In Nomine Chicago: The War at Home

Act IV Introduction

It's been one year.

A year since the final trumpet blew and the final battle began.

A year since the Sakoku Device cut off the Earth and its shadow from the Realms of Heaven and Hell.

A year since the broken heart of a rebellious Demon exploded with fractured time, isolating the Art of Diplomacy Tether and fracturing the city.

Earth survives, Chicago survives, but it is up to you to help it rise from the ashes and become home again.

Details for Act IV (And relevant webpages)

The Form for Returning Characters: What have you been up to in the last year? Where did you find shelter and allies?

The Form for New Characters: What kind of character would you like to bring in? Who did you join up with?

The Rough Details of the Brave New World: What has happened since the Seventh Trumpet, the Severing of the Realms and the Fracturing of Time in Chicago.

New Character Types In the world after the Apocalypse and the Severing of the Realms, several new characters have joined with the Allied Tethers.

New Downtime Procedures: We've updated the downtime procedure page to reflect the new system

Previously on In Nomine: A page that includes significant events of prior games

What's Coming Up?

In June, we will have a special event instead of a game session, a world building session/cast party at the Palette and Chisel. We will be doing work on the time jump, on the new factions and their victories and struggles, and helping work in new characters and answering questions, as well as having a chance for hangouts.

We also have the final round of funding to take us through the final game! We are funded through June and only have 6 games left after that point, so we'll be sharing a link to the IndieGoGo once it's ready.

Act III Introduction

The Civil War in Heaven has concluded, the Council of Seraphim has been dissolved, and the Archangels divided, with half of them exiled to Earth. A Demonic Civil War rages on, with Demon fighting Demon on Earth, in Hell and in the Marches, the realm of dreams.

With four trumpets having blown and two horsemen having ridden, the end of the world looms large in the minds of all. But what does it mean for Earth? And how can those in Chicago learn to survive against the onslaught of disaster. With a world at war, and a universe on the verge of collapse, Chicago’s former servants of Heaven look for new allies, struggling to stay true to their mission and preserve their home.

Act II Introduction

The Seraphim have returned to Heaven, and the word has gone out to the servants of the Light, God is Dead. Two Trumpets have sounded, and the returned Archangel Uriel now holds the word of Unity, carrying God's final words to Earth, asking all those who seek to serve Destiny and Good to come together under the banner of a reconciled Heaven before it is too late.

The Demonic forces of Chicago have meanwhile suffered a serious setback as their plan to destroy one of Chicago's tethers in a massive attack was thwarted by the collaboration between the divided tethers that came together in love and determination to prevent the loss of life and hope.

Now, with dangers looming on the horizon, the residents of the Heavenly Tethers of Chicago face down their newest challenges, moving forward as the deepest root of their goals is no longer present, coming together with those who have been strangers or even enemies, and preparing for the impending disasters as the world around them shuffles towards its end.

Act I Introduction

More than any other American City, Chicago encompasses the human capacity for great idealism and deep cynicism, for selflessness and avarice, for hope and despair.

It is the city of Jane Addams, of Ida B. Wells, of Daniel Burnham. It is the city of Al Capone, of H.H. Holmes, of Bathhouse John Coughlin.

It is the city where the Columbian Exposition rose, where the lakefront was kept in the hands of the people, the city that rose triumphant from the ashes of its destruction. It is the city where housing projects became horror stories, where the smoke-filled room was born, the city that shattered the faith of fifty million people.

And it is a battleground in the war between Heaven and Hell. And the war that has been cold for so long, the stalemate that has reigned for the past seven centuries, the conflict that has been fought by mortal proxies, that will all change.

Because yesterday, the host of Seraphim were recalled to Heaven.

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In Nomine the War at Home is about a Cold War between Heaven and Hell and the lives of the residents of Chicago who fight in that war. The game revolves around the six tethers to Heaven in the city, sites where the forces of Heaven organize their proxy war against the forces of Hell. But the status quo of the War cannot continue, as signs of the End of the World begin to accumulate. And those who fight the war in Chicago will have to look to what the final conflict means for the life of the community

Players will be playing Angels and Mortals in the service of Heaven to begin with, then other character types as the events of the game progress. Character slots will be filled based on a system of pitches, and there will be slots for some special custom character types available as Advisory PCs.

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This site contains the basic setting content and all the rules content for the game. Below are a number of specific notes about aspects of the game and some general information about the setting as well as our statement of principles with an In Nomine Chicago specific addendum.

More information is available from the top menu in four sections Characters, System, Tethers, World.

Additionally, there are a few references below as well as a form to express interest and a calendar with upcoming deadlines and events.

Descriptions of Play

Themes of the Game

Note on Biased Characters

Note about Religion

Note about Uncertainty

Statement of Principles

Statement of Principles Addendum

Questions Answered

Form for Content Warnings

Spotify Playlist for Game

Google Sites

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