Infernalism: The Path of Screams is a sourcebook for Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade covering Nephandi and other infernalists.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- Lure of Blasphemy
- This is the Devil's world. All the gospels proclaim it so, and the horrors of the age seem to prove it true. Beset by temptation, desperation, power and fear, it it any wonder some magi turn to the Darkness?
- Laughter of the Damned
- The Path of Screams is the ultimate descent - a rebellion against all that is holy and right. Those who choose to Fall perform blasphemous rites, master horrifying magicks, and sell their very souls to demonic tempters. This is their story: A grim collection of cults, characters, and night-black Arts - an enlightenment of the damned.
- Infernalism: The Path of Screams includes:
- The trials and temptations that lead magi down the Road of Sin
- Dark magick, soul pacts and Infernal Investments
- Characters, sects, demonic creatures, and more!
Chapters[]
Prelude to Damnation[]
Introduction[]
Chapter I: Better to Reign in Hell[]
We see the passions that drive men and angels away from the Light and into Darkness. The tales of those Fallen Ones are seen from a new perspective, and the Devil is quite literally given his due.
Chapter II: The Devil's Own[]
Presents a gallery of Infernalists, and the thorny steps along the Path of Screams itself.
- Templates
- Academician
- Alchemist
- Black Knight
- Blood-Pagan
- Bon Vivant
- Catacomb Rat
- Corrupted Cleric
- The Devil's Whore
- Freak-Maker
- Hellsmith
- Maggot
- Necromancer
- Old Nick's Gunman
- Rake-Hell
- Satanic Witch
- Serpent
- Star-Ravaged Madman
- Torturer
- Twilight Mystic
- Usurer
- Vision-Mocker
- Wildling
Chapter III: Ars Maleficarum[]
Examines the Infernal Arts and the cults, pacts, tools and rituals that distinguish them.
- Demonic Investments
- Apportation (4 pts.)
- Armor (varies)
- Awareness (4 pts.)
- Backgrounds (1 pt. per dot in the Background Trait)
- Beast Form (3 pts.)
- Bond-breaking (6 pts.)
- Claws or Horns (varies)
- Demonic Strength (varies)
- Devil's Eyes (2 pts.)
- Goat Feet (2 pts.)
- Hellfire (3 pts.)
- Invulnerability (3 pts.)
- Longevity (varies)
- Luciferian Charm (4 pts.)
- Mammon's Gift (8 pts.)
- Pan-pipe Voice (3 pts.)
- Regeneration (9 pts.)
- Serpent Skin (3 pts.)
- Service (various)
- Shameful Sight (6 pts.)
- Sign of the Inferno (5 pts.)
- Talons of the Plague-crow (8 pts.)
- Uncanny Beauty (varies)
- Wings (3 pts.)
- Merits and Flaws
- Lord of Flies (2 pt Merit)
- Unshockable (3 pt Merit)
- Demonic Tutor (4 pt Merit)
- Demonic Heritage: Laham (7 pt Merit)
- Unholy Aura (7 pt Merit)
- Repulsive to Animals (1 pt. Flaw)
- Bitter Tongue (3 pt. Flaw)
- Infernal Aura (3 pt. Flaw)
- Cannibal (4 pt. Flaw)
- Horrific (5 pt. Flaw)
- Incantamentos Malevoli: The Warlock's Arsenal
- An Hour in Hell (
Mind, Time) - Balefire ( Forces, Spirit, Prime)
- Endless Parchment ( Life, Prime)
- Satan's Song ( Prime, Mind, Forces, Spirit; possibly with Forces and Life/ Matter added)
- Soul Cloak ( Spirit, Entropy, Mind, Prime)
- Witchwind ( Forces, Mind, Prime)
- Soul-Forging ( or Spirit, Matter, Prime, plus Forces, Spirit, Prime to create the forge-fire)
- Storm of Crows ( Life, Connection, Prime, Mind)
- An Hour in Hell (
- Crepundiae Gravis: Demonic Toys
- Witchward ( , Arete 2, Quintessence N/A, Cost 2)
- Flying Unguent ( , Arete 2, Quintessence 10, Cost 4)
- Grimoires ( , Arete N/A, Quintessence N/A, Cost 4)
- The Black Caldron ( , Arete 3, Quintessence N/A, Cost 6)
- Demon Mask ( , Arete 3, Quintessence 15, Cost 6)
- Khalil aba-Malek, The Iron Satan (Unique, Arete 8, Quintessence (unknown), Cost N/A)
- Witchward (
Chapter IV: The Devil Sends the Beast[]
Offers a range of demons, servitors and ungodly apparitions that stand beside an Infernal magus - at least until they drag his soul to Hell.
