a few starting demons

Matthias Wasser · 11-14-2010, 06:29 PM

Here are a few pregens I have floating around - 9-Force demons located in Boston. Some have Skill+Ability totals that make more sense given house rules. If the three-shot for which they were written ever happens, I'll let you know.

Anauel
Habbalite of Greed

2 Corporeal Forces; Strength 4, Agility 4
3 Ethereal Forces; Intelligence 8, Precision 4
4 Celestial Forces; Will 10, Perception 6

Attunements - Habbalite of Greed

Skills – you are an intellectual and your task is intellectual; you have Fast-Talk and Knowledges (Economics and Philosophy) at 6, giving you base TNs of 16 in the former and 14 in the latter. You are also comfortable, if not expert, in the social graces of the best class of people, and possess Savoir-Faire at 1 level for a base TN of 7.

Vessel – as played by Judy Dench, level 1, +2 Charisma; “Anna Green,” lecturer at Harvard Business School, Role 5/Status 4. As a molder of the minds of the future captains of industry, you have great responsibility on your shoulders: it is the divine task of capitalism to uplift the strong and uproot the weak, and how can this be done if even its elites do not fully understand it? You moonlight as a business consultant, author, and occasional talk-show guest, but don't qualify as a celebrity yet, and really prefer dealing with the best business students to the vapid general public. In your true form you are a series of nested and cracked glass spheres which perform analog calculations by the hydraulic exchange of acidic gases.

Balam
Balseraph of Fate

3 Corporeal Forces; Strength 6, Dexterity 6
3 Ethereal Forces; Intelligence 6, Precision 6
4 Celestial Forces; Will 8, Perception 8

You fought alongside the Star of Morning on the day of the Fall, and would march knowingly under his banner to oblivion.

Attunements (uppercase A) - Balseraph of Fate (Cherub), Djinn of Fate, Fated Future

Skills – you understand that the stakes of this battle are truly philosophical, and have 3 ranks in Knowledge (Philosophy). You're also aware that the stakes can be somewhat baser, and that one with a truly glorious Fate will be threatened by the envious and the moralizing. You have a pistol and the knowledge to use it at 3 ranks. Base TN for either is 9. You are very old and have forgotten more than most will ever learn, but most of your other skills are less than critical in this age – how to speak Akkadian, for instance, or how to make a clay pot.

Songs
Corporeal Song of Healing (4) – sing a soothing song, heal your charge.
Corporeal Song of Shields (4) – sing a martial song, protect your charge.

Discord – Lucifer's holy light, a half-visible white-hot flame extends from you, making it... difficult... to hide your true nature. (4 levels of Aura.) If asked, you reply that you are an angel (a fallen one, yes, but to leave that unmentioned is a matter of mere modesty) tasked with ensuring that very special souls achieve the very best they can.

Vessel – as played by Christopher Lee, 3 levels. In your true form, you look rather like a Chinese dragon, long and red and stubby-legged, six eyes gleaming in bodhisattva-like desire for the liberation of all souls.

Decarabia
Impudite of the Game

2 Corporeal Forces; 4 Strength, 4 Agility
3 Ethereal Forces 8; Intelligence, 4 Precision
4 Celestial Forces 10; Will, 6 Perception

Attunements - Humanity, Impudite of the Game

Skills – you're a damned good lawyer. Take Fast-Talk at 6, for a base TN of 16; Knowledge (Law) at 6 and Lying at 4, for base TNs of 14, and Emote at 2, for a base TN of 8. Your friend Anauel would prefer that you take cases that advance individual rights, and as a person of intelligence you are of course inclined to agree – you might take it as evidence of treason not to – but mostly you love the art of the Game in the courtroom. If you're going to be on Earth, rolling around in money isn't bad either. The professorship lets you mold young minds, which is loyalty to the Revolution, and build up a network of contacts.

