Treaty on Daemonology

Created by Pierre Gevelle

In partnership with the Unofficial-Grimoire and the Unofficial
Bestiary created by Skyperbole.

Thanks : I want to thank Bellcross, Capuchat, Kelyss,

TheDeaconBosco, adambeyoncelowe, Nym, skyperbole, zomble7,
eggburger, Treki1973 and Maximilien.
All have been of a great help and are all the most faithful advisors.
Without them, this adventure would have not been possible
Don’t hesitate to check the Unofficial-Grimoire and the Unofficial
Bestiary, translated by Treki, you can find them on Le Ratier
Bretonnien site or in the Rat Catcher’s Guild.

Grimoire in Eng. :
http://www.lahiette.com/leratierbretonnien/wp-
content/uploads/2020/09/WFRP4-Unofficial-Grimoire-2.02-PDF.pdf

Bestiary in Eng. :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dvt3zfzj31mmre0/WFRP4%20-
%20Unofficial%20Bestiary%202.0.pdf?dl=0

But what I thank the most, is you, dear reader. I thank you for existing
and being the most exceptional community that I’ve ever lived in.
Without you, the Old World wouldn’t be what it is. You animate my
dreams through your actions, your supplements, your opinions. I want to
thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are the flame of the Old
World, so burn stronger than ever.
What have I discovered ? By the
mighty Aether, my old learning
Grimoire, thirty winters must
have passed since I saw it for the
last time. This moment
corresponds to the end of my
studies in black magic. How
nostalgic I am... I would have
liked that they would not have
ended with the death of
Frederick. Sadly the old one
believed that he could use me as
a sacrifice to get more power.
Such a big mistake. How could
he have been so foolish ? The
deal was not that worth anyway.
Let’s see. I don't remember that I
wrote all of this. Half of it is
wrong, even if the theorical parts
from my deceased master. The
explanation on the origins of
Daemonology is terribly
erroneous, I will rectify that.
Even if at the time my theories
were correct, I have progressed,
learned and discovered so much,
I believe I can state that I am a
scholar to be trusted in that
subject.
These paragraphs on
incantations and rituals lack of
precisions. I shall correct them.
If one day I take an apprentice, I
would not want him to believe
that I’m lazy and of little rigor.
Besides, it seems that the spells
that I re-discovered and created
are missing.
Alas the chapter on Pacts is
almost empty and utterly
dangerous. Basics on security
are partly missing or
incomplete, I am to rectify it as
soon as possible. To sort it out
will be quite an endeavor but I’m
sure that it will be worth it if I
put the right amounts of efforts.
This amount of work is quite
enormous, I think I will start
again from the beginning. I’m
sure my cousins would love to
see me again, life in monasteries
must be so boring. Poor of them,
I’m certain that the Norses will
pay them a visit sooner or later.
If I remember correctly, they
love the priestess of Shallya.
I wonder how should I call this
new piece of work, Pacts and
Spells ? Already existing.
Daemonology for the bad ? Not
very precise. Treaty on
Daemonology. That’s sounding
better. Just thinking about it
makes me shiver.
Dear reader, whoever may you
be, if you read these lines, the
reason is that I am probably
dead, surely due to exposure to
dark arts and madness. If not the
case; it means that I've chosen
you to become my successor in
this marvelous art that is
Daemonology.
This treaty shall guide you
during your studies, and I hope,
will be as useful to you as it shall
be to your future apprentice.
Daemonology is an old customs
in our great family, and be sure
that you are now part of it.
But first I must warn you,
Daemonology is a dangerous art
if badly mastered, and if you
commit a single mistake, it could
cost you your life ; or even
worse, it could cost you more
than that, trust me, some spells
are worse than dying by
quartering.
But if you succeed in mastering
it, you will become very
powerful, rich, and if you play
your cards properly, you shall
become someone great and
respected like me. If the priest of
Sigmar knew that one of the
most powerful man of
Marienburg is a Daemonologist,
they would bite their fingers to
death.
But I digress, in truth, most of
our predecessor became cultist of
the Dark Gods. Why ? The
reason is easy: for simplicity,
because they are weak and shall
remain weak, they will continue
being pawns on the chessboard
that opposes light and darkness.
They shall never become
someone as free as us.
The method is simple, you crave
power, there is a price, always,
but there are also always means
to bargain, or even compensate
and if you do it properly, even
enslaving Daemons.
But beware little imp, the
daemons are not to be trusted,
they’re vile, dangerous and even
more greedy than myself. I will
details in the first chapter what
is daemonology in details and I
will explain our methods.
Don’t worry, if you desire, you
can copy the book, if you have
the time of course.
What is Daemonology?
Now that is quite the complex inquiry. I must,
however, make something quite clear,
Daemonology is interpreted extremely
differently by various cultural backgrounds.
However, one must understand what it truly is
to avoid the confusions and the mistakes of
novices and self-professed scholars.
Daemonology is a magical art that aims to
bring entities from the Aether, called
Daemons, in the material plane through the
use of spells and other rituals. It also involves
protecting oneself and banishing the Daemonic
entities and, if possible, use them for your own
ends.
These kinds of Magics are dangerous for the
unprepared or if the Daemonologist
overestimates
his Willpower, if you do not pay attention, you
run the risk of becoming irremediably insane,
or even turning into a slave of the Dark Gods.
Daemons are not our allies, our relationship
with them is purely transactional and we may
want to manipulate them.
We cannot forcefully invoke Daemons, unless
we know their True Name, if this is not the
case, we send them an invitation, an
opportunity, and they are the ones who choose
whether or not they wish to heed our call.
In a way, Daemonology is quite similar to
politics and other forms of bargaining. To have
the Daemon come to us, we must make a
sacrifice matching the power that we want. If
possible, we try to keep the Daemon wherever
we want it to be, and afterwards we bargain.
That is but the Beginner's Course, obviously.
Once you have reached my level, one can afford
