I ran a convention game once (In Nomine) for some of the old-school In Nomine folks; people who knew the game world, because they helped write parts of it. So I told them to bring fortune cookies, and one of each basic land from Magic: The Gathering. They asked me why. I told them to guess. Continue reading OK, quick gaming story.
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In Nomine Revisited: Aballem, Shedite Prince of Madness.
Found this old one of mine in the SJG forums. Polished it up a bit.
Aballem
Shedite Prince of Madness
The world is whatever you want it to be.
They say that Aballem is an urban myth, a Lie, a fable told to demonlings in order to make them behave. They say that claiming to believe in Aballem is just an excuse for one’s own shortcomings and failures of Will. They say that the supposed existence of Aballem is just a convenient justification for your superiors to oppress, and your inferiors to disappoint, you. They, in fact, say everything except Aballem is real, functional, and holds its own sort of power.
They say all these things rather loudly, and with a certain amount of bravado. Continue reading In Nomine Revisited: Aballem, Shedite Prince of Madness.
In Nomine Revisited: The Super-Soldier Serum.
OK, I’ll admit it: I’m kind of wiped. Long day and it’s the end of the month, which means revisions and whatnot. And since superhero movies are topical right now…
Super-Soldier Serum – Google Docs
The Super-Soldier Serum
The name is, of course, highly derivative of a classic comic book concept. So is the idea of the serum itself, which suggests that someone in the military bureaucracy of the time either had a sense of humor, or else no creativity whatsoever. Or possibly both; while odd to contemplate, there’s no reason why a person might not demonstrate both traits.
Continue reading In Nomine Revisited: The Super-Soldier Serum.
In Nomine Revisited: Columbia & Genevieve, Angel/Demon of Revolution/Revolutions.
These two went up to the limit of In Nomine canon, but they were fun to write. Continue reading In Nomine Revisited: Columbia & Genevieve, Angel/Demon of Revolution/Revolutions.
In Nomine Revisited: Special Crimes Division (The Stakhanovites).
Special Crimes Division – Google Docs
Special Crimes Division
(“The Stakhanovites”)
In theory, being assigned to Asmodeus’s (Demon Prince of the Game) Special Crimes Division should be equivalent to a slow death sentence. It is well known that Asmodeus reserves membership in it to those of his Gamesters who are credibly suspected of dissatisfaction, altruism, piety, angelic-deviationism, thoughtcrime, excess Revolutionary zeal, equivocalism, accommodationism, Peacemongering, not enough Revolutionary zeal, humanocentrism, unsanctioned rebellion, and punning. Worse, the Prince uses the SCD to investigate ideologically inconvenient crimes, delicate political scandals — and, shockingly, outrages committed against damned souls. Unreliable personnel assigned to situations ready to explode; clearly, those trapped in the SCD are doomed demons walking.
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In Nomine Revisited: Celestials Unchained.
Celestials Unchained
For a secret society that recruits equally (and pretty much exclusively) from Outcasts and Renegades, Celestials Unchained (CU) is surprisingly active; and for a group deemed by both Heaven and Hell to be both collectively and profoundly insane, it is surprisingly effective. It is generally assumed that the latter is despite of the society’s core beliefs, not because of them; The CU worldview draws equally from conspiracy theory, clinical paranoia, and profound nihilism, and it shows. It’s very difficult for a non-Remnant celestial to degrade to the level of a homeless human ranting about mind control rays, but the members of CU are up to the challenge. Indeed, they often surpass it.
And yet, the group persists. Continue reading In Nomine Revisited: Celestials Unchained.
In Nomine Revisited: The Golden Heart of Quetzalcoatl.
Golden Heart of Quetzalcoatl – Google Docs
The Golden Heart of Quetzalcoatl
Well, not really. It is golden, it is shaped like a human heart, and it is Aztec in origin, but Quetzalcoatl didn’t make this particular reliquary/3. It’s not a particularly fancy reliquary/3, either; the gold is of fairly impure quality and the workmanship is mildly crude. The Golden Heart of Quetzalcoatl is an only mildly useful item: it can only be recharged while smeared with the blood of a willing donor, and offers no particular benefits otherwise. And yet, Heaven and Hell have been fighting over it for the last thousand years.
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In Nomine Revisited: Panthalassa.
There’s a sourcebook in here, I swear. Not that we’re getting official In Nomine content again any time soon. But there’s something here.
Panthalassa
It startles people when they notice: Heaven has no oceans.
There’s a space for one, sort of. To one side of Jordi’s Savannah is an area best described as “not defined.” It isn’t empty, because “empty” is a definition, as is “blank,” “vacant,” and “formless.” There should be something there, and there isn’t, but nothing else can take up the space. And it’s definitely supposed to be an ocean. It’s obvious by looking, although “looking” is the worst word — except for all possible others — to use to describe the action.
In Nomine: Raphael, Elohite Archangel of Knowledge.
I wanted to see if I could still do this in half a day.
Raphael, Elohite Archangel of Knowledge – Google Docs
Raphael
Elohite Archangel of Knowledge
The world is a Truth for us to find.
When she lived, Raphael was one of the four Archangels that supported the world. Her remit was the Word of Knowledge; she shared with Jean, Elohite Archangel of Lightning, the responsibility of presenting the Truth to corporeal humanity, in ways that mortals could grasp. Like Jean, she was unwilling to simply hand out Knowledge freely, for fear that reckless humans would hurt others with it; or worse, themselves. However, Raphael always did inherently trust mortals better than Jean would, or perhaps could. This inherent tension between them made the two better partners — and spouses.
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In Nomine: Lucius Matinius Corvus.
Lucius Matinius Corvus – Google Docs
Lucius Matinius Corvus
Potential Soldier of God
Corporeal Forces: 2 Strength: 4 Agility: 4
Ethereal Forces: 2 Intelligence: 4 Precision: 4
Celestial Forces: 2 Will: 5 Perception: 3
Status/3 (bureaucrat)
Area Knowledge (Home City/3), Knowledge (Local Laws/3, Christian Theology/2), Language (Aramaic/2, Greek/2, Latin/3), Running/1, Small Weapon/1, Swimming/1
Advantages: Blessed