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Time to get Chestnut back in the rotation. ⁣ ⁣ #EdwardGreen #Dover #82last #Chestnut #antique #inthedetails #handsewn #skinstitch #autumn #splittoes #derby #leffot (at Leffot) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFU7QzghXIj/?igshid=1x7sxjw59y5s2

[10601tom]

#shellcordovan #skinstitch #bespoke #scarpesumisura #shoestagram #LaRificolona #リフィコローナ https://www.instagram.com/p/BpA03-3H4GT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7ghjth68qow6

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Prestige Class Spotlight 7: Demoniac

Given the evils they represent, it isn’t too much of a stretch to call demons the sum of sin and sinful souls, transformed into savage, antagonistic form to haunt the multiverse. For goodly folk, such creatures are a danger and a warning to those tempted to submit to their base desires.

Others, however, see them as a path to power, even going so far as to look forward to their eventual transformation into demons after death. Worse still, some seek to accelerate the process!

Demoniacs are one of the three prestige classes from Book of the Damned meant to emulate a specific species of fiend, namely demons and in the form of bodily transformation, physically becoming a demon through the infusion of demonic energy, with the hope that they will travel far enough this path before they die to have a say in how they are reshaped after death.

These fiend-worshippers come in all shapes and sizes, due to the wide variety of demon lords they could devote themselves to, and to the requirements for taking this path being only a fearsome demeanor, knowledge of magical lore and planar secrets, obedience to a demon lord, and having gotten a direct taste of demonic power, having been mentally or physically traumatized by a demon and survived. Whether this is indicative of a corruption of the soul or an unhinged awakening within them may vary.

 While not specifically requiring knowledge of magic to pursue, the path of the demoniac does lend itself to continuing spellcasting training that they already know.

Demoniacs, as willing servants of a demon lord, willingly condemn themselves to the abyss upon death, making resurrection particularly difficult.

They do, however, gain a special mark signifying that bond, which they can use to call upon their demonic patron to supplement their magic, allowing them to cast a single spell each day without expending it.

The powers of this path are tied wholly to the demon lord they worship, however, meaning they must perform the obedience required by their pact in order to continually benefit from those abilities.

By allowing a demonic entity to possess them, these mystics can improve their natural attributes and gain demonic resistances and immunities, depending on how powerful they are. However, doing so means the demon has a chance to ravage their mind, making their behavior erratic after the pact ends for a short while.

Like many deific obedience-related prestige classes, this path puts the fiend-worshipper on the fast track to unlocking the full powers of their obedience, which vary by the demon lord, but are all powerful abilities  consisting of three different possible tracks depending on which they find more useful, with three different progressive abilities for each track.

Unlocking the secrets of demonic summoning, these mystics can call upon a variety of demons to aid them in battle, and the more powerful they grow, the more powerful the beings they can call.

Finally, the most powerful demoniacs have reached an apotheosis of sorts, being able to briefly transform into a unique demonic form, gaining various standard demonic abilities and a new feature, namely wings, gills, or some form of natural weapon. Additionally, evil pervades their bodies, making their attack chaotic and evil-aligned.

Looking for a demon-themed antagonist or villainous protagonist? This archetype might be what you’re looking for. Given the variety of obediences that could be obtained and the various buffs which they can apply to themselves each day, this prestige class works with so many different builds, everything from cunning deceivers devoted to Nocticula, to vicious pyromancers under Flauros, and so on.

 Regardless of what walk of life they come from, those who willingly choose this path are some of the more dangerous cultists of the demon lords, not only performing depraved acts for their demigod, but also trying to become fiends themselves. The only question is what drove them to become such avatars of sin.

  Eagerly accepting a pact to improve their fecundity, the farming colony of Halpas indeed gained a blessing of an accelerated birth rate and crop yield so as to outbreed the goblin raiders. However, this came with a price, for their fiendish patron was the Bloody General, demanding that all members of the colony learn the art of the demoniac, breeding a quasi-mortal army of vessels on the material plane.

 Almost resembling his fiendishly-empowered skinstitch guardians, Mayor Yendle is a devotee of the Ragman, demon lord of isolated communities, dark rituals, and constructs cobbled together from whatever is on hand. Though he keeps his patchwork body hidden, the mayors other activities are less easily concealed, leading his community in rituals of dark sacrifice of outsiders.

 As if being a stranger in a strange land wasn’t enough, Forvag the wyvaran lives in fear that his mother, a cultist of The Queen of Burning Skies will find him, for the next ritual for her ascendance to demonhood requires “blood of the first-born”. Anyone might be her agents in disguse, so he keeps running, eager to keep that goal out of her reach and to live free.

[dotwork]

the meticulous @dionkaszas skin stitching my fingie... #skinstitch #machinefreetattoo #salishtattoo #earthlinetattoocollective #

[10601tom]

淡路島のK.E.様からフルオーダー頂いたスキンステッチ Uチップ ダービーが完成しました。 #LaRificolona #リフィコローナ #handstitch #skinstitch #bespoke #bespokeshoes #handmadeshoes #scarpesumisura#artigiano #leather#leathercraf #shoestagram

[10601tom]

#LaRificolona #リフィコローナ #handstitch #skinstitch #bespoke #bespokeshoes #handmadeshoes #scarpesumisura#artigiano #leather#leathercraf #shoestagram

[dotwork]

my beautiful skin stitched tattoo by @dionkaszas. thank you so much! #тату #хоумтату #machinefreetattoo #skinstitch #traditionaltattooandworldculturefestival2017 #tattoohistory #traditionaltattoo #transformation

[10601tom]

Thank you Mr.K. U-tip derby in black shrink leather "Toscana" on our new last. #NorwegianDerby #ApronFrontDerby #SplitToeDerby #skinstitch #handstitch #Toscana #bespoke #handmadeshoes #scarpesumisura #shoestagram #靴作り #手作業 #tomnakata nakata #LaRificolona #リフィコローナ https://www.instagram.com/p/B591Qv_pP61/?igshid=1z5vkpv09dr1