Here's a new Resource for demons...
---- Famous Name
A demon with a famous name has his name prominently mentioned in sorcerous texts, and will sometimes be summoned at inconvenient times. At level 1, the demon's name is only found in the most obscure and unholy texts, and at level 6, even cheap paperback books on the occult will contain the rituals for summoning the demon.
See page 59 of _The Marches_ for details on the summoning of demons. This resource gives a demon 3 character points per level. Since angels cannot be summoned, they cannot take this resource.
---- Neel Krishnaswami neelk@alum.mit.edu
"Nathaniel Eliot" <temujin9@ix7.ix.netcom.com> wrote:
Cool idea. One suggestion:
A demon with a famous name has his name prominently mentioned in sorcerous texts, and will sometimes be summoned at inconvenient times. At level 1, the demon's name is only found in the most obscure and unholy texts, and at level 6, even cheap paperback books on the occult will contain the rituals for summoning the demon.
At the beginning of any gaming session, the GM may roll a d6 - if it is equal to or less than the level of Discord, the GM is free to have the character summoned or otherwise harrassed by Sorcerer. Of course, the GM can (and should) make this roll in secret, so nobody will know if you fudge it...
Nathaniel Eliot temujin9@ix.netcom.com
Neel Krishnaswami <neelk@MIT.EDU> wrote:
Go for it. It's your campaign.
Personally, I have a pretty strong dislike for anything that smells of "roll dice to determine game world events." But I fully recognize that it is a useful tool in spurring the imagination for other GMs. This is why I left the specific mechanics undefined. :)
One thing that amuses me about this resource is that the lower the level, the more likely the summoning sorcerer is competent. Not just anyone has copies of _The Shining Keys of Solomon_[*] in the original infant-skin vellum edition, but it tends to be disaffected teenagers who perform the rituals from the Aleister Crowley titles available at Waldenbooks.
[*] I just now made the title up, for cheese effect. Please no one tell me that it's real, or my respect for occultism will drop even lower.
---- Neel Krishnaswami neelk@alum.mit.edu
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