- Demonic Traits
- Healing
- Fortitude
- Domination
- Fire
- Immortality
- Immunity to Fire
- Terror
- The Barriers
- Holy Days and Places
- Pride and Greed
- True Faith
- Infernal Hosts
- Cannibal Corpse - Stats
- Demonhound - Stats
- Devilfish - Stats
- Dust Man - Stats
- Fomor - Stats
- "Living" Skeleton - Stats
- Servelings
- Hobgoblins: "the Little Satans" - Stats
- Imps: The Smiling Servants - Stats
- Incubi/Succubi: Carnality Incarnate - Stats
- Lucifergia, Bloodhounds of the Soul - Stats
- Malebranche, Tormentors of the Damned - Stats
- Urge-Devils, Imps of Perversity - Stats
- War-Servitors
- Warrior Template - Stats
- Markadu the Ravager - Stats
- Puluhtu the Silencer - Stats
- Tempters
- Tempter Template - Stats
- Dorian the Demon Lover - Stats
- Lia Tammaas, Eater of Tongues - Stats
Appendix[]
Offers lists of malignant powers and influential source material.
- Inspirational Sources
- Ahmed, Rollo, The Black Art
- Alighieri, Dante, The Divine Comedy: Inferno
- Baker, Cliver, The Hellbound Heart and The Damnation Game
- The Holy Bible (King James version)
- Black, Jeremy and Green, Anthony, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Ilustrated Dictionary
- Chambers, Robert W., The King in Yellow
- Constantine, Storm, The Wraeththu Trilogy
- Cotterell, Arthus, The Encyclopedia of Mythology
- Dann, Jack and Dozous, Gardner, Demons!
- Daraul, Arkon, A History of Secret Societies
- Early, Christopher, The Maleficium
- Films, Black Sabbath, Curse of the Demon, Dangerous Liaisons, Mark of the Devil, The Masque of the Red Death, The Prophecy, Prospero's Books, Twins of Evil, Warlock and Witchcraft Through the Ages (silent)
- Kramer, Edward, Dante's Disciples
- Lewis, Matthew, The Monk
- Lovecraft, Howard Phillips, "Supernatural Horror in Literature," "The Rates in the Walls," "The Outsider," "The Music of Erich Zann," "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dunwich Horror," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs," "Nyarlathotep"
- Masters, Phil, GURPS Arabian Nights
- Marlowe, Christopher, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
- Masello, Robert, Raising Hell: A Concise History of the Black Arts - and Those Who Dared to Practice Them
- McCall, Andrew, The Medieval Underworld
- Messadié, Gerald, A History of the Devil
- Milton, John, Paradise Lost
- Morgan, Genevieve and Tom, The Devil: A Visual Guide to the Demonic Evil, Scurrilous, and Bad
- Nietzsche, Friedrich, Thus Spake Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil
- Poe, Edgar Allan, "The Pit and the Pendulum," "Hop-Frog," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Premature Burial, " Fall of the House of Usher"
- Richards, Monica, The Book of Annwyn
- Shakespeare, William, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear and The Tempest
- Stableford, Brian, The Second Daedalus Book of Decadence: The Black Feast
- Stanford, Peter, The Devil: A Biography
- Turner, Alice, The History of Hell
- White Wolf supplements: Vampire: The Dark Ages, Book of the Wyrm (first or second edition), Chronicle of the Black Labyrinth, The Book of Madness, Guide to the Sabbat, World of Darkness: Sorcerer, The Dark Ages Companion, The Sorcerers Crusade Companion, Clanbook: Baali, The Cainite Heresy, World of Darkness: The Bygone Bestiary, The Risen, Wraith: THe Oblivion, The Shadow Court, Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon and The Thousand Hells
- Williams, Selma R., Riding the Nightmare: Women and Witchcraft from the Old World to Colonial Salem
- Music: Black Sabbath (first four albums only), Black Tape for a Blue Girl, The Changelings, Christian Death, Cradle of Filth, Dead Can Dance, Die Form, Faith & the Muse, Fields of the Nephilim, Diamonda Galas, Gwar, Iron Maiden, Mediaeval Babes, Miranda Sex Garden, Order of Dying Knights, Qntal, Vast, Venom, Voltaire, The Wake and White Zombie/Rob Zombie
Background Information[]
- The ad included at the back of the book is for: The Swashbucklers Handbook (March 2000).
