Alternate Daemonhost - Demi-Fiend

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Alternate Daemonhost - Demi-Fiend

What makes a man, and what makes a daemon? The Daemonhost is an unholy amagamation of the two, a pair of souls brought together into singlular, abominable union. Though the two souls were never meant to be smashed together, the menacing, twisted soul of the Daemonhost exists in staunch defiance of the all laws relating to metaphysics and moral sanctity.

This is not the case for the Demi-Fiend, a half-damned Exalt that flashes between man and monster at will. There is a schism between the two souls, the likely result of a botched posesssion or a half-daemon tapping into their infernal heritage. Most Demi-Fiends remain as they were before Exaltation, though the temptation to become a full monster never fully leaves them.

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Power Stat: Arcanoi

Resource Stat: Essence

Power	Replaced With
Unholy Might	Devil Trigger
Unnatural Characteristics	Avatar Tuner
Not of This World	Devils Never Cry
Black Miracle	Legendary Dark Knight

Devil Trigger: As a half action, a Demi-Fiend can spend one Essence to enter Devil Form. In Devil Form, the Demi-Fiend gains +1 to Strength and Dexterity, a +1k0 bonus to magic tests, a Claw weapon (2k1 R; Melee; Brawling) and Regeneration (1). However, the Demi-Fiend cannot perform Resonance Eruptions in Devil Form, while losing the Daemonic power and the Bite weapon from Feeding outside of it. One Essence must be spent at the start of the Demi-Fiend's turns in the following rounds or exit Devil Form. Demonic Tutor may be used to gain a rank in a Sword School or Gun Kata instead of a Magic School.

Arcanoi	Power Gained
✱	Daemonic
✱✱	Avatar Tuner: Devil Form adds +2 to your Strength and Dexterity instead of +1.
✱✱✱	Scorn Earth
✱✱✱✱	Devils Never Cry: In Devil Form, ignore the effects of critical damage until it equals or exceeds your Arcanoi.
✱✱✱✱✱	Legendary Dark Knight: You do not need to spend Essence to maintain Devil Form, though Resonance Eruption still remains impossible while Devil Form is active.

Demi-Fiend Tager Assets

Echoes
You gain a +2k0 bonus to Perception checks. In Devil Form, you have Amphibious, add Shocking to your Claw weapon, and gain a ranged attack with the profile of a Hand Cannon.

Efreet
You are immune to the affects of Fire and extreme heat. In Devil Form, your Claw attacks can light people on fire and you gain a ranged attack with the profile of a Flame Pistol.

Mirage
Add your Arcanoi to your Static Defense. In Devil Form, your Claw weapon gains Reach and Flexible, and you have access to a ranged attack with the profile of a Lasgun.

Nightmare
You gain a +1k0 bonus to Strength tests. In Devil Form, increase your Size by 2, add Tearing to your Claw weapon, and gain a ranged attack with the profile of a Bolt Pistol that counts as magic.

Shadow
You can cast Invisibility, rolling your Arcanoi + Intelligence for the focus power test. In Devil Form, you also have a ranged attack with the profile of a Needle Pistol.

Spectre
You can move as if you had Phasing, though you must end your turn in an empty space. In Devil Form, you can cast Cloud Kill using Arcanoi + Willpower. You are immune to your own Cloud Kill.

Widow
You can climb your full Speed across walls and ceilings, moving as if you were on the ground. In Devil Form, your Bite gains Shocking and you have a ranged attack with the profile of a Hand Webber.

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Revised Core Edition

SPOILER: Click to show

Just change Daemonic into Daemonic Resilience, literally no other changes aside from a name change (to avoid confusion with the Daemonic trait).

The revised Daemonhost is detailed in this thread.

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Another Exaltation by weredrago2, this one in particular showed up out of nowhere. In lore this is an alternate take on the "half-demon" angle that was explored by the Daemon-Spawn. Mechanically this is a more martial, mode-based Daemonhost. The assets are relatively simple, providing an ability and another bonus in Devil Form. The biggest difference between this thread and the one in Zetaboard Tapatalk is that I shunted all of the extra wording into Devil Trigger, again because I wanted to keep the differences compact. I don't know if I succeeded, perhaps it's too bloaty. You never know.

Yes, I recognize that the only difference in the normal and revised core version is Daemonic Resilience. Personally I don't know what else I could add to it.


I need to ask weredrago2's help for fluffing the assets, seeing those one or two words punted off with a linebreak is bothering me.