We'll definitely want some sort of half-mortal critters, like the tragic tieflings. Possessed of both demon & mortal blood (or devil & mortal blood if I add a demon/devil divide), they get exotic, unnatural looks/deformities (depending on your tastes), some minor powers (often beyond their control) and quickly get pushed to the bottom of the heap socially.
I'm not entirely sure that I want to be really specific. Basically, these are half-breeds... they get mixed appearance (with some elements of their extraplanar parentage) and a few minor powers (major powers may show up, but won't be consciously controllable). But because they look funny and are generally from "unapproved" liasons, they tend to get sold into slavery or kicked out on the streets. They have no support network except for other street scum, usually other "freaks". The big thing is the lack of a support group... generally, neither parent wants them. For the "higher" planes, their mere existence is a sign that one of their upper-plane parent sinned. For the lower planes, the human parent won't want 'em. Their social class will be one step below dirt... folks don't normally bother to throw stuff at dirt.
As far as demons vs devils, I'll probably avoid it. There may be several different types, but it could be hard for outsiders to tell the differences in their beliefs. They mostly serve evil gods, so they're kind of stuck with no free will. I need to think about this further. I'm not sure how much of the whole "good vs evil vs law vs chaos" bit I want to keep. Settings like Cynosure seemed to do okay without any clear divide between good and evil.
Posted by Kiz at November 3, 2004 05:06 PMCommentsPost a comment