Succubus (Dungeons & Dragons)

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In the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, a succubus is a female demon who, in its natural state, is in the shape and form of a beautiful human woman, though with dragon-like wings. However, the succubus may shape-shift into many forms. Its objective is to tempt and ensnare men to lie with them for their own purposes. They often appear in the guise of a human woman (i.e. sans wings).

Succubi are numerous tanar'ri demons, many under the command of the Abyssal Lord Graz'zt, but on the whole, are ruled by their "Queen", Malcanthet. In D&D the female child of a succubus and a human is traditionally called an "Alu-demon" and the male child a "Cambion". However, the offspring of an alu-demon or cambion, as a result of a union with a human, has no specific name but falls into the larger category of tiefling.

In the first version of Dungeons and Dragons, a succubus was a disinct entity. However, in version 3 of D&D, the succubus is the female form of the incubus (i.e. the succubus and the incubus are the female and male manifestations of the same type of demon).

Succubi are featured prominently in the Planescape games.