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 What is Demon: The Descent? Demon: The Descent is a pen and paper RPG by Onyx Path Publishing. As for what it's about, I have shamelessly stolen the following from the World of Drakness thread: Mors Rattus posted:Once upon a time, before man existed, there was a machine. This machine has been around for all of human civilization, but we can't see it. It hides itself in the world, both natural and man-made. It acts for a purpose, bringing forth terrible and glorious machine-angels, in order to fulfill arcane conditions needed to produce what it needs and to put it together the right way. We don't know what it needs, or why it needs it. It would be wrong to say it wants, because it does not think. It would be wrong to say it is malevolent, because it does not feel. It would be wrong to say it plans, because it is not a person. But it changes the world, and its changes are according to some design that no one could ever hope to understand. Its changes are not kind, though they can be positive. They are terrible, though not always to the people near them. The God-Machine takes what it needs, with neither remorse nor pity, and produces horrors and wonders with neither hatred nor pride. Does This Have Anything to do With That Vampire Game? Yes and no. Vampire: The Masquerade (and Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines, which you should go play if you haven't already) is part of the old (or Classic) World of Darkness games from White Wolf. White Wolf was bought out by CCP (the Eve Online people) in 2006 back when there were some people that believed the WoD would actually happen. White Wolf no longer produces any games, but licenses out the IP to other publishers, like Onyx Path (where much of the old White Wolf writing staff works.) Demon is part of the Second Edition of the New World of Darkness lines. So if you played Bloodlines (seriously go do that, this thread will be here when you get back) you'll recognize similar mechanical elements such as stats that range from 1 to 5 and lead to rolling fistfuls of ten sided dice, but setting wise they have nothing in common. So What's the Deal With This Thread? Demon is one of my favorite new game lines in years. It is an amazing game, but most people don't know about it unless they're already active World of Darkness fans. So I figured I'd round a few of those people who have never heard of it and bumble our way through it for the amusement of strangers on the internet. The Cast Maximillian Bryce a.k.a. Mr. Banks (Played by Davin_Valkri) Millionaire philanthropist who dreams of building a better world, free from the God-machine's influence. Bob Rickard a.k.a. Faolin (Played by Phil) Ex-bodyguard turned mall cop looking for a purpose to fill the void of his failed mission and lost love. Zane Allen a.k.a. Hype (Played by Addie) Portland hipster with orders to be surrounded by other oblivious, self-absorbed assholes, and keep them that way. Looking to not die because oh god what did I do, I was drunk I didn't mean to fall I swear. Episodes Episode 1 - Role Models Episode 2 - Not a Win Day Part a Part b Episode 3 - Chowederheads Part a Part b Episode 4 - Oscar the Grouch Part a Part b Part c Episode 5 - How Bad Can it Get? Part a Part b Part c Episode 6 - Gathering Intel Part a Part b Episode 7 - My Fetish Part a Part b Part c Eipsode 8 - God-sized Allen Wrench Part a Part b Part c Part d Episode 9 - Debrief (Disclaimer: This is my first time working with any sort of audio production, so the first episode may sound a little rough. It gets better as it goes along.) ZiegeDame fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Feb 25, 2016 |
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Digging this a lot so far.
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Sep 6, 2015 04:06
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Nice. A good change of pace from my own Demon game which is uh, well I have an escalation addiction as Daeren can attest to.
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Sep 6, 2015 08:00
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I loving LOVE demon. If you ever need or want an extra count me the gently caress in!
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Sep 6, 2015 08:27
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Ted_Haggard posted:Digging this a lot so far. Thanks!  Rubix Squid posted:Nice. Oh don't worry, things will escalate soon enough. Probably not quite to your scale, though. And speaking of escalation... Episode 2 - Not a Win Day (part 1) In this episode, our heroes poke the hornet's nest.
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Sep 6, 2015 22:05
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Demon's one of those games I'd always like to play but never find a GM for 
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Sep 7, 2015 00:59
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Good poo poo man, nice to see Demon get some more exposure in different channels.
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Sep 7, 2015 02:49
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Will follow this. Quick question though: What's your position on lore-chat in the thread? That's usually a fun part of WoD LPs.
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fspades posted:Will follow this. Quick question though: What's your position on lore-chat in the thread? That's usually a fun part of WoD LPs. Please, lore-chat away. More Demon talk is always a good thing. Plus I'll need something to fill the time between updates. And on the subject, I've got a question for you all regarding the frequency of updates. Our group plays roughly once a month. I've got a bit of a backlog, but it won't last forever. Would people prefer I space things out, meaning one update (roughly half a session, between 30 minutes and and hour or so, after editing) a week, or just post stuff as it's ready and expect the thread to be an update desert for several weeks between play sessions?
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Sep 7, 2015 21:25
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I'll just keep putting one out a week. Like this one right here: Episode 2b
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Sep 14, 2015 01:28
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Definitely tagging this. I am into all things Demon.
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Sep 14, 2015 01:50
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Oh, neat. I agree that Demon could use more exposure. It somehow manages to nail this weird juxtaposition between a serious spy drama and Spy Vs Spy sometimes because when it comes down to it, a lot of your powers are remarkably similar to cartoon physics.
