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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 2320657" data-attributes="member: 141">This is what I would do for a "risen fiend:"<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Remove the [evil] subtype.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Natural and wielded weapons no longer count as evil (this follows from the previous item)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Remove /good from the DR.  (The succubus now has DR 10/cold iron)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Since this is an improvement to her DR, add iron vulnerability: Cold Iron does +50% damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Change the home plane to the Astral (for purposes of Banishment and so on).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Use of an evil racial ability imposes a 24 hour negative level (only the succubus energy drain feature is affected, I think) [edit] Nope.  Energy Drain is not evil! [/edit]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cosmetic changes.  I would think a fey/nymphlike form rather than an angelic one.  Butterfly wings instead of her previous bat wings or feathered wings.  Or maybe no wings at all.</li> </ul>I think fiend of possession would also be a good choice for Zyltha.  It makes sense for a succubus, and a redeemed succubus could be an "inspiring spirit" for someone; giving a bonus to items, or a +4 bonus to a soul they "ride."  Charm and suggestion would aid the "inspiring spirit" role because the succubus can give evil beings the experience of doing good and avoiding evil.  They wouldn't be fully responsible for these actions, since magical compulsion would be involved, but they could decide they like them (especially with some diplomacy checks to build on them).A fiend of possession could inhabit evil items (or the items of evil creatures) and curse them; this will weaken them and make them more likely to see the error of their path.Still, I don't think a redeemed succubus would be quite on the side of the angels, yet.  She might be Chaotic Good, but she wouldn't yet have the [good] subtype.  Some of her abilities and tactics might be a bit short of the purity of a true celestial.  She might even lapse to CN actions at times.Think of ex-vengeance demon Anya in Buffy: the Vampire Slayer.  Not evil, but not quite an angel, either.</blockquote>

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