Question about a Cleric and a Succubus?

[Shin Okada]

Well, a typical cleric of good deity should be very skeptical of her. And actual use of some Evil power (such as the use of energy drain, summon Tana'ri, inappropriate use of Charm Monster, etc.) may be enough to convince him that the Succubus is no different from usual evil ones.

Of course, that is a NPC and you are the DM. So, you can decide how forgiving said cleric is. But typical good clergymen will not trust that "not-so-evil" Succubus easily. Thus, even if he is very forgiving, if the cleric is known to be associating with such a doubtful creature, other members of his church may start to see him in skeptical eyes.

IMHO, if a player don't like to play a character who always suffer from good people's prejudice, he should not play a character of evil race. On the other hand, if the player accepts that kind of social drawbacks and enjoy playing such role, it can be a great campaign.

But in that case, it will be much easier to play converted "good" Succubus than to play a neutral not-so-evil Succubus. Something neutral is hard to role play indeed.

 

[prospero63]

IMO there is a difference between "alignment" and "type".

The succubus can't shake it's type (evil) but it can shake it's alignment.

The problem would be with spells and effects that have a certain effect on the evil type.

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IMO there is nothing fundamental that would cause the cleric to have an issue. Now, that could change if the CN character is played by a chaotic stupid player...

 

[Ezechiel]

I'm very interested why a creature made of the stuff of evil is turned to neutral alignment and even more what part of her personality makes her decidedly not evil.

A good cleric would at best be very wary and might have reason to fear for his own immortal soul in dealing with demons and devils.

I'm not sure, but I think outsiders of the evil subtype respond to spells like they are evil regardless of their 'true' alignment, so what would make a good-aligned cleric trust this creature that is made out off the stuff of evil and deception ?

 

[fableblade]

The player always believes that there are a very special few who don't act the same way as the rest of there kind. It's these special few that the player enjoy's playing.

 

[Shin Okada]

The player always believes that there are a very special few who don't act the same way as the rest of there kind. It's these special few that the player enjoy's playing.

That is right and there is nothing wrong with it.

But it is much fun to actually let her suffer from ordinary good people's prejudice. Also, if the said succubus is known to be associated with a good cleric, other demons may consider her to be a blasphemous traitor and start to hunt her.

I suggest you to do include those events in your games. After all, if she is treated just as one of many usual neutral adventurers, she cannot feel her exceptionalness.

 

[fableblade]

I already have a hunter in mind and can't wait to see how it works out. You always make enemies no matter where you go. But you also make friends sometimes too. If the player leaves his new friend out to dry while escaping from the hunter it will make for some fun game time.