Points Totals for Rifts Characters

As anybody who has played Rifts will know, there is a great disparity between the power of different character types. One character could be a normal human technician (50-200 points in GURPS) while another could be a supernatural creature with numerous magical powers, super-strength, and incredible toughness (600+ points in GURPS). For the purposes of this conversion it is assumed that all characters will be created at the same points level, which means the GM is going to have to place some solid restrictions on what types of characters can be played.

100 Points
Using standard 100 point characters in a Rifts campaign is quite possible. This will basically restrict available character types to normal humans and low-powered mutants/D-Bees. Mages and Psis will be reasonably low-key, and the real combat monster types such as Dragons, Borgs, Juicers, and GBs are not availble. This sort of campaign reflexts the reality of the Rifts world for most people, and can be a lot of fun. However most players prefer to have their characters being a bit more exceptional.

250 Points
At the 250 point level humans are beginning to be quite formidable. Mages and Psis can develop several respectable powers, and soldiers can reasonably get TL10 equipment. Most supernatural creatures and combat monsters are still not available.

500 Points
With 500 points it is possible to create most of the character types from Rifts, however there are some difficulties. It can be difficult to create a playable normal human on 500 points without ngiving them all attributes at 20+. At the other end of the scale, while it is possible to create dragons and such with 500 points, these will be very 'watered down' dragons, with only some of the powers from the original versions.

800 Points+
Beyond 500 points it becomes basically impossible to create playable normal humans, however at this level Rifts supernatural creatures come into their own. This sort of campaign can have accurate conversions of Rifts dragons, heavy combat cyborgs, powerful psis and mages, and demigods as characters.