Legend

"Alright, but no tricks."
"Of course."

Suddenly you feel a great pain in the hand you're holding the crystal! Lose 3 STAMINA points. When the pain subsides you see that the crystal has now embedded itself into your hand!

"There, that wasn't so bad was it?"
"What did you do to me?" you yell clutching your hand.
"Will you relax? I said I was going to bond with you, and I did. Sheesh, you gain power and you didn't even have to release me, some gratitude."

The demon wasn't lying; you do feel a power surging within youÂ…

If you're a fighter gain 4 STAMINA points to your Initial score.
If you're a wizard gain 2 MIND points to your Initial score.
If you're a rogue gain 2 SKILL points to your Initial score.

Other than the previous pain in your hand, you don't feel any repercussions, but you HAVE just bonded with a demon and as such you feel incredibly contaminated by evil.
-10 to your alignment. You'll also be hearing voices for a long time to come as the demon tries to lure you into performing more evil acts. (You still have free will, as temptation is so much more fun than outright possession) Performing good deeds to fight against this evil force within you is frowned upon and Azoth will let you know directly with pain. Anytime you gain alignment you will lose the same amount of STAMINA points. (He'll never kill you while bonded with you though, so you will never "die" from this and may ignore any extra damage he causes that would normally result in your death) Even being "Good" doesn't free you from being tainted though, a lot of people will feel a sense of uneasiness around you, and others may be outright hostile due to this bond. (Aura, vibes, whatever you want to call it, you'll be giving off some bad juju, man)

If you're a technologist something strange occurs, you don't gain anything, as Azoth finds your mind quite different than anyone else he's come across before. You've already got a lot of strange ideas in your head and he's unsure of what to do with you, at least for right now. Your technological leanings are also interfering with his powers somewhat for whatever reason. His hold on you isn't as great, lose only -5 alignment, but you're still tainted and performing good deeds still results in pain.

Mark down the fact that you now have bonded with the demon Azoth the Defiler.

You've had enough of this place and you leave.

You have 1 choice: