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Fallen Forms

Changing Into Fallen Form

The Fallen have 3 options to use their Fallen forms:

Full Tranformation

They can completely transform themselves and display their forms full glory, enjoying the full advantages of their form.

Partial Transformation

They can partially transform themselves, either to use their forms advantages, having wings to glide, or just to display part of their form for dramatic effect.

Invoke Power

They can invoke the ability of their form , but keeping their mortal form, like having better senses. Only those powers can be invoked, which are not based on the physical transformation. For example additional damage through razor sharp claws can not be invoked, it requires the claws.

Fallen Forms by House

Namaru

Bel, The Visage of the Celestials

The apocalyptic form of the Lore of the Celestials reveals the fallen as a luminous, lordly angel, radiating divine grandeur and authority. Her skin literally glows, wreathing her in an aura of golden light that shifts in intensity depending on her mood. Her eyes blaze with the cold light of the stars. Despite her actual physical appearance, the fallen seems to tower over everyone around her. The Visage of the Celestials confers the following abilities:

  • Wings: A pair of eagle's wings extends from the character's shoulders. At full extension, each wing is a third again as long as the character is tall. The character can glide up to 3 times her running speed per round.
  • Lordly Mien: The character's aura of divine authority gives a +2 bonus of all Presence rolls.
  • Enhanced Senses: The character's five senses are heightened to superhuman levels, lgiving a bonus of +2 to all Sense rolls, except Sense.
  • Increased Awareness: The fallen is especially attuned to the fabric of reality, giving a bonus of +2 to all Intuition Sense rolls.

Torment: As the character loses herself to her dark nature, her authority remains as strong as ever, but the glow that suffused her dims to a sullen red. Her wings turn leathery, and her eyes become as black as the void. Where she was once a vision of nobility, she now carries herself as a haughty tyrant. The Visage of the Celestials confers the following high-Torment abilities:

  • Claws/Teeth: The character manifests claws and fangs that inflict Strength +4 damage.
  • Scales: The character's skin is covered with dark, lustrous scales that provide 4 points of Armor Rating against physical attacks.
  • Increased Size: The character's body grows to a third again its normal height, adding the following bonus Traits: +2 Build, +2 Fitness, +1 Agility, +1 Dexterity.
  • Dread Gaze: Individuals (mortal or demon) who meet the demon's gaze and who fail a Willpower roll űwith a penalty of -1 must forfeit their actions for the turn.

Nusku, The Visage of the Flames

These demons reveal themselves in a blaze of yellow-orange light. Their skin glows with the seething brilliance of the sun, and their image shimmers like a mirage. Their eyes take on the color of burnished gold, and when angered, the Nusku radiate palpable waves of heat. An angel's hair becomes a deep red or reddish-gold and thickens into a leonine mane. Open flames flare brightly in his presence, seeming to bow toward their master as the tongues of flame are drawn to the divinity in their midst, The Visage of the Flames confers the following capabilities:

  • Shroud of Flames: The angel is surrounded in a nimbus of supernatural flame that distracts and confuses her foes. All ranged or melee attacks directed at the character have a -1 penalty.
  • Immunity to Fire: The character suffers no damage from heat or fire.
  • Extra Actions: Faith points can be spent to gain extra actions in a turn at the rate of one point per action. Additional actions beyond 3 give an additional action to one of their actions of their choice in the given round.
  • Improved Initiative: character's get a +2 bonus to their initiative Reflex roll.

Torment: As the fallen becomes consumed by her demonic nature, her skin turns black like smoke and seems to seethe with patterns of sullen red that pulse The Visage of the Flames confers the following high-Torment capabilities:

  • Claws/Teeth: The character manifests claws and fangs that inflict Strength +4 damage.
  • Lashing Tail: The character manifests a long, reptilian tail tipped with a curved, bony spike that inflicts Strength + 1 aggravated damage.
  • Increased Size: The character's body grows to a third again its normal height, adding the following bonus traits: +2 Build, +2 Fitness, +1 Agility, +1 Dexterity.
  • Fiery Blood: The character's blood burns like magma. Flammable objects hit with more than a few drops burst into flame, and opponents in close combat suffer 1 point of damage each time they successfully inflict damage on the character.

