![]() Indulging in a bit of story design, they would likely be furious about unintentionally killing someone they already had worked on for some time, becoming more relentless trying to get to their next victim, yet learn that they must use very specific methods and can't simply turn a human by physical pleasures alone. They would, however, have to be aware of the effects of Draining Kiss in order for it to make any sense. I would also say that they might be unaware of the effects of Deadly Kiss, thinking to pleasure their victim, while giving their motives away in the process, or unintentionally killing the victim too early. In the character narrative, a Succubus must choose to drain its victim's vitality, but they can kiss them without doing so. Draining Kiss is an action, which has to be used in the RPG context, and unless they're doing so, they will simply kiss the other character normally (though with the effects of Deadly Kiss applying).It's described as "The kiss of a Succubus or incubus is an echo of the emptiness that is the fiend's longing for a corrupted soul," which makes me believe it's unable to suppress this effect, being tied to its own nature. Deadly Kiss is a quality of the character.As we're left to guesses, I'll list what I think the MM is trying to say: The way it's described seems very straightforward, yet I'm unsure whether it's actually the intended behavior. What I'm primarily interested in is whether the official rules or the official "fluff" resolve this apparent contradiction someplace else, whether I overlooked something somewhere.) (Sure I know I'm free to make whatever of the creature as a DM. In light of the above, the question arises:Ĭan the Succubus suppress the power and effect of her kiss? So, maybe it's just me, but "indulging all its desires" likely covers a bit more than a first, and possibly last, likely lethal kiss - a kiss which would, by killing its victim too soon, prevent the Succubus from achieving her purpose, that is, making the victim commit the three betrayals. (The Succubus does have the Shapechanger ability as well, but that does not disable Draining Kiss.) The stat block of the creature has a specific entry for the kissing action called Draining Kiss. (.) the recipient of the fiend's kiss gains no satisfaction from it,Įxperiencing only pain and the profound emptiness that the fiend However, under Deadly Kiss of a Succubus, we read that Its victim, indulging all its desires so that it performs evil acts of In the victim's dreams, the succubus or incubus seduces or befriends Under Beautiful Corrupters, it saysĪppearing in the guise of a humanoid who has previously appeared only The description of the Succubus in 5th edition D&D (MM, p284) seems a bit contradictory.
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