Fear + "Seemingly Normal"...?

By Adeptus-B, in Dark Heresy Rules Questions

I just rolled up a Daemonhost. For its Unholy Changes I rolled a 00, which means "Seemingly Normal"- no physical signs of daemonic possession. This happens to work really well with the way I want to use the Daemonhost in the scenario, but... all Daemonhosts are supposed to have Fear 4. So, how do you think that would work? The interpretation I'm leaning toward is that the Daemonhost has no Fear rating, until it uses its psychic powers or otherwise demonstrates its true nature; but I suppose it would also make sense that the Fear effect is a product of its Daemonic Presence, which is always 'on' (in this case causing the formation of frost everywhere it goes- which inspired me to give the 'host the alias 'Mister Frost')...

So, how would you handle this...?

This is propably the best I can come up. Off course He/She seems like normal human but the end effect is what is in my mind. I propably would make it so that when said Daemonhost uses it's power or decides to cause havoc it can turn on it's fear.

Althoug it would propably make everyone feel uneasy when around it.

Edited by Routa-maa

I don't recall offhand where this is located in the DH library of publications, but the Mask Of Seeming allows a Daemonic creature to appear normal until it chooses to drop the facade. You'll find it somewhere in the DH Core, IH, RH, DotDG, or CA... the Daemon Vessel Elite Advance, maybe? Gah! Can't remember! "Knowledge Is Power. Recall It Vaguely."

I'd agree with the suggestion; Mister Frost will look perfectly normal so a Fear check doesn't make sense - but, he can drop the mask at will - at which point everyone around him soils themselves as he distorts into something blatantly and terrifyingly daemonic.

Cherubael does pretty much exactly this at one point in the Eisenhorn series.

Edited by Magnus Grendel

Seemingly normal can be terrifying.

Just consider the number of creatures in horror films and mythology that were all the more terrible because their evil was hidden by a facade of normality.

This is getting into the relms of men with breath that smells of brimstone and whose eyes burn from the hellfire within.

Edited by Askil

Seemingly normal can be terrifying.

Just consider the number of creatures in horror films and mythology that were all the more terrible because their evil was hidden by a facade of normality.

Yes, but in those cases the fear is the result of actions, or knowing what a person is capable of. No one runs screaming from Hannibal Lector if they don't recognize him as an infamous serial killer; he blends into crowds all the time (despite the fact that, in the books, he has six fingers on each hand and purple eyes...).