolf-
Serpent, Worm Wraith, Wormwood, Xiticix, Yin-Sloth Jungles, Zavor are
trademarks owned and licensed by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books, Inc.
Cetra is a trademark of Squaresoft.
Note about this Netbook: Most of the skills present here are true to the
original versions of those skills. However this does not mean all of the
skills are identical to the ones created by the folks below.
I have tried to consolidate identical skills in the same categories as much
as possible for some measure of uniformity among the varies generes. As you
all know, a skill in the Rifts® RPG may not be the same as the one listed
in Heroes Unlimited; even though they have the exact same name; Add in
typos, bonuses here but not there, etc. and you have a wonderful headache
waiting to form. Hopefully this will help end the confusion between these
skills.
If you notice any errors (e.g. spelling, grammar, etc.) in this Netbook
please send the correction my way; making sure to reference which category
the skill is in, the name of the skill and the correction to be made.
Skills borrowed from the following books published by Palladium Books:
(possibly others which I might have forgotten. ;) Rifts® RPG
Rifts Conversion Book One
Rifts® World Book Five: Triax & the NGR
Rifts® World Book Six: South America
Rifts® World Book Seven: Underseas
Rifts® World Book Eight: Japan
Rifts® World Book Ten: Juicer Uprising
Rifts® World Book Eleven: Coalition War Campaign
Rifts® World Book Twelve: Psyscape
Rifts® World Book Thirteen: Lonestar
Rifts® World Book Fourteen: New West
Rifts® World Book Sixteen: Federation of Magic
Rifts® World Book Seventeen: Warlords of Russia
Rifts® Sourcebook Three: Mindwerks
Rifts® Sourcebook Four: Coalition Navay
Rifts® Mercenaries
Rifts® Dimension Book Two: Phase World
Rifts® Dimension Book Four: Skraypers The Rifter #3
The Rifter #4
The Rifter # 7 Palladium Fantasy RPG® 2nd edition
Adventures on the High Seas 2nd edition
Dragons & Gods 2nd edition Mystic China
Ninjas & Superspies Robotech® RPG
The Sentinels® RPG Heroes Unlimited 2nd edition
Heroes Unlimted revised edition
Aliens Unlimited Transdimensional TMNT®
Mutants in Orbit
Turtles Guide to the Universe
TMNT Road Hogs Nightbane® RPG Macross II
Misc. skills borrowed from the following sources:
.THE THIRD INVID WAR, a fan supplement by Dave Deitrich
and Chris Meadows
.
.Some skills were taken from the UG Skills list on the old Avatar
Industries Web site by Edward Paul.
.Diplomacy by Steven "Conan" Trustrum, strust@interlog.com
.The BS Smooth Talking (renamed to Confidence Talking) and BS Writing
Skills are by Bizarro, nguyen@iquest.net
.Lip Reading Skill by Colin Heacock, heacock@cuug.ab.ca
.Balloon Animal Making, WP Broken Bottle and WP Barstool were created by
Robert J. Allan, n9708952@garbo.nepean.uws.edu.au
.Psychological Warefare by Colin Heacock, heacock@cuug.ab.ca
.Regional Knowledge by Nathan Taylor, taylorn@cadvision.com
.Crystal Lacing by TDragon, t_dragon@geocities.com
.Pool by Spires, Spires05@aol.com
.Combat Sniper; Shawn Merrow (ShawnM011D@aol.com), bertra02@potsdam.edu
(Wachunga), cindgulb@enoreo.on.ca (Wade Gulbrandsen),
rchaulk@efni.com (CowMan), and some minor editing from yours truly.
.Aircraft Missile Evasion; Jamie Borg, borgstar@mpx.com.au
. Italian School of Fence Martial Art Form; FlashFire, chadu@pacifier.com
. ***; Legate Legion, legate@futureone.com
As I remember the other sources I've raided over the years I will be
including them into this credit area. Please if you know who created any of
these skills please send me their name and email address. Thanks.
Based on the RPG rules, characters, concepts and Megaverse® created by
Kevin Siembieda. Skills Index Communications Cryptography
Electronic Counter-Measures
Flag Signaling
Laser
Microwave Communications
Optic Systems
Photography
Radar/Sonar Operation
Radio - Basic
Radio - Advanced
Radio - Deep Space
Radio - Scramblers
Radio - Satellite Relay
Surveillance Systems
Telephone Networks
TV/Video Computers Artificial Intelligence
Computer Engineer
Computer Hacking
Computer Imaging
Computer Keyboarding
Computer Language
Computer Networks
Computer Operations
Computer Programming
Cyberjacking
Neural Interface & Networks
Supercomputers
VR/3D Systems Cowboy Branding
Breaking/Taming a Wild Horse
Herding Cattle
Horsemanship - Cowboy
Horsemanship - Exotic
Lore - Cattle/Animals
Lore - Indians
Roping
Trick Riding Cultural/Domestic Animal Husbandry
Animal Trainer
Architectural - Design/Engineer
Art
Barbering
Bonsai
Breed Dogs
Calligraphy
Chess
Cook
Dance
Desert Survival
Drawing - Pencil/Ink/Chalk
Economics
Editor
Farming
Fishing
Flint Working
Floral Arrangement
Game
Gaming(strategy)
Gardening
General Repair & Maintenance
Go
Lighting Technician
Live Engineer
Meditation
Music - Composition
Music - Play Musical Instrument
Music - Sing
Painting - Oil/acrylic/watercolor
Poetry (Haiku)
Pool
Recording Engineer
Recycle
Sculpting & Whittling
Sewing
Shepherding/Goat Herding
Sports
Tiao Qi (Chinese Checkers)
Weaving
Xiang Qi (Shogi) Electrical Avionics
Basic Electronics
Circuit Board Micro-Electronics
Computer Repair
Electrical Engineer
Electricity Generation/Power Systems
Glitter Boy Electronics
Mecha Electronics
Power Armor Electronics
Robot Electronics
Veritech Electronics Espionage Binding
Confidence Talking
Calligraphic Forgery
Command
Concealment
Desert Survival
Detect Ambush
Detect Concealment
Disguise
Escape Artist
Fieldcraft
Forgery
Hojo-Jutsu
Imitate Voice
Impersonation
Intelligence
Interrogation Techniques
Jungle Survival
Land Navigation
Lip Reading
Marxism/Leninism-Maoism
Microinformation Technology
Palming
Perception
Pick Locks
Pick Pockets
Psychological Warfare
Safe-Cracking
Security Systems
Sniper
Stalk/Capture
Tracking
Trap Constructio