Succubus character build help?

[Sylrae]

alright im looking at making some sort of succubus character. likely to use as an npc for my party to face.

I was thinking something with that demon of temptation or whatever prc from the fiendish codex 1.

and I was thinking maybe some kinda spellcastery nonsense. maybe some sort of summoning PrC

any advice on build?

 

[Shin Okada]

It will depend on how you are planning to use that character. Succubus works better as a cunning villain in disguise, corrupting and controlling mortals from behind. In that case, Fiend of Corruption or Fiend of Blasphemy (both in Fiend Folio) work very well.

On the other hand, if you are to use her more like usual monster encounter, Sorcerer is a good class to add, because Succubus has very high CHA. Remember that Sorcerer is not counted as a related class for Succubus. So you can make a Succubus Sorcerer with enough spell casting ability for one's CR. Give her Hovering and Practiced Spellcaster. Appropriate sorcerer spells will also help her disguising or otherwise concealing her true nature.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

My friend made a pretty nasty character out of his succubus based on grappling and having as many attacks per round as possible (with the help of MIC items like horned helm).

If you want a high level casting succubus, would the Lilitu (CR 12, Fiendish Codex I) be easier to build off of, perhaps?

 

[Sylrae]

I actually haven't decided whether the NPC is going to be an ally or villain in the long run. But definitely a more sneak less combat character. I knew it was in one of the "fiend" books wotc put out. fiend folio it is. any advice for feats? I'm going for a more social build, but if she can hold her own with some sort of spellcasting thats a plus.

also, we run with the houserule that a caster adds 50% of his non-caster levels for determining spell capabilities, without exceeding the level of the casting class. that is to say, a 5ftr 5 wiz casts spells like a 7wiz. but a 10 ftr 2 wiz casts spells like a 4 wiz. so the level adjust won't totally kill the character as a viable caster.

 

[Shin Okada]

With that house rule, maybe you should calculate all the spellcasting classes as related when adding to a monster. Or monster spellcaster may become simply far much stronger than a PC race spellcaster.

Other than cha-bases spellcasting classes, 2+ levels of Blackguard and/or 3 levels of Hexblade will give her really high saves. As a natural flyer with low str, Succubus is better avoiding melee combat and instead use spells, spell-like abilities and archery. For example, Rogue 2/Hexblade3/Blackguard 2 will give her Evasion, Mettle and incredibly high saves against spells and spell-like abilities. And armored Succubus has very good AC, too. Make her aloft and it will be very hard for PCs to inflict damages on her.