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[Doubloon-Seven]

Trading with demons okay what. This is a guaranteed opportunity for soul losing. The demons are probably immortal, they can wait for their freedom.

Also, I just noticed the date. 1402. We might actually be able to get cannon and firearms. Demonic Arquebusiers, anyone?

Edit: Some ideas to go along with this.

A barely sapient humanoid with large talons and sharp horns, its red flesh drips with a strange oily secretion. This secretion is highly flammable, and the demon is capable of dousing targets with it and even setting itself alight as a terrible searing inferno.

Flamecaller secretion is flammable. Several crisped testing dummies stand a testament there, but could it perhaps become even more volatile? As it turns out, yes! Through a process of drying and kneading, Flamecaller secretion can be turned into Flamecaller Extract, a doughy and moldable high explosive.

[Failbird105]

Alright, so that means while we could theoretically harvest stuff from demons(for instance we could actually make use of the blood imp idea), if we actually want to make equipment out of them it has to be by either shaping the demons into equipment, or theoretically binding the demons to objects.

Also, another idea, this ones kind of a work in progress, and most likely a later game design as well.

A Lord of Flies is not a lesser creature like the imps and centipedes we have summoned thus far. Indeed, it can be considered a more 'noble' class of demon. As such they are likely to require a more material motivator. This can vary between individuals, some wish for good food, others for fine wines, some for gold and jewels, others for fine tailored clothes. However their demands can, generally, be considered a worthwhile expenditure for what they can offer to our cause in return.
Their bloated and rotten humanoid forms and gape-mouthed sunken faces conceal a swarm of small 'insects' that, while they seem like flies, are more akin to a being made from the idea of a fly. Vaguely shaped flying balls of legs, hair, and buzzing wings that the Lord of Flies controls with ease. While these 'flies' can leave horribly itchy bites across every inch of a living beings body, their true purpose is more gruesome and sinister. By being funneled in through the nose and mouth of a victim, the flies can be used to suffocate a living being, and if the creature is dead, then the swarm can begin to flow into its body, under the skin, to puppet it around like a horrid marionette in a theater of the grotesque. The control is awkward, leaving the hosts unable to properly wield more complex weapons such as bows or use magic of their own, and the flies quickly devour their hosts bodies to the point where they are no longer usable, but bodies are bodies all the same.

[Rockeater]

Fair enough, the lord of the flies looks interesting

[Rockeater]

Lord of the flies: (1) Rockeater

[Doubloon-Seven]

A demonic weapon, preferably formed from an imp. The Bloody edge is an organic, single edged shortsword, its blade lined with literally razor-sharp teeth, providing a serrated edge, and it has an eye on each side of the blade directly above the crossguard. The blade itself lusts for blood, and when swung will use what demonic power it has to guide its path towards vulnerable locations on its victims body. In addition, upon landing a blow, the teeth will shift around within the wound, exacerbating the injury and making even scrapes into small gashes. Be warned however, this weapon is indiscriminate, it will not hesitate to try and bite into your own flesh if you handle its blade carelessly. Do not let yourself be known as the fool who lost a hand rubbing over a swords edge.

+1 to this, we need a weapon.

[Failbird105]

Lord of the flies: (1) Rockeater
bloody edge: (2) D7, Failbird

[King Zultan]

Lord of the flies: (1) Rockeater
bloody edge: (3) D7, Failbird, King Zultan

[crazyabe]

Bloody edge - 15
Drawing forth our creatures in the form of a carnivorous blade was very simple- the most complex issue was that demons no matter what shape they take- innately wish to harm all things indiscriminately, However we found several methods of drawing a demon forth into an already existing object and twisting its shape into that which we desire, this lessons its ability to force itself into a position where in it could maul one of our own men, and have found that using objects already associated with one specific soldier in this manner of summoning lends somewhat of an "Attunement" to that soldier- making it easier for them to use no matter how off balance, heavy, and misshapen it might be for another person.

