[Upcoming Product] Nightbane Survival Guide

From Palladium Books:

Ships June 29th

Nightbane
Survival Guide

Not only is this the first sourcebook for the ever popular Nightbane series in five years, we think it’s going to knock your socks off. The cover, as you can see for yourself, is gorgeous... er... gruesome... looks great. The interior is also fabulous, eerie, moody, powerful and evocative.

As for the source material? It will make you want to play Nightbane again. The focus is on the Nightbane, how they feel, think, live, deal with turning into a super-powerful monster, their Morphuses, the Hidden War against the Nightlords, new Morphuses, some new skills, contacts, history, mystery and a heck of a lot more.

Editor Alex Marciniszyn was blown away by the material and said, “Wow, this book reminded me how cool the Nightbane setting was and how fun the Nightbane are to play. Darn it, I want to play in a Nightbane campaign.”

Publisher and contributing writer, Kevin Siembieda, agreed. “I think people forget that there is nothing quite like Nightbane on the market. It’s what I call ‘superhero horror.’ I mean you have a character with strange and incredible powers that appear out of nowhere, but you have to turn into a monster to use them. You don’t know if you’re human or a monster yourself, society shuns you and denies your existence, and the demonic Nightlords (who secretly run the world) send their horrific minions to destroy you and control the world. Your character cavorts with vampires and other supernatural beings, and the setting is our modern world steeped in global conspiracies, cover-ups, government corruption, horror, suspense and mystery covered in the blood of treachery. Yep, great stuff. And this book brings it all to life like never before.”

The Nightbane setting features heroes who must transform into monsters to use their supernatural powers. They are the “bane of night” and the natural enemies of the Nightlords, secret masters of the world since Dark Day. Consequently, the Nightlords seek to exterminate the Nightbane wherever they are found. This is a guide to help the Nightbane survive in a world of conspiracy, dark forces and monstrous invaders from the dreaded Nightlands. It also takes a hard look at who and what the Nightbane are and how they live.

The book is in final production. Art is done. Writing done. Final editing and rewriting is almost finished. This book should go to the printer sometime next week.

• Surviving the Hidden War; strategies and tactics.
• More insight to the life and ways of the Nightbane.
• Creating Contacts, Creating Factions & Faction Recruiting.
• New factions and secret societies.
• Nightbane Morphus Tables and Talents.
• New Nightbane Creation Guideline Tables.
• New Nightbane history, theories of origin, psychology and more.
• A complete adventure, plus adventure ideas and world information.
• Cover by Mark Evans.
• Art by Stephen L. Fox, Amy Ashbaugh and others.
• Written by Mark Oberle and Irvin Jackson. Additional text and ideas by Kevin Siembieda.
• 160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 735.
• In final production. Ships June 29, 2009.