11-24-2018, 07:00 PM | #1 |
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TFT Demon Summoning Tool
Coming out of the various threads on demons, there was a general consensus that the Solomonic demons are pretty interesting, and that it would also be cool for GMs to have a way to make their own. So I've bashed together a tool which randomly summons up a demon for you - Shademonicae.
http://www.shadekeep.com/shademonicae/ This generates a Greater or Lesser Demon with a random name, appearance, and set of powers. Each demon will always have their usual TFT Wish powers, but I've added additional powers from the Key of Solomon and my own ideas. The idea is that these extra powers count as a Service from the demon instead of a Wish. If you generate a demon you like, you can inscribe it into the Codex and recall it later again by its name. (Some of the Codex functionality is still in the works.) Naturally, being random, you'll get some damned silly results. But I tried to make it at least a bit sensible. I'm happy to take suggestions for improvements as well, and plan to keep adding to it for a while. If there's a big overhaul then I may have to wipe the Codex, but I'll let you know before I do so. Anyway, if you check it out, please share your impressions! (Note to board administrators: Not sure if this belongs in House Rules or not, so please move it if it's more appropriate there. Thanks!) |
11-24-2018, 07:20 PM | #3 |
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Re: TFT Demon Summoning Tool
Most of the powers don't have corresponding spells or talents. They function in the same way as wishes, i.e., via the creative interpretation of the GM. I do plan to add some guidelines when the power list is more complete.
I am also considering adding an "offering"/"restrictions" line, which would indicate what the demon can be offered in order to make them more co-operative, or any restrictions on summoning them. For example, "This demon can be made more agreeable by an offering of wine" (or gold or sacrifice or whatever else randomises up). "The demon can only be summoned at night" (day, Moon is full, certain month or day, weather, etc). I'm less interested in kicking out a programmed demon with very specific parameters for play, and more interested in giving the GM a demonic character that they can roleplay in a hopefully engaging and unique way. |
11-24-2018, 08:28 PM | #4 |
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Re: TFT Demon Summoning Tool
This....
This is awesome! |
11-24-2018, 08:42 PM | #5 |
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Re: TFT Demon Summoning Tool
Going beyond praise; I think that it might be nifty to score some of the abilities with a minimum IQ, so, for example, if one of the demon abilities is "bestow a charmed ring" (which was one of the results I received just now), then the Demon's minimum IQ would be 15 instead of 11, for example.
This gives the wizard a bigger challenge when summoning specific demons - which might be a problem if that isn't noted in the Codex that the wizard has been studying from.... |
11-24-2018, 09:35 PM | #6 | |
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11-24-2018, 11:31 PM | #7 |
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Re: TFT Demon Summoning Tool
Nice idea if we don't mind the source, but it seems to me that if they have varied descriptions and ability descriptions, they should have varied stats and described abilities as well.
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11-25-2018, 05:22 PM | #8 |
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Re: TFT Demon Summoning Tool
Do you mean something further than ST/DX/IQ stats? Let me know if so! And also if there are other sources you'd like to see incorporated beyond the Solomonic ones, I'm happy to give those a look-in. I did add some original-ish powers to the list, and I think there are a lot more that could be added. I just used the Solomonic ones as a starting point. And, to be honest, because they have lovely old-timey demonological phrasing. ^_^
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11-25-2018, 06:13 PM | #9 | |
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Different armor, DX penalties, maybe they don't all teleport limitlessly, different attacks/reach/equipment, spell-like abilities, resistances, difficulty of controlling them or compelling wishes from them, peculiar counter size/shapes or facing variations, etc. On the source, the thing is it's fine if demons are from that religious tradition, but the TFT ones may be called demons but seem to be some sort of magic creature that doesn't actually say it has any connection at all to an Earth religious tradition. Of course, one could decide they are that, or decide that they use forms from the minds/ancestral-memories of the summoners and so end up appearing in Solomonic styles if the summoners' ancestors are from that tradition, and/or maybe they borrow from other Earth demon traditions, or from non-Earth demon traditions (the Mnoren discovered many worlds). |
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11-25-2018, 07:53 PM | #10 | ||
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And speaking of the Mnoren, I wonder what their relationship was/is with demons. Did they summon them, employ them, shun them, or are they perhaps even in conflict with them? One could create quite a few scenarios from a campaign set in a world where the Mnoren presence on Cidri in virtually nonexistent due to a millennia-old battle with demonkind, which rages still in the shadows. |
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