Daimonion

Daimonion (or Daimoinon)
Pronounce	Dy-mon-yun / Day-mon-yun
Bloodlines	Angellis Ater, Baali

Daimonion (frequently misspelled Daimoinon) is a diabolic Discipline practiced only by the Baali and the very worst vampire infernalists. Its power is that of the Devil himself, and through the use of Daimonion the Baali draw upon the forces of Hell and its demons to demoralize and cripple their enemies.

Overview

These are the mysteries of the Baali, black arts torn whole and beating from the sorcerer-kings of ancient cultures and prehistoric civilizations, incoherent memories passed from tome to tongue, hearkening to times of insensate oblivion. They are sibilant secrets in which all begins to end and begin again... and with every new night and novice brought into the circle, the telling grows shorter.

Its foul powers are devoted to tapping the dark forces of existence and corrupting the souls of others. Whatever vile master the Cainite worships, Daimonion is a homage to evil and none can use it untainted. It is for this reason that all Cainites stand united in their hatred of the Baali, whose lust for power threatens to undermine vampire society.

Spelling

Note that, while the correct spelling is "daimonion" (a Greek word for "spirit" or "demon", specifically one that infers spiritual or otherworldly guidance), the spelling given in the Discipline's first publication in the original Vampire Storytellers Handbook was "Daimoinon". Most subsequent sources have continued to use that incorrect spelling; only Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages uses the correct spelling of the word (though even that book still uses Daimoinon in two locations). It may be that the name of the Discipline has been linguistically corrupted from the original Greek since the Dark Ages, although that would not explain the use of the incorrect "Daimoinon" spelling in earlier Dark Ages books like the Book of Storyteller Secrets or the Dark Ages Storytellers Companion.

Official Abilities

Included below are the official powers described in supplements for Vampire: The Masquerade and Dark Ages: Vampire. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.

Standard Powers

• Sense the Sin ^[1]: This power allows the Baali to see into the soul of his or her victim in order to ferret out said victim's greatest moral weakness.
• Fear of the Void Below ^[2]: The Baali terrifies a target with feelings of going to Hell.
• Conflagration ^[3]: The Baali draws out the destructive essence of the Beyond.
• Psychomachia ^[4]: The Baali summons an apparition of the victim's greatest fear or trauma.
• Condemnation ^[5]: The Baali places a debilitating curse upon a target.

Advanced Powers

• ^[6]
  • Concordance: Gain a permanent physical feature of your dark masters
  • Diabolic Lure: Permanently lower a victim's Road rating
  • Glimpse the Gulf Beyond: Open a rift to the Beyond that mentally overwhelms a target
  • Ignore the Searing Flames: Suffer no harm from fire

• ^[7]
  • Bring the Plague: Spreads a deadly plague that affect both Mortals and Cainites alike.
  • Infernal Servitor: Summon a demon to serve you
  • Summon the Herald of Topheth: Create a rift to the Beyond through which something might enter the world
  • The Re-Embrace: Transform a vampire into a Baali

• ^[8]
  • Adramelech's Wrath: Cause a Cainite to burn as if the sun itself were shining upon them
  • Call Forth the Herald of Hell: Rip a hole through reality to conjure a Demonic Prince which wrecks havoc
  • Contagion: Soak an entire area in evil, causing violence and hatred to erupt
  • Unleash Hell's Fury: Cause a Cainite to feel the sun's light no matter what shelter they have

• Call the Great Beast/Spew Wide the Pit ^[9]: Sacrifice oneself that one of the Elder Gods might enter the world

• ^[10]
  • Open the Way: Sacrifice oneself that one of the Elder Gods might enter the world
  • Plot Device