- Author's Dedications are made to Wendy Blacksin, Audrey Maddox, Jess Heinig, Chris Early, Sam Inabinet, Jim Moore, Michael Lee, Rich Dansky, Rachelle Udell and Mike Tinney.
Memorable Quotes[]
"Although this book deals with diabolical subject matter, it is not in any way intended as an incentive for devil worship. Quite the opposite. But since certain people require that things be spelled out in big, bold letters, we felt we should emphasize a few simple points:
Black magick is not cool, merely stupid.
Do not worship Satan.
Do not kill anyone or anything.
Do not kill yourself.
Mage is a game.
Have fun.
Thank you.
Sleep tight...."
Characters[]
- Prelude to Damnation
- Katherina
- Azuz M'Kahl, He Who Wanders in the Labyrinth - Tempter
- Introduction
- Master Burlin
- Chapter I: Better to Reign in Hell
- Gretta
- Edward
- Manu
- Xue
- Kinslayer Caine
- King Samsi-Adad of Assur
- Moses
- Khristos
- Mohammed
- God
- Saul
- David
- Solomon
- Gautama Siddhartha
- Zarathustra (Zoroaster) - Magus
- Adam
- Lao Tsu
- Chapter II: The Devil's Own
- Pedro Galas - Apprentice to Maestro Caprocelli
- Maestro Caprocelli - Mage
- Persephone - Maestro Caprocelli's Owl
- Duke Orsino
- Frater Seditio - Writer of the Codex Licentia
- Jodilynn Blake
- Dr. George (Johannes) Faustus
- Kieu Tsu Hsing T'ieh Lu Ku
- Gilles de Laval, Baron de Rais
- Joan de Arc
- Francios Prelati - Nephandi
- Tezghul the Insane
- Appa Bloodax - Tezghul's Father
- Captain Stephen Granque
- Heylel Teomim "Thoabath"
- Daedalean de Corbie
- Eloine
- Dhambu the Outcast, Killer of Dreams - Proclaimed as the First Vision-Mocker
- T'chaklu the Thunderer - God
- Mahamane - Dhakai Leader
- Star-of-Eagles
- Niaoba
- Squaid Blargo
- Chapter III: Ars Maleficarum
- Eve
- Black Michael of London - Hellsmith
- Theodosius of Rome - Hellsmith
- Jakob Sturms of Hartz - Hellsmith
- Gullanté of Damascus - Hellsmith
- Wan Fang of Bejing - Hellsmith
- Ja'afar of Istanbul - Hellsmith
- Abbah Rabbiniath
- "Father" Decmus
- Gjquippel'Haadba - Demon servitor
- Malek al-Majun ibn Iblis - Last of the Devil-Kings
- Ishaq al-Iblis - First Devil-King
- Chapter IV: The Devil Sends the Beast
- Lady Marianne de Trévonne, Fourth Watcher of the Viper
- Duc Barton
- Ethán
- Pemba - God
- Mawingu - Hero
- Haringa - Magus
- Ablu the Render - War-Demon
- Sheelha of the Thousand Tongues - War-Demon
- Win-Fong the Silent - War-Demon
- Mal-hey-Oto the Whispering Night Owl - War-Demon
- Sarrum-kin
- Saman the Blind - Witch King
- Gulfora - Tempter
- Na Chen the Splendid One - Tempter
- Appendix
- Assyrian, Babylonian and Egyptian Demons
- Anubus (m)
- Apep (?)