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Sep 14, 2015 03:38
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It's Sunday, have some more Demon. In this weeks episode, everyone fails a lot of rolls.
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Sep 20, 2015 20:36
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I've never heard of the game or really had any interest in World of Darkness stuff but this lp is great and does a good job of making it seem very appealing.
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Sep 20, 2015 23:30
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Monk E posted:I've never heard of the game or really had any interest in World of Darkness stuff but this lp is great and does a good job of making it seem very appealing. Thanks, friend. I really appreciate these posts.  And here's Episode 3b in which our heroes make a new friend(?)
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Sep 27, 2015 21:40
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This session was longer than the last two so I decided to divide it into three parts. Here is the first of those parts.
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Oct 4, 2015 22:56
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Had a long day yesterday so this post is a little late, but seeing as I'm now triple-posting, I don't think anyone will care. Episode 4 part 2 in which a pattern begins to emerge for humans that have anything to do with our 'heroes.'
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Oct 12, 2015 17:57
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<-- Phil/Bob It is good to see these are going up. Now if only we could get some luck on the dice rolls! 
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Oct 12, 2015 23:52
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I (being Maxy) said I was sorry, okay? Ask anybody in the game room--my dice rolls are garbage!
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Oct 13, 2015 00:19
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While the Gambler's Fallacy still holds true, my personal experiences have also taught me that dicebots can hold grudges and have an incredible sense of dramatic timing.
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Oct 13, 2015 00:44
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The exciting conclusion to episode 4 where Bob broadens his horizons. There might be a bit of a delay on rolling out episode 5. I've been talked into participating in a game design competition, and when you combine that with actually running this campaign, editing hours of audio might have to take a back seat. I should be able to return to my regular schedule by November at the latest.
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Oct 19, 2015 05:29
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Davin Valkri posted:I (being Maxy) said I was sorry, okay? Ask anybody in the game room--my dice rolls are garbage! Haha it's all good. Games like these are often best when they go completely off the rails.
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Oct 20, 2015 22:57
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Oh heck yeah. Demon owns. This owns.
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Oct 21, 2015 00:09
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And we're back. Sorry about the delay folks. Have Episode 5a. I tried a new editing methodology for this one, because I didn't want to spend the rest of my life editing audio files. Hopefully it's still listenable.
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Nov 22, 2015 19:46
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It's Sunday, and that means more Demon. Episode 5b, in which things go about how you should expect at this point.
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Nov 29, 2015 22:37
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Episode 5c in which our heroes try to see just how big a hole they can dig for themselves.
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Dec 7, 2015 04:27
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Took me a while to listen to all that but I enjoyed your misadventures. Demon: descent is pretty cool.
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Kanthulhu posted:Took me a while to listen to all that but I enjoyed your misadventures. Thanks for taking the time to listen to our antics. It's always nice to know I'm not just throwing these things into the void. On that note: Episode 6a is here. Session 6 is a bit of a turning point, where our heroes might actually finish a session better off than when they started. Not that this is a high bar.
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Dec 14, 2015 01:19
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Episode 6b in which our heroes get dangerously close to accomplishing something.
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Dec 21, 2015 04:03
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Woops, a day late on this one. Gonna blame it on the holidays making Sunday feel like a meaningless distinction. Episode 7a this week. I hope you were looking forward to a whole session without a single success being rolled, because that's what you're gonna get.
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Dec 28, 2015 18:38
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Sounds good.
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Dec 28, 2015 19:35
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Seriously the worst rolling
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Dec 30, 2015 11:58
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There was a demon the descent LP and no one told me!
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Jan 1, 2016 22:54
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Episode 7b in which Zane has some interesting ideas about what makes a good cover.
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Jan 4, 2016 07:00
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only a few episodes in, but my next character has to be an integrator trying to get collective bargaining rights
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Twibbit posted:only a few episodes in, but my next character has to be an integrator trying to get collective bargaining rights 40 hour weeks and a weekend, too. Fresh off the presses, it's Episode 7c. This is, without a doubt, the single most awkward role-playing experience I have ever recorded and uploaded to the internet. If you're big on schadenfreude, this is the episode for you.
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... Yeah I'm sorry about that. Clearly did not think that through. I see edited it clocks in at ~30 minutes, how much awkward silence did you have to cut to get that? sojakfa fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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Jan 10, 2016 23:10
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sojakfa posted:... Yeah I'm sorry about that. Clearly did not think that through. Hard to say, really. Audacity has a filter that lets me cut all awkward silences down to half a second. Between that and other editing about an hour was cut form the raw audio for the whole session. Full disclosure the editing on this one is a little less thorough than the rest because there were parts where I just checked for serious popping or dead air and let the rest be. I figure anyone who's made it this far is here to listen to us suffer.
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Jan 11, 2016 07:49
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Woops, got real sick and almost forgot to upload Episode 08a. Enjoy.
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Episode 8b, in which the titular hipsters are summoned.
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