Demon Files

[Randulf]

This is not for my game, but Ron's comments about an object demon in the form of a computer made me wonder about demons manifesting as data (a particularly nasty virus, for example) for a cyberpunk or modern setting.  Would it be inconspicuous, or would it be a parasite with the computer as the host?  How might this be handled?

Apologies (as ever) if this has already been discussed to death and my search missed it.

[jrs]

You may want to take a look at the Inside mini-supplement.  It's available in Daedalus, Winter 2004.

Julie

[Randulf]

You may want to take a look at the Inside mini-supplement.  It's available in Daedalus, Winter 2004.

Julie

Thanks for the tip - looks interesting.

[greyorm]

You may also want to take a look at Electric Ghosts. Available on the Sorcerer site in the mini-supplement section. It doesn't deal with computers or programs as demons specfically, but is very portable to the idea.

As far as how it might be handled: well, you've just given two different ways in which it might be functionally handled. It all depends on what demons are "about" or "behave like" in your game of Sorcerer. However, I can also see a very resaonable argument regarding a computer (or any non-living object) being an unacceptable "host" for a parasite demon, but I'll let Ron speak up if he feels it truly violates the spirit of the rules in terms of what a host can be or must be like.

(Also, you don't need to apologize. No one is going to give you noogies for asking a question: this is not the internet; don't worry, you will not be hazed.)