Can anyone point me to anywhere that Alu-Demons/Alu-Fiends are mentioned throughout D&D MMs and other books so I can collect the lore for them? I am attempting to recreate an Alu-demon character from 2E I had, using Tiefling as a base with Warlock to take care of some of the spell-like abilities. I am also looking at this in order to create some more history too.
I know the 1E MM II I was the first place I saw it which only really had stats. Then the 2E Planar MM had stats and a little more. Any others?
In 3rd Edition, Alu-Fiends were just an alternate name for Cambions, which were humans or other humanoids with the half-fiendish template. That was retained for 5E, though cambions are now a distinct monster type rather than a template again.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Alu-demons first appeared in the Lost Shrine of Tsojcanth, at which time they were the female equivalent of a Cambion (which was statted up as male in that edition). Later editions decided that this was a pointless distinction and merged them. As far as I know there's no specific lore other than being a half-demon.
The word 'alu' appears to come from the Sumerian Alû, which is pretty much just a succubus.
Can anyone point me to anywhere that Alu-Demons/Alu-Fiends are mentioned throughout D&D MMs and other books so I can collect the lore for them?
I am attempting to recreate an Alu-demon character from 2E I had, using Tiefling as a base with Warlock to take care of some of the spell-like abilities.
I am also looking at this in order to create some more history too.
I know the 1E MM II I was the first place I saw it which only really had stats.
Then the 2E Planar MM had stats and a little more.
Any others?
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The Forgotten Realms wiki has a page on Alu-Fiends maybe that could help you? It only states the 3E statistics tho.
In 3rd Edition, Alu-Fiends were just an alternate name for Cambions, which were humans or other humanoids with the half-fiendish template. That was retained for 5E, though cambions are now a distinct monster type rather than a template again.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Do you know where this was stated and was there any lore on them for 3E?
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Monster Manual 3.0/3.5 Half-Fiendish Template. The lore consisted of "a half-fiendish mortal is sometimes called a Cambion or an Alu-Fiend."
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Alu-demons first appeared in the Lost Shrine of Tsojcanth, at which time they were the female equivalent of a Cambion (which was statted up as male in that edition). Later editions decided that this was a pointless distinction and merged them. As far as I know there's no specific lore other than being a half-demon.
The word 'alu' appears to come from the Sumerian Alû, which is pretty much just a succubus.
Thanks guys!
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