Ethereal Player's Guide

In Nomine

by R. Sean Borgstrom, David Edelstein

These Dreams . . .

Once they were gods who ruled the lands of sleep. Once they were spirits who sent their images to slumbering mortals. Once they were elves, unicorns, dragons, and more.

The angels tried to kill them. The demons tried to enslave them. But the ethereal spirits survive - and are born anew from human dreams! The War may be about Heaven and Hell, but humans aren't the only ones caught in the crossfire.

Now you can play those mysterious "neutrals," the ethereal spirits - pagan gods, creatures of myth, and even the dancing toothbrushes from the last time you ate anchovies on your pizza. Woven from essential strands of concept, spirits have their own supernatural powers, Song affinities, and personalities.

Every second of the night, I live another life.
--Heart, "These Dreams"

Now you can, too . . .

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2003

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a rather schizophrenic book: R. Sean and I had very different visions of how the ethereal realms should work in In Nomine, and the editor didn't do much to reconcile them (or choose one paradigm over another). Thus, we effectively each wrote two halves of a book that didn't fit neatly together. I won't say it was bad, but I feel this was one of the less successful books in the line.

[Elizabeth McCoy]

Merging material from two different authors with vastly different styles was a challenge.