Catch All Comers

[Borger]

The Introduction:

Welcome to Nightbane, a reality where your shadow may be out to get you, very few people trust you, and very little is what it seems. Simple mirrors may carry one to whole other worlds. The nightmares lurk in the shadows. Your salvation rests in the hands of the mad.

This lore is the variation that deviates from standard lore of the setting:

For all of recorded history, there was the world of the surface, and the world unseen. The Night Lords have waged many a war from the unseen world, in an attempt to reign over the day as they do the night. Their desires have been thwarted time and time again by creatures in that unseen world, who protect Earth from their dark designs. Historically there were times when the Nightlands, home of the Night Lords, bled into the surface world where control was almost theirs, but those who stood against them held them at bay. Throughout the history of mankind, there were a small percentage of humans who because of some unknown cause, would manifest the characteristics of nightmares in the collective psyche of man. These creatures were dubbed Nightspawn, or Nightbane. When they would emerge they would stand as powerful champions against the Night Lords. This is how it was for millennia. This all changed in the year 2020.

The surface world saw a pandemic caused by a coronavirus dubbed COVID 19. Scientist speculated that it mutated in an animal and then leapt species to humans. The world plummeted into seeming chaos, but those that dwelled in the superficial world had no idea what chaos was. To the world unseen a deadly virus although concerning was the least of their problems. Nightbane began emerging at rates faster than ever seen before. Where once the emergence of a Nightbane was a one in 100,000,000 occurrence, that number increased to 1 in a million. Where once Nightbane emerged as Champions for those who stood against the Night Lords, these new Nightbane were sowing seeds of chaos and seemingly serving the interests of the Night Lords. Factions did everything they could to stifle the Night Lords’ influence and to keep the Nightlands from bleeding into the surface world. This consumed much of their time until the early part of 2021. As the release of vaccines began to quell the Pandemic, the emergence of Nightbane continued at record numbers. However more of these new Nightbane seemed to be free of the needs to cause chaos, and they did not seem to serve the interests of the Night Lords. Factions like the Underground Railroad, the Nocturnes and the Resistance all began seeing their ranks bolstered while the world seemingly crumbled into disarray. Fascism began rearing its head in countries around the world. Seeds of discord and distrust seemingly overwhelmed the sentiments of the regular human. Your factions had just begun turning attention to the skirmishes with the Night Lords that defined their existence, but something had changed. Clandestine government organizations began stepping up their attempts to destroy the factions. For two years the factions fought a two front war with the Night Lords and groups of humans that were aware of the existence of the world unseen. Because of the rapid changes, the factions became more segregated focusing on their self-preservation. Calls for aid would go unanswered between factions. Tension rose and now they are caught in petty bickering and territorial disagreements.

MGP Purchases
These purchases are made as per the tables described for the site wide MGP purchase table

Dimensional Buys
As per approval, but remember, once you are in... there is no escape.

Rifter Contents
Is used only on a case by case basis as per GM approval

Special Case note:
Wampyr use such content as detailed in Rifter #49 as follows:
Night Vision: 1600’
Smell Blood: Range 1 mile, 50%+5%/L
Prowl: Base Prowl 50%
Does not breathe
Does not Bleed
Does not radiate heat (invisible to thermal vision)
Not affected by heat/cold
Can eat food for taste, but gains no nutrition from it
Recognize other vampires on sight
Eyes glow when angry or when using powers

The following are not permitted:
Master Vampires
Night Lords
Night Prince [Squires]

High Powered:
Secondary Vampires