Questions tagged [demon-the-descent]
Demon: The Descent (CoD:DtD) is a supernatural game for the Chronicles of Darkness (formerly known as 'new' World of Darkness), with God Machine Rules Update. It focuses on Demons, the fallen Angels of the God-Machine. Demons are Angels who have gained free will have left the God Machine, and the God Machine wants them back, or at least neutralised.
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Can a demon alter their cover to be more fitting for them over time?
For example let's say that a demon has a cover named Jonathan. He is a 40 year old guy with no hobbies and nothing going on in his life except going to work and coming up to watch TV or YouTube. As a ...
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Regaining aether from infrastructure
I was looking for some information about what size infrastructure usually is and how much Aether it produces and how much a demon can regain by attaching to it.
The core rule book lists types of ...
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Can I create a Demon Dating service by granting mortals the True Friend merit?
I had an idea for a Demon: the Descent character who runs an online dating/matchmaking service. The idea would be that the exchange agreed in the pact/Terms of Service would grant the mortal the True ...
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What happens when a Demon tries to Read an Angel's Mind?
What happens if a Demon tries the Mind Reading form ability on an angel? The rules from the DtD manual state:
System: The demon only has to see her intended target; the target does not have to ...
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What happens to a Demon's Cover when the mortal providing part of that Cover dies?
Demon Dora buys from mortal Fred his childhood experiences in Townsville in return for fortune and fame. Fred uses the money to buy a car, crashes, and dies. Does anything happen to the Cover Dora ...
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How can I include a ouija board in an RPG scene? [closed]
I’d like to incorporate a ouija board in an RPG scene. (Campaign specific detail: using one allows PC’s to hack into the GodMachine’s network to ask for specific information). I plan to adapt the ...
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Amorphous Process using Savant Core Demonic Forms
The Savant Core Technology (FoH p.125) states that the skill must be chosen when this Technology is chosen. What if you use Amorphous? (FoH p.127) Can it change each time since it's added ad-hoc? ...
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Can a Demon make a gadget with an Exploit or Embed they can't perform?
Can a demon make a gadget to perform an exploit or embed that their character doesn't have? I can see two arguments:
No: If you don't know the supernatural ability, you don't know how to create it.
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What happens when an Ephemeral takes Bashing damage equal to their Corpus?
The Chronicles of Darkness manual states:
Physical attacks on a Manifested entity that would normally cause lethal damage only cause bashing damage unless the attack utilizes the entity’s bane. ...
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Terrible Avatar and Going Loud
In FoH, p.116, Terrible Avatar let's you split from your demonic form and your Cover. Would your cover still be blown if the demonic form then "Went Loud"?
The words, "leaving nothing for enemies ...
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How can a demon mitigate the danger of Compromise when changing to demon form?
On p.43 of the Demon: The Descent manual we find:
Some demons feel much more comfortable in their demonic form, to the point that they try to arrange their lives so that they can spend some time ...
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What is the chance that a human becomes a Stigmatic?
I understand that when a human experiences some aspect of the GodMachine or encounters Aether or Essence they may become a Stigmatic. However, is there an explicit mechanic for this chance based on ...
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Can Living Shadow be used across realms?
The power Living Shadow (Demon: The Descent 169) is silent on whether it crosses realms. My storteller usually doesn't let us take powers across certain realms (such as the Hedge), but is there a rule ...
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Does shift consequence allow damage to be transferred to beings or only to objects?
Does shift consequence allow damage to be transferred to beings or only to objects?
The wording is a bit... complicated, as such I'm a bit unsure if damage can only be transferred onto objects or ...
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When and how do the Manifestation powers of Ephemerals come into play?
The section on Ephemerals in the Demon:The Descent manual and Chronicles of Darkness manual describes Manifestation powers for Ephemerals and even gives a map of how they interact. However I don't see ...
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