<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "A few questions about Daemons"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/31.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net A few questions about Daemons 40k universe before proceeding.

Do regular Daemons speak? I assume that they do, since more powerful ones clearly do, but would, say, a Daemonette be able to carry on a conversation? (Assuming it wasn't trying to kill someone.)
Secondly, can humans and Daemons coexist? Assuming, of course, that the humans are dedicated to the Chaos gods, and it's in an area where Daemons are capable of maintaining their existence easily. Just for a random example, could an army of Cultists and renegades have a base set up on a Daemon world that's floating around in the Eye of Terror? Assume that being driven mad/corrupted isn't a problem.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167567.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167567.page GMT Re:A few questions about Daemons
Daemons run off of the elemental essence of extreme emotions, and aren't capable of acting contrary to their basic natures.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167572.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167572.page GMT Re:A few questions about Daemons
 AnomanderRake wrote:
...Sort of? Daemons are capable of communicating, but they're not capable of sitting down and having polite tea with humans, or hanging out in any kind of stable fashion over any period of time.

Daemons run off of the elemental essence of extreme emotions, and aren't capable of acting contrary to their basic natures.

It's not a talk over tea and biscuits. A cultist is going to have to talk her way out of getting chopped into tiny bits. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167586.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167586.page GMT A few questions about Daemons
What could mortal man offer a deamonette that would convince it to deny its very nature?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167672.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167672.page GMT A few questions about Daemons
 Lance845 wrote:
All deamons are living embodiments of emotions taken to extremes. Its more or less exactly the same as demons from the dragon age games. You can talk to a desire demon but that demon is the living embodiment of desire. It will do, say, and act in exactly the ways an entitiy like that would. Feeding on those emotions and being driven by them.

What could mortal man offer a deamonette that would convince it to deny its very nature?

In this case, she's going to threaten a painless suicide (by frag grenade) in order to get the Daemonette to leave. No pain, no pleasure, no nothing, she'd just blow her own head off rather than let the Daemonette kill her in a more painful or significant manner. No sensation = no excess = no benefit for the Daemonette.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167702.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167702.page GMT A few questions about Daemons http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167746.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9167746.page GMT A few questions about Daemons
Waaaghpower wrote:
 Lance845 wrote:
All deamons are living embodiments of emotions taken to extremes. Its more or less exactly the same as demons from the dragon age games. You can talk to a desire demon but that demon is the living embodiment of desire. It will do, say, and act in exactly the ways an entitiy like that would. Feeding on those emotions and being driven by them.

What could mortal man offer a deamonette that would convince it to deny its very nature?

In this case, she's going to threaten a painless suicide (by frag grenade) in order to get the Daemonette to leave. No pain, no pleasure, no nothing, she'd just blow her own head off rather than let the Daemonette kill her in a more painful or significant manner. No sensation = no excess = no benefit for the Daemonette.


How is a mere mortal cultist going to move/react faster than a Daemonette, and actually fulfill that threat? Even if they can, how are they going to convince a Daemonette they can?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9168745.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9168745.page GMT A few questions about Daemons
 Unusual Suspect wrote:
Waaaghpower wrote:
 Lance845 wrote:
All deamons are living embodiments of emotions taken to extremes. Its more or less exactly the same as demons from the dragon age games. You can talk to a desire demon but that demon is the living embodiment of desire. It will do, say, and act in exactly the ways an entitiy like that would. Feeding on those emotions and being driven by them.

What could mortal man offer a deamonette that would convince it to deny its very nature?

In this case, she's going to threaten a painless suicide (by frag grenade) in order to get the Daemonette to leave. No pain, no pleasure, no nothing, she'd just blow her own head off rather than let the Daemonette kill her in a more painful or significant manner. No sensation = no excess = no benefit for the Daemonette.


How is a mere mortal cultist going to move/react faster than a Daemonette, and actually fulfill that threat? Even if they can, how are they going to convince a Daemonette they can?

They're talking from really, really far away. A Daemonette is way faster than a human, sure, but a human only has to move their finger a few inches, the Daemonette has to cross a sixty feet of uneven terrain.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9168973.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9168973.page GMT A few questions about Daemons
I could easily be wrong on that, as AM are not my biggest interest in the lore, but that would seem to be odd design.

Even with a timer of 3 seconds or less, I could see a Daemonette at least considering going for it anyway.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9169280.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9169280.page GMT A few questions about Daemons
 Unusual Suspect wrote:
I would imagine such a situation might conceivably work, though my understanding of Frag Grenades suggests they work on a timer rather than immediately.

I could easily be wrong on that, as AM are not my biggest interest in the lore, but that would seem to be odd design.

Even with a timer of 3 seconds or less, I could see a Daemonette at least considering going for it anyway.

They might, but... Well, honestly, my story breaks if they do, so I'm gonna have to go with "In this case they won't"?

I mean, Daemonette's on the tabletop aren't stronger than humans, just ridiculously quick, and with incredibly sharp talons. I'm sure one could cross the distance and stab my character before the grenade blew, but could they cross the distance, wrestle away the grenade, and get it far enough away that neither of them get hurt? That's less likely. (And while a frag grenade wouldn't be threatening in the 'imma chuck it at you' sense, since the Daemonette could just dode away, it IS strong enough to hurt one, so trying to wrestle it away is unnecessarily risky.)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9169356.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/715906/9169356.page GMT