![]() All Nightbane are adopted children or orphans. No two Nightbane have the same Morphus some are beautiful, some are ugly, but all are inhuman. The Nightbane themselves are also described a race of shape-changers with a human form known as the Facade, and a monstrous form called the Morphus. Introductions are made by way of The Wanderer Diaries, an underground publication that claims to be the writings of an ancient immortal being from a race of supernatural entities known as the Nightbane. Since that time, the Nightlords have infiltrated the world and those formerly ordinary folk, now supernatural monsters, may be the only thing that stops them. ![]() Millions of other suffered nervous breakdowns and injuries. Panic broke out throughout the world, leading to the deaths of over 600,000 people. Dark Day, where the sun vanished and suddenly ordinary people were monsters in disguise. The planet was enveloped in unnatural darkness for twenty-four hours, without warning or explanation, an event that forever changed this Earth. The first section of the book described the setting of Nightbane an alternate Earth where, on March 6, 2000, at 6:02 a.m. All other titles and names are trademarks of Palladium Books. Rifts®, Megaverse® and Palladium Books® are registered trademarks of Palladium Books Inc. 0-916211-86-Xĭescription and cover art from Palladium Books Web site, copyright ? Palladium Books Inc. ![]() Palladium game system by Kevin Siembieda compatible with the entire Palladium Megaverse®.The Nightlands™, secret organizations, and tons of campaign and adventure ideas.Nightlords™ and their minions like the Hunters and Hounds.New magic, psionic abilities and supernatural powers.Over a dozen other O.C.C.s and R.C.C.s including the Sorcerer, Mystic, Vampire, Doppleganger and others.The only catch, they must shed their human disguise and become a monster to use them. Nightbane " talents" are supernatural and magic abilities of incredible power and range.Beings who can appear completely human, but are really superhuman creatures from the twilight dimension known as Nightlands™. enables gamers to play supernatural shape-changers. Their only opposition: humans who have uncovered the truth, vampires (rivals for world domination), and the Nightbane who have elected to fight their own kind to save the human race.įeared and hunted by humans, the Nightlords, and the forces of evil, the Nightbane are the ultimate anti-heroes who struggle to triumph against all odds!Ī complete role-playing game! Compatible with Beyond the Supernatural™, Heroes Unlimited™, Ninjas & Superspies™, Mystic China™, and adaptable to Rifts®. The Nightlords™ plan to quietly seize control of the world! They have already secretly infiltrated the highest levels of world government and business, and have begun to manipulate and enslave humankind. Worse, the Nightbane are hunted and slaughtered without just cause and without mercy by the Nightlords and their minions. Evil Nightbane, vampires, human sorcerers, supernatural predators and other dark forces all busy building their petty power structures, preying on the weak and innocent, or engaging in foul pursuits. But there are far greater horrors loosed in the world than this. Yet even these misbegotten heroes must operate in secret lest fearful, evil or misguided humans torment or destroy them. Many of these become secret protectors of humankind and champions of good. Creatures of shadows, when slain, they disappear like the morning mist, as if they never existed (and leaving no evidence of their existence).Ī surprising number of Nightbane cherish and cling to their humanity. Whether hideous or beautiful, cruel or kind, the Nightbane are feared and slaughtered by most humans who see only a monster. No two appear exactly alike and even the most hideous can have the spirit of a saint, while the handsome and beautiful may be evil incarnate. Thus some are exotic and beautiful, while others (most) are misshapened monsters. The morphus is said to reflect the character's personality or subconscious fears, desires and self-image. In fact, they are shape-changers who possess a comparatively frail, human "facade" and a supernatural, superhuman "morphus." The Nightbane are characters who discover that they not entirely human. "You quickly learn there are "monsters" in the world, both human and supernatural, evil and good. That was the day you discovered there were two of you, your human-self and the inhuman creature you can become at will. "It is your seventeenth birthday when "The Becoming" changes your life and your world view forever. The day there was no sun rise - no moon or stars for that matter - only absolute darkness and hysteria. "The world has never quite been the same since Dark Day.
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