Nightbane® Survival Guide™ Is a Sourcebook for the Nightbane® Role-Playing Game
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______________________________________________________________________ Warning! Horror, Monsters, Violence & the Supernatural The fictional world of Nightbane® contains subject matter that deals with the supernatural, mon- sters, conspiracy theories, the paranormal, magic, war and extreme violence. The setting is our modern world taken over by demonic creatures from another world and their legion of nightmarish henchmen. Even the heroic Nighbane must turn into monstrous beings and use magic and strange powers to battle the supernatural invaders. Some parents may find the subject matter, violence, magic and supernatural elements of the game in- appropriate for young readers/players. Furthermore, the realistic manner in which the fictional horror material is presented may be disturbing for some young readers. WE STRONGLY SUGGEST PARENTAL DISCRETION. Please note that none of us at Palladium Books® condone or encourage the occult, the practice of magic, the use of drugs, vigilantism or violence. ______________________________________________________________________ Sample file Nightbane® Survival Guide™ is a sourcebook for the Nightbane® Role-Playing Game. 1 Dedications To my loving family and loyal friends, who have stood beside me during my darkest hours and most brilliant triumphs, and always encouraged me to chase my dreams no matter if they understood them or not. You are my world, and I would be nothing without you. – Mark Oberele, 2009 To Rachael Shapira and our son, Joseph. – Irvin L. Jackson, 2009 To all the Nightbane fans who patiently waited for the saga to continue. This is just the start of a renewed focus on the Nightbane® series. – Kevin Siembieda, 2009 The cover,byMark Evans, depicts a trio of Nightbane on the prowl. PDF Edition – August 2018 No part of this publication may be scanned, OCRed, reproduced or distributed in any way for electronic publication on the Web/Internet or any other medium. Copyright 2009 Palladium Books Inc. & Kevin Siembieda All rights reserved, worldwide, under the Universal Copyright Convention. No part of this book may be reproduced in part or whole, in any form or by any means, without permission from the publisher, except for brief quotes for use in reviews. All incidents, situations, institutions, governments and people are fictional and any similarity, without satiric intent, of characters or persons living or dead, is strictly coincidental. Nightbane®, Rifts®, The Rifter®, Phase World®, Megaverse®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, Splicers®, Coalition Wars®, After the Bomb®, RECON®, and Palladium Books® are registered trademarks owned and licensed by Palladium Books Inc. and Kevin Siembieda. Nightbane Survival Guide, Nightlords, Night Princes, Nightlands, Night Avatar, Darkblades, Demonlings, Demongoyles, Demonsellers, Great Hound, Hollow Men, Lightbringers, Living Chariots, King Moloch, Morphus, Namtar, NSB/National Security Bureau, Preserver Party, Psi-Mechanic, Shadowboard, Spook Squad, Waste Coyote, Club Freak, Doctor Heron, Ashmedai, Blood Dancers, Beyond the Supernatural, Dead Reign, Heroes Unlimited, S.D.C., I.S.P., Inner Strength Points, P.P.E., Potential Psychic En- ergy, and other names, titles, initials, characters, character likenesses and slogans are trademarks owned and licensed by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Inc. PalladiumSample Online: www.palladiumbooks.com file Nightbane® World Book 5: Nightbane® Survival Guide™ is published by Palladium Books Inc., 39074 Webb Court, Westland, MI 48185-7606. Printed in the USA. 2 Palladium Books® Presents: Nightbane® World Book Five: Nightbane® Survival Guide™ Written by: Irvin Jackson & Mark Oberle Additional text & ideas: Kevin Siembieda Morphus Tables by: Kevin Siembieda with ideas and inspiration from the works of Eric Baierl, Roy C. Craigo, DeAnna Renae Bearce, Aaron Oliver, David Solon Phillips, and Edward Woodward III that origi- nally appeared in various issues of The Rifter®. Editors: Alex Marciniszyn Wayne Smith Kevin Siembieda Proofreader: Julius Rosenstein Cover Painting: Mark Evans Interior Artists: Amy L. Ashbaugh Nick Bradshaw Kent Burles Mark Dudley Stephen L. Fox Art Direction: Kevin Siembieda Typography & Layout: Wayne Smith RPG rules written by Kevin Siembieda. Nightbane®Sample RPG setting created by C.J. Carella. file Special Thanks to Mark Oberle and Irvin Jackson for bringing Nightbane® back to vivid life, to Mark Evans for creating a pro- vocative and moody cover, to all of Palladium’s dynamic artists on this book, but especially Amy Ashbaugh and Stephen Fox who han- dled most of the art chores, and to the most loyal, hard working staff in the game industry, Wayne, Kathy, Alex, Julius, and