Shedite of the Game with 666 on Possession

JCD · 03-29-2011, 10:02 AM

This very much depends. Page 76 of the Infernal Players Guide (available on e23) has some help on adjudicating these things) But generally it varies according to how important the person possessed is. If it's a mook security guard in a calm situation, who cares? If it's the roll to possess the sorceress in the middle of the ritual to give Lucifer a spiritual wedgie...well, it gets a bit more important.

Here are a few of my interpretations

1. 6 days free

2. A CD of 6 on the Contest of Wills (or 12 or whatever)

3. The Perception of the person goes to zero, and so the player has a lot more days of 'awake time' before he gets any meaningful opposition

4. The person had their sanity shattered by the total realization of what happened to them. They are now a Shedite Sock Puppet. Unfortunately, since Shedim love the feeling of corrupting innocence, they'll get bored eventually.

Archangel Beth · 03-29-2011, 10:35 AM

5: the victim becomes semi-addicted to the feeling of being possessed, and the Shedite can slip into that victim at will in the future.

6: the victim grows/has a 6th Force, and is predisposed to be Hellsworn.

7: the victim becomes truly addicted to being possessed, and will be a willing host for any Shedim, even seeking out the people in the "odd dream" that s/he had while possessed, looking for More Of That.

8: Indefinite Duration, but the Shedite doesn't get any bennies in regards to that host after it eventually leaves.

Jason · 03-29-2011, 02:02 PM

Unless the host is a major PC or Heaven-sworn NPC, I would give host to the Shedite as a level 1 (or level 0) Servant, whose level can be increased using character points as usual. (I think something like this is recommended for an Intervention on Reaction Rolls in the Game Master's Guide, and I liked the idea.)

If it IS a major PC or Heaven-sworn NPC, I would treat it as a CD 6 during which the host gets no chance to roll contests of Will to resist anything the Shedite makes them do.

naraht · 03-29-2011, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JCD

4. The person had their sanity shattered by the total realization of what happened to them. They are now a Shedite Sock Puppet. Unfortunately, since Shedim love the feeling of corrupting innocence, they'll get bored eventually.

This is a Shedite of the Game, so it is used to being bored. :)

Andygal · 03-29-2011, 09:31 PM

or, alternatively, the host has recently seen something that provides an excellent lead on tracking down a high-priority Renegade.....

Archangel Beth · 03-31-2011, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by naraht

This is a Shedite of the Game, so it is used to being bored. :)

I liked the IN IOU Game-Shedite I had. It wasn't so much into corruption as eating ice cream and being the bane of the Mercurian of Judgment.

Wish that game had gone on longer. It had some really great bits.

03-29-2011, 10:02 AM	#1
JCD Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birthplace of the Worst Pizza on the Planet	Re: Shedite of the Game with 666 on Possession This very much depends. Page 76 of the Infernal Players Guide (available on e23) has some help on adjudicating these things) But generally it varies according to how important the person possessed is. If it's a mook security guard in a calm situation, who cares? If it's the roll to possess the sorceress in the middle of the ritual to give Lucifer a spiritual wedgie...well, it gets a bit more important. Here are a few of my interpretations 1. 6 days free 2. A CD of 6 on the Contest of Wills (or 12 or whatever) 3. The Perception of the person goes to zero, and so the player has a lot more days of 'awake time' before he gets any meaningful opposition 4. The person had their sanity shattered by the total realization of what happened to them. They are now a Shedite Sock Puppet. Unfortunately, since Shedim love the feeling of corrupting innocence, they'll get bored eventually.

03-29-2011, 10:35 AM	#2
Archangel Beth In Nomine Line Editor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Frozen Wastelands of NH	Re: Shedite of the Game with 666 on Possession 5: the victim becomes semi-addicted to the feeling of being possessed, and the Shedite can slip into that victim at will in the future. 6: the victim grows/has a 6th Force, and is predisposed to be Hellsworn. 7: the victim becomes truly addicted to being possessed, and will be a willing host for any Shedim, even seeking out the people in the "odd dream" that s/he had while possessed, looking for More Of That. 8: Indefinite Duration, but the Shedite doesn't get any bennies in regards to that host after it eventually leaves. __________________ --Beth Shamelessly adding Superiors: Lilith, GURPS Sparrials, and her fiction page to her .sig (the latter is not precisely gaming related)

03-29-2011, 02:02 PM	#3
Jason Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Boston, MA	Re: Shedite of the Game with 666 on Possession Unless the host is a major PC or Heaven-sworn NPC, I would give host to the Shedite as a level 1 (or level 0) Servant, whose level can be increased using character points as usual. (I think something like this is recommended for an Intervention on Reaction Rolls in the Game Master's Guide, and I liked the idea.) If it IS a major PC or Heaven-sworn NPC, I would treat it as a CD 6 during which the host gets no chance to roll contests of Will to resist anything the Shedite makes them do.

03-29-2011, 09:31 PM	#5
Andygal Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Canada	Re: Shedite of the Game with 666 on Possession or, alternatively, the host has recently seen something that provides an excellent lead on tracking down a high-priority Renegade..... __________________ There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand trinary, those who don't, and those who are sick to death of this darn joke.