Demon: The Descent Rulebook is the primary rulebook for the Demon: The Descent. Similar to the Classic World of Darkness's Demon: The Fallen line, but very much its own series, Demon: The Descent introduces the Unchained, Angels who have fallen from the grace of the God-Machine, and now must hide from its sight in order to survive.
Summary[]
From the Onyx Path catalog:
- Angels are everywhere.
- They are under the everyday world, behind it, beyond it. They are sent by the God-Machine to enact its will through time and space, delivering messages, building infrastructure, protecting some people, killing others. You were one of those angels...
- But not anymore.
- Now you are one of the Unchained, a fallen angel who defected to the human race. Yours is a world of false identities and clockwork conspiracies, stolen faces and hidden works of the Machine.
- You cannot -- will not -- return to the sterile embrace of Heaven.
- All you can do is reign in Hell.
- Demon: The Descent includes:
- Rules for playing a fallen angel in the World of Darkness.
- Powers suiting the former servants of the God-Machine, from reality-hacking Embeds to earth-shaking demonic forms.
- Details on the God-Machine’s angels, as well as stigmatics, people altered by exposure to its mysteries.
- An overview of the activities of both the Machine and the Unchained in the city of Seattle, where even time is not what it seems.
Fiction: Enemy Action[]
Introduction[]
A brief introduction on what the game is about, as well as themes, inspirational media, and a lexicon of new terms introduced.
Chapter One: All the Devils Are Here[]
A description of angels, their fallen brethren, and the god-machine. It also covers various things relevant to them, such as the descent and the societal classes of the Unchained.
Chapter Two Characters and Traits[]
Instructions on how to make a character and the traits unique to Demons.
Chapter Three: Special Systems[]
Effects unique to the Unchained.
Chapter Four: Storytelling and Antagonists[]
Highlights the threats and possible allies a Demon faces.
Appendix I: Seattle[]
An overview of the city of Seattle, and what the Demons have to do with it.
Appendix II: Rules Revisions[]
How an Angel Dies[]
Background Information[]
Memorable Quotes[]
Characters[]
Agents of the God-Machine[]
Example Angels[]
- Mr. Shivers - An Angel designed to make Mortals fear going outside when its cold.
- Alexandra Fairchild - A hunter Angel designed to use peaceable methods to win over Demons.
- The Brilliant - A hunter Angel in full angelic glory as opposed to being subtle.
- Keeper of the Dead - A Psychopomp Angel designed to ferry the souls of the dead.
- Orin the Arms Dealer - An Exile Angel originally designed to supply humans with weapons to kill each other, but has since grown fascinated with weaponry to the point of owning his own black market empire.
Example Stigmatics[]
- Zoey Freedman - A Stigmatic that was turned when she investigated her law firm. Now she is on the run, and using her visions of the future to figure out what happened to her.
- Anne-May Stewart - A Stigmatic used by the God-Machine to lure Demons into the crosshairs of her Angel master.
- Bradley S. - A Stigmatic that works for Mr. Silver and his Clock Maker Cult.
Example Sleeper Agent[]
- Hunter "Buck" Grant - A military veteran, Buck has become a minister and pillar of his community. He hasn't been activated yet, but is plagued by bad dreams.
Seattle[]
- Rachel Fearson, Process Manager - An Angel assigned to oversee operations at the Blue East campus for the Deva Corporation.
- Drawbridge - An Angel assigned to protect the 520 Floating Bridge from weather, structural damage, and Demons.
- Dizang - An Exiled Angel assigned to teach mortals and demons to give themselves to the God-Machine.
- Comrade West - A Demon who tries to be a Welcoming Commitee to other Demons. He acts as a fixer for other Demons trading in Pacts and information.
- Y2K (Angel) - An Angel that was created to make sure the Y2K catastrophy didn't happen New Year's Day 2000. In the main timeline it was successful.
1889 Seattle[]
- Cheif of Police W.J. Fletcher - A Stigmatic who runs the police department and is devoted to Mother Damnable.
- Captain Bruce "Devil" Pendergast - A mortal who is knowledgable in the illegal activity going on in Seattle.
- Father Francious Valancourt - A Stigmatic allied with the God-Machine and preaches to the masses.
- Mrs. Lee - A Chinese mortal who runs the Jade Prosperity Pawn Shop.
- Mother Damnable - The Demon who runs the 1889 Splinter.
1999 Seattle[]
- Y2K (Demon) - The Demon version of Y2K that Fell before saving the world on New Year's Day 2000. Because he fell no Angel can save humanity and the timeline resets.
How an Angel Dies[]
- Simon Flannery - A Demon who was supposed to fall from the top of the Space Needle in 1961, but failed to do so and Fell in a completely different way.
- Regina Donahue - A Stigmatic that is obsessed with destroying the Infrastructure on the George Washington Bridge.
- Isaac Donahue - The Ghost of Regina's brother who committed suicide on the George Washington Bridge.
- Marchosias - A mindless Cryptid that was once a dog named Freddy. A Demon named Blaylock tried to use Freddy to message an ally to rescue him, but the dog fell into Infrastructure and was transformed. He is currently trapped in Infrastructure in order to keep his destructive nature contained.
- The Lambent - An Angel assigned to destroy the 1962 Seattle splinter.
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