Homebrew Excubus Species Details

Physiology

Succubi and Incubi are two names for members of the same race, which appear to be similar to humans in height and weight. However, they have a tendency to be more attractive than most humans are, due to their natural charisma. They possess devilish tails, horns, and bat-like wings. Their tails, horns, and wings, have a variety of colors, from black, white, purple, blue, ivory, and red. Their hair possesses the same shades of color as humans do, with blood red eyes and pupils of flame. Most of them can possess blue, red, black, white, or purple skin tones.

However, the Excubus are different from regular Succubus/Incubus. They sport the same physical features, except for a small differences: They have almost tattoo like symbols on their shoulder blades where their wings would normally be, each one showing the infernal symbol for Exile, which marks them as traitors to the Infernal realm. They however wear it with pride, and when their wings do come out, the symbols shift to their chests, legs and torso. They also are naturally shorter than their devilish cousins, who are large sized. The Excubus are instead Medium sized creatures, though still quite tall for most mortal races. Their eyes have changed from the blood red irises & flame filled pupils to more solemn violet and green irises, with black pupils.  They have also found that their skin can also rarely be the color of most humanoid skin colors as well. The reason for these remarkable changes? They have stopped subsisting off of souls derived from those they have seduced. These Excubus choose to not crush the souls of mortals anymore, instead choosing to subsist off of the soul energy that is abundant on the material plane. Yes, they are weaker than their cousins, yet they also have the capacity to become something... more.

History

Succubi and Incubi were created by the sin of lust, to be the ultimate servants of its sin, millennia ago. For as long as they have existed, the succubi and incubi were seen as the very definition of lust; they wanted the souls of humanoids, they wished to feed by mating with other humanoids, and they looked as though they were the most attractive beings in existence. Cultures have burned people suspected to be them, and many orders have sought out to destroy them all, however it is unlikely that they will succeed. They will continue to exist, until all lust or all fiends are destroyed, and neither is likely to happen. 
The Excubus came about when a small group of Succubi/Incubi escaped the Infernal realm and their master Asmodeus, and decided to instead form a new mold for their people, like the Tieflings before them. It was a nearly impossible task, they found out. As they still needed souls to keep them alive and strong, plus their race had a very dark & blood history wit the humanoids of the material plane, since they had terrorized & fed off their souls them for years. They found themselves either dying from starvation or murdered by the beings of this world, forced to hide & form secret societies in order to survive. A powerful Warlock came to them one day, promising them a way for them to not just survive, but thrive. He stated it would be hard, but the children of those who learned what he had to teach would be something more for their trials, and would not just survive, but finally find their place in this word, without retribution. He showed them how to feed instead off the energy that comes from all living things, soul energy. They were weaker for it, but they learned to meditate and siphon the energy from a dying soul, into their own bodies. They slowly started to change, and be accepted more and more into the material plane society. There was still fear & prejudice of course, but they could at least live without direct threat of death. Over time, they also learned other ways to siphon soul energy from willing individuals, and even how to weaponize energy siphoning to defend themselves better. 

Society

Excubus do not have a very robust society, but more of a common ruleset to follow since they are so rare a race. Since they have spread out so far as naturally wondrous creatures, its common for some Excubi to never see another Excubi for as long as they live again. However they do have a central place of remembrance that some still live in together & some will even still come to visit this place. This place is called Exildia by the Excubus and it is the place where the first Excubus learned from the Ancient Warlock. It is a highly secret place and even most modern Excubus do not know of where it is. The Excubus who live there are said to be the oldest and strongest of the Excubus. Those that do find the ancient place, are sworn to secrecy, and you would be hard pressed to get a Excubi to give up where the location is.  

 

Excubus Names

Excubus may take names from either of their tongues, or even both, such as an Abyssal surname with an Infernal first name. They almost always choose a name that sounds attractive, for they still retain the art of seduction from their ancestors.

Male: Vohrilan, Mahrvix, Vylied, Kuroneth

Female: Prisryna, Risola, Lileli, Felania

 

 

 

 

Excubus Traits

Fiendish masters of seduction & soul siphoning.

Seductive Talent

You gain profiency in both Deception & Persuasion.

Fiendish Wings

As a bonus action, you may have large bat-like wings expand from your back, giving you a flight speed of 30 feet. 

Lustful Charm

You may cast charm person without material components, using your Charisma modifier as the spellcasting modifier. After casting this spell in this way, you must take a long rest before doing so again.

Soul Siphon

You may spend 1 hour siphoning energy from a willing creature to heal your wounds, remove diseases, or if a full health, gain 2d10 Temporary Hit Points. You both must be without interruption for 1 hour. This can be done many ways, though most are sexual in nature as the preferred way for these lustful beings.

You may also use an Action to forcefully siphon the soul energy from a enemy, granting you 1d10 hitpoints, while dealing Necrotic Damage to the enemy. This must be done as a melee attack. If you kill a creature this way, you crush their soul, and gain 2d10 temporary hitpoints, as well as +1 to your Strength & Charisma for 1 day. You also extend your life by another 10 years.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma score increases by 2, and Strength by 1

Age

Excubus become fully matured by 13 years of age and can live to be about 2000 years old if they continue to live off of soul energy. They generally do not experience old age until the last 100 years of their life.

Alignment

Excubus lean more towards chaotic alignments, with most being of good alignment as well. Some outliers have chosen to remain evil like their ancestors of old.

Size

They average at about 6 - 7 ft in height, and average weight is 150 - 200 lbs. You are considered medium.

Darkvision

Thanks to your infernal heritage, 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.

Languages

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