History TableTopGame / Nightbane

* CrapsackWorld: Evil rules the world, most people just don't realize it.
* ChangelingFantasy: Of sorts, if a pretty dark take.
* CursedWithAwesome: Nightbanes may have some FreakinessShame inducing powers... except they are in complete control of them, and may do with them as they will.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Attila the Hun's Doppelganger is Warlord of the Hell Riders. The book [[DefiedTrope defies]] the usual HistoricalVillainUpgrade, and instead presents him as a highly intelligent and relatively well-educated CulturedBadass instead of an insane berserker, though it also depicts his cruelty and delusions of grandeur.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Attila the Hun's Doppelganger is Warlord of the Hell Riders. The book [[DefiedTrope defies]] the usual HistoricalVillainUpgrade, and instead presents him as a highly intelligent and relatively well-educated CulturedBadass, though it also depicts his cruelty and delusions of grandeur.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Subverted; while most Nightbanes' true form (the "Morphus") is often hideous, they usually retain control of themselves, and it provides most of their powers.

There are several factions that the players can encounter, or even join: ''The Resistance'', made of up Nightbane who oppose the Nightlords; ''The Underground Railroad'', who just wants Nightbane to keep hiding from humanity; ''The Warlords'', Nightbane who used their powers to take over gangs and organized crime; ''The Nocturne'', an alliance of supernatural beings (including vampires, whom most Nightbane do not trust); ''The Seekers'', a group (mainly of humans) who investigate magic and the supernatural; ''The Spook Squad'', an organization made up of (former) government agents who survived the Nightlord takeover and are trying to retake control (but are underpowered and barely understand what's going on); and The Lightbringers, all-around do-gooders led by The Guardians.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Subverted; while most Nightbane's true form (the "Morphus") is often hideous, they usually retain control of themselves, and it provides most of their powers.

* UrbanFantasy

* DimensionLord: The Nightlords

* CursedWithAwesome: Nightbanes may have some FreakinessShame inducing powers...except they are in complete control of them, and may do with them as they will.

* TheUnreveal: Many facts are left ambiguous, such as: Are the Nightbane originally from the Nightlands? were the Nightlords once human? what exactly are the Guardians?

''Nightbane'' is a DarkFantasy TabletopRolePlayingGame and setting created by C. J. Carella and published in 1995 by Creator/PalladiumBooks. Originally published under the title "Nightspawn", the game's name was changed after legal threats from the lawyers of Creator/ToddMcFarlane, creator of the ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' comic book.

The setting is this: On March 6, 2000, the entire planet was shrouded in unnatural darkness for three days. This was due to The Nightlords, a secret cabal of supernatural beings from another dimension, and their shapeshifting minions, who then quietly seized control of the world's governments and corporate powers. It was also during this darkness that thousands of people learned that they had become inhuman monsters. These shapechanging beings are called the Nightbane, for it was at night that they become monsters. It is now up to the Nightbane to save the Earth from the Nightlords with the rest of humanity unaware of their secret war.

The setting is this: On March 6, 2000, the entire planet was shrouded in unnatural darkness. This was due to The Nightlords, a secret cabal of supernatural beings from another dimension, and their shapeshifting minions, who then quietly seized control of the world's governments and corporate powers. It was also during this darkness that thousands of people learned that they had become inhuman monsters. These shapechanging beings are called the Nightbane, for it was at night that they become monsters. It is now up to the Nightbane to save the Earth from the Nightlords with the rest of humanity unaware of their secret war.

''Nightbane'' is a DarkFantasy TabletopRolePlayingGame and setting created by C. J. Carella and published in 1995 by Creator/PalladiumBooks. Originally published under the title "Nightspawn", the game's name was changed after legal threats from the lawyers of ToddMcFarlane, creator of the {{Spawn}} comic book.

The game uses Palladium's "Megaversal" system, which is also used by the multi-genre game ''{{TabletopGame/Rifts}}'' and the horror game BeyondTheSupernatural, among others. Players don't have to be just Nightbane, however, they can also be human, vampires and even mysterious angelic beings known as The Guardians.

''Nightbane'' is a DarkFantasy TabletopRolePlayingGame and setting created by C. J. Carella and published in 1995 by PalladiumBooks. Originally published under the title "Nightspawn", the game's name was changed after legal threats from the lawyers of ToddMcFarlane, creator of the {{Spawn}} comic book.

The game uses Palladium's "Megaversal" system, which is also used by the multi-genre game {{Rifts}} and the horror game BeyondTheSupernatural, among others. Players don't have to be just Nightbane, however, they can also be human, vampires and even mysterious angelic beings known as The Guardians.

* NamesTheSame: The Baal use the names of famous devils (such as Lilith) but they are not those beings (who exist in other parts of The Magaverse.)

* ShoutOut: To Creator/WilliamHopeHodgson's work Main/TheNightLand.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Many Nightbane powers are shadow-based.

The setting is this: On March 6, 2000, the entire planet was shrouded in unnatural darkness. This was due to The Nightlords, a secret cabal of supernatural beings from another dimension, and their shapeshifting minions, who then quietly seized control of the world's governments and corporate powers. It was also during this darkness that thousands of people learned that they had become inhuman monsters. These shapechanging beings are called the Nightbane, for it was at night that they become monsters. It is now up to the Nightbane to save the Earth from the Nightlords with the rest of humanity unaware of the secret war.

* DevilButNoGod: Subverted, with the Baal (the Nightlords) being the 'devil' and [[ThePowersThatBe a mysterious being]] creating The Guardians as their counterpart.

* HordeOfAlienLocusts: The Shadow Mantis
* LightIsNotGood: Subverted, the Guardians, who are always good, have light-based powers.

* RecurringTheme: Darkness, both literal and metaphorical.

* PsychicVampirism: The Nightlords