to go beyond that. Exercise total control over
them, manipulate them, and even, if you can,
enslave them.
Now, this brings us to what is a
Daemonologist? My answer is that we are
practitioners of a magic seen as Evil, one that
allows us to obtain things that would otherwise
be inaccessible. Power, Wealth, Status and
others are but examples of the rewards offered
by Daemonology.
The Daemonologist is usually someone of
means, of respectable social bearing, and who
is not ostracized by their fellow citizens. Of
course, we prefer to remain secretive about our
evidently illegal activities which would draw
the ire of Witch-Hunters, Magisters and other
authority figures. I would therefore
recommend that you try to have a lair more
secretive than a simple basement near the
warehouses, I personally own several homes
and other places where I can practice
Daemonology in peace.
Be careful, however, some Daemonologists
have gone completely insane and are therefore
very dangerous. Others serve the Dark Gods,
making them even more threatening.
In addition, it seems that Daemonologists are
mostly city dwellers, probably because of the
fact that it is much easier to hide in the
sprawling cities of the Empire than in small
hovels.
Usually, we have activities that we use as
fronts, adventurers, librarians, to be of noble
blood and have the responsibilities that go
along with, some are even Magisters. Such
cloak and dagger ways can be very useful
indeed, especially when you need to have a
cover if something goes awry, but most
importantly, to retain a constant income,
Daemonology may very well cost you an arm in
more ways than one.
Any self-respecting Daemonologist knows that
they should avoid attracting attention to
themselves and if at all possible, make
powerful friends and have numerous contacts.
As Constant Drachenfels once said :
Knowledge is the quintessence of true power.
How to summon
Daemons?
First of all, I would like to say that I do not like
using the word “summon”, I much prefer “call”
or even “invite”. Why is that? Simply because it
is usually not the case unless one possesses a
Daemon's True Name. We do not summon
Daemons, we create a breach that allows them
to come into our World.
It is them who choose if they want to come
most of the time, and they can refuse and leave
whenever they desire of course. There are some
ways to improve our chances to make one
appear however, and if we play our cards right,
for them to be of our allegiance of choice.
And yes, the summoned Daemons will serve
one of the Dark Gods most of the time, they are
four and each is very different from the others.
The Blood God, the Grandfather of Pestilence
and Diseases, the God of the Forbidden
Knowledge and the Prince of Debauchery.
The Blood God, his Daemons are very warlike
and savage, I rarely summon them except
whenever I need a nigh unstoppable killing
machine, the more there are beings to kill and
blood to be shed, the more chances for one of
those Daemons to heed our call. Take care
however, the blood that will be shed may very
well be your own...
The Grandfather of Pestilence and Diseases,
here's one most foul, I only intentionally
summoned one of his Daemons once, the
others being by mistake. If you wish to poison
a well or start a plague, they are your best
choice. Just be wary not to die from their
illnesses, for they constantly bear them and can
spread them quite quickly.
The God of Forbidden and Obscure
Knowledge, I also consider him as the true God
of Magic. It is because of him that my own
master was driven to madness, his Daemons
are usually very intelligent
and conniving, and they have knowledge that
one could not even dare imagine. But I know
what you're thinking, novice, even though they
may be the most tempting to summon, they are
very dangerous, their secrets may very well
save you as easily as they can unmake you.
And finally, the youngest of them all, the
Prince of Debauchery. I was able to coax
information through pleasure as well as torture
many times thanks to one of his Daemons. As
attractive as they are repulsive, the Prince's
Daemons are the masters of the senses.
Beware, novice, it is better to not eat too many
grapes, lest you end up chewing the bitter root.
If you have a modicum of memory, you should
have already noticed that I was talking about
allegiances just before. Most Daemons only
serve their own interests and nothing more.
Daemons considerably vary from one another,
they could be an Imp that specializes in
stalking mages or a spiritual Daemon that
seeks to inhabit a casing of flesh that you are to
provide in exchange of a favor before they leave
you to pursue their own goals. In short, they
are numerous and diverse, and each is as
dangerous as the other.
Not all Daemons are as powerful as others, the
master Daemonologist circles classify their
hierarchy as such: Lesser, Minor, Herald and
Major. The last two categories cannot be
summoned without being extremely powerful
and very prepared.
In the end, summoning those Daemons can be
done in different ways, the more complex and
careful it is done, the better. The most common
ways are Octagrams, sacrifices and setting up
the surroundings to better please the Daemon
of your choice.
For beginners, I do not recommend trying to
summon a Daemon above the Lesser class
without direct help from your master or
teacher. Lesser Daemons are Daemonic Steeds
or Imps for example, very useful servants when
used properly.
Those classified as Minor are usually more
specialized, the more common examples are
the standard Daemons of the four Gods.
Daemonettes, Plaguebearers, the Dark Gods’
servants you could say.
How to barter with
Daemons?
As said previously, one does not summon a
Daemonic entity without wanting something
out of it. The real question being, what are the
Daemons looking for in exchange of their
various services?
What every Daemon desires most is our soul,
first of all because we are Daemonologists and
thus, we are perfect pawns for the Dark Gods.
Do not give your soul to a Daemon, I promise
you will regret it. But, if we cannot give our
soul in exchange, what substitutes are there?
Souls, Daemons love souls as much as a
drunkard loves his booze. To sacrifice souls to
a Daemon is usually the safest value during a
discussion or a potential pact with them. I will
explain how to do so later. Powerful enough
Daemons will usually only accept making a
pact with you for this currency.
Fortunately for us, there are also a few other
