Demon: The Redemption

By Urza243457@aol.com

Introduction

"Yes, Yes, please, just sign here. What? What'll happen if you sign? Why the hell should I tell you? Yes, I know it was in our contract, but it will only be carried out if you sign. Now, this may sting. All right, now take that bloody finger and sign here. There, that wasn't so bad, was it? Now, I can answer your question. Now that you have signed, your soul belongs to me and the dark forces to Hell and all that stuff. You get the requested upon powers that were in the contract, immortality, and anything else I forgot to include. Yes, that's right, immortal. However, that doesn't quite mean invulnerable. Oh, don't worry, I won't kill you; after all, I find it incredibly rude to kill other demons. What's that? Yes, that's right, now that you sold your soul, you are a demon, at least in part. You gave us your soul and we replaced it with a demon soul. You're not a real demon, but you're about three quarters the way there. The real demons are ultra powerful. Run all things down in the Underworld. Am I a real demon? No, I am one who sold his soul, just like you. I, like you, are damned, but I just haven't been killed yet. If I were, I would be in Hell right now, and that is one mean place. If you die there, your stuck there. Yes, you can get out. Now, let me help you with your new existence. What? Another question? All right. What if you change your mind?? What kind of question is that? But, there is a way, albeit not an easy one. It's called Redemption. People go about finding it in different ways, but the legends are all the same: If you get redemption, you get your soul back and ascend to Heaven. Many older Demons don't even believe in Redemption. Now, no more questions. I gotta take you soul down to hell for safe keeping."

Chapter One: Character Creation

Demons are human beings at heart, with desires and passions like any ordinary human. Only one thing: They are demons. Yes, the "Take the soul, torture the damned" demons. Most don't do things like that however. How many Demons are there? Legions of them. Tons. The average large city has about ten, while small towns have about none. These populations are not set in stone however. For instance, Manhattan has about three-dozen and San Francisco has the most out of all cities: Sixty-eight. Anyone can be a Demon. They can be black, white, male, female, young or old. Demons can be anyone. The lady next door could be a demon (and she always made such good cakes).

As mentioned before, demons come from all walks of life, so a character shouldn't be hard to come up with. Points are distributed in the normal 7/5/3 and 13/9/5 fashion of tall WoD games, as are background points. Demons start with 6 willpower each. There are also several new background traits. A demon starts with one Deadly Sin (Lust, Sloth, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Envy, and Pride). "Sin" is the measure of control the inner Demon has over you. "Repentance" is a Demon's human side and amount of sadness the demon has over losing his soul. Repentance is measured from 1-10 like so:

0:	Completely demonic
1:	Maliciously Evil
2:	Evil
3:	Depraved
4:	Sadistic
5:	Bummed
6:	Sad
7:	Depressed
8:	Tearful
9:	Guiltful
10:	"WAAAAAAA!!!!"

Sin is measured like a ring. Different powers require different sin levels to work properly. The more towards the center of the ring you get, the more demonic you become, acting like your deadly sin more and more. If you are completely in the center, then you are lost and go to Hell. For good. The ring of Sin is 7 circles each surrounding each other with the smallest innermost. When your deadly sin is indulged in, the demon must make a Repentance roll (diff 7). A failure means that you go deeper into the circle by one layer. If a demon wants to go inner more, then a roll is not necessary to go down.

To go up through the ring and take away a few sin levels, the opposite of your deadly sin must be done and a Repentance roll made (diff. 6). Success means one level moved up per success. A roll is absolutely necessary to relieve sin.

Finally, there is Dark Seed. This is the measure of Demon soul that is in your own Soul. Dark Seed is an almost sentient force, and while not intelligent, can be a Demon's most powerful adversary. For instance, a Demon of Anger who has a Dark Seed of Three may be more prone to being angry, but a Demon with a Dark Seed of 8 may kill mindlessly without remorse. The more Dark Seed a demon posseses, the less inhibitions that Demon has when it comes to his Deadly Sin. Demons who build up large amounts of Dark Seed risk losing all they are and having their Repentence dashed to pieces before they are deposited to the depths of Hell because the Earth Realm no longer tolerates their presence. And when that happens, you can be sure that the Elder Demons will not be happy.

If your Dark Seed is greater than both your Repentence and Willpower, then the Demon is automatically sent to Hell, where he never returns. Demons with a Dark Seed of 10 are truly a sight to behold. With Repentence or Willpower too high to be sent to Hell, they are truly Evil Incarnate. No longer in full control of their bodys or even their souls, these Lucists are considered dangerous by other demons and should be hunted down and slain. This act is more easily said than done however.

