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'''''In Nomine''''' is a role-playing game designed by Derek Pearcy and published in 1997 by Steve Jackson Games, [[Foreign Remake|based on the French game]] ''[[In Nomine Satanis/Magna Veritas]]''. Players typically assume the role of angels and demons in a setting that draws heavily on the traditional Christian mythos (however the French version was quickly expanded to include religions as diverse as Voodoo and the Norse Pantheon, and this adaptation also has expansions for playing mortals or characters from non-Abrahamic faiths). ''In Nomine'' won the Origins Award for Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement of 1997.
The American version of ''In Nomine'' is somewhat more serious than the French version but still a largely satirical look at the war between Heaven and Hell. While Demons tend to be genuinely evil at the upper ranks, [[Punch Clock Villain|individual rank and file]] are considerably more sympathetic. Likewise, Angels tend to be good but can become [[Knight Templar|bitterly misguided in their causes]].
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Not to be confused with the ''[[Europa Universalis]] III'' [[Expansion Pack]]. Or the [[E Nomine|German electronic music group]].
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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: Officially implemented with suggested variations for the personalities and priorities of the different Superiors, making them lighter, darker or sillier...
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Ethereals [[Gods Need Prayer Badly|need worship in order to become gods.]] Somehow, Archangel Uriel managed to go to war with the Aztec gods a half-millennium before anybody started worshipping them.
* [[Anatomy of the Soul]]: Souls in ''In Nomine'' are made up of three kinds of "Forces": Corporeal, Ethereal and Celestial. Corporeal Forces control how fast/strong you are in the physical world; Ethereal Forces how intelligent you are, and Celestial Forces how perceptive you are and how strong your willpower is. The total number of Forces in your soul directly corresponds to how powerful a being you are (mortals generally have 5, average Celestials have twice that, and Superiors are defined by having "many"); the ratings of your various Forces combine to generate various secondary attributes.
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: Angels and Demons with "Words" see everything through their Word's perspective, becoming living incarnations of their Word.
* [[Army of the Dead]]: The Saints of War. Over a thousand blessed souls incarnated on Earth to watch and wait for the moment that Michael needs them to scramble.
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* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Done interestingly. While selling your soul to a demon really jacks up the chances of you going to hell—and into the estate of that specific demon—there's nothing in there that says you ''cannot'' go to Heaven; If you somehow manage to redeem yourself, [[Faustian Rebellion|you've rendered the pact null and void]]—you're not the property of Hell at all, let alone one specific demon. The demons are ''not'' amused by this.
** Played straight with becoming a Soldier of Hell (as opposed to just selling your soul for mundane rewards), though. Willingly accepting an Infernal Force into your soul and wielding supernatural power in the name of Hell damns you on the spot, and nothing short of literal divine intervention is going to keep you from going downstairs.
** This is the way both Lilith and her children
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: The demons usually see themselves as this compared to the angels. It's possible but rare for a demon to redeem themselves this way.
* [[Demon Lords and Archdevils]]: the Demon Princes.
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** That said, it's almost never accidental. While demons can become ever-more Discordant as a byproduct of their existence, angels pretty much have to choose to Fall.
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Many of the Demon Princes (most notably Lucifer himself) fall into this category; they wear business suits and chat pleasantly with their demons while they order their Forces stripped. Some prefer simple brutishness and terror instead and don't even pretend to be nice, while Lilith appears to be an [[Affably Evil]] [[Noble Demon]]. (The truth about her is [[Shrug of God|ineffable]].)
* [[Feather Motif]]: The one image that you're almost guaranteed to see in any ''In Nomine'' rulebook is the "burning feather" used (with permission) as this page's image.
* [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]: reinforced and subverted. Heaven has a lot of stuff—although they did build a Fluffy Cloud section for the benefit of people who enjoy that sort of thing.
* [[Flying Weapon]]: Heavenly Judgement, one of Dominic's Servitor Attunement in ''Superiors I: War & Honor''. It creates a luminous sword that attacks serious criminals.
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* [[Have You Seen My God?]]: God Himself hasn't directly communicated with anyone—at least, that anyone knows about (barring two messages breaking up the trials of different Archangels) -- since the Rebellion.
** However, it's 99% certain that Gabriel's occasional moments of prophecy are communications directly from God, and it's also hinted that Archangel Yves is the spokesangel for God (replacing the Metatron, who Lucifer killed as his first act of rebellion). Yves, however, annoyingly refuses to confirm or deny. That's ineffability for you.
*** And then there's the Eli-is-God [[Epileptic Trees|Epileptic Tree]], which was [[Shrug of God|mentioned without being either confirmed or denied]] in his own splatbok.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Reinforced with Heaven's commander, Laurence, Archangel of The Sword, who not only is a true blademaster but can imbue any sword he uses with permanent supernatural power. Averted in Michael, Archangel of War, who openly prefers a simple mundane battle-axe to a sword and can trash anyone in creation with it {{spoiler|including, according to legend, Laurence himself.}}
** If they feel confident, a Servitor of Dominic can try to insta-trial an opponent for execution. If they succeed, they get to rent his (rather nice) sword for summary punishment.
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* [[One-Gender Race]]: Lilim are not ''quite'' this, but it still fits them to some extent. A supermajority of Lilim identify as female, they are collectively called the "Daughters of Lilith" and according to Beth McCoy (see [[Word of God]] below) they are created generically female. However, a moticeable minority identify as male ("Sons of Lilith") and a few like to appear as either sex depending on their whim.
** Also, roughly 80 percent of Zadkiel's angels of Protection choose to manifest as [[Mama Bear|female]].
** Conversely, the Archangel of Faith only employs or creates male angels, based on his reading of
* [[Our Angels Are Different]] and [[Our Demons Are Different]]: Boy howdy. At least seven types of each, just in the core rulebook:
** On the Angelic side:
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