options. In certain cases, Daemons may love to
possess humanoid bodies like puppets. The
possessed body is completely changed by such
quantities of Daemonic energies. The body
suffers many physical mutations and other
bodily deformations as well as an increase in
size. Such a possession never lasts more than a
month and ends with the Daemon being sent
back to the Aether. Whatever is left of the body
is but an amorphous pile of flesh that perishes
a few instants afterwards.
Other things include objects tied the specific
God the Daemon is affiliated to. Of course, this
method can only hope to work if the Daemon is
actually affiliated.
The last that comes to mind is a method that
witches very much favor. I mean fresh organs
and pints of blood, of course. This method only
works with Daemons considered as Lesser. I
should say that it doesn't work with real
Daemons and entities of the Aether.
So you know what Daemons are interested in,
but you still do not know how to treat and
barter with them. Daemons are not your
friends, they are not kindly allies that wish to
save you and they are not well-meaning and
friendly creatures. They are hellish
abominations that wish to take everything you
can offer them. They will do everything and
anything to use you, manipulate you and try to
screw you over. Daemons are very much alike
Marienburger bankers, a rotten bunch of
scoundrels that wish nothing more than to rob
you blind and give nothing in return.
But I digress. My advice to barter with
Daemons is as follows: To adapt to the
summoned Daemon like a courtesan to the
Imperial Court. To always remain one step
ahead like a strategist. To never make promises
you cannot or do not want to fulfill. To
measure your words with the prudence of an
attorney in front of a Bailiff. To always ponder
every possible meaning of a phrase coming
from a Daemon so that nothing is left to
chance.
If you stick to this advice to the letter,
managing Daemons won't be an issue lest you
decide to summon one more powerful than you
can control. Once you begin, do not try to
summon a Daemon more powerful than a
Servant, others shall come when you are ready.
I will now give you a small recap of how to
summon, barter with, to do a pact with and
even control a Daemon. A bloody good help in
our trade, I'll tell you.
First of all, prepare the Octagram and the
exchange currency that you wish to use. Once
the preparations are done, it is time to do the
deed, summon the Daemon inside the
Octagram. The Daemon will be trapped and
discussion can begin. Don't be afraid to be as
slick and as sugary as you can be, that's how I
usually go about it anyway. Once the Daemon
is interested and you settle on a price, you will
have to sign a pact, one that will mark your
soul. Once the pact is made, summoning the
Daemon will be much easier and usually less
tense since the pact has already been made, but
don't forget, the Daemon will do everything in
their power to screw you over bad.
How to manage
Daemonologists and
Daemons?
This part is for the GMs with a PC that wants to
play a Daemonologist. And of course, the GMs
who want to use Daemons with detail and
depth.
Let's start with those who have a PC that would
like to play as a Daemonologist. First of all, the
player must understand that this career, as
well as being more dangerous than most, is
quite complex and has many crucial
conditions.
For example, this career can only played in a
group that won't have any problems with
having a walking hell machine around. So
mind the group's other careers (Warrior-Priest,
Witch-Hunter, Cleric, and so on). If the rest of
the group is OK with it and this career isn't a
problem, we can move to the next step.
Does the Campaign allow it? If the Campaign is
very mobile, that could be trouble. If the
Campaign is about helping Clergy fighting Evil,
I might as well say that the Daemonologist
won't last long.
If those conditions are met, there's only a
couple more things left to check, the rules, the
career, the bestiary, the spells and other rituals
that are explored in detail later.
But before all of that, I think we should talk
about the trickiest and advanced part of this
treaty, how to manage Daemons?
Here's a subjects that can change massively
depending on numerous factors. Once your
Daemon is created (check the mechanics and
rules part), the first thing I advise you to mind,
is the Daemon's kind, if they're unaffiliated or
if they are the subject of one of the Dark Gods.
Those that belong to the Dark Gods are usually
those easier to understand since their precepts
and specificity are usually well known. It gets
tougher when the Daemon is unaffiliated, if
that's the case, then you will have to create
them from top to bottom, which can be quite
difficult.
If the Daemon is unaffiliated, then I would
recommend a few steps:
-What does the Daemon likes/desires/wants?
-The Daemon's personality, wrathful, passive-
aggressive, as sweet as poison and so on.
-What does the Daemon hate, Clergy,
particular Daemons (more than the rest),
particular sacrifices and so on.
-The Daemon's ambition, why do they want to
stay here.
Of course, these steps can also apply to
affiliated Daemons in a certain way that adapts
to their Gods.
The other important factor is the Daemon's
power, a Lesser Daemon and a Herald won't
behave in the same way.
Now for the funny part. Once a Daemon is
summoned, you have to understand that the
Daemon came out of his own free will (unless
the Daemonologist has used their True Name).
They will probably not react by screaming
“WHO DARES SUMMON ME?!?” although
that would be quite a scene.
You have to imagine that the role play between
the two is a game of deceit and manipulation,
to exploit that part allows almost infinite role
play possibilities. I'll say it once again, but
Daemon and Daemonologist see the exact
same thing in one another, a tool to reach their
own goals.
You ought to try to use this deadly relationship
during role play. In a way, Daemonologists are
diplomats and merchants, and Daemons are
State officials that want a piece of the pie.
To recap, you have to keep in mind the
Daemon's power and their potential
allegiances, as well as their personality, their
ambitions and desires.
Once all of these elements are understood, all
you have left to do is to use the mechanics and
the rules that I will explain in detail in the next
part. Prepare for spells, rituals, a bestiary and
the other fun stuff of this treaty, let me take
you to OUR hell.
Daemonologist :