- Asakku (m; also Asag)
- Bast (f)
- Ereskigal (f; also Allatu)
- Isis (f)
- Istar (f; also Ishatar, Astarte, Inana)
- Lamastu (f)
- Mãmîtu (m)
- Martu (m; also Amurru)
- Nergal (m; also Erra)
- Ninurta (m)
- Osirus (m)
- Pazuzu (m)
- Sekhmet (f)
- Set (m; also Seth)
- Siduri (f)
- Thoth (m)
- Tiâmat (f)
- Christian, Jewish and Muslim Devils
- Abbadon (m)
- Ahriman (m; also Angra Manyu)
- Apollyon (m)
- Asmodeus (m)
- Astaroth (m or f)
- Azazel (m; also Azael)
- Baal (m)
- Beelzebub (m; also Ba'al-zubu)
- Behemoth (m)
- Belial (m; also Beliar)
- Belphegor (f; sometimes m)
- Carnivean (m)
- Cronos (m; also Chronos)
- Dommiel (m)
- Dumah (m)
- Exael (m)
- Forcas (m; also Furcas)
- Furcalor (m)
- Honblas (m)
- Iblis (m)
- Leviathan (f)
- Lilith (f; also Lilitu)
- Lucifer (m)
- Mammon (m; also Midas)
- Mastema (m)
- Mephistopheles (m)
- Moloch (m)
- Nisroch (m; also Misroch)
- Paimon (f)
- Rosier (m; sometimes f)
- Sammael (m)
- Satan (m)
- Surgat (m)
- Xaphan (m)
- Dark Pagan Gods
- Aphrodite (f; also Venus)
- Ares (m; also Mars)
- Bacchus (m; also Dionysus)
- Balor (m)
- Cernunnos (m)
- Chronos (m; also Saturn)
- Diana (f)
- Freyja (f)
- Gwyn (m)
- Hades (m; also Pluto)
- Hecate (f)
- Hermes (m; also Mercury)
- Hymdar (m)
- Jormungand (?)
- Kullervo (m)
- Kupala (m)
- Loki (m)
- Louhi (f)
- Lovitar (f)
- Medea (f)
- The Morrigu - Badb, Morrigan, Nemain and Macha (f)
- Nidhogg (m)
- Odin One-Eye (m; also Wotan)
- Orpheus (m)
- Pan (m)
- Persephone (f)
- Scathach (f)
- Sigyn (f)
- Skill (m)
- Surt (m; also Surtur)
- Svantotvit (m; also Svantevit)
- Tchernobog (m)
- Thor (m)
- Typhon (m)
- Ymir (m)
- Exotic Devil-Gods
- Ahpuch (m)
- Ananta (f; also Sesha)
- Chongo (m; also Shango, Chango)
- Ciuacóatl (f)
- Coyote (m)
- Emma-o (m)
- Evil Animal Spirits (varies)
- Evil Ghosts (varies)
- Huitzilopochtli (m)
- Jackal (m)
- Kali (f)
- Mara (m)
- Monkey-King (m)
- Ravana (m)
- Shiva (m; also Aghora)
- Tezcatlipoca (m; also Yaotl)
- Tou Mu (?)
- Unkulunku (m)
- Wyrm (?)
- Yen-lo-wang (m)
- Primal Manifestations
- Abber-Dun (?)
- Abhorra (?)
- Amarth-Hybeel (f)
- Angu of the Howling Entrails (m)
- Ba'ashkai (m)
- Edlahala (?)
- Foebok (m)
- Furmas the All-Burning (?)
- Gree the Weeper (?)
- H'rugg (m)
- Hoga, Master of Tears (?)
- Hyree'ithtaa, the Unspeakable Queen (f)
- Karnala (f)
- Khaaloobh the Voracious (?)
- Lethargg the Swollen (m)
- Mahsstrac the Dragon (m)
- Psuelak of the Thousand Tongues (m?)
- Sykora, 10,000 Eyes of Night (m)
- Tes-la-Beel (f)
- Vorus (?)
