No tinc l'habilitat...puc tirar?

Sense comptar les habilitats en armes, Rifts té un llistat de més de 240 habilitats. Per tant, la probabilitat de no tenir l'habilitat justa que cal en el moment adient és molt alta.

 Per solucionar aquest problema ens hem de fixar en dos punts de les regles:

1) Les habilitats secundaries es defineixen com àrees de coneixement que "no requereixen del mateix grau d'expertesa que les habilitats relacionades amb les OCC" (pg. 300 RUE).

2) Realitzar una tasca no familiaritzada té una penalització del -10% al -15%.(pg 301 RUE).

Per tant, un PJ pot intentar qualsevol habilitat secundària prenen el seu nivell base i restant-li -10% (o -15% si el DJ ho creu escaient).

A continuació hi ha el llistat de les habilitats secundaries amb el seu nivell base (on s'ha de restar el penalitzador que calgui):

Communication Skills
Barter (30%)
Creative Writing (25%)
Electronic Countermeasures (30%)
Language: Native Tongue (88%)
Language: Other (50%)
Literacy: Native Language (40%)
Literacy: Other (30%)
Optic Systems (30%)
Performance (30%)
Public Speaking (30%)
Radio: Basic (45%)
Sensory Equipment (30%)
Sign Language (25%)
Sing (35%)

Domestic Skills

Brewing (25%/30%)

Cook (35%)

Dance (30%)

Fishing (40%)

Gardening (36%)

Housekeeping (35%)

Play musical instrument (35%)

Recycle (30%)

Sewing (40%)

Sing (35%)

Wardrobe & Grooming (50%)

Electrical Skills

Basic electronics (30%)

Computer repair (30%)

Horsemanship Skills

Horsemanship: General (40%/20%)

Horsemanship: Exotic Animals (30%/20%)

Mechanical Skills

Automotive mechanics (25%)

Basic mechanics (30%)

Medical Skills

Animal husbandry (35%)

First aid (45%)

Military Skills

Camouflage (20%)

Recognize weapon quality (25%)

Physical Skills

Climbing (40%/30%)

Swimming (50%)

Pilot Skills

Automotive (60%)

Bicycling (44%)

Boat: Motor (55%)

Boat: Kayak (50%)

Boat: Sail Type (60%)

Hover craft (50%)

Hovercycle (70%)

Motorcycles (60%)

Rogue Skills

Gambling (Standard) (30%)

Science Skills

Astronomy & Navigation (30%)

Mathematics: Basic (45%)

Mathematics: Advanced (45%)

Technical Skills

Appraise Goods (30%)

Art (35%)

Begging (30%)

Breed Dogs (40%/20%)

Calligraphy (35%)

Computer Operation (40%)

Computer Programming (30%)

Cybernetics: Basic (25%)

Excavation (40%)

Firefighting (3 0%)

Gemology (25%)

General Repair & Maintenance (35%)

History: Pre-Rifts (32%/24%)

History: Post-Apocalypse (35%/30%)

Jury-Rig (25%)

Law (General; 35%)

Leather Working (40%)

Lore : American Indians (25%)

Lore : Cattle & Animals (30%)

Lore : D-Bee (25%)

Lore : Demons & Monsters (25%) 

Lore : Faeries & Creatures of Magic (25%) 

Lore : Juicers (30%)

Lore : Magic (25%)

Lore : Psychics & Psionics (25%)

Masonry (40%)

Mining (35%)

Mythology (30%)

Philosophy (30%)

Photography (35%)

Recycling (30%)

Research (40%)

Rope Works (30%)

Salvage (35%)

Ventriloquism (16%)

Whittling & Sculpting (30%)

Wilderness Skills

Carpentry (25%)

Dowsing (20%)

Fasting (40%)

Identify Plants & Fruit (25%)

Land Navigation (36%)

Preserve Food (30%)

Skin & Prepare Animal Hides (30%)

Track & Trap Animals (20%/30%)

Wilderness Survival (30%)

En tot cas sempre es poden fer servir les regles casolanes de Característiques rellevants.