Demon: The Descent
The Machine is everywhere. It is under the everyday world, behind it, beyond it. Its mechanisms stretch through time and space, and alter events in ways that humanity cannot imagine. The God-Machine sends forth its angels to enact its will, delivering messages, building Infrastructure, protecting some people, killing others. And 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.
Released in 2014, Demon: The Descent is Onyx Path’s second new game line and the ninth game line for the Chronicles of Darkness, compatible with Chronicles of Darkness 2nd Edition rules. As a game of “techgnostic espionage,” Demon is one of the Chronicles of Darkness’ first forays into the realm of science fiction, albeit one still grounded firmly in horror and the supernatural. Expanded via an extremely successful Kickstarter campaign, Onyx Path has been pleased to bring the Demon line to the fans via PDF, print-on-demand, clothing options, and more.
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Here I was working on the outline and finding writers for the Storyteller’s Guide, and thinking about the interest in it on the forums. There’ll be things people specifically asked for. So you could consider there’s been some open development already. But I also have a little time to spin this book up, so I thought it’d be … Read more
Hi, everyone. I thought I’d give you a quick Demon update before Gen Con. Prestige Edition Kickstarter copies: Being shipped from the printer to the fulfillment company. Heirs to Hell: Out! Flowers of Hell – The Demon Player’s Guide: Out in PDF, PoD being proofed this week. Splintered City – Seattle: In layout. Demon Anthology + Interface: In layout. … Read more
Heirs to Hell, created as a stretch goal for the Demon: The Descent Kickstarter, is now available in PDF and print on DriveThruRPG! When an angel Falls, she defects to the human race, and takes on everything that comes with that choice. All of the joy and heartbreak of humanity are hers, and that includes … Read more
Between Matt, Mike, and me, things have been pretty busy on the Demon front. I’ve got to leave my office and the Internet for a week, but I wanted to provide a quick update on current projects before I do. (This is cross-posted on the Demon Kickstarter page.) Flowers of Hell, the Player’s Guide is out in PDF. I’m outlining the Storyteller’s Guide. While I’m … Read more
Now available in PDF from DriveThruRPG: I want to be human, sometimes. I think about what they have and how simple it all must be. Even if they aren’t sure of their identities, at least for them the question is multiple choice. A human can only be so many different things. But to really survive … Read more
Flowers to Hell should be out by now, but we’re waiting on art. This kind of thing happens, as you know, and it’s not going to delay things long (everything else is done and full-page art isn’t going to screw with pagination), but it’s frustrating, just as much for me as for you. What to do? … Read more
OK, first, if you haven’t read the Seattle Appendix in Demon: The Descent, go read that first, because I’m not going to explain splintered timelines and so on. We good? OK, then. I’m developing Splintered City: Seattle right now. (Like, right now. I just switched over from doing that to do this, then I’m going back so … Read more
Over on the forums, folks were asking for teasers. And yeah, it has been a while. So I asked for a number between 1 and 175, and Satchel wisely gave me 44 (the number four being a thing for demons). Now, there’s probably a way to take a single page out of a pdf and … Read more
Now available from DriveThruRPG! Running a one-night game of Demon: The Descent? Wanting to start up a new chronicle, but your players aren’t sure what to play? Looking for a fast way to dive into one of White Wolf’s SAS adventures? Demon the Descent Ready Made Characters details “The Keystone,” a ring of demons bonded by the strange … Read more
Now available on DriveThruRPG: As the Prey Evolves… Everywhere you turn, a vampire eats some poor factory worker. Werewolves shred cars. Witches curse the innocent. Serial killers devastate communities. But what about the stranger aspects of the World of Darkness? Mortal Remains picks up where we left off with Night Stalkers, Spirit Slayers, Witch Finders, and Slashers. In Mortal Remains, … Read more