All Demons start with a 1 in Dark Seed.

Gaining Dark Seed

Dark Seed can be acquired a number of ways. The most common are visits to Hell. In Hell, Dark Seed takes the place of Health Levals, and Damage adds Dark Seed. If their Dark Seed exceeds 10, then they are stuck there forever. Dark Seed can also be gained from botching on a roll to gain Flaan. Finally, every time a Demon gets to the very center of the Sin Ring, he gains one Dark Seed.

The Parties

Demons belong to Parties. A different party is associated with a different sin. A party not necessary, but those with no party are called "Morons" by other demons and are not trusted.

Asmodians are associated with Lust. They are often smooth and cordial with other people, yet with a party so associated with sex and lust, there is almost no love whatsoever. Asmodians are often incredibly attractive and project an air of confidence around them. They automatically receive one additional dot in Charisma or Appearance.

Sin: Lust

Organization: Asmodians have virtually no organization whatsoever. Each is left to do his or her own thing just so long as it doesn't interfere with another's plans. If an Asmodian had something coming to him, they usually won't interfere.

Concepts: Hooker, Porn Star, Seducer, Don Juan

Sanguinaria are warriors, berserkers and anything that moves they hit. They are prone to frenzies and raving madly and take a playful nudge way too seriously. They can sometimes, however, be incredibly noble or even honorable (those with high repentance ratings). They get an extra dot in Strength or Brawl.

Sin: Anger

Organization: Prestige is based on "Honor" though the way the Sanginuaria use it, it makes a mockery of the word. "Honor" is based upon how many heads are bashed in, who makes the most cool kills, and who can go the longest without dying. Fights are usually resolved by combat.

Concepts: Assassin, Berserker, Soldier, Martial Artist

Pazuz are the lawyers of the underworld and everywhere else. They all have cash on their brains and dollar signs in their eyes. They usually single out one person and bleed him or her dry of all money over a period of weeks. They are skilled in getting and managing money. Pazuz can have an extra dot in Manipulation or Finance. Sin: Greed

Organization: Hierarchical. The more money a Pazuz has, the more respected he is.

Concepts: Lawyer, thief, con artist, IRS agent

Indols are lazy to the core, and always try to find somebody else to do work for them. They seem perpetually tired, but have reflexes like a cat. They're always searching for ways to get an easier life. They usually sleep right through disasters and can survive almost anything. They can get an extra point in Meditation or Stamina. Sin: Sloth

Organization: They never got around to making any organization in their Party at all. They just leave everyone else alone.

Concepts: Catatonic, Gambler, Slacker, Ne'er do well.

Vanits represent Pride. They are vain and usually think only for themselves. Usually, they are the average Egocentric, sometimes to the point of being annoying. At extremes, they suffer from Megalomania. They can get an extra point in Leadership or Politics.

Sin: Pride

Organization: Democratic. Because they all think they are the best in their Party, they tend not to have leaders.

Concepts: Movie Star, Snob, Conspirator, Rich Man.

Envoui represent Envy. Their eyes are always green. They are never satisfied with what they have and are always searching for something more. They are relentless in what they pursue and get an extra point in Intelligence or Investigation.

Sin: Envy

Organization: Almost none. They meet twice a year, but other than that try to keep governing to a minimum.

Concepts: Mobster, cultist, smuggler

Schlarfs represent Gluttony. Regardless of stereotypes, most are not fat, but all suffer a weakness of overindulgence in at least one thing. All things in moderation? Yeah right! "Always to excess" this party preaches. They get an extra point in Stamina or Cooking.

Sin: Gluttony

Organization: Entirely social. They are the combination of the Toreadors and Cult of Ecstasy, with a little bit of Satyr sprinkled in for flavor.

Concept: Money Leech, Cook, Alcoholic.

Demonic Powers

Demons can have point ratings in any of the deadly sins. They get four points to spread around. Party members automatically get one point in their respective sin.

* Sense Desires: This allows a Demon to sense what a person wants, and desires most of all.

** Intensify Desire: The Demon can intensify any desire a person may have, doubling it for every success he scores.

*** Implant Desire: Now a Demon may put a small suggestion of a desire in a target's head. To succeed, the Demon rolls his willpower against his target's.

**** Leech Desire: This lets a Demon to take away a desire from a person and turn it into willpower for the user of the Effect. If used on a Wraith, it can be used to dull Passions.

