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monstrousfiling2024-03-08 06:19 pm
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DEMON
Demons are ruthless, unholy creatures that wield powerful magic.
✧ MANDATORY ✧
✦ Feeding: Souls and/or energy [sin/indulgence].
✦ Sharp fangs and claws.
✦ Eyes that glow in the dark or reflect light, especially when using magic.
✦ Up to four long sharp horns on the head.
✦ Fight-capable batlike wings.
✦ Long whiplike tail.
✦ Unholy magic. Demons can create and control fire, induce increased hedonism or tempt others to sin/indulgence, pollute water and existing wounds, and possess others (see below).
✦ Possession. Demons can possess others, including puppeting soulless bodies around indefinitely, though they do require maintenance lest they fall apart over time.
✦ Immunity to fire.
✦ Teleportation over short distances, flash-step style.
✦ Weakness to salt and holy magic including holy purified water.
✧ OPTIONAL ✧
✦ Travel form. Demons can take a smaller form to move faster at the cost of being more vulnerable. Demons may choose for their creature to be a mundane animal (such as a bat or goat) which can be used stealthily, or for an obviously supernatural creature like an imp.
✦ A forked tongue.
✦ Barbs or spines on the shoulders, joints, down the spine and/or on the tail.
✦ Spaded tail, or tail tipped with other shapes or natural weapons, etc.
✦ Digitigrade legs and/or hooves, claws, or talons instead of feet.
✦ Summon sigil. Demons can paint a sigil in one location and later teleport to it directly. Others can also use this ability to summon a demon if they learn the sigil, including against their will. Each sigil burns away when the demon teleports to it and must be repainted.
✦ Wicked nature. Demons may be more hedonistic or sadistic, more willing to act on their impulses and care less for others.
✦ Contracts. Demons may create contracts with others to barter power. This requires a sacrifice (usually a life/soul) and/or some kind of agreement of future payment, such as the soul of the recipient, in exchange for the demon using their innate magic to provide some sort of positive effect. Ask for mod arbitration if larger effects are desired. Demons may also find psychological contentment in simply making mundane deals and contracts.
✦ One spell based on one of the seven deadly sins, player-designed and subject to mod approval.
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✧ MANDATORY ✧
✦ Feeding: Souls and/or energy [sin/indulgence].
✦ Sharp fangs and claws.
✦ Eyes that glow in the dark or reflect light, especially when using magic.
✦ Up to four long sharp horns on the head.
✦ Fight-capable batlike wings.
✦ Long whiplike tail.
✦ Unholy magic. Demons can create and control fire, induce increased hedonism or tempt others to sin/indulgence, pollute water and existing wounds, and possess others (see below).
✦ Possession. Demons can possess others, including puppeting soulless bodies around indefinitely, though they do require maintenance lest they fall apart over time.
✦ Immunity to fire.
✦ Teleportation over short distances, flash-step style.
✦ Weakness to salt and holy magic including holy purified water.
✧ OPTIONAL ✧
✦ Travel form. Demons can take a smaller form to move faster at the cost of being more vulnerable. Demons may choose for their creature to be a mundane animal (such as a bat or goat) which can be used stealthily, or for an obviously supernatural creature like an imp.
✦ A forked tongue.
✦ Barbs or spines on the shoulders, joints, down the spine and/or on the tail.
✦ Spaded tail, or tail tipped with other shapes or natural weapons, etc.
✦ Digitigrade legs and/or hooves, claws, or talons instead of feet.
✦ Summon sigil. Demons can paint a sigil in one location and later teleport to it directly. Others can also use this ability to summon a demon if they learn the sigil, including against their will. Each sigil burns away when the demon teleports to it and must be repainted.
✦ Wicked nature. Demons may be more hedonistic or sadistic, more willing to act on their impulses and care less for others.
✦ Contracts. Demons may create contracts with others to barter power. This requires a sacrifice (usually a life/soul) and/or some kind of agreement of future payment, such as the soul of the recipient, in exchange for the demon using their innate magic to provide some sort of positive effect. Ask for mod arbitration if larger effects are desired. Demons may also find psychological contentment in simply making mundane deals and contracts.
✦ One spell based on one of the seven deadly sins, player-designed and subject to mod approval.
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