Topic: Demons and Demonic Possession in RM

[KPadish]

I play RM Classic but this question can apply to any of the Editions.
I've read through the Creatures and Monsters section on Demons but it does not talk about demonic possession at all.  Does RM not include the possibility of demonic possession?   Way back in RMC I or II there's a Paladin list called Exorcism but that only has spells for banishing demons and doesn't go into specifics.

How do you handle demonic possession, if at all?
Are the demons that perform possession the same ones that in the six pales? Beyond the Pale? The Void?  Other?   Or maybe it's not demonic possession at all but evil spirits from the spirit plane?  Are there any articles written about this?

Thanks in advance.

[Hurin]

Sorcerers and I think some other evil casters have spells that possess their targets (see the Sorcerer's Soul Destruction list for example). I think that is the main way characters get possessed.

[jdale]

We've had it come up when the mentalist creates a mental conduit to a powerful undead or demon. You open your head and create a link, that link goes both ways. I don't know whether the GM actually has a specific rule or just deals with it off the cuff, probably the latter.

[netbat]

RMSS Channeling Companion has rules for Spirits with possession as an attack. It would be easy enough to give demons a possession attack the someway spirits can have it.

[brole]

Sorcerers and I think some other evil casters have spells that possess their targets (see the Sorcerer's Soul Destruction list for example). I think that is the main way characters get possessed.

I found Demons of the Void in RMC CL have this list and they seem to be the ones focused on possession.
RAW indicate the demon must be first summoned. Although Demon Imbedding from RMC Alch enables demons to possess items.
An ensuing will contest failure by the character could mean possession.
Overall I'd handle possession as a will contest, the demon treating the character as an item with intelligence.

[OLF, i.e. Olf Le Fol]

Look for the "Possession and exorcism, clerical rule options for Rolemaster", once written by Ross Henton. It contains a summary about possessions and exorcism in history in the real world, a new profession (the Exorcist), its new spell lists and well as a new kind of demons, the possessing kind.