WS BS S T I Agi Dex Int WP Fel

♜ ✠ ♟ ✠ ✠ ♛

Career Path :
✠ Imp - Brass 3
Skills : Channeling Stealth (Any), Endurance, Evaluate, Language (Magick), Lore (Daemonology),
Research Leadership.
Talents : Read/Write, Petty Magick, Bookish or Criminal, Alley Cat or Rover.
Trappings: Illegal Book or Treaty on Daemonology, Candles, Writing Kit, Ceremonial Dagger

♟ Acolyte – Brass 5
Skills : Intuition, Perception, Haggle, Intimidation, Melee (Polearm), Dodge
Talents : Arcane Magic (Daemonology), Magical Sense, Ritual, Etiquette (Any)
Trappings : Rituals Robes, Access to Dark Knowledge, Encounter a Daemon.

♜ Daemonologist – Silver 1
Skills : Bribery, Charm, Language (Dark Tongue), Lore (Daemons)
Talents : Instinctive Diction, Pact Maker, Argumentative, Witch !
Trappings : Personal Book collection, Hideout, Made multiple human Sacrifices

♛ Grand Warlock – Silver 3

Skills : Lore (Magick), Gamble
Talents : Aethyric Attunement, Gaze of the Abyss, Strong Minded, Fearless (Daemons)
Trappings : An apprentice, The True Name of a Daemon, A magically protected hideout.

