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Character Creation

When creating your character, you may make them from scratch, using the rules presented in the Core Rulebook (and the merits, flaws, and apocalyptic form rules from the Player's Guide, if you wish). You may also come up with a character concept or backstory, and submit it to me for advice on turning your ideas into a complete character.

The Ideal Complete Character consists of three things, ranked by importance:
1. A character concept / history that details who the character is. (See "Important Considerations," below)
2. A write-up on the character's current goals, dilemmas, and an in-depth look at any Backgrounds the character has (for example: "Her two points of Resources come from her job at the technology firm.")
3. A filled character sheet. (Once again, I can help with this part)

If you have a very compelling concept for a non-demon character that would fit with this game (ex. an exorcist, a mortal cultist or thrall, etc.), I would be more than willing to consider it.

If you would like any advice on creating characters for a Storyteller game, or if you have any questions, please feel free to PM or E-mail me.

Important Considerations for Character Creation

Hopefully, you have had a chance to look at the core rulebook, get familiarized with the history behind the game’s setting, and perhaps form ideas for your character. There are a number of important things to consider in creating that character. These apply to the story aspect of character creation just as much as they apply to the system / dots-on-a-page aspect of it.

1. Your character is a demon, a former angel of the Host. She was created as an agent of the Creator, rebelled, and was cast down to the Pit. She had a role in the Universe, angelic and demonic acquaintances, and countless experiences in the mortal world. She was part of the rebellion. She ended up in the Abyss, and suffered there.
-----Question: What was all of that like for her? (If you can’t think up a full background here, don’t sweat it. Many of the Fallen have vague or hazy memories of the time before their escape from Hell.)

2. Your character was once a human being. She had parents, a childhood, teenage years, and possibly some degree of an adult life. She had mortal acquaintances and beliefs, maybe a job and a family of her own. She had a life. And somehow, that life came to an end, her soul left (or was pushed out, or buried), and the demon took over.
-----Question: What was her life like, especially the time leading up to her death / possession?

3. Your character is a demon in the body of a human being, with most (if not all) of the human’s memories. She has become a strange mental fusion of human and demon, and it is a rare member of the Fallen who can completely overcome their host’s memories, or be overcome by their host’s memories. One of the first dilemmas the Fallen face when returning to the world is dealing with the lives of their hosts, and their new, physical forms.
-----Question: How do the demon and human parts of your character interact? Did the demon abandon her host’s old life entirely? Did she try to pretend that she was still the host, living the host’s life? This is perhaps the most important part of character creation, since it determines the character’s current outlook and provides some plot hooks and complications for the Storyteller to use.

Count me in!

I'll get something to you in the next few days - I could do with rereading through the books (I've got Core and Houses, looking into the others).



As a sidenote, if you download Cutepdf (legal and free!), you can save edited PDFs. You can't re-edit them, but it'll remember what you've changed

***EDIT***
Using Cute PDF

It should be noted that (unles they've drastically updated the program since I downloaded it), you do not technically save using CutePDF.
Once it is installed, it should become a Printer option (once you hit print, where you choose which printer to use). You select CutePDF and hit print. It'll think for a minute or two, then ask you where you want to save it.

Since you have other sourcebooks, you probably don't need the player's guide that much, since it is mostly useful for merits/flaws and new rules for the demon's apocalyptic form. But, as always, just drop me a line if you do want it.

Thanks for the heads up on Cutepdf. I'll find it and add it in as an option for character creation. I should also add in an e-mail address for anyone who wants to e-mail me a character sheet.

Is it still possible for me to join? This sounds right up my alley, seeing as that I'm living in the greater Los Angeles area. I'll get my character proposal to you probably on Monday, seeing that my weekend is pretty cramed pack.

I am interested in joining, as you well know Redford, but I will need your help in the character creation. <3

I'm curious..
I'd like to try this, and like Sven, I haven't played Demon the Fallen before. If I remember right, I have book as PDF at my hd. Some kicking to things may be required. One wet-behind-the-ears-demon coming right up. Hopefully.