Qingu, The Visage of Radiance

The apocalyptic form of the masters of Radiance is an incandescent figure wreathed in a corona of jewel-like color. Their physical features have more in common with the smooth perfection of marble than with human skin. Their voices are pure as crystal, and they cut through the petty din of the mortal world like a razor. The Visage of Radiance confers the following capabilities:

  • Wings: A pair of eagle's wings extends from the character's shoulders. At full extension, each wing is a third again as long as the character is tall. The character can glide up to three times her running speed per turn.
  • Inhuman Allure: The character's voice and features are refined to inhuman perfection, adding the following bonus traits: +2 Charisma, +1 Manipulation, + 1 Appearance.
  • Radiant Aura: The character's body is wreathed in a corona of shifting, multicolored hues that distract and confuse her foes. The difficulties of all ranged attacks directed at the character increase by one.
  • Sense the Hidden: The character is supernaturally adept at sensing mortals or demons who attempt to hide from her. The difficulties of all Perception rolls to detect hidden individuals within the character's line of sight decreases by two.

Torment: As the angel gives in to her demonic nature, the colors of her aura become muted, flaring up in angry reds and blues when she grows angry. Her features retain their alabaster perfection, but where they once inspired wonder, they now radiate an air of cold menace and cruelty. The Visage of Radiance confers the following high-Torment capabilities:

  • Voice of the Damned: The demon's voice seethes with inhuman hate and malice. The difficulties of all Intimidation rolls decrease by two.
  • Casts No Reflection: The demon's image does not appear in a mirror. Nor can it be captured in a photograph or by a video camera.
  • Corrosive Spit: The demon's spit sears like acid, A bite inflicts an additional health level of aggravated damage, or the character can spit at a target up to 10 feet away with a successful Dexterity roll. The spittle inflicts one die of aggravated damage, plus any extra successes rolled. Targets such as mortals that do not deal in aggravated damage suffer lethal damage instead.
  • Horns: A pair of curved ram or bull's horns protrude from the character's forehead. If attacked in close combat, the character may make a free counterattack at his foe. Roll Dexterity + Brawl. If successful, the character inflicts aggravated damage equal to Strength-1.

Asharu

Anunnaki

Neberu

Lammasu

Mammetum, The Visage of Transfiguration

The angels of transfiguration reveal themselves as luminescent figures devoid of identifying feature or expression, haunting in their silence and deliberate grace. Their entire body is a mirror reflecting the moods and thoughts of those around them, shifting like quicksilver amid a riot of conflicting feelings and expressions. The Visage of Transfiguration confers the following special capabilities:

  • Enhanced Empathy: The difficulties of all Empathy rolls decrease by two.
  • Casts No Reflection: The demon's image does not appear in a mirror, nor can it be captured in a photograph or by a video camera.
  • Pass Without Trace: The difficulties of the character's Stealth rolls decrease by two, and her passage does not disturb the surrounding environment in any way. She leaves no footprints and disturbs no foliage.
  • Improved Dexterity: Add two to the character's Dexterity.

Torment: Angels of transfiguration who are lost to their Torment lose their luminescence, reflecting their pain and hatred in a series of horrific visions of the Abyss. The creature is a walking panorama of tortured spirits clawing silently at the wall separating them from the physical world. The Visage of Transfiguration confers the following high-Torment special capabilities:

  • Claws/Teeth: The character manifests claws and fangs that inflict Strength +2 aggravated damage.
  • Improved Initiative: Add two to the demon's initiative.
  • Venom: The demon's claws and teeth are coated with venom. If the Defiler inflicts at least one health level of damage (bashing, lethal or aggravated) in an unarmed attack, a Stamina roll (difficulty 7) is made for the victim every turn thereafter for a number of turns equal to the Defiler's Torment score. If a roll fails, the victim suffers one additional health level of lethal damage.
  • Extra Actions: Faith points can be spent to gain extra actions in a turn at the rate of one point per action. These actions occur in order of descending initiative, so if a Defiler with an initiative of 7 gains an extra action, she take her normal action at 7 and her extra action at 6. You must decide to purchase extra actions at the beginning of a turn before any other actions have been taken.

Rabisu

Halaku

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