Vessel – as played by Sandra Oh, plus a decade or so, level 1, Charisma +2, “Harriet Nguyen,” professor, Harvard Law School, Role 5, Level 5. You're partner at a firm, too – not having to sleep, when you don't have Humanity activated, does wonders for your productivity, and everyone says you're a natural genius (which you are, of course.) If you weren't an Impudite, you might have enough class not to flirt with your students. In your true form you are a bit younger, sexless, and have beautiful black horns over red skin.

Gargarax
Calabite of Hardcore

3 Corporeal Forces; 6 Strength, 6 Agility
3 Ethereal Forces 2; Intelligence, 10 Precision
3 Celestial Forces 8; Will, 4 Perception

Attunements - Calabite of Hardcore

Skills – you specialize in hypertechnical guitar solos, and have Singing (interpreted generously to apply to your instrumental performances) at 6 ranks, for a base TN of 16. You've also got that rock-star charisma – Seduction at 4 ranks, for a base TN of 12. Your Calabite nature means anyone you sleep with probably spontaneously develops a few venereal diseases, or at least feels violently ill the morning after – nobody leaps to supernatural conclusions from this, of course. You can Fight at 2 ranks, for a base TN of 12. Sex and drugs and adoration and fights and stuff are great, of course, but all you really care about is exulting in the music. You might be pretty happy as an angel, actually, but probably no happier than you are now, and it's never occurred to you to jump ship.

Songs
Corporeal Song of Cacophony (4) – scream! You create a loud noise that drowns out everything nearby.
Celestial Song of Cacophony (4) – scream even louder! This creates disturbance.
Song of Thunder (4) – thrashing bass beats initiate this Song, which sends concussive shocks through everyone nearby.

Vessel – as played by Jeff Bridges c. the Big Lebowski, level 5; he is “A.J.,” but his stage name and the name of the black metal band is, of course, Gargarax. Role (musician)/6, Status/2. Like almost all Calabim, you wear ratty, disintegrating clothes, but at least you have an excuse for it. Thus far, no angel appears to have suspected that you or your band are actually demonic – that would be almost too corny to believe. In your true form you are a whirlwind of noise and electric arcs.

Discord
Like Beethoven, you can no longer hear your own music (Deaf/3.). You have enough remaining hearing that you can speak with people at close range.

