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For those who still play In Nomine
03-05-2011, 04:24 AM
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The Corporeal Player's Guide and Superiors 1 are now available on e23.
(Reprints, yes, but the likelihood of seeing new material for an old game increases slightly when the reprinted material sell well...)
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I've asked this elsewhere, maybe someone might know - is there a decent book I can read for the mythology behind the In Nomine books?
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Not really, no. But most of it is in the basic set.
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Then the horns kicked in...
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Argh. I can't believe I missed the opportunity to say, "The Bible".
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also Neon Exodus Evangelion 8 )
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
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Most of the in depth mythos building is done in the Superiors books. Those are the ones that contain the vast majority of the "true secret history" of the setting.
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Well, http://www.eyrie.net/45/ 45 Caliber Angel was my introduction to In Nomine.
And the Line Editor has written a few fan fics and other material for it that can be found here http://www.io.com/~arcangel/
There's also http://moelane.com/liber-licentiae-moeticae/ which has some good stuff, depending on what you're looking for.
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There are quite a few very creative and - can I say TWISTED, even for the forces of Hell? - concepts for Demons I found following those links.
For instance, for the life of me, I would NEVER have called this one:
Nelson
Calabite Knight of Derision
Demon of Wedgies
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This one however, I could almost have thought up myself. A Demon of Mimes is not THAT surprising, really. ^_^
Apparently, i t is a fact that no Seraph can say the phrase 'a mime is a terrible thing to waste' without dissonance...
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File this one under K for the KLONG-of-jaw-hitting-floor in awe at the idea.
Heziel
Balseraph Captain of Integrity
Demon of Golf
Yes. GOLF. The game you play on a lawn with the little white balls. THAT Golf.
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Maybe this would go some distance towards explaining the Winter we just endured?
Shalgiel
Impudite Knight of the Dead
Demon of Snow
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Not... precisely... what you might think, really.
Sebhil
Balseraph of Lust
Demon of Rule 34
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Kandiel
Malakite of Creation IST Judgement
Angel of Kinky Sex
(flat) what...
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Jenny
Mercurian Master of Peace
Angel of Parahumans
As an In-Nomine character, this doesn't really work, (except in some VERY specialized crossover campaigns).
As a delightfully snarky send-up of the whole "more goth than thou" World of Darkness series of games (Vampire, Werewolf, Mage etc) this is just damn beautiful. ^_^
Quote:When Jenny walks into a room, prudent Vampires, Werewolves and other assorted parahuman denizens of the World of Darkness walk out.
It's not because she's lethal in a fight (although she is). It's not because she can recognize anything that isn't pure human on sight (she can). It's not even that Kindred and Lupus-type Garou have been declared to be, in the end, officially 'not-human' (although they have). No, what makes them flee is her personality. Her sweet, cheerful, happy personality. Her nauseatingly optimistic personality. Jenny clashes horribly with the World of Darkness… and, when push comes to shove, it's the World of Darkness that comes off worse.
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03-08-2011, 12:53 AM
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Y'know, all these characters are wonderful, but I like Moe's adventure seeds better.
Especially The Great Cow Race of 2003
Quote:After all, any idiot can make a bike go fast, but getting decent speed out of a cow requires skill.
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Gojira
Ethereal Page of Duty
No, really.
Quote:It would seem that the Archangel
Galahad has a sense of humor, after all. Or possibly just a very open
mind: either way, Galahad's appreciation of this most unlikely of
Servitors just doesn't jibe well with his reputation as a stuffed shirt.
Gojira was part of the first wave of
ethereals to answer Galahad's call for Servitors, and what a motley
bunch they were, indeed. Refugees and minor personages from a hundred
pantheons gathered at the gates of Heaven to enlist... and right there, in
the middle, was a 300-foot monster. Sitting in the lotus position. At
first Galahad thought that was an affectation, but as he got closer, he
saw that the ethereal seemed as taut as a bowstring. Gojira was
obviously fighting for physical control: his very form seemed to
flicker. The Archangel of Virtue recognized the condition all too well.
Human perceptions of Gojira had shifted, and the ethereal was
desperately attempting to fight off the change.
That was enough for Galahad: there was
no way that he could refuse the offered fealty of an entity resolutely
struggling against the same corruption that once threatened him. He
stabilized and inducted Gojira on the spot, and has never regretted it
since. The new Servitor of Virtue proved to have a knack at recruitment
and liaison work in the Marches: as any kid could have told you,
Gojira's not as dumb as he looks. In fact, it's looking like he might be
soon able to engineer an open break between Hell and the August
Prosperity Collective. His mere status is powerful propaganda.
Generally, Gojira is well liked by his
new colleagues. There's very little guile in him, and it's all saved
for Heaven's foes. Like many ethereals created in the modern era, Gojira
has a perspective on humanity that celestials find useful - and he's
thrilled to get asked for his input. Nobody ever asked him for
his opinion before. And, of course, the kids just love him. He likes
taking a shift at welcoming the blessed to Heaven: the sight of Godzilla, with a halo, has caused more than one blessed soul to collapse with laughter before they even get past the Pearly Gates.
It should be noted that Gojira is only
a 300-foot guy in a rubber suit on the ethereal or celestial planes. He
doesn't often go corporeal, and when he does, any human vessel will do.
It makes it easier to get into the video stores. Most of his work is in
the Marches, anyway. He spends a lot of time doing favors for Blandine
and Christopher there, with Galahad's full permission. It's amazing how
fast Servitors of Nightmares will clear the area when a 300-foot monster
with radioactive breath pops in.
However...
Gojira has made something clear. There will be a Final Battle, someday, and when it does, he wants to be able to use
the vessel he's having specially made up (financed by Marc's
organization, of course, on reasonable terms). Michael agreed right
away: Laurence took a little more persuasion, but even the General of
the Host is capable of irony. So, when that day comes, the Gorilla-Whale
will rise from the sea and level a city, just like all of his watchers
have secretly dreamed of seeing happen for real. No, not Tokyo:
the Japanese have always shown proper respect. Gojira wants Hollywood.
Gojira wants Hollywood so badly that his claws twitch.
Turn him into a
parthenogenetic, egg-laying 300-foot gecko, will they? He'll show them
parthenogenetic. He'll parthenogenetic them right into the Pacific
Ocean, see if he doesn't...
YES!!!!!
(Cue extended laughter and fist pumping)
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Tattered Symphony is one of those whoa . .. cool settings that can really get your mind going.
It's really fun if you can find a way of crossing it over with a more normal setting.
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