***** Change Skin: This allows a Demon to change his overall bodily look. This new form may not be bigger than his/her own form. It's like changing into another person who has the same height and build as you.

****** Awe and Beauty: This allows a Demon to make himself appear as incredibly attractive, so much that anyone who views the Demon will willingly serve him.

******* Desire in the Air: This lets a Demon make an entire room full of people suddenly feel intense lust. This lasts until the Demon leaves.

* Influence Anger: This allows a Demon to tell if a person is especially angry with another person. He can make that anger double for about three rounds.

** Hell Fire: This lets a Demon to light things aflame by touching them. It must be a flammable surface. It does aggravated health damage. See the fire chart in other games for rules on Fire. *** Titanic Anger: This allows a Demon to gain an extra point of strength and Stamina for every success scored.

**** Flames of Hatred: This allows a Demon to make anything spontaneously combust. This fire causes aggravated damage. This Demon must be really pissed at something for this to work.

***** Hatred: This allows a Demon to broadcast a wave of pure hate to another. If the target is already in the heat of the moment, the target might act upon the hatred. If not, he loses one temporary Willpower from the experience.

****** Hyper-Sensitivity: This allows a Demon to influence ones mind so that the next thing that is said to the Target will be taken as such a great insult, that the target will go into a vicious rage, attacking anyone on sight. This makes Vampires and Werewolves frenzy without control and Wraiths' shadows to temporarily take over.

******* Wave of Hate: This lets a Demon to broadcast intense hatred to anyone within a desired location. Affected ones will lose all moral inhibitions, killing each other, stealing and other stuff. Vampires may lose humanity, Werewolves might go into extended frenzies when they kill anyone in sight (even allies), and wraiths might have their shadow's angst lifted. Area affected is one square block per success.

* Craving: This allows a demon to make a person to crave a certain food.

** More!!!: This lets a demon to make a person want to do more of whatever he is currently doing. It must be an experience he or she likes doing (i.e.: riding a rollercoaster).

*** Devour: This lets a Demon to devour anything whole. The bigger the object is, the more successes it takes. If it is an indigestible substance, he may regurgitate it at high speeds.

**** Projectile Vomiting: This lets a Demon to expel whatever food he has eaten and regurgitate it. If it hits, the target must make a Willpower roll against difficulty 7 to avoid not acting this turn from being so disgusted. This vomit is also acidic, eating through most things in an hour.

***** Pangs of Hunger: This makes a person suddenly feel intensely hungry, lasting one round per success. If the Demon manages to get three or more successes, the target cannot act for a round because he is so hungry.

****** EVEN MORE!!: This lets a Demon make a person want to keep on doing whatever it is the target is doing, even if the victim doesn't want to do it any more. To do this, the Demon must make more successes than the victim has Willpower.

******* Control Food: This allows a Demon to control food in any way he wants to. It may sound stupid, but how stupid will it sound after you're pumped full of holes from a chicken soup Uzi? Or how about being overrun by an army of coldcuts? See what I mean? The more loony the action, the more success requires. Making a roast chicken dance requires only 1 while the coldcut army may need 5 or more.

* Vanity: The uses for this is twofold. First of all, if a Demon is feeling incredibly depressed, he can boost himself up by telling himself how great he is. He gains one point of temporary Willpower for the scene. He can also make others to get a little more full of themselves as well.

** Worthlessness: This allows a Demon to take away Willpower from anyone. This Willpower regains 1 every three rounds. Take away one Willpower for each success scored.

*** LOOK AT ME!!!!!: This allows a Demon to make everyone drop what they are doing for the moment and pay attention to the Demon using this effect. The more people effected, the higher the difficulty.

**** Empower: This allows a Demon to resist most mind controlling effects and be totally immune to mind reading effects. To resist a Mind Control effect, the Demon must roll more successes than the entity that made the effect rolled.

***** Charisma: This allows a Demon to make his own views on himself to spread to another, thus controlling them to a certain extent. The target will suddenly feel drawn to that Demon and will do its best to follow out with the Demon's wishes. This effect must not be suicidal.

****** Leech Worth: This makes a Demon not only make another person's self-worth plummet, but it also adds to the Demon's own. One Willpower is drained from the victim and one is added to the Demon's for every success scored. For the target, Willpower regains at 1 per day.

******* Worthlessness: This lets a Demon make a victim feel so worthless, that he thinks he has nothing left to live for. This is a long and complicated power, and one mistake could end the whole thing. Difficulty is the target's willpower +3. The victim must have a willpower of 7 or below for this to work.

