Homebrew Cambion Species Details

Born of hellish blood, a cambion is the progeny of a fiend and a humanoid. Cambions tend to be born evil, with their souls marked by the corruption of the lower planes, often combining the worst traits of mortals with the cruelty of fiends. A cambion is everything the common folk falsely accuse tieflings of being. There are those who fight against this lineage, seeking to show and amplify their humanity, and to do good however. 

Of Devils and Demons

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. Their skin tone can vary from common human tones, to 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 tend to be strictly lawful, and sometimes serve greater devils in the Nine Hells. The cambions born of demons tend towards being extremely chaotic, and many 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.

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 Names

Cambion names vary as much as their appearances may, with each kind of fiend or mortal who raises them each following their own naming traditions. If your cambion was raised by its mortal parent, choose a name from that race such as from humans, elves or dwarves.

Male Cambion Names: Amakas, Corucil, Garamos, Hiraken, Mathistor, Skathos, Vorikar

Female Cambion Names: Arista, Bethlin, Grelisail, Jameia, Lorianna, Narakisi, Zakaria

Cambion Traits

Your cambion has gifts from its fiendish descent.

Ability Score Increase

You gain +1 to Charisma, Strength, and Con

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.

Age

Cambions mature at the same rate as humans, but live up to three hundred years.

Alignment

Cambions tend to be 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.

Fiendish Pressence

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. 

Hellish Tricks

You draw upon the powers of your hellish ancestry. You learn one cantrip you select here. Choose one of the following cantrips: control flames, produce flame, thaumaturgy or vicious mockery. Your spellcasting ability is Charisma.

Languages

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

Beguiling Influence

Choose a proficiency in 1 of the following skills.

Persuasion, Deception, Intimidation