Author Notes : Every Species that can use magic may take this career
(Not the Dwarf for example)
Unique Talents :
Pact Maker :
Max : Fellowship
You know how to deal with Daemons and how
to pull the strings of a pact.
When discussing with a Daemon, you can roll
an Average(+20) Charm test. If you succeed,
the GMs shall provide you
with a some information on what could interest
the Daemon other than your own soul.
Gaze of the Abyss :
Max : Willpower Bonus
Your eyes fill with darkness, bringing fear to
anyone who dare to look in your eyes. Every
living creatures that make eye contact with
your gaze must roll a Difficult(-10) Cool test. If
it fails, it will suffer a Broken condition
Ritual :
Max : Dexterity bonus
You are proficient when it comes to
preparation, you know what to do with your
hands and how to do it.
Whenever you prepare a ritual or an Octagram
that involves the use of your hands, you can
roll an Average (+20) Dexterity Roll, if it
succeed, you gain +1 SLs for the ritual per
times you have this talent.
Spells and Magic :
Lore Attributes :
Dhar can be used to stabilized the Daemonic
forces. Whenever you make a critical success
on a Channeling or an Spellcasting spell with a
spell from this Domain, you may cancel the
Unstable Trait of all Daemons around a
Willpower yards radius, for a Willpower
Rounds duration.
Notes Sur la Magie :
-You will find here under a link to a
supplement with house-rules that will help
making your 4th e game more fluid :
(In French)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dvt3zfzj31mm
re0/WFRP4%20-
%20Unofficial%20Bestiary%202.0.pdf?dl=0
(In English)
https://docs.google.com/document
/d/1HpNOXgmnGyrarDY6mQQMsGcokuR
NF3fMKix-auiefyE/
Other important information :
Here’s a little reminder that we do this
supplement in partnership with the
Unofficial Grimoire and Unofficial Bestiary.
Nevertheless, the Spells and Rituals here
have been modified with the creator in an
attempt to balance and make Daemonology
more viable.
It is possible that the author of the Unofficial
Grimoire and Bestiary decides to replace the
spells/rituals from his work by those in this
supplement in a close future
Rules about Magic :
To learn a new Daemonology spell, you need to
spend the necessary amount of XP (same as
the others), and the Daemonologist will suffer 1
Corruption Point per spells he learned, 2
Corruption Points if he has learned more than
4, 3 if he has more than 8 (Petty Spells not
included).
Petty Magic :
Dark Conversation
CN : 0
Range : You
Target : You
Duration : Willpower Bonus Minutes
You concentrate a small quantity of Dhar in
your mouth and ears. After a few seconds, you
will enter in contact with a Daemon. Only you
can hear the Daemon voice. In exchange of
information’s, the Daemon will drain your vital
energy. For every information that the Daemon
will answer, you will suffer a fatigued
condition. This information can be a half-truth
as it can be fully true. This information must be
specific but it must be realistic for the Daemon
to know.
Daemonology Spells :
Banish Daemonkind :
CN: 10
Range: You
Target: AoE (Willpower Bonus yards)
Duration: Instant
Your magics destabilize the Dhar binding any
Daemons within the Area of Effect. All affected
targets with the Daemonic Creature Trait must
pass a Difficult (-10) Willpower Test or
suffer a magic missile with Damage equal to
your Willpower Bonus (ignoring Armour
Points). On an Impressive Failure(4+), the
target is banished from this realm if it has the
Unstable Creature Trait.
Overcast: For every +1 SL, you may increase
the Difficulty of the Willpower Test by one
step (ie, from Very Hard to Futile)
Bind Daemon :
CN: 3
Range: Willpower yards
Target: 1
Duration: Willpower Bonus Rounds+
You channel thick strands of Dhar that binds
the targeted Daemon of any kind within range.
Perform a single Challenging (+0)
Channeling (Dhar) Test which is opposed by
the target's Willpower. If you win, the
Daemon takes a special Unconscious Condition
for the spell’s duration: the Daemon is
immobilized, but it is otherwise completely
aware of what is going on around it and who
performed the binding spell
Destroy Lesser Daemon :
CN: 6
Range: Willpower yards
Target: 1
Duration: Willpower Bonus Rounds
Your spell disrupts the Dhar holding a target
Daemon together, and draws it back to you. A
target with the Daemonic Creature Trait and a
lower Willpower than you takes Damage
equal to your Willpower Bonus, ignoring
Toughness Bonus and Armour Points. In
turn, you may increase one of your
Characteristic by +10 for the duration as
you siphon profane energies.
Detect Daemon :
CN: 4
Range: Willpower yards
Target: Special
Duration: Instant
Your spell homes in on the daemonic
influences in the surrounding area. You
automatically know if there is a manifested
Daemon within range, be it summoned, bound
into an artefact, possessing another, or similar.
Octagram :
CN: 8
Range: Touch
Target: AoE (maximum, Willpower Bonus
yards across)
Duration: Willpower Bonus minutes
Daubing an Octagram to the floor, and
marking it with unholy symbols, you ward
against all daemonic influence. Those with the
Daemonic Creature Trait cannot enter or leave
the Octagram unless their Willpower is more
than twice yours.
When using an Octagram to manifest or
summon a Daemon, add +1 SL to your
Opposed Test to control the creature(s)
Hellride :
CN: 10
Range: Touch
Target: Special
Duration: Special
Having summoned and controlled a Daemonic
Steed, you now touch and infuse the mount
with Dhar. The Steed will then bear its rider
and a single passenger beyond the mortal
world and into the borders of the realm of
Chaos, covering vast distances in mere
minutes. Tough the riders perceive the journey
only dimly, the effects of witnessing such
horrors are harrowing. The ride must be
initiated within 2 Rounds of the spell being
cast and will last 1 minute per 10 miles. At the
end of each minute, both riders must perform a
Challenging (+0) Cool Test or gain 1
Mental Corruption point. At the end of the
ride, the riders must also perform a
Challenging (+0) Endurance Test for a
Moderate Corrupting Influence. Luckily,
the speed and skill of the Steed protects the
riders from closer contact with other denizens
of the realm. Once the ride is finished, the
Steed and its passengers will charge back into
the material realm at the targeted destination,
which must be within 100 miles of the
journey’s beginning. It is rumoured that a
more powerful version of this spell traverses
closer to the heart of the Realm of Chaos,
thereby covering much vaster distances in the
material realm. But surely no such spell exists,
for to travel so would be utter madness.
Invoke Power :
CN: 4
Range: You
Target: You
Duration: Willpower Bonus Rounds
You weave a writhing mist of Dhar about you,
absorbing its dark energy into your body and
soul. Make an Endurance Test for a Moderate
Corrupting Influence. While the spell lasts, all
