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Night Music is the long-awaited first supplement (well, not counting the GM screen) for In Nomine. It's part of what SJG is calling the "Revelations Cycle", which will apparently be a series of interlinked worldbooks. Night Music has two major parts: rules and setting.

The rules portion of Night Music is fantastic. The roles of Soldiers (mortal servitors of the Higher/Lower Powers) and the Undead are further explained and rules clarifications and expansions are provided. There are also two new superiors (The Archangel of Children and the Demon Prince of Drugs) and an expanded write-up of Saminga, Demon Prince of Death, and Laurence, Archangel of the Sword. For In Nomine players or GMs wanting to know more about this sort of thing, this almost pays for the book in itself.

The setting portion of the book has caused some controversy. It's a write-up of Austin, TX as a campaign setting. Some gamers don't like getting setting with their rules, some love it. I rather enjoyed it myself. The other sticking point of the setting is that it lends itself primarily to a certain style of play: "Good Omens"-style satire. The angels and demons of Austin pretty much like each other and the angels hide that the demons are demons from the city's sole Malakite, who's getting old but is aching to thrash some denizens of the underworld. Which is not to say that everything is light and happy. One angel, Druiel, is the Angel of Teenage Death, but he misinterpreted his goal and now runs around offing teenagers to give the survivors a sense of their own mortality. Even the demons are creeped out by this. The setting portion also includes an amusing adventure "The Demon Prince of Rock and Roll" which further enforces the satirical style of the Austin setting! . The Demon of Hardcore, Furfur, is trying to stage a concert where one of his pet bands will perform a song that will summon Satan himself and get Furfur a great increase in station. Probably not for angsty types, but amusing if you keep your tongue in your cheek.

In all, Night Music is a welcome addition to the In Nomine line. Hopefully future supplements will be this good.

Style: 4 (Classy and well done)
Substance: 4 (Meaty)

Night Music
Author: Derek Pearcy, James Cambias, Sam Chupp, S. John Ross, John Tynes Category: game Company/Publisher: Steve Jackson Games Reviewed by Kevin Mowery on 08/14/97. Genre tags: none	Night Music is the long-awaited first supplement (well, not counting the GM screen) for In Nomine. It's part of what SJG is calling the "Revelations Cycle", which will apparently be a series of interlinked worldbooks. Night Music has two major parts: rules and setting. The rules portion of Night Music is fantastic. The roles of Soldiers (mortal servitors of the Higher/Lower Powers) and the Undead are further explained and rules clarifications and expansions are provided. There are also two new superiors (The Archangel of Children and the Demon Prince of Drugs) and an expanded write-up of Saminga, Demon Prince of Death, and Laurence, Archangel of the Sword. For In Nomine players or GMs wanting to know more about this sort of thing, this almost pays for the book in itself. The setting portion of the book has caused some controversy. It's a write-up of Austin, TX as a campaign setting. Some gamers don't like getting setting with their rules, some love it. I rather enjoyed it myself. The other sticking point of the setting is that it lends itself primarily to a certain style of play: "Good Omens"-style satire. The angels and demons of Austin pretty much like each other and the angels hide that the demons are demons from the city's sole Malakite, who's getting old but is aching to thrash some denizens of the underworld. Which is not to say that everything is light and happy. One angel, Druiel, is the Angel of Teenage Death, but he misinterpreted his goal and now runs around offing teenagers to give the survivors a sense of their own mortality. Even the demons are creeped out by this. The setting portion also includes an amusing adventure "The Demon Prince of Rock and Roll" which further enforces the satirical style of the Austin setting! . The Demon of Hardcore, Furfur, is trying to stage a concert where one of his pet bands will perform a song that will summon Satan himself and get Furfur a great increase in station. Probably not for angsty types, but amusing if you keep your tongue in your cheek. In all, Night Music is a welcome addition to the In Nomine line. Hopefully future supplements will be this good. Style: 4 (Classy and well done) Substance: 4 (Meaty)