Riding The coming of the Rifts has made reliable vehicles scarce, especially in the Wilderness. Therefore, more often than not, a random traveller will be riding a creature and not a car. Beam Weapons New Specialisations Plasma Ejector Plasma Thrower Hand Cannon (any heavy beam) Guns New Specializations: Pump-Pistol Machine Pistol Needler Gunner New Specialisations Rail Gun Judo/Karate The GM may wish to outlaw these altogether. Rifts makes the very clear point that very few hand-to-hand styles from the Time Before the Rifts survived the cataclysm. But it is just as possible that new styles have been invented. It�s a GM judgement call. Languages M/A American Techno-can Spanish Japanese Chinese Euro M/H Dragonese Gobbley Faerie-Speak Professional Skills and Scientific Skills are rare oustide of cities. Thief/Spy Skills are available only to those who buy the Unusual Background. Exceptions are Streetwise, Detect Lies, Escape and Ventriloquism (which can be learned by anyone). Vehicle Skills Driving New Specilazations Hovercar Hovertruck Hovertank Piloting New Specializations Power Armor Mecha Brand-Spanking New Skill Psychic/Magic Tracking M/H By using one�s given psionic abilities, one can implement this skill in the tracking of psionics and magic-users. The prerequisite is one of the Sense Magic/Psionic abilities.