" I have come unto thee, O son of Nut. Osiris - Prince of Everlastingness;
I am in the following of the God Thoth, and have rejoiced at everything
which he hath done for thee. He brought the sweet air into thy
nostrils, and life and strength to thy beautiful face; and the
north wind which cometh forth from Shu for thy lungs, O lord of
Ta-tchesert. He made the god Atum to shine upon thy body; he illumined
thy path with rays of light; he destroyed for thee the faults
and defects of thy members by the magical power of the words of
his mouth;..."
What follows are various notes not central to the Campaign but nevertheless of general utility or careful consideration. They include:
It is the intention of this cyber campaign module/site to shed
light on the nature of the (theopolitical) relationship between
the Elder Gods and Heaven which, in this author's opinion, is
an area that needs radical revision. The climax being the inauguration
of an Illuminated New (Celestial) World Order. Thus forcing the
Militant Tendency and Uriel's old guard to rethink their tactics
and focus on the real Enemy. The Egyptian Pantheon has been chosen
for this thought experiment for a number of reasons:
It is ultimately up to you, as a literal Deus ex Machina, to approve of this thought experiment and allow its ramifications to further complicate the Celestial Politics of your IN campaign. Or allow a brief flowering of reason before the forces of conservatism crush it mercilessly.
Remember Big Dominic is Watching YOU!
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This Campaign Module is written with the underlying tenet that Ra the God of the Egyptians redefined Himself during the Aten Heresy as a Monotheistic Deity using an Orwellian Ministry of Truth henceforth "MiniJust" to rewrite history. This Ministry in time becoming the Halls of Judgement. Needless to say all Angels and most Archangels although they have memories stretching back to the Creation are in fact less than 3000 years old!
Thus there are interesting gaming ramifications to a Celestial Campaign. q.v..
Some of the inhabitants of the Celestial 'Village/Complex' will be aware of this secret, being Elder Gods assimilated by Ra and now masquerading as Archangels. Just who these are is up to you (See "The secrets that Archangels were not meant to know" below.) The problem facing the Players as relatively minor 'Villagers' now aware that "all is not as it seems"; becomes identifying just who is a 'Prisoner' and who is a 'Warder' without being caught and being forced to give "Information"!
Some Ethereal Elder Gods may thus merely be a Manifestation or Aspect of an Archangel, who is secretly the original Ethereal deity uplifted to the new Realm by Ra/Aten/The God of the Hebrews. This lesser Ethereal Spirit being an independent scion of Forces 'in circulation' on the Ethereal Realm merely to maintain the masquerade! Conversely an Archangel or Angel may merely be a scion of an Elder God acting under deep cover in the Celestial Realm to keep an Eye on the proceedings! q.v. Isis
An interesting and Illuminating corollary to this thought experiment concerns the Fall of Lucifer and creation of Hell. This could be now be ascribed to a falling out between Ptah as the divine Creator and Ra as the (original) Bringer of Light. The latter deciding that "Non Serviam" was the only alternative and setting off, accompanied by all the other disaffected Elder Gods, to create his own version of the Cosmos . This of course was the failed Eden Experiment and Lilith an aspect of the original Isis or some other archetypal Elder Goddess. Such information would be tightly controlled and few (if any) Demon Princes aware of their true heritage. This particular version of events ties in nicely with the Gnostic Heresy and Aeons and Archons !
The Secrets that Archangels were not meant to know.
The following is the suggested list of Archangels whose relationship with the Elder Gods of the Egyptian Pantheon may be more than it seems...
It is almost certain that Jean, Jordi, Laurence, Marc and Novalis are newcomers and unaware of the false nature of their memories and the true Face of God. Naturally Litheroy knows the Truth of the matter.
Lucifer will be the only denizen of Hell to know the Truth. But as the Prince of Lies is anyone going to believe him?
Osiris as the God of the Resurrection had a very important job to do
about two millennia ago... After its completion he rediscovered
his roots but was the ambushed by the forces of darkness and destruction
and has been 'MIA' for most of that time. See Saminga and the History of Egypt - the real story. The bulk of his Forces are sundered and embodied on the Corporeal
in the form of Djed Amulets most of these are in the possession
of various members of the CIA.
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Snofru (c.2610 B.C.), the father of Khufu, was bored one day and
summoned the court magician Djad-djem-ankh who suggested that
Snofru might enjoy the sight of twenty of the most beautiful of
the king's harem dressed in their finest linens (i.e. practically
naked) rowing a boat up and down the Palace Lake. Snofru readily
agreed and commanded that it be so. Enjoying the spectacle until
one of the ladies dropped a favored item of jewelry into the lake.
She created such a fuss that all the girls stopped rowing and
it looked like the day was to be ruined. The magician intervened
and using his powers uttered words of power that "folded the waters
of the lake in half". Then he walked down the dry passage he had
created, retrieved the pendant and handed it to the amazed girls
in the boat floating on the surface of the displaced water beside
his head. And thus the day was saved!
TASK DIFFICULTY
EQUIVALENCE TABLE
IN NOMINE
Very Easy
Easy
Average
Easy(ish)
Routine
Tricky
Hard
Tough
Formidable
Tough
Nightmarish
Very Tough
Outrageous
Very Tough
Ridiculous
Very VERY Tough
Dire
(Papyrus of the Middle Kingdom 2040-1640 BC in the collection of the Berlin Museum and a copy of an ancient and much repeated fairy tale.)
