Cacodemon

From: Roger Nolan <Roger.Nolan_at_Symbian.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:47:28 +0900


I'm working on a HeroWars verson of the Cacodemon cult. I've also tried to re-write the myths from a Cacodemon worshipers point of view. Any comments? Especially, can anyone think of anything nasty enough for the Cacodemon's other side?

The Cacodemon
Death Disorder Chaos.

"The old world is dying, good!"

Description/Common Knowledge
During the gods war Wakboth mustered a mighty army commanded by his children - the demons. These mighty generals were free to make up their fighting units by whatever means they could. One of he most powerful demons was Cacodemon, in turn, Cacodemon's soldiers were his own children, the Fiends and Ogres.

When Urox slew the Devil, Cacodemon was too cunning to be caught and escaped, with his children, to continue the undoing of the world. In order to feed his children, Cacodemon tricked other more stupid gods into creating copies of his own children. These copies were weak and spiritless in comparison. Cacodemon gave these humans to his children as food.

After the Devil died, Cacodemon re-grouped his mighty army and conquered much of Genertela. His rule was a good time for the Ogres. They ruled the humans and had much to eat.

The trolls aided by Waha eventually railed against Cacodemon and tried to kill him but instead, just banished him to the other side.

Ogres continue to live within the society of the humans and to eat them. Powerful Ogres can summon their larger brothers - the fiends.

Devotees of Cacodemon who have learnt the secret of summon fiend are called Talons of Cacodemon.

Entry Requirements
None, all are welcome to follow the Cacodemon’s path and spread Chaos and disorder throughout the world.

Physical Skills
Where training can be found, other worshippers of Cacodemon will teach create disguise and impersonate.

Mental Skills
None taught.

Affinities
Destruction (Initiate to Cacodemon, spread dissent, direct fiend, crushing blow)
Deception (Hide appearance, hide chaos feature, lie, conceal bolt hole, moev silently, steal affinity D+10)

Steal affinity feat is used to participate in worship a foreign god. The cacodemon can act as an initiate receiving one use of that god’s affinities for each time they are worshipped. The Cacodemon initiate cannot perform the worship alone, they must take part in an organised act of worship with some regular worshippers. The feat does not grant knowledge of the correct rituals and myths but, other deception feats or improvisations can be used instead.

Secret: Summon Fiend (D+20)
A Fiend of cacodemon is a huge demon in the form of Cacodemon himself: up to 30 feet tall with a thin deformed body and huge claws at the end of wasted arms.

Abilites of a particular fiend depend upon the skill and success of the talon who summons the fiend. A fiend is relatively mindless and will try to spread disorder as quickly and widely as possible. The summoning Talon should try to control the fiend to make if do his wishes.

Worshippers
Cacodemon’s worshippers are mainly ogres but, anyone is welcome to spread his chaos and help the undoing of the world. Only true Ogres may dedicate themselves to Cacodemon.

Manifestations
Cacodemon is depicted either as a very powerful Ogre or as a huge demonic monster with a withered body and claws instead of hands.

Fiend
Important skills
Large (Summoner’s skill /2, max 5w2), Resistance to magic (Summoner’s skill /2 max 5w2), Resist Control Fiend (Summoner’s skill +10), Combat (Summoner’s skill /2 max 10w2)
Weapons: claws (^ Summoner’s skill/5)
Level of success on summon fiend ay increase (or decrease) the skills and the maximums.
Sumoning a fiend can be enhanced by use of simple ritual which reenacts Cacodemon's escape from the fight between Urox and the Devil:

The following ritual items give bonuses for this ritual: Sentient Sacrifice +1
Troll (not Trollkin) sacrifice +2
Willing human or troll sacrifice +4
Ogre sacrifice +20
Waha fetish (destroyed) +1
participant has a chaos feature +1
effigey of cacodemon
takes place at Ogre place of power +3
animal sacrifice
bronze knife shaped like a disorder rune carving of a harmony Rune (destroyed)


If I ever get this completed, I'd like to sed it up to the Issaries fan site but I can't find the email address. Does anyone have it?

Cheers
rog


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