* Procrastinate: This allows a Demon to temporarily repress a momentary aspiration, but it immediately comes back after the demon leaves. Every round the Demon wishes to continue this effect, he must re-roll each round.

** Bore: This allows a Demon to make a person temporarily lose interest in whatever he is doing. How long this stays in effect depends on how important the task is. If it were something like going to the bathroom, he could make him put it off until he wets his pants. If it were something like combat, it would only last a round.

*** Fatigue: This lets a Demon make another person very tired. For every success scored, the Demon takes away one point in physical attributes of the Demon's choice. These come back when the Scene ends.

**** Sleep: This lets a Demon make anyone fall asleep. Instantly. The wake up as soon as the Demon leaves their presence.

***** Leech Strength: This allows a Demon to reduce someone's physical attributes and temporarily add them to his own. For every success, one point in any physical attribute is taken away and is gained by the Demon using the effect. If two attributes are reduced top 0 or below, then the target falls into a coma-like sleep. The attributes return once the Demon leaves its presence.

****** Fake Death: This allows a Demon to make a person sleep so deeply that people will think that the victim is dead. To work this, the Demon must use this on someone who is already asleep.

******* Time Stop: This allows a Demon to place himself or another person in a time pocket. The Demon decides how fast time goes in there. He can make time pass for six months in the pocket and not have a second pass in the real world. Or he can make a second pass in the pocket, but have him placed three hundred years in the future. The Demon must roll once every round for the pocket to be maintained.

* Instant Gratification: This allows a Demon to acquire money faster than he normally would. People suddenly feel more charities. Not by much, but more.

** Money Talks: This lets a Demon take any currency and find out things about the last person who spent it. The more successes, the more information.

*** Lead to Gold: This allows a Demon to turn anything into a valuable metal for a temporary amount of time (one round per success).

**** Sucker: This allows a Demon to make a price proposed to a Demon seem much lower or higher (Demon's choice) than it is. For example, "I'll take it for 50" "For a Car??!!" (Uses Sucker) "Yup." "Oh, thank you for the generous offer." The more ridiculous the offer, the higher the difficulty.

***** Gold Fever: This lets a Demon control someone with promises of a large reward. The Demon must convince the person that he has such a reward. Once he does the target is in the enthrallment of the Demon until he's outlived his usefulness.

****** Ba-Humbug!: This allows a Demon to make a person have money on the brain morning, noon and night. Spending anything or giving anything away is out of the question for the target. This lasts 1 day per success.

******* Signhereplease: This is one of the ultimate powers a Demon could possess. The actual removal and enthrallment of a person's soul. To pull this off, the Demon must reveal his true nature and tell him what he intends to do. The victim and the Demon must work out terms of agreement for the soul. Once the Demon makes the deal, the victim's soul is his. He may discorporate it for Flaan (the amount of Flaan gained is the amount of Willpower the victim had), he might use the soul for a servant, or any other number of things.

* Mope: This lets a Demon to make something a person has suddenly seem dull and old in comparison to something else. This loses its effect as soon as the scene ends.

** Intensify: This lets a Demon intensify any Envy the target is feeling right at the moment, doubling it for every success.

*** Green Rage: This lets a demon damage anything the demon desires or wants. It must be an inanimate object. How much damage depends upon successes with 1 being able to shatter a slam mirror and 5 being able to wreck an entire room.

**** Lost Hope: This allows a Demon to ruin any possession of a person, like making a hideously large scratch on a car, or screwing up a computer.

***** Now Who's Laughing?: This lets a Demon make an object that he cannot have out of thin air. This lasts only for a round.

****** Mine!!: This makes a person guard a possession as if it were his own life. He will not let anyone else but himself near it. This goes away after about a day.

******* Unholy Grail: This allows a Demon to "inspire" a person to seek out something the Demon specifies. This search will consume all the target's time and will probably die from exhaustion after a while.

A word on Powers

Powers are measured in points of course. If you have 3 in three deadly sins, than you cannot go beyond level three powers in those sins.

Flaan

Besides having to be at the right sin level to work an effect, you must also spend Flaan. I call it Flaan because I can't think of a better word. The level of effect is how much Flaan you need to spend. A leval 1 effect would only need 1 Flaan, while a level 7 effect would need 7. You can have a maximum of 10 Flaan at a time. You can get Flaan by acting out your deadly sin and drawing Flaan from it. Places where a deadly sin was repeatly commited might also hold large amounts of Flaan. A place where Flaan for an Anger Demon may be somewhere where a brutal murder was committed.

