Aquillion:Essence Disruption Attack is broken as printed; it inflicts what is, if used intelligently, a game-ending restriction in any fight that would have been even without it, and provides no way to defend or negate it.
Iry:I want to do it because I, as the storyteller, feel that my creative talents are being trivialized by perfect defenses. When my players walk through a corridor full of a dozen rolling boulders madly smashing against each other and the wall I want them to come out the other side thinking to themselves, "Wow! That was a cool set piece!" not "Whatever. We're down 12 motes." I have this sincere sense that I can't get their adrenaline pumping because they never feel threatened.
Beowulf90:Swarm of bees is always the answer.
Black Paper Moon: Demon of the First Circle is possibly the most useful spell in the setting, and even enlightened mortals can learn Terrestrial Circle Sorcery. It's worth noting that although they can summon the demons they can't control them. Your suggestion would require more... non-violence than the blood apes are noted for displaying. That having been said, hey a single rogue dragon blood and the issue is solved. Odd_Canuck is not a topical medication or food product and is not to be taken internally or seriously. Do not taunt the Happy Fun Ball. No Warranty is expressed or implied.
TheDude: Beowulf90:Swarm of bees is always the answer. This. But make them zom-bees(see what I did there) necrotech made by E&7 to spread a zombie plague in, we'll say, Chiaroscuro.
Odd_Canuck:It's worth noting that although they can summon the demons they can't control them. Your suggestion would require more... non-violence than the blood apes are noted for displaying. That having been said, hey a single rogue dragon blood and the issue is solved.
Black Paper Moon:you can conceive of educated and intelligent Erymanthoi. Picture a monocle-wearing Blood Ape in bloody evening wear chewing on the thigh-bone of a Dragon-Blooded: "Ahh, vintage 820. And vegetarian, I do believe."
Nemal:Why can't a Mortal Sorcerer bind and control demons?
Octopoid:Someone somewhere (I know that's not real helpful) clarified First Circle Demon for users: the binding and controlling aspects are reserved for the victors of the Primordial War, a.k.a. the Exalted. No one else can bind demons, though they can summon them (at their own risk).
Nemal:So, say, the Deathlords can't bind demons?
Nemal:Can the Alchemicals, since they weren't around for the Primordial war?