Pyramid Review
Dan Brereton's Nocturnals: A Midnight Companion (for Mutants & Masterminds)
Published by Green Ronin Publishing
Written by Dan Brereton & Chris Pramas
Cover by Dan Brereton & Alex Ross
Illustrated by Bret Blevins, Ronnie del Carmen, John Dunivant, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Fowler, David Hartman, John Heebink, Casey Jones, Ted Naifeh, Phil Noto, Ward Shipman, Jay Stephens, & Bruce Timm
Cartography by Rob Lazzaretti
162-page full-color hardcover; $29.95
Imagine if Tim Burton directed L.A. Confidential and set it in Ray Bradbury's Greentown, Illinois transplanted to just South of Innsmouth. This would give you some idea of the feel and tone of Dan Brereton's Nocturnals: A Midnight Companion, a new supplement for the premier d20 System superhero RPG, Mutants & Masterminds. It is based upon the comic book series Dan Brereton's Nocturnals which is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is best described as pulp or monster noir. Like last year's Chi-Chian the Roleplaying Game, this book is as much a source book for the comic book series as it is a roleplaying supplement. It also acts as a showcase for Dan Brereton's artwork, and that of a number of other illustrators who have worked on the comic. Plus it comes with a never before seen Nocturnals strip.
The very first thing that strikes you upon cracking open the pages of A Midnight Companion is the art itself. It might be an acquired taste, but the dark, perhaps muddy hues quickly grow upon you. Yet not only do we see the artwork of creator . . .
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Article publication date: September 3, 2004
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