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Rifts® Dimension Book™ 1: Wormwood® Cover

Rifts® Dimension Book™ One


Synopsis[]

Wormwood® is the first of many dimension books to be presented by Palladium. A decadent, violent and deadly world ruled by demonic creatures and evil clergy who control powerful kingdoms of monsters and enslave humans. Inhuman destroyers who command the crawling towers and life force cauldrons to do their bidding. One of countless alien worlds linked to Rifts Earth by the many dimensional gateways of the ley lines.

Highlights Include:

  • 17 new Occupational Character Classes & R.C.C.s including the Apok, Holy Terror, Worm Speaker, symbiotic warrior, knights of the Temple, priest and others.
  • A 20 page comic strip by Truman & Henry!
  • Over 30 horrific monsters, villains and characters.
  • Symbiotic magic, slime, augmentation and organisms.
  • Crystal magic, mystic weapons, technology and dark secrets.
  • The living planet is mapped and key forces described.
  • Written by Siembieda. Based on concepts and characters created by Timothy Truman and Flint Henry.
  • Art by Truman, Henry, Petersen, and Siembieda.
  • 160 pages — written by Kevin Siembieda.
  • Cat. No. 809; I.S.B.N.: 0-916211-59-2

Description and cover art from Palladium Books Web site, copyright 1992 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved. Rifts®, Megaverse® and Palladium Books® are registered trademarks of Palladium Books Inc. and Kevin Siembieda. All other titles and names are trademarks of Palladium Books.

Contents[]

Under Construction

Artwork[]

Cover Painting:

Interior Art:

Errata[]

Under Construction

Reviews[]

This is easily one of the best books to ever grace kev's desk. It's a must own for any player or GM.

Ley lines[]

DB1 originally said there are no lines/nexuses ON the planet, although caves are equivalent to lines in energy. Specifically:

  • pg 44 "No ley lines exist on Wormwood" .. "energy inside these caves is equal to that of a ley line"
  • pg 142 "At a ley line nexus (there are none on Wormwood), the dimensional prison exists for one century"
  • pg 152 "the tunnels inside of Wormwood provide the same mystic power as do ley lines"

The key thing is the term "on" does not forbid "in". Much like ley lines can flow below the surface of the oceans (Underseas) they can flow through planets rather than over them.

DB7

  • pg 15 "In the case of Wormwood, the ley lines and nexus points are hidden deep within the planet's surface."
  • p63 (note: these are from a letter so they are not necessarily canon like pg 15 is)
    • "all the planets in the wormwood dimension" implies Wormwood may not be the only one
    • "they are deep within the planet and seem to run through it like a network of veins and arteries"
    • "nexus points can only be found in underground caves and are not easily accessible"

See also[]

Dimension Books
Dimension Books

Rifts® Dimension Book 0: Manhunter
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 1: Wormwood®
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 2: Phase World®
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 3: Phase World® Sourcebook™
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 4: Skraypers™
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 5: Phase World®: Anvil Galaxy™
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 6: Phase World®: The Three Galaxies™
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 7: Megaverse® Builder
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 8: Naruni™ Wave Two
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 9: Phase World®: United Worlds of Warlock®
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 10: Hades - Pits of Hell™
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 11: Dyval - Hell Unleashed™
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 12: Phase World®: Dimensional Outbreak™
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 13: Phase World®: Fleets of the Three Galaxies™
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 14: Thundercloud Galaxy
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 15: Secrets of the Atlanteans
Phase World®: Heroes of the Megaverse®
Guide to the Three Galaxies
The Grand Paladins
Other Books: Sourcebooks * Conversion Books * Dimension Books

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