Spoiler: Arakia Designs, Magic, Ect (click to show/hide)

-Mundane Equipment-
-Weapons-
 "Razer" sword: A Long and very sharp- if somewhat delicate curved sword, some officers are known to remove their facial hair with theirs -Cheap
 "Headsman" Lance: Long wooden lances, Unwieldy off horseback, but nigh always lethal in a successful charge -Cheap
 "Tontaker" Bow: a Large heavy bow, few people possess the physical strength needed to bend one, let along the dexterity to fire it. -Expensive, Slow
-Armor-
 "Turtle" Plate: expensive Armor made from Iron with some leather sections, Protects against some attacks and comes with an unturning helm, *Only* covers the Head, chest, and Waist. -Expensive
-Other-
 "Hardtrack" Horses: Rather large and bulky horses capable of running with quite a bit of excess weight for quite a while, However they aren't too much faster than a running man. -Expensive
-Magic Equipment-
-Equipment, Resources, Ect-
 Containing circle: A Circular arrangement of magical runes that supposedly keeps weaker magical beings within it until they are explicitly let out. -Expensive
 Runed cage: A Box Made of wrought iron, the bars and surfaces of the cage are carved with runes of containment, similar to those in the Containing Circle. For safety reasons, three walls of the cage are solid with a few air holes, and the fourth is a barred door. -Expensive
 "Bloody edge" Sword: A Blade made from teeth and bones, twisted out of the weapon a soldier is already experienced with and himself owns, Has a tendency to maul those who grasp it but rarely harms one it considers its "owner" even when mishandled - %Conversion, -Soulbound
-Spells-
 Oath of binding: A rather long recital of magical words that when completed binds magical creatures summoned by the user to their orders. -Easy
 Summon imp: A Fairly simple ritual involving the casters blood and several magical words -Easy
 Summon Fiendish Centipede: A Very easy ritual which involves the use of a very small amount of blood, an animal can be used to bulk summon multiples of the creatures. -Simple
-Minions-
 Imp: Imps are fairly short red humanoids with sharp claws and fangs, they are not very smart but many would be summoners have had their limbs torn off after underestimating ones strength.
 Fiendish Centipede: Skittering multi legged beasts the size of a large dog, they have Razor sharp mandibles and are fairly fast- but are distracted after each individual kill.
-General Knowledge-
Demonology(Apprentice) - Demons are the bloodthirsty inhabitants of the hells.  like most magical creatures, are immortal by many standards, simply reforming in their hell when they are slain.  Because of their half formed souls, demons are fairly simple to twist into forms which best fit the summoner's needs.

Revision phase.

[Failbird105]

That's actually pretty good, like, not great since its downside means that if we lose the soldier we can't exactly just retrieve the blade and give it to somebody else, but like, it also means our enemies can't exactly try to take it and use it against us without putting in proper effort. This also gives us a nice basis for making further demonic weapons.

Also, I just realized that with the designs we've made so far, just about all of them lead to us being easily mistaken for fleshmancers instead of demonologists. The only thing that wouldn't is the cages, which, well, considering the fairly limited detail of the previous battle report, there's a good chance the mozkies might not even know exist.

[crazyabe]

Fun Fact: the Last few things were written up at a relative's home- in another province- upon a laptop using an operating system I have no experience with, this most recent thing was written up since I got home, upon my own computer, and from now on to the next time I suddenly lose the ability to quickly and detailedly write continuously- should be more detailed.

[Failbird105]

Well, there aren't really any issues that need to be fixed right now. So does anybody have a good idea for a revision.

hmm, hey Crazyabe, would it be possible to use a revision to start learning a new field of magic?

[crazyabe]

It would be possible to gain some insight into a new field of magic with a revision.

[Doubloon-Seven]

Huh. Okay.

Hellfire Forges
The lack of hot forges has always been a major roadblock to the mass production of metals. However, with the power of Hell itself available, we can get our forges to burn hotter than ever before. This works by carving various runes into the burn chamber of a furnace, and when charcoal is lit upon such a surface, the heat activates the runes. From then, the runes glow and act as a vector for the flames of hell to pass through to the normal world, hellflame being far hotter than what our blacksmiths have previously used.

Is this valid? I mean, I'm assuming we have forges for metallurgy so this should be revising our industry.

[crazyabe]

So... Could people vote over here?

[Shadowclaw777]

Creepy-Crawly Burrowing:
While the mastiff centipedes still go after carrion, there numbers are still very impressive for beastmasters who utilize their unique traits to engage against foes. However through an alteration to the demonic ritual to the creation of the centipedes, their thousands of legs gain burrowing bone dges to them, allowing them to burrow into rough dirt and sand of the ground, and they sprawl up during ambushes through heightened arthropod scent-smelling skills in which they use to track down human prey, leading to them being very nasty ankle-biters; the demonic ritual just require rough clay and prickly needles to now accommodate these changes.

Hellfire Forged
Creepy-Crawly Burrowing: (1) SC