Rifts Up Close: Northern Gun Weapons

By Tim Willard

The Rifts "Up Close" series looks at weapons and armor found on Rifts Earth North America. These are all canon items, but this series takes an up close and personal look at each of them, listing accessories, black market/3rd party modifications available, likely condition & availability and more. This is a great tool for GMs and Players to add some color to those normally dull stat blocks. Damage stats are not included.

Northern Gun Weapons

• NG-57 Ion Blaster
• NG-Super Laser Pistol & Grenade Launcher
• NG-33 Laser Pistol
• NG-L5 Laser Rifle
• NG-P7 Particle Beam Rifle
• NG-E4 Northern Gun Plasma Ejector
• NG-101 Rail Gun
• NG-202 Rail Gun

Stats in this section often include:

• Manufacturer Cost: how much it costs, including plant employee wages, overhead costs, and raw material, to produce one of the items.
• Wholesale Price: how much they sell the product for to the end supplier.
• Manufacturer's Recommended Price: how much they estimate the weapon should cost for resale.
• Black Market Price: the cost for one in someplace like Fort El Dorado, NOT the Chi-Town Burbs.
• Wilderness Price: how much the PC's can sell one of these items for out in the badlands. The MOST they will ever get for the weapon is the Wholesale cost when they try to sell to the Black Market, which is rare.