11-14-2010, 06:29 PM	#1
Matthias Wasser Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Boston	a few starting demons Here are a few pregens I have floating around - 9-Force demons located in Boston. Some have Skill+Ability totals that make more sense given house rules. If the three-shot for which they were written ever happens, I'll let you know. Anauel Habbalite of Greed 2 Corporeal Forces; Strength 4, Agility 4 3 Ethereal Forces; Intelligence 8, Precision 4 4 Celestial Forces; Will 10, Perception 6 Attunements - Habbalite of Greed Skills – you are an intellectual and your task is intellectual; you have Fast-Talk and Knowledges (Economics and Philosophy) at 6, giving you base TNs of 16 in the former and 14 in the latter. You are also comfortable, if not expert, in the social graces of the best class of people, and possess Savoir-Faire at 1 level for a base TN of 7. Vessel – as played by Judy Dench, level 1, +2 Charisma; “Anna Green,” lecturer at Harvard Business School, Role 5/Status 4. As a molder of the minds of the future captains of industry, you have great responsibility on your shoulders: it is the divine task of capitalism to uplift the strong and uproot the weak, and how can this be done if even its elites do not fully understand it? You moonlight as a business consultant, author, and occasional talk-show guest, but don't qualify as a celebrity yet, and really prefer dealing with the best business students to the vapid general public. In your true form you are a series of nested and cracked glass spheres which perform analog calculations by the hydraulic exchange of acidic gases. Balam Balseraph of Fate 3 Corporeal Forces; Strength 6, Dexterity 6 3 Ethereal Forces; Intelligence 6, Precision 6 4 Celestial Forces; Will 8, Perception 8 You fought alongside the Star of Morning on the day of the Fall, and would march knowingly under his banner to oblivion. Attunements (uppercase A) - Balseraph of Fate (Cherub), Djinn of Fate, Fated Future Skills – you understand that the stakes of this battle are truly philosophical, and have 3 ranks in Knowledge (Philosophy). You're also aware that the stakes can be somewhat baser, and that one with a truly glorious Fate will be threatened by the envious and the moralizing. You have a pistol and the knowledge to use it at 3 ranks. Base TN for either is 9. You are very old and have forgotten more than most will ever learn, but most of your other skills are less than critical in this age – how to speak Akkadian, for instance, or how to make a clay pot. Songs Corporeal Song of Healing (4) – sing a soothing song, heal your charge. Corporeal Song of Shields (4) – sing a martial song, protect your charge. Discord – Lucifer's holy light, a half-visible white-hot flame extends from you, making it... difficult... to hide your true nature. (4 levels of Aura.) If asked, you reply that you are an angel (a fallen one, yes, but to leave that unmentioned is a matter of mere modesty) tasked with ensuring that very special souls achieve the very best they can. Vessel – as played by Christopher Lee, 3 levels. In your true form, you look rather like a Chinese dragon, long and red and stubby-legged, six eyes gleaming in bodhisattva-like desire for the liberation of all souls. Decarabia Impudite of the Game 2 Corporeal Forces; 4 Strength, 4 Agility 3 Ethereal Forces 8; Intelligence, 4 Precision 4 Celestial Forces 10; Will, 6 Perception Attunements - Humanity, Impudite of the Game Skills – you're a damned good lawyer. Take Fast-Talk at 6, for a base TN of 16; Knowledge (Law) at 6 and Lying at 4, for base TNs of 14, and Emote at 2, for a base TN of 8. Your friend Anauel would prefer that you take cases that advance individual rights, and as a person of intelligence you are of course inclined to agree – you might take it as evidence of treason not to – but mostly you love the art of the Game in the courtroom. If you're going to be on Earth, rolling around in money isn't bad either. The professorship lets you mold young minds, which is loyalty to the Revolution, and build up a network of contacts. Vessel – as played by Sandra Oh, plus a decade or so, level 1, Charisma +2, “Harriet Nguyen,” professor, Harvard Law School, Role 5, Level 5. You're partner at a firm, too – not having to sleep, when you don't have Humanity activated, does wonders for your productivity, and everyone says you're a natural genius (which you are, of course.) If you weren't an Impudite, you might have enough class not to flirt with your students. In your true form you are a bit younger, sexless, and have beautiful black horns over red skin. Gargarax Calabite of Hardcore 3 Corporeal Forces; 6 Strength, 6 Agility 3 Ethereal Forces 2; Intelligence, 10 Precision 3 Celestial Forces 8; Will, 4 Perception Attunements - Calabite of Hardcore Skills – you specialize in hypertechnical guitar solos, and have Singing (interpreted generously to apply to your instrumental performances) at 6 ranks, for a base TN of 16. You've also got that rock-star charisma – Seduction at 4 ranks, for a base TN of 12. Your Calabite nature means anyone you sleep with probably spontaneously develops a few venereal diseases, or at least feels violently ill the morning after – nobody leaps to supernatural conclusions from this, of course. You can Fight at 2 ranks, for a base TN of 12. Sex and drugs and adoration and fights and stuff are great, of course, but all you really care about is exulting in the music. You might be pretty happy as an angel, actually, but probably no happier than you are now, and it's never occurred to you to jump ship. Songs Corporeal Song of Cacophony (4) – scream! You create a loud noise that drowns out everything nearby. Celestial Song of Cacophony (4) – scream even louder! This creates disturbance. Song of Thunder (4) – thrashing bass beats initiate this Song, which sends concussive shocks through everyone nearby. Vessel – as played by Jeff Bridges c. the Big Lebowski, level 5; he is “A.J.,” but his stage name and the name of the black metal band is, of course, Gargarax. Role (musician)/6, Status/2. Like almost all Calabim, you wear ratty, disintegrating clothes, but at least you have an excuse for it. Thus far, no angel appears to have suspected that you or your band are actually demonic – that would be almost too corny to believe. In your true form you are a whirlwind of noise and electric arcs. Discord Like Beethoven, you can no longer hear your own music (Deaf/3.). You have enough remaining hearing that you can speak with people at close range.