Gallery

VTES Cards

Concordance. Art by Steve Ellis

Herald of Topheth. Art by Mark Nelson

Unless Hell's Fury. Art by Brian LeBlanc

Call the Great Beast. Art by Fred Hooper

References

^  Level 1

Sense the Sin	Vampire Storytellers Handbook	Pg. 94
Sense the Sin	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 147
Sense the Sin	Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised	Pg. 38
Sense the Sin	Dark Ages Storytellers Companion	Pg. 38
Sense the Sin	Laws of the Night: Storytellers Guide	Pg. 22
Sense the Sin	Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition	Pg. 445
Sense the Sin	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 208

^  Level 2

Fear of the Void Below	Vampire Storytellers Handbook	Pg. 94
Fear of the Void Below	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 147
Fear of the Void Below	Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised	Pg. 38
Fear of the Void	Dark Ages Storytellers Companion	Pg. 39
Fear of the Void	Laws of the Night: Storytellers Guide	Pg. 22-23
Fear of the Void Below	Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition	Pg. 445
Fear of the Void	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 208

^  Level 3

Flames of the Netherworld	Vampire Storytellers Handbook	Pg. 94
Flames of the Netherworld	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 147
Conflagration	Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised	Pg. 38
Conflagration	Laws of the Night: Storytellers Guide	Pg. 23
Essence of the Netherworld	Dark Ages Storytellers Companion	Pg. 39
Conflagration	Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition	Pg. 445
Tormented Essence	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 209

^  Level 4

Psychomachia	Vampire Storytellers Handbook	Pg. 94
Psychomachia	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 148
Psychomachia	Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised	Pg. 38
Psychomachia	Dark Ages Storytellers Companion	Pg. 39
Psychomachia	Laws of the Night: Storytellers Guide	Pg. 23-24
Psychomachia	Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition	Pg. 445
Psychomachia	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 209

^  Level 5

Curse	Vampire Storytellers Handbook	Pg. 94
Curse	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 148
Condemnation	Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised	Pg. 39
Condemnation	Laws of the Night: Storytellers Guide	Pg. 24
Curse	Dark Ages Storytellers Companion	Pg. 40
Condemnation	Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition	Pg. 445
Condemnation	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 209

^  Level 6

Ignore the Searing Flames	Vampire Storytellers Handbook	Pg. 64
Ignore the Searing Flames	Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook	Pg. 148
Diabolic Lure	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 81
Glimpse the Gulf Beyond	Clanbook: Baali	Pg. 46
Concordance	Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised	Pg. 39
Concordance	Laws of the Night: Storytellers Guide	Pg. 24-25
Hell-Born Investiture	Dark Ages Storytellers Companion	Pg. 40
Concordance	Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition	Pg. 446
Hell-Born Investiture	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 210
Lure Diabolik	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 210

^  Level 7

Summon the Herald of Hell	Vampire Storytellers Handbook	Pg. 94
Infernal Servitor	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 81
Summon the Herald of Topheth	Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised	Pg. 39
Summon the Heald of Topheth	Laws of the Night: Storytellers Guide	Pg. 25
Summon the Herald of Topheth	Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition	Pg. 446
Bring the Plague	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 210
Demonic Servitor	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 211
The Re-Embrace	Lore of the Bloodlines	Pg. 17

^  Level 8

Great Curse	Vampire Storytellers Handbook	Pg. 94-95
Unleash Hell's Fury	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 82
Contagion	Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised	Pg. 39
Contagion	Laws of the Night: Storytellers Guide	Pg. 25-26
Contagion	Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition	Pg. 447
Call Forth the Herald of Hell	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 211
Adramelech's Wrath	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 212

^  Level 9

Call the Great Beast	Vampire Storytellers Handbook	Pg. 95
Call the Great Beast	Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised	Pg. 40
Call the Great Beast	Laws of the Night: Storytellers Guide	Pg. 26
Call the Great Beast	Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition	Pg. 447
Spew Wide the Pit	Vampire Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Dark Ages	Pg. 212

^  Level 10

Open the Way	Clanbook: Baali	Pg. 46
Plot Device	Gehenna	Pg. 182