- King Minos
- Wakshaa the Poison Pool (f)
- Lady Yul
- Contessa de Conquéte
- Assyrian, Babylonian and Egyptian Demons
Terminology[]
Lexicon: Absolute, the, Adversary, Aesfotedia, Ahriman, Ahrimanites, Assumption, Asward, Barabbi, Black Magick, Caul, Decadenti, Deep Lords of Misrule, Demon, Divine Chain of Being, Dregvat, Fallen, Foedus Infernus, Gallû, Gilledian, Gnostic, God of the Book, Grimoire, Host, the, Investment/Investiture, Jacquerie, Khristos, K'llasshaa, K'wahhll, Laham (Lahama), Lex Praedatorius, Lili, Luciferian, Mafouh Whash, Maleficia, Malleus Nefandorum (1486), Nephandi, Nhanga, Nine Keys to Creation, Pact, Patronus, People of the Book, Praelatus, Reckoning, the, Qlippoth, Qlippothic Shperes, Qut Etemmu, Raksha, Sebil-el-Mafouh Whash, Supplicium, Void, the, Widderslainte, Zoroastrianism; 1364, 1404, 1407, 1410, 1428, 1440, 1447, 1450, 1464, 1470, 1472, 1480, 1502, 1540, 10,000 Screams by Squiad Blargo, 10,000 Splendors, Africa, Agade, Ahl-i-Batin, Alba, alghori, Ammedalia; or, Lust of the Whip by Squiad Blargo, Anuk'keuh, Arabia, Araka the Golden Pit, Artificers, Baali, Babylon, Baghdad, Bahari, Bane, Bejing, Bhât, Bhtgha, Black Arts, Black Seal Brotherhood, Black Spiral, Bokor, Bubasti, Cabal of Pure Thought, Cairo, Camarilla, Cantycle of Thoryns, Caspian Sea, Cathay, Cathayan, Celestial Chorus, Celestial Masters, Chakravanti, Chakravat, Charm, Chateau de Rais, Chipango, Chisonzi, Collegium Praecepti, Cosian, Council Convocation, Council of Nine (1466), Courts of the Wolf, Craftmasons, Cray, Crete, Crom Cruach, Cult, Cymoru, Daedalean, Daedalean Oath of Fire (1452), Daemon, Damascus, Dark Fantastic, Dark Thaumaturgy, Devil-King, Devil-King Age, Devil's Mark, Dhakai, Diabolist, Divs, Djinn, Dream-Speakers, Edinburgh, Egypt, Enoch, Ere, Ersetu, Europe, Explorators, Fana, The Feast of Flutes (Grimoire), Fellowship of the Eye, First Cabal, Followers of Set, France, Gabrielites, Ganzir, Gatekeepers of Ganzir, Gauntlet, Ghost, Ghuls, Gomorrah, Grapes of Bacchus, Greece, Grimoires: Akaa' Et Nuon Ta ("Cry of the World"), The Black Bible, The Black Book of Manu, The Greater Key of Solomon, The Grimoire of Honorius, The Grimorium Verum ("True Grimoire"), The Lemegeton (The Lesser Key of Solomon), The Liber Labyrinthus ("Book of the Labyrinth"), The Codex Licentia ("Book of License"), The Liber Spiritum (The Book of Spirits), The Sebel-el-Mafouh Whash ("Path of the Voracious Beast," Malleus Nefandorum), Great and Powerful Sea Ghost (Grimoire), The Six Seals of Gabzir, The Second Key of Ablamerch; Grove of Mars, Gui Ren, Hang Chu, Harpies, Harrowing, Hartz, Hedge Magic, Helheim, Hel'jibb the Unforgiving, Hell of Being Skinned Alive, High Guild, Iblites, India, I'frit, Infernalist, Infernal Ranks, Infernal Realm, Inquisition, Ireland, Isle of Zughb, Israel, Istanbul, Italy, Jade Cross of Saint Lucifer, Jericho, Jhor, Kalicur, Ka Luon, Kharshoom, Knights of Gabriel, Ksirafai, Kyphon, Labyrinth, Lamia, Lithuania, London, Madzimbabwe, Mafgouth Doudi, Malefias, Malfeans, Mali, Marauds, Mecca, Memphis, Mt. Ossa Calyx, Naffas Iblis, Naples, Nif' ur 'en Daah, Night-Folk, Nippon, Oasis of Eternal Bliss, Oblivion, Order of the Dragon, Order of Reason, Paris, Persia, Plague Chapel of Iyrnntorr, Pohja, Portus Crucis, Prague, Quin'che-La, Restless Dead, Rome, Sabbat, Sahajiya, Sanctum, Scourge, Sect, Seers of Chronos, Seven Jade Society, Shadowlands, Shaytan, Skin-Changers, Skyrigger, The Slave and the Iron by Squiad Blargo, Society of Leopold, Society of Pilots, Sodom, Sohanci, Solficati, Solomic Devociani, Songhai, Sorcerer, Soul, Spain, Spectre, Sumer, Tale of Emirkel, Ter'hachinn, Talisman, Tibet, True Faith, Umkovu, Underworld, Unug, Ur, Urge-Wyrm, Verbena, Vhujunka, Via Diabolis, vitae sanctus, Vodaynay, Weeping Ring, Whash, Wu-Keng, Yama Kings,
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