your Channeling and Casting Tests are
performed at Average (+20) Difficulty. In
addition, you are granted access to your choice
of one unlearned Spell from your Arcane or
Lore spell lists. For the Duration, you count as
having memorized the spell, but you cannot
transcribe it to a grimoire or scroll.
Manifest Daemonic Pack :
CN: 16
Range: Willpower Bonus yards
Target: Special
Duration: Willpower Bonus Rounds
You summon a number of Lesser Daemons or
Daemonic Servants equal to your Willpower
Bonus. They emerge through a tear in the
material realm and appear as a group within
range. Perform an Opposed Channeling
(Dhar)/Willpower Test with the pack’s
leader. If you win, the Daemons will respond to
one command issued by you, quite literally,
then vanish, assuming the command is
completed before the Duration ends. If you
lose the Test, the Daemons attack you (or
behave as the GM dictates).
Overcast: For every +2 SL, you may increase
the Difficulty of the target’s Willpower Test
by one step (ie, from Challenging to Difficult).
Manifest Daemonic Steed :
CN: 6
Range: Willpower Bonus yards
Target: Special
Duration: Willpower Bonus hours
You control a shimmering strand of Dhar,
which deftly opens a large tear in the material
realm, manifesting a single Daemonic Steed
that you call forth from the Chaos Realm.
Perform an Opposed Willpower Test with
the Steed. If you win, the Daemon will consent
to be your mount and respond to your
commands while the spell lasts. Otherwise, the
Steed attacks you (or behaves as the GM
dictates).
Overcast: For every +1 SL, you may increase
the Difficulty of the target’s Willpower Test
by one step (ie, from Challenging to Difficult).
Tormenting Vision :
CN: 4
Range: Willpower yards
Target: 1
Duration: Special
You channel Dhar and direct it to strike one
creature within range, inflicting a hellish vision
upon the target. The creature must pass a
Challenging (+0) Cool Test or take 1 + SL
Stunned Conditions. If the target does not
remove these Conditions within its
Willpower Bonus Rounds, it suffers as
many Mental Corruption points as it then
has Conditions.
Overcast : For every +2 SLs, you may
increase the difficulty of the target’s Cool Test
by one step (ie, from Challenging to Difficult)
Word of Pain :
CN: 8
Range: You
Target: AoE (Willpower Bonus yards)
Duration: Instant
You invoke a forbidden word, possibly of
Daemonic origin, which inflicts excruciating
pain to all Non-Daemonic living creatures
within the AoE (except you). All affected
targets suffer a magic missile with a Damage
of Willpower Bonus that ignores Armour
Points and Toughness Bonus. Further,
your targets must pass a Challenging (+0)
Cool Test or gain SL Broken Conditions
(minimum of 1).
Hellish Lightning :
CN: 10
Range : Willpower yards
Target : Special
Duration : Instantaneous
You channel between your hands a strong dose
of Dhar and project it towards a target of your
choice, the lightning is a magic missile + 11
that ignores Armor Points and Toughness
Bonus. Furthermore, anyone within 4 yards of
the target (target not included) suffer
Willpower Bonus Wounds that also
ignores Armor Points and Toughness
Bonus. If the target is not an humanoid or a
creature, it becomes immediately corrupt by
the spell : a tree withers and rot, a rock become
black and is now slightly filled with Warpstone
etc. If the target is an humanoid or a living
creature, he must also roll a Challenging
(+0) Athletics check or suffer a Prone
condition.
Welcome to my Hell :
CN : 7
Range : Willpower Yards
Target : Special
Duration : Willpower Bonus Hours
You drain the Dhar around a Daemon to
prevent him of going back into the Aether, this
is extremely painful for the targeted entity.
Perform an Opposed Willpower Test with
the Daemon. If you win, the Daemon link with
the Aether will be severed for the Duration
which make him lose the Unstable Trait. This
spell is particularly useful for enslaving
Daemons.
Servant Summoning :
CN : 6
Range : Willpower bonus yards
Target : Special
Duration : Special
You channel a weak yet troubling quantity of
Dhar, briefly forcing a rent into the fabric of
reality. A Servant Daemon will almost
immediately appear in front of you (see the
rules about summoning) Perform an Opposed
Willpower Test with the Daemon. For every
SL by which you win the test, the duration is
increased by 1 minute (minimum 1) If
successful, the Daemon will respond to one
command issued by you, quite literally, then
vanish (assuming the command is completed
before the Duration ends). If failed, the
Daemon immediately attacks.
Overcast: For every +2 SL, you may increase
the Difficulty of the target’s Willpower Test
by one step (ie, from Challenging to Difficult)
Manifest Lesser Daemon :
CN: 8
Range: Willpower Bonus yards
Target: Special
Duration: Special
You channel a sickening flow of Dhar, briefly
forcing a rent into the fabric of reality. A
Lesser Daemon immediately manifests through
the rent (see page 335 for two examples of this:
a Bloodletter or a Daemonette). Perform an
Opposed Willpower Test with the Daemon.
For every SL by which you win the test, the
duration is increased by 1 minute (minimum 1)
If successful, the Daemon will respond to one
command issued by you, quite literally, then
vanish (assuming the command is completed
before the Duration ends). If failed, the
Daemon immediately attacks.
Overcast: For every +2 SL, you may increase
the Difficulty of the target’s Willpower Test
by one step (ie, from Challenging to Difficult).
Herald Summoning :
CN : 15 Rules on Daemons
Range : Willpower bonus yards Summoning :
Target : Special
Duration : Special
Sometimes, a Daemonologist needs the power
of such a powerful being. You Channel a terrific
amount of Dhar in your throat. After a few When you summon a Daemon without knowing
seconds, a Herald Daemon will appear. his True Name, you must roll a d100 to see which
type he will be.
Caution, summoning such beings is above
foolishness. The Herald is not easily controlled The base probabilities of the d100 are :
due to his power. Perform an Opposed (and - 1-20 Khorne
foolish) Willpower Test with the Herald. For - 21-40 Nurgle
every SL by which you win the test, the - 41-60 Tzeentch
duration is increased by 1 minute (minimum 1) - 61- 80 Slaanesh
If successful, the Herald will respond to one - 81- 100 For the Unaffiliated Ones
command issued by you, quite literally, then
vanish (assuming the command is completed The environment where you cast the spell/ritual
before the Duration ends). If failed, the Herald have influence on those probabilities.
immediately attacks.
Overcast: For every +2 SL, you may increase Ex: A Barbaric and Bloody massacre will change
the probabilities of the d100 to :
the Difficulty of the target’s Willpower Test
by one step (ie, from Challenging to Difficult)
- 1-70 Khorne
- 71-78 Nurgle
- 79- 85 Tzeentch
- 86- 92 Slaanesh
- 93 – 100 For the Unaffiliated Ones

