3.5 Stats for Dabus and Cambion? [Archive] - Wizards Community

3.5 Stats for Dabus and Cambion? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Saurstalk
03-04-07, 06:47 PM I posted this on the Monsters thread, but figured I'd put it here, too:

I'm going through some of my old Planescape campaigns to update them for 3.5. Thus far, I've come across two sorts of creatures that I can't find specific 3.5 stats for:

1. The Dabus
2. The Cambion

Am I missing these? Are they statted for 3.5? Help?
ripvanwormer
03-04-07, 07:25 PM Here are some dabus stats (http://www.planewalker.com/entry.php?intEntryID=9652).

As for cambions, James Jacobs, one of the authors of Fiendish Codex I, posted the following on ENWorld:

James, a quick question. The goes out of its way to mention cambions and alu-demons, calling them "breeds" of half-fiends. And yet, there's no mechanics for these two half-demons in 3.5E D&D (third-party material notwithstanding). Why the nod with nothing to back it up?

Because D&D already has rules for half-fiends. Both alu-demons and cambions are just humans with the half-fiend template.

Put another way, not all half-fiend humans are cambions or alu-demons, but all cambions and alu-fiends are half-fiends.

I was, however, tempted to put in an altered set of abilities for alu-demons and cambions (similar to how we're handling lemorian half-fiends in the Savage Tide Adventure Path), but in the end there just wasn't enough room in the article. BUT! There's certainly room in this thread! So what follows is my "quick and dirty" rules for creating cambions and alu-demons (drawing upon their 1st edition incarnations) by altering the half-fiend template slightly:

CAMBION
Armor: Natural armor improves by +4 instead of by +1
Speed: A cambion has no wings, but gains a +10 ft. bonus to its base land speed.
Full Attack: A cambion gains claw attacks as a half-fiend, but does not gain a bite attack.
Special Attacks: Cambions cannot smite good.
Spell-Like Abilities: Replace darkness 3/day with detect magic at will. Replace desecrate with cause fear 3/day. Replace unholy blight with levitate 3/day. Replace contagion with polymorph.
Abilities: Str +4, Dex +4, Con +4, Int +2, Cha +2

ALU-DEMON
Armor: Natural armor improves by +4 instead of by +1.
Full Attack: An alu-demon gains no claw or bite attack. She does gain a special touch attack usable once per round as a standard action. If she hits, she deals 1d6 points of negative energy damage plus additional damage equal to her Charisma bonus. She gains half of any damage inflicted in this manner back as healing.
Special Attacks: Alu-demons cannot smite good.
Spell-Like Abilities: Replace darkness 3/day with charm person 3/day. Replace desecrate with detect thoughts 3/day. Replace unholy blight with suggestion 3/day. Replace poison with polymorph 3/day (humanoid form only). Replace contagion with dimension door.
Abilities: Str +2, Dex +4, Con +4, Int +2, Cha +6
Saurstalk
03-04-07, 07:47 PM Thanks.

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Saurstalk 03-04-07, 06:47 PM	I posted this on the Monsters thread, but figured I'd put it here, too: I'm going through some of my old Planescape campaigns to update them for 3.5. Thus far, I've come across two sorts of creatures that I can't find specific 3.5 stats for: 1. The Dabus 2. The Cambion Am I missing these? Are they statted for 3.5? Help?
ripvanwormer 03-04-07, 07:25 PM	Here are some dabus stats (http://www.planewalker.com/entry.php?intEntryID=9652). As for cambions, James Jacobs, one of the authors of Fiendish Codex I, posted the following on ENWorld: James, a quick question. The goes out of its way to mention cambions and alu-demons, calling them "breeds" of half-fiends. And yet, there's no mechanics for these two half-demons in 3.5E D&D (third-party material notwithstanding). Why the nod with nothing to back it up? Because D&D already has rules for half-fiends. Both alu-demons and cambions are just humans with the half-fiend template. Put another way, not all half-fiend humans are cambions or alu-demons, but all cambions and alu-fiends are half-fiends. I was, however, tempted to put in an altered set of abilities for alu-demons and cambions (similar to how we're handling lemorian half-fiends in the Savage Tide Adventure Path), but in the end there just wasn't enough room in the article. BUT! There's certainly room in this thread! So what follows is my "quick and dirty" rules for creating cambions and alu-demons (drawing upon their 1st edition incarnations) by altering the half-fiend template slightly: CAMBION Armor: Natural armor improves by +4 instead of by +1 Speed: A cambion has no wings, but gains a +10 ft. bonus to its base land speed. Full Attack: A cambion gains claw attacks as a half-fiend, but does not gain a bite attack. Special Attacks: Cambions cannot smite good. Spell-Like Abilities: Replace darkness 3/day with detect magic at will. Replace desecrate with cause fear 3/day. Replace unholy blight with levitate 3/day. Replace contagion with polymorph. Abilities: Str +4, Dex +4, Con +4, Int +2, Cha +2 ALU-DEMON Armor: Natural armor improves by +4 instead of by +1. Full Attack: An alu-demon gains no claw or bite attack. She does gain a special touch attack usable once per round as a standard action. If she hits, she deals 1d6 points of negative energy damage plus additional damage equal to her Charisma bonus. She gains half of any damage inflicted in this manner back as healing. Special Attacks: Alu-demons cannot smite good. Spell-Like Abilities: Replace darkness 3/day with charm person 3/day. Replace desecrate with detect thoughts 3/day. Replace unholy blight with suggestion 3/day. Replace poison with polymorph 3/day (humanoid form only). Replace contagion with dimension door. Abilities: Str +2, Dex +4, Con +4, Int +2, Cha +6
Saurstalk 03-04-07, 07:47 PM	Thanks.