NB The Exodus being dated to about middle of the 14th century BC (~1420) is at least a minimum of 200 years after the story was copied down and 1200 years before Moses did the same to the Red Sea!
Find some tourist guides and holiday brochures and hand them out to to the Players. Encourage them to read them, get Players who want to do things make cups of tea, or go out to get pizza etc. If you manage to get one of them to actually make lunch award your favorite CIA NPC a character point!
Find some World music with a Middle Eastern flavour or go whole hog and find a tape of a muezzin calling the faithful to prayer. Traditional music too will all help to distract the players from getting started with their mission right away.
Note to Practitioners of use this quiet period to gain a hand or two for use in the later
more hectic sequences...
In order not to arouse the suspicions of the Players that they are about to meet major NPC's you could use the following:
First there is Roxy who will play her role like a Lilim Servitor of Andrealphus. She looks just like the girl on page 146 of the IN Rules - be coy if the Players ask which image you are talking about. She is wearing a skimpy bikini top under a translucent black cotton She shakes hands up close and breathes heavily on the shyest of Angels.
(My apologies to all the outraged Politically Correct Player Characters out there but all is fair in Love and WarGaming If it's appropriate make him Rupert and go on about tight jeans and pert buns! Hugh can stay Hugh - if you want to be really controversial - Servitors of Dominic and Laurence tend to be rather touchy about these things especially if they are NPC's, have not been around on Earth for the last 20 years and nominally in charge of the Players. There's a whole new sub plot here for D/M's wanting to explore these issues...)
Once you have drawn their attention to his/her physical charms. Check for Elohite Dissonance and Lustful Discords!
Once they are over that, introduce some of the Students..
Their names are Matthew Chong, Mark Hamal, Luke Skywalker (he is an Amerind and yes he has seen the Films), John Prester,.. then run out of steam and ask for the rest of the Apostles.
Matthew, Mark, Simon called Peter, Andrew, James, John, Phillip, Bartholomew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus (what !), Simon Zelotes, Judas (and Jesus) Note that Luke was not an Apostle.
The others are thus Simon Peters, Andrea Lam, James McTaggart, Phillippa Januaria, Bartholomew Smythe, Thomas Chen, James Alphard, Simone Zasitch, Hector was number 13!
If a Player knows them off the top of their head, award a Character point - then and there! Failing that get the most inquisitive/clever Player to get a Bible out and find out the rest. Have a pun competition with the worst getting a character point and a black look from the Angel i/c.
"Anyway the the workers sorry this is Hugh talking Yeah the Workers will be going back to their villages soon as Er this is Horace He's our main man here! (Horace looks up briefly and goes back to glueing a smashed piece of pot to another smashed piece of pot.) say hi Horace! Horace waves and knocks over the glue pot. Er he is rather busy right now I'll introduce him later. Now I'll introduce you to the Gaffer Kaffir he's my main source of trouble here at the moment..erception anyone? ditto Arabic?"
Roleplay some Language here with translation funnies. If they are very lucky they may spot Kaffir as being odd but Sirob will be operating at a very low profile. Remember the Mirrorshades only reveal corporeal disguises.
Then hit them with Frohicke et al Another character point opportunity and a potential argument about the X files and go to the toilet. If the Players remind you about Horace Oh yes I quite forgot here you go...
If rescued, the Team will have to stand in the bus for the entire journey. Unless you want to be really cruel and have an opportunistic local taxi driver with a "Haggle fare with stranded tourists" Skill IN: /7, Speciality TA: @40. Both passengers and Taxi driver will comment at length on the eerie nature of the storm which seemed to spring up from nowhere. A courtesy detail provided by the CIA or (ditto) by the D/M?
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This is a variant G/M (Game Mechanic) used to increase the number of Skills for appropriate Corporeal NPCs. Notably Cludge, Biql and Sir John. Largely for decorative effect, demonstrating an in-depth Knowledge in a particular skill area. D/M's may wish to allow their Corporeal Players or Infernal and Celestial Players with a well established Role/6 the following option: Instead of a generic +1 applied to a long list of Specialisations, this system improves on the Rules given on page 25 of the Corporeal Player's Guide by allowing Corporeal Players to declare a Sub-Skill as a Speciality at +1 (Equivalent to /7 (!) if the generic Skill is known at level 6). The Player may then select further a set of Cascading sub-skills equal in number to the Speciality Level. Each successive Skill is known at one level less than its predecessor.
Thus Skill/6 (Specialities: The Main Sub-Skill/7, A lesser Sub Skill/6, Another/5, And so on/4, Until/3 The Player/2, Runs out/1)
Equivalent in every way to the Sorcery Attunement. This is a Non-Hell Tainted version for Thaumaturgists who do not want to be labelled as Sorcerers.
Used especially by the neutral Ethereals who want to maintain the independence of their Symphonically Aware Dream Soldiers.
It is this author's opinion that the Game Mechanics of Theurgy Corporeal Player's Guide p 44 are also unnecessarily harsh especially as one of the greatest of the early Renaissance Sorcerers: Sir John Dee, regularly communed with Angelic Spirits. Along with Bacon, Albertus Magnus, Paracelsus and more recently Brother Atheling of Monte Albano in Italy!
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Cairo Capers Arcane Adventures in and around the Capital
East: The Pillar of Qebehsnewef The Pillar of Air
No experience as such but a chance to convert CP into things!
The Papyrus of Horus: The Book of Breathings
Other Strangeness