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Ever wanted to play as a beguiling Succubus, or charming Incubus? Wait no longer! As a Cambion you are able suck the emotions dry of those around you. Your natural charisma and charm allow you to beguile your way into anyones favour.

The Cambion is a Charisma based humanoid race. It sustains itself on the feelings of friend and foe alike. The Cambion inherits the demonic charm of its parents and can, with a simple touch, make even the most stubborn of people friendly.

It has been both thematically and mechanically balanced to allow all the flavour and unique abilities of the Succubus/Incubus without making the class overpowered in any sense.

Please note: This race works exceptionally well with the new CHA based feats released in UA - 04/17/2017.

UPDATE:

Good news everybody, shortly after I put new artwork up, I've made a whole myriad of changes that rework the race into something much more in line with other D&D races. Changelog is in the discussion below.

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Richard M May 26, 2020 9:16 am UTC
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Most of this is good, but I have a few questions/critiques:

1) The Demonborn text mentions going to the Nine Hells changes their form to basically be a Tiefling with wings, but do they not gain a fly speed or are they purely cosmetic? Maybe a glide speed instead? Also, wording might need to be updated as "demon" specifically refers to fiends from the Abyss rather than the Nine Hells which are called "devils", and Succubi/Incubi exist in all of the Lower Planes, not just the Nine Hells or the Abyss, making them just fiends rather than specifically devils or demons.

2) Siphon Emotion needs to be rewritten. I get what it is, it's an anytime use short rest heal that can damage an enemy, but it's funky here:

First of all, that box isn't where it should go, it's just making it kind of confusing putting it there, making it look like it's supposed to supplement something mentioned in one of the traits, but it's not mentioned anywhere else.

it also...See more
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Daniel G October 16, 2021 6:29 pm UTC
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Well thought out queries, apologies for the delayed response:

1) Flight is kept vague intentionally, allowing the DM the power to decide if the race should have flight or not. In my games, DM'ing, I outright banned races with flight due to the power of 3 directional movement.
I've always been iffy about the whole DnD lore surrounding demons / devils, from what I can see in previous lore Cambions have a history associated with the 9 hells, in fact 5e MM p36 specifically mentions them being raised there.

2) From what I can see in the PHB (p192 for example) that it just needs to be loosely related to the content around it. Given the content around it is the rest of the race, I don't think it's a huge deal to have in there.
Aesthetically, breaking it up from the rest of the abilities is what I was going for, because it's so unique. All other skills the Cambion has don't reference a starting level - visual aesthetics aside, it would be inconsistent to add it.

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Robert B December 31, 2019 9:06 pm UTC
Any chance you could adapt this to FG (Fantasy Grounds)?
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Daniel G May 11, 2020 1:28 pm UTC
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I've actually just started a game in FG recently, and definitely could do it.
I think at the moment, the priority for me is a new race, this one has been around for a while and I'm keen to do something fresh.
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Daniel G May 20, 2017 12:11 pm UTC
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Chris' review was very constructive and I've decided to make a few changes.
Subsequently my first ever product update!

Changelog:
- new artwork! yay (though this was prior to Chris' review!)
- Removed "Glamour" trait (advantage on all CHA rolls v. humanoids). It was clunky and proved to be too much of an advantage (ha ha) in game.
- Reworked "Siphon Emotion" trait.
- Added text under "Siphon Emotion" to clarify that it's an ability.
- Nerfed "Seductive Caress" - get it at level 3, and it breaks on any damage (as opposed to just giving them another chance to break it).
- Added "Many Faces" trait to replace Glamour.
- Minor tweaks to flavor text.

All in all the balances were intended to reign in some of the more powerful aspects of the race. It's now much more in line with what other DnD races get, with the noted exception that the Cambion gets 2 active traits - as opposed to every other race...See more
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Jeremy F April 29, 2017 4:13 pm UTC
Why is she pole-dancing?
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Josh D April 29, 2017 8:53 pm UTC
Agreed. This is product cover is unnecessarily sexualized and veers away from Wizards stated design intent not to have hyper-sexual characters or monsters of either gender.
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Daniel G April 30, 2017 12:52 am UTC
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This particular Cambion is a firefighter.
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Sophie H June 15, 2019 12:01 pm UTC
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^This. So good.
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