You need to adapt the probabilities to allow a

targeted summoning and yet still make it random
and Chaotic.

For the Bestiary of Daemons, I send you back

to the Unofficial Bestiary to find them all. The
only exception being the Herald, due to his
power and infinite possibility, you must create
him yourself.
Rituals :
As said in the magic part, the rituals here
comes from the Unofficial Grimoire.
Nevertheless, they have been modified in an
attempt to make Daemonology more viable
because we believe that a Daemonologist that
doesn’t do rituals is like a knight without a
horse. Thus why we reworked it to help you,
players and GMs alike, to commit true
atrocities.
Even so, the rules about rituals are all the same
except for this one :
Page 62 :
Page 67 :
Controlling Daemons :
Daemonic creatures brought into this world
with a Manifest spell or Summon ritual are not
naturally inclined to submit to the whims of a
mortal being.
You must attempt to control the Daemon(s)
before you. Perform an Opposed Channeling
(Dhar)/Willpower Test and consult the table.
(Page 62 of the Unofficial Grimoire)
Add +2 SL if you used an Octagram or
+Willpower Bonus SL if you deployed the
Daemon’s True Name while spellcasting.
The GM may impose other bonuses or
penalties.
The coming rituals have been reworked to
make them Lore-wise with the 4th e and
you know the drill, balancing to allow a
better use.
Rituals List :
Summon Daemonic
Familiar :
XP: 100
Ingredients: Heart of a Human or other
Species who has a servile career. Animal
sacrifice. Common incenses and materials
worth 1GC.
Circumstances: The symbol of Chaos
must be painted on your naked body in
blood. You must know one of the
Daemon’s false names.
Ritual Length: 1 hours
CN: 8
Range: Willpower Bonus yards
Target: Special
Duration: Special (see Controlling
Daemons box)
You channel Dhar to open up a temporary
tear in the world, through which you call a
Chaos Fury, Chaos Hound, Daemonic
Steed, Imp or similar creature of lesser
power that the GM’s invents. Examples of
such creatures can be found in the
Unofficial Bestiary. You must now test to
control the summoned creature.
Consequences: Gain 1 Corruption point.
If you Fumble the Casting Test, you are sucked
into the Realm of Chaos where you will become
the familiar to whatever Daemonic entity the
GM finds amusing. All witnesses must Test for
a Minor Corrupting Influence.
Summon Daemonic
Guardian :
XP: 200
Ingredients: A sacrifice worthy of such
entities, a sacrificed soul of a humanoid will do
Circumstances: Your body must be painted
in blood, saliva, or other bodily fluid. You must
know one of the Daemon’s false names. An
altar or bonfire and a symbol of Chaos are
required to focus the ritual.
Ritual Length: 4 hours
CN: 16
Range: Willpower Bonus yards
Target: Special
Duration: Special (see Controlling Daemons
box)
You tear a hole in the fabric of reality and a
Daemonic Servant or Lesser Daemon of your
choice appears before you. Examples of such
creatures can be found in the Unofficial
Bestiary. You must now test to control the
summoned creature.
Consequences: Gain 1 Corruption point. If
you fail the Casting Test, a quivering orifice of
Chaos sucks you (and your assistants) into the
Realm of Chaos with a slurping noise, closing
with a pop. All witnesses must Test for a
Moderate Corrupting Influence.
Summon Daemonic Pack
: graveyard, stone circle, or Druidic grove is
XP: 300
Ingredients: Several souls of humanoids
(matching number of Daemons to be
summoned). Rare incenses and materials
worth 40GC or 8 Endeavors
Circumstances: Your body must be painted
in blood, saliva and other bodily fluids. You
must know all of the Daemons’ false names. A
desecrated monolith, graveyard, stone circle or
Druidic grove is required to focus the ritual.
Ritual Length: 8 hours
CN: 24
Range: Willpower Bonus yards
Target: Special
Duration: Special (see Controlling Daemons
box)
Your magics conjure a small storm that
dissolves the veil separating the material and
Chaos Realms. A number of Lesser Daemons
equal to your Willpower Bonus appear in the
targeted area within Willpower Bonus yards of
you. Examples of such creatures can be found
in the Unofficial Bestiary. You must now test to
control the summoned creatures. A single Test
is required using the Assistance rules
(WFRP4p155) for both sides of the Test.
Example: If you have 1 Assistant, you gain
+10 to your Test and four summoned Daemons
would gain +30 to their Test.
Consequences: Gain 1 Corruption point for
up to three Daemons summoned. If you fail the
Casting Test, a quivering orifice of Chaos sucks
you (and your assistants) into the Realm of
Chaos with a slurping noise, closing with a pop.
All witnesses must Test for a Moderate
Corrupting Influence .
Summon Daemonic
Leader :
XP: 400
Ingredients: The soul of a Rank 4
Daemonologist or the soul of 30 pure (no
mutations) living humanoids. Exotic incenses
and materials worth 500GC or 15 Endeavors.
Accursed magic artefact.
Circumstances: This ritual requires at least
two spellcasters to assist in the summoning.
Your bodies must be painted in blood, saliva,
and other bodily fluids. You must know the
Daemon’s True Name. A desecrated monolith,
required to focus the ritual.
Ritual Length: 12 hours
CN: 48
Range: Willpower Bonus yards
Target: Special
Duration: Special (see Controlling Daemons
box)
You summon a large ball of darkness, out of
which the called Daemonic Prince or Greater
Daemon emerges. Examples of such creatures
can be found in the Unofficial Bestiary. The
creature flails around angrily. You must now
Test to control the summoned creature.
Consequences: Gain 1d10 Corruption. If you
fail the Casting Test, a quivering orifice of
Chaos sucks you and your assistants into the
Realm of Chaos with a satisfying slurping
noise. All witnesses must Test for a Major
Corrupting Influence.
Door to the Damned :
XP: 500
Ingredients: Sacrifice of multiple Humanoid
being of pure heart (like Shallya Nun): they
must hold their hands together while being
sacrificed. Any magical ring that holds a curse.
Circumstances: Four other spellcasters must
chant in unison with you while Channeling.
Morrslieb must be present in the sky.
Ritual Length: 12 hours
CN: 40
Range: Willpower yards
Target: Special
Duration: Until sunrise
You rip apart the veil between the worlds,
creating a portal to the Realm of Chaos. Dhar,
the filth of raw Chaos, spills into the world,
blighting all organic matter as a foul mist
slowly spreads. Being within sight of this toxic
area counts as a Major Corrupting Influence,
and all living creatures are assumed to gain +1
Corruption point every 1d10 minutes they
remain in the vicinity. While the spell lasts,
3d10 Lesser Daemons (or Servants, etc) and
one Daemon Prince are unleashed upon the
material world every 8 minutes. There is also a
1% chance that a Greater Daemon will appear
at every hour. The rampaging Daemons belong
to the same Ruinous Power, rolled randomly.
The Daemons are not your allies and they will
act according to their instincts: Nurgle spreads
disease, Slaanesh enslaves and delights,
Tzeentch inflicts mutation and madness, while