Death and Dying

While Demons may be immortal, they are not invulnerable. If they die, they are sent to Hell. While in Hell, they face a test of some sorts, usually having to do with their deadly sin. If they die in Hell, they are stuck there for eternity. Players might be able to get him out if they go in there and rescue him, but it is very dangerous.

While in Hell, the Demon must somehow escape. There is a way out, always, but it is very hard to find. For example, if a demon of Gluttony was in Hell, then the exit might be in the (shudder) Fat Camp.

In Hell, Dark Seed takes the place of health levals. Each dark Seed represents one Health Leval. If a Demon ever reaches 10 Dark Seed, the Demon is trapped in Hell forever.

You can expect thousands of little tortures, and the entire environment is specifically tailored to suit the offending Demon, offering the right mix of physical and psychological torture to send him over the edge. Usually, there are minor demons as well to fix things if anything goes wrong. If the Demon finds a way to escape, the alarms are sounded and thousands of soldiers march in to try to stop him. However, once the Demon as escaped, he may make a Repentence Roll (Difficulty is the Demon's Dark Seed). Every success allows the Demon to get rid of one Dark Seed he had aquired in Hell, but he can never score enough successes to rid himself of the Dark Seed he had aquired during the trip. Such is the price of selling your soul.

Regenerating

Demons can spend 1 Flaan to heal one non-aggravated health level.

Demons and the World of Darkness

Vampires: Demons are often allies of the Vampires. They find their power games very similar to their own. To demons just after souls, they are of no use to the Demons, because Kindred have no souls, so they are annihilated. Most elders however, mistrust Demons and try to get them out of the picture as soon as possible.

Mages: The only Mages a Demon won't try to kill on sight will be a Nephandus. They often ally with these dark Mages in order to corrupt the ones with their Avatar still intact. If a Demon manages to win over a Mage's soul, then the Demon gets 10 points of Flaan. Mages hate them because of that. The Technocracy wants them destroyed.

Wraiths: It is unlikely a Demon will ever win a Wraith's soul, because by doing so, they are giving themselves away to the Demon. Wraiths have an intense hatred for Demons because of their dealings with souls and their ties with Oblivion.

Werewolves: Werewolves hate Demons with a passion, as they epitomize everything they fight against. They say they act as agents for the Wyrm and will never listen to them except under the most dire of circumstance. They always appear to have Wyrm Taint. Demons could really care less about Werewolves, but the fact that they always try to kill them is simply inexcusable.

Changelings: Changlings won't usually have any contact with a Demon, but when they do, the more sane Changelings usually scatter in fear, while the brave or stupid stand up to them. They are mysteries to each other and they consider each other best left alone on both sides.

Experience and Freebie points

New Point in a Sin: Current rating x 4
New Sin: 10 points
Repentence: Current Rating x 8

For the rest, see various WW books.

New Point in a Sin: 5
New sin: 7
Flaan: 2 for 4 Flaan.
Repentance: 8

True Demons

Most Demons are not really demons, just ordinary people who sold their souls. The true Demons spend full time in Hell and are so powerful that they cannot even be specified with stats. Sort of like the Antiluvians, but not as sleepy. Ultra powerful, having to meet with them is one of the most scary things one could possibly imagine, because if you displease them, they can keep you from leaving Hell. True Demons have a hierarchy. The lowest in this station are the Managers. Next up are the Barons. After that are the Lords. Sitting on top of this pyramid are the Leviathans. Most Demons never meet with the Leviathans unless they did something to displease the entire Demon community. Most don't leave those meetings alive.

Weaknesses

While some Demons are truly nice people, they are nonetheless cursed. Demons cannot enter a Church for more rounds than his Repentence rating. Once that time-limit has been exceeded, the Demon receives one Aggravated Health Leval of damage per round for every point of Dark Seed she has. If a Priest/Nun doesn't want the Demon to enter, the Demon will not be able to.

Crosses and crucifixes often harm Demons as well. Contact with them result in one aggriavated Health Leval of damage for every point of Dark Seed they have. To even look at a cross, they must make a Willpower roll.

Holy Water affects them as well, burning them like acid. Holy Water inflicts Aggravated Health damage as well. Holy Water will not go through clothes, and only works directly against a Demon's skin.

Quantity	Damage
Drop	1/8 health level
Splash	1 level
Cup	2 levels and one additional level per round until washed off.
Big jar	4 levels and two per round until washed off.
Bucket	5 levels and three per round until washed off.
Bathtub	6 levels and four every round until washed.
Deluge	Instant death until protected.