Jason. – Kevin Siembieda, 2009 3 Contents Random Character Detail Tables ············50 Outlook on the Hidden War ··············53 Dark Day ·························6 New Skills for Nightbane ················54 In the Aftermath of Dark Day ···············7 Education Modifiers ···················60 The truth about monsters ················8 Military/Soldier ····················64 The Nightbane Survival Guide ··············8 Psychology of a Nightbane ················65 Finding the Nightbane Survival Guide ···········9 A hero’s mindset ·····················65 The Hidden War ····················10 Optional Nightbane Specific Insanity Table ········66 Let’s start with the basics ·················10 Anatomy of a Morphus ·················68 Your first change ···················10 Finding meaning behind a Morphus ············69 The Morphus ·····················10 Nightbane Morphus Tables ···············69 The Hidden War ····················11 New Appearance Table ··················70 Surviving a war in the shadows ··············12 New Nightbane Characteristics Table ···········71 Keeping to the Shadows after Dark Day ·········13 New Morphus Tables ··················71 Clean Cell Phones ····················14 Alphabetical Listing ···················71 Unwitting Go-Between ··················16 New Morphus Tables ··················71 You are Nightbane ···················17 Alien Shape Table II ···················72 The Becoming ······················17 Angelic Table ······················73 Difficulties Maintaining a Normal Life ·········18 Aquatic Animal Form Tables ···············75 The secret to a successful escape ············19 Crustacean Table ···················75 A secret life as a crusading hero ············20 Dolphin/Whale Table ·················76 Nightbane Allies & Contacts ··············21 Fish Table ·······················77 Making New Contacts ·················21 Octopus/Squid Table ··················78 Creating Contacts ····················24 Shark Table ······················79 Theories of Origin ····················24 Artificial Appearance Table ················80 Theories of the Underground Railroad ···········25 Biomechanical: Aquatic Table ··············82 Theories of the Resistance ················26 Biomechanical Table III ·················83 Theories of the Nocturnes ·················27 Gimmick Toy Switches ················83 Theories of the Warlords ·················28 Dinosaur Form Table ···················85 Theories of the Seekers ··················28 Disproportion Table ···················87 Common beliefs held by the Seekers ··········29 Head ·························87 Theories of the Lightbringers ···············29 Arms & Hands ····················88 The Lunatic Fringe ····················30 Legs & Feet ······················88 Doctor Francis S. Mang ················31 Torso ·························88 The Quest for Truth ···················32 Extraterrestrial Table ···················89 Origin Subplots and Adventure Hooks ·········33 Fantasy Table ······················90 The Kafka Lost Diary ···················34 Infernal Table ······················91 The Night World Puzzle Box ···············35 Mineral Table II ·····················93 The Lost Mural of Verdicelli ···············36 Stigmata Table III ····················95 The Atlantis Society ···················36 Undead Table ······················96 The Crimson Ark ·····················37 Unnatural Appendages & Limbs Table ··········97 The Sable Diaries ·····················38 Unusual Facial Features Table II ·············98 Yuri the Mad ·······················39 Victim Table ·······················99 The Tomb of the First ···················39 New Talents ······················101 The Shadowboard & the Internet ·············40 Talent Manifestations ··················101 Libraries ·························41 New Nightbane Talents ·················101 Museums ························41 Shadow Weapon ···················102 The Seekers ·······················42 New Elite Talents ····················103 Other Nightbane ·····················42 Guardian Angel ···················105 The Nightlords & their Minions ··············43 Spelljack ·······················105 Other SupernaturalSample Beings ················44 file True Reflection ····················106 The Becoming ······················45 Nightbane Factions ···················108 Young Nightbane ·····················47 Faction Recruiting ····················108 Older Nightbane ·····················48 The Underground Railroad ················110 Transformation Rules ··················49 Passengers ······················110 4 Agents ························110 Contacts: 13 Reasons to become one ···········22 Conductors ······················111 DuBois Family, Faction ·················125 The Resistance ·····················113 DuBois