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<blockquote data-quote="dragonfriend7738" data-source="post: 6045362" data-attributes="member: 6691820"><p>I remember reading a Dragon or Kobold article about the society and making of a Succubus. For instance, the importance of birth sequence and the role of Incubi in the machinations of Succubi and other Tan'ari culture.</p><p> </p><p>I distinctly remember reading that a succubus isn't actually born evil- but rather the constant tortures, trials and cultural traditions are what twists a succubus into the sadistic, soul-sucking demon that we are all familiar with. The article even went so far as to suggest that an infant that was rescued before such conditioning could start or take place might even end up different from a normal succubus.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Well, my campaign just did that. The paladin led a party into a portal to the abyss, and found a succubus spawn pit on the way to challenge a balor. After clearing out the grown succubi and incubi (plus a few lesser demons) the party found a single newly born succubus, and the bard talked all the other characters down from commiting what he considered infanticide. After finishing their objective, the party left the abyss and took the child with them, dropped her off at a monastary and instructed the monks there that should she start depicting the personality of a typical succubus, they should contact the party immediately.</p><p> </p><p>Now the game is about to face a time jump- the party is going to be isolated from the rest of reality in something similar to a stasis bubble, and the world will march on past them for about 20-25 years. I want the now-grown succubus that the party rescued to be on the team that breaks the party out of the enchantment and lets them in on the events of the years that they missed.</p><p> </p><p>My question is this: What abilities from the MM succubus would you say are racial (as in innate to the species) and which would be from the conditioning and survival needed for an entity to survive in the abyss? What ECL would a succubus have, and how feasible would it be for someone to play a CN or even a possible CG succubus with this bacground?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dragonfriend7738, post: 6045362, member: 6691820"] I remember reading a Dragon or Kobold article about the society and making of a Succubus. For instance, the importance of birth sequence and the role of Incubi in the machinations of Succubi and other Tan'ari culture. I distinctly remember reading that a succubus isn't actually born evil- but rather the constant tortures, trials and cultural traditions are what twists a succubus into the sadistic, soul-sucking demon that we are all familiar with. The article even went so far as to suggest that an infant that was rescued before such conditioning could start or take place might even end up different from a normal succubus. Well, my campaign just did that. The paladin led a party into a portal to the abyss, and found a succubus spawn pit on the way to challenge a balor. After clearing out the grown succubi and incubi (plus a few lesser demons) the party found a single newly born succubus, and the bard talked all the other characters down from commiting what he considered infanticide. After finishing their objective, the party left the abyss and took the child with them, dropped her off at a monastary and instructed the monks there that should she start depicting the personality of a typical succubus, they should contact the party immediately. Now the game is about to face a time jump- the party is going to be isolated from the rest of reality in something similar to a stasis bubble, and the world will march on past them for about 20-25 years. I want the now-grown succubus that the party rescued to be on the team that breaks the party out of the enchantment and lets them in on the events of the years that they missed. My question is this: What abilities from the MM succubus would you say are racial (as in innate to the species) and which would be from the conditioning and survival needed for an entity to survive in the abyss? What ECL would a succubus have, and how feasible would it be for someone to play a CN or even a possible CG succubus with this bacground? [/QUOTE]
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