It is agreed that Geralt will ignore the matter for a sum of orens transferred to his Cianfanelli Bank account, exceeding the one promised by the Ladies and that will "amaze him with their generosity", though Geralt warns he is "not easily amazed". In addition they ask that this be kept between them and to not say anything to the Duchess or their wives. Later on Geralt meets the husbands, who ask him the exact opposite, stating that the succubus doesn't hurt anyone, appears in dreams from time to time and is interested only in men that have already come of age. They assure the witcher that he shall be rewarded appropriately. In The Witcher saga, Geralt was asked by the Duchess Anna Henrietta of Toussaint to get rid of the (unnamed) succubus who, according to her and many other court Ladies, was bothering their virtuous husbands. Only once, at some point it is mentioned she has blonde hair. This succubus in never named, nor is her physical appearance described in detail. They draw energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death of the victim.
The way you balance that out is to make them immune to normal healing spells or potions similar to undead.In folklore, a succubus (plural succubi) is a demon who takes the form of a highly attractive woman to seduce men (although the attractive part is a modern invention, historically succubi were ugly), in dreams to have sexual intercourse, according to the medieval European legend. That being said a Succubus according to some DND lore was also the original source for creating greater vampires and many fiends feed on life force for sustenance so I feel regaining hp from draining kiss should be handled the same way as a vampiric drain spell. Often, a succubus will do both, using their charms to manipulate an authority figure to whatever nefarious purposes their master has set them to, and corrupting the souls of some commonfolk on the side. They make for excellent manipulators and spies who work more subtly, either charming an important figure and forcing them to further her plans (and making that figure appear to be the antagonist to the players) or methodically corrupting men and women in a community to claim their souls. The important thing to note about playing a succubus is that it's not really the type of creature to get into a straight-up fight. The draining kiss is already extremely potent reducing max hit points by such a huge amount can effectively take a player character out of the rest of the adventuring day, and it makes for an excellent departing move to make an adventuring party think twice about pursuing it. Just to address both of these comments and anyone else coming by that may be thinking the same a succubus is not a vampire. I feel like the draining kiss should heal or buff the succubus in some way, and maybe give it sneak damage like it had in 3.5 so it can pick off foes with its charmed ally. The fiend magically enters the Ethereal Plane from the Material Plane, or vice versa. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.Įtherealness. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target's hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. The target must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw against this magic, taking 32 (5d10 + 5) psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The fiend kisses a creature charmed by it or a willing creature. If it charms another, the effect on the previous target ends.ĭraining Kiss. The fiend can have only one target charmed at a time. If the target successfully saves against the effect, or if the effect on it ends, the target is immune to this fiend's Charm for the next 24 hours. If the target suffers any harm or receives a suicidal command, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a success. The charmed target obeys the fiend's verbal or telepathic commands.
One humanoid the fiend can see within 30 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be magically charmed for 1 day. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
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