Khorne simply kills everything in sight,
including you. However, there is a good chance
(up to the GM) of the Daemons coming to your
aid—for the time being. While the dimensional
doorway is open, the Daemons are immune to
the Unstable Creature Trait. The portal will
remain open until the dawn. Once the sun
rises, the Daemons become unstable and
disappear.
Consequences: If the Casting Test fails, you
and your assistants are plucked by unseen
Daemonic hands into the Realm of Chaos
where you will be destroyed utterly.
Invocation for Total
Power :
XP: 400
Ingredients: A powerful Rank 4 humanoid
and an altar
Circumstances: At least two other
spellcasters who share the same Lore as you
must chant in unison while Channeling. You
must begin the ritual at midnight and end at
sunrise.
Ritual Length: 6-8 hours
CN: 40
Range: You
Target: You
Duration: Willpower Bonus days
You summon an ominous mist of pure,
unadulterated Dhar that surrounds you, which
you absorb into every part of your body. You
gain the following benefits until you die
(PERMANENT)
- Increase all of your characteristics
by 10;
Consequences: Gain 1d10 Corruption points.
If the Casting Test fails, you suffer a
Catastrophic Miscast, adding +20 to the result.
Further, your ability to use magic is burned
from you and all your characteristics are
penalized by 20 for Willpower Bonus days. If
the Casting Test is a Fumble, you and your
assistants are warped into the Realm of Chaos
to be forgotten in the material world. You can
only do this ritual once in your existence, if you
try to do it a second time, you explode.
Daemonic Amulet :
XP: 400
Ingredients: The binding talisman which uses
as its materials four pieces of bone from
followers of Rhya, Shallya, Sigmar, and Verena.
Circumstances: The binding object must be
placed in the middle of an Octagram that lasts
for the duration of the ritual. Daemon must be
summoned and held within the Octagram for
the length of the ritual.
Ritual Length: 8 hours
CN: 20 plus the summoned Daemon’s
Willpower Bonus
Range: Willpower Bonus yards
Target: Special
Duration: Special
This ritual is a recipe for creating a magical
artefact that permanently holds the power of a
summoned Daemon. There are many steps to
ensuring the ritual’s success: crafting the item,
summoning the Daemon, binding the Daemon,
casting an Octagram that will last the length of
the ritual, and finally performing the ritual and
casting it successfully
First, the ritual requires a specially created
item that is meant to be worn or easily carried,
such as an amulet, circlet, medallion, ring, torc,
crown, wand, bracelet, necklace or similar
talisman. You need to procure at least four
solid pieces of bone, one each from followers of
Rhya, Shallya, Sigmar, and Verena able to
invoke Blessings and Miracles. These bones
must be the distinguishing, decorative feature
of the talisman and cannot be disguised with
gold or painted over. The binding object is
crafted with an Extended Very Hard (-30)
Trade Test requiring 15 SL, adding +5 for any
desired Item Qualities. The object may not
have any Flaws. If any Test roll is a Fumble, the
ingredients are ruined. You need not construct
the item yourself, but it may be a difficult task
to found a Master Artisan shady enough to
work with the materials (and not ask too many
questions). Use the Weekly Cost column of the
Sample Hirelings chart(WFRP4 p309) as a
guide for the labour of a Master Artisan, then
double their rate to ensure their discretion and
secrecy. They will want to be paid for at least
one week’s labour in advance, as it will likely
require multiple weeks. The Artisan makes a
number of rolls towards the Extended Test
equal to their Dexterity Bonus.
Example: Griselda contracts a Master
Jeweller to craft a binding circlet. The cost for
a Master Artisan is 3GC 12/- per week; doubled
for the Jeweller’s discretion, it’s 7GC 4/- per
week. If the Artisan’s Dexterity is 64, they
make six rolls towards the Extended Test for
that week. Of course, this is not to suggest that
an Artisan would consent to perform the work
even for that rate: it may well be far more (say,
10 times the weekly rate) or they may perform
the work and give your name to the nearest
Witch Hunter anyway.
Second, you must cast a Manifest Spell or
Summoning Ritual to call a Daemon to the
material world. You must then either use your
will to control the Daemon (as per the rules of
the spell or ritual) or quickly cast the Bind
Daemon spell to hold the creature in place
before it can figure out your intentions.
Daemons can be quite clever and do not enjoy
being servants to mortals.
Third, while the Daemon is bound or under
your command, you must cast an Octagram
Spell that will last for the Duration of the ritual
(8 hours long). Assistants are useful in this
regard. If at any point the Daemon regains
control and knows what is going on, it will try
attack you.
Fourth, perform the Daemonic Amulet Ritual.
The Casting Number is equal to 20 + the
entrapped Daemon’s Willpower Bonus. So, if
the Daemon has a Willpower of 120, the CN
would be 32. If you are successful, the Daemon
blinks out and its power is trapped inside the
now-magical artefact that lies upon the
ground. The Daemon’s True Name engraves
itself into the bones of your magic item. You
will want to bestow a grandiose name to your
new creation.
While you possess the amulet, you are its
undisputed master. Should others try to gain
control of it, the amulet uses your Channeling
Skill for its Willpower—see Unofficial
Treasure & Artefacts for more details on
mastering magical artefacts. If someone other
than you speaks the Daemon’s name without
mastering the amulet, the Daemon will appear
and attack them.
While the talisman is in your physical
possession (ie, you wear or hold it), the
Daemon unwittingly shares some of its power
with you. Take the Daemon’s highest Attribute
and add that Attribute’s Bonus to your
Attribute score. So, if the Daemon has a
Toughness of 150, you would gain +15 to
your Toughness score while you touch the
artefact. The Daemon trapped inside does not
have the Unstable Creature Trait, but it is
otherwise powerless. The artefact is effectively
Unbreakable while the Daemon remains
inside; when the Daemon is called out, the
item may be damaged like any other object.
Using a Free Action, you may speak the
Daemon’s True Name and the Daemon will
appear before you to carry out your commands.
You may speak a command at any time to
return the Daemon into the talisman. While
the creature is out of the amulet, it gains the
Unstable Creature Trait, and if killed it returns
back to the Realm of Chaos; the artefact is no
longer magical and you lose its power.
For every month that the Daemon is out in the
world, it may attempt an Opposed
Difficult (-10)Willpower/Channeling
Test to break free of your control and go on a
vengeful rampage in the world.
Consequences: If the Casting Test fails, you
suffer a Major Miscast and the Daemon is free
to attack you or roam the world uncontrolled.
If you Fumble the Casting Test, the Daemon
takes you back to the Realm of Chaos where
you become its servant until you are
obliterated.