Homebrew Cambion Species Details

Unlike tieflings, who usually possess fiendish traits from an ancient pact their ancestors made, cambions are the direct children of a fiend and a mortal. The fiend can be of any kind, devil or demon, with the mortal humanoid also of any race. These unions are most common between a succubus/incubus and a human.

Cambions inherit traits from both of their parents, but almost always have some form of horns, bat-like wings and a leathery tail. Their skin tone is most commonly a vibrant, blood red, with their eyes usually an insidious sulfur-yellow. However, their coloration and fiendish aspects can vary wildly — from black, yellow or blue skin, to hooves instead of feet, to extra digits and eyes. They can possess otherworldly beauty or be entirely grotesque.

Those born of devil's are strictly lawful, and serve greater devils in the Nine Hells. The cambions born of demons are extremely chaotic, and battle for a place in the Abyss with nothing more then their own heinous strength. Most cambions, those born of succubi/incubi, fall anywhere in-between in terms of alignment, and may be raised in either fiendish plane. Alternatively, a cambion is raised in the Material Plane by their mortal parent, who helplessly watches on as their child inevitably commits increasingly cruel and horrific acts.

Regardless of where they were raised, all cambions are born with a sense of overwhelming of ambition, and an entitlement to rule over mortals. An entitlement that can very much lead to reality unless stopped, beginning with the forming of small gangs and groups before masterminding large uprisings.

Cambion Traits

Your cambion has gifts from its fiendish descent.

Size

Cambions stand at roughly the same height as a human when fully grown, although both their fiendish and humanoid parents' sizes may influence this to see them end up slightly shorter, or taller. Your size is medium.

Alignment

Cambions are the progeny of fiends, and their souls are ever marked by corruption. Cambions are born evil. Those descended from devils are extremely lawful, those descended from demons are highly chaotic, and those from succubi/incubi can fall anywhere in-between.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Flight

Because of your wings, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed. You can’t use this flying speed if you’re wearing medium or heavy armor.

Darkvision

Born of fiendish blood, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Fiendish Presence

For all intents and purposes you count as a standard, living creature and not a fiend. However, certain spells and effects that specifically deal in detection instead count you as a fiend. These include detect evil and good and a paladin's Divine Sense. The blood of the lower planes lives in you, giving you resistance to fire damage.

Hellborn Power

You know the produce flame cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the command spell. Once you cast the spell with this trait, you can’t cast that spell again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast this spell using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Abyssal and Infernal.