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<blockquote data-quote="dragonfriend7738" data-source="post: 6045565" data-attributes="member: 6691820"><p>This is awesome stuff, especially if I was planning on making a divinely converted succubus (a succubus version of a redeemed lich, per se) but I don't think the story allows for that kind of drastic changes.</p><p> </p><p>I do like swapping out Detect Good for Detect Evil- it makes sense in context and allows for a natural ability to be trained by those who would be teaching her. Same mentality for an anti-dominate person ability, however that would work. (Maybe something similar to a Freedom Paladin's boon for allies? *pondering*)</p><p> </p><p>The energy drain and profane gift* are a bit more tricky, though. (*Where do you see profane gift? I'm looking at the 3.5 MM and the SRD and I'm not seeing that.) The energy drain seems to be a racial thing- Succubi can choose to draw sustenance in the form of life energy from people they kiss (or more.) If you look at it a certian way, this isn't a taught thing- it could be similar to Rouge's energy drain ability- it's just a natural thing that they can't control. Turning that into a positive energy ability would be altering the very being of the succubus- which would probably require lots of divine energy/intervention and probably a lengthy ritual.</p><p> </p><p>Succubi gain a resistance to spells- makes sense that she'd keep that, as her outsider/demon type remains the same.</p><p> </p><p>They also gain Fire/Cold/Acid resistance 10 and Electricity/Poison immunity. How much of this could you say is a result of racial strengths, and how much would be a result of the horrendous tortures and trials that a young demon must go through to reach maturity in the abyss?</p><p> </p><p>I do think that the natural summon demon ability should go- either because she is unable to name any demons to call, or because she never learned how to do it in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>Basically, I'm trying to see what I can do to strip a level or two off of the CR of the Succubus and make it feasable to be introduced as a neutral-ish NPC, under the storyline logic posted above. I will take a look at the SS level increments, but by the time that she's showing up to break the party free, I'm hoping that she's going to be high enough level to have gotten through her racial leveling. (Which is a bit brutal going through the SS version of the Succubus levels, as seen from a previous thread about succubi leveling.)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As to the source of the information that I based the finding of the infant Succubus- all I know for certian is that it was a DnD based magazine; I'm not fully certian what edition it was meant for. It did have some very well thought information in it, though.</p><p> </p><p>And thank you all for your input, I really do appreciate it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dragonfriend7738, post: 6045565, member: 6691820"] This is awesome stuff, especially if I was planning on making a divinely converted succubus (a succubus version of a redeemed lich, per se) but I don't think the story allows for that kind of drastic changes. I do like swapping out Detect Good for Detect Evil- it makes sense in context and allows for a natural ability to be trained by those who would be teaching her. Same mentality for an anti-dominate person ability, however that would work. (Maybe something similar to a Freedom Paladin's boon for allies? *pondering*) The energy drain and profane gift* are a bit more tricky, though. (*Where do you see profane gift? I'm looking at the 3.5 MM and the SRD and I'm not seeing that.) The energy drain seems to be a racial thing- Succubi can choose to draw sustenance in the form of life energy from people they kiss (or more.) If you look at it a certian way, this isn't a taught thing- it could be similar to Rouge's energy drain ability- it's just a natural thing that they can't control. Turning that into a positive energy ability would be altering the very being of the succubus- which would probably require lots of divine energy/intervention and probably a lengthy ritual. Succubi gain a resistance to spells- makes sense that she'd keep that, as her outsider/demon type remains the same. They also gain Fire/Cold/Acid resistance 10 and Electricity/Poison immunity. How much of this could you say is a result of racial strengths, and how much would be a result of the horrendous tortures and trials that a young demon must go through to reach maturity in the abyss? I do think that the natural summon demon ability should go- either because she is unable to name any demons to call, or because she never learned how to do it in the first place. Basically, I'm trying to see what I can do to strip a level or two off of the CR of the Succubus and make it feasable to be introduced as a neutral-ish NPC, under the storyline logic posted above. I will take a look at the SS level increments, but by the time that she's showing up to break the party free, I'm hoping that she's going to be high enough level to have gotten through her racial leveling. (Which is a bit brutal going through the SS version of the Succubus levels, as seen from a previous thread about succubi leveling.) As to the source of the information that I based the finding of the infant Succubus- all I know for certian is that it was a DnD based magazine; I'm not fully certian what edition it was meant for. It did have some very well thought information in it, though. And thank you all for your input, I really do appreciate it. [/QUOTE]
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