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ALU FIENDS, LILIM (By WebWarlock)

Note: This entry should replace the entry for the alu-fiend (alu-demon) in other products, as Succubi are more properly Lilim and not Tanar'ri.

Appearance: Alu-fiends are the horrid female offspring of succubus and human. They are the worst combination of demon and human, evil and hateful to the core. These monsters look most like comely human females with attractive, powerful features. Only their sharp, upsloping eyebrows and small vestigial wings give them away for what they truly are.

Alu-fiends usually communicate using telepathy, but can sometimes speak additional languages.

Unlike other types of Lilim, Alu-fiends do not have a spiritual form.

Combat: Alu-fiends attack with weapons, having no natural attack forms save fists and teeth (which do normal human damage). It is common for art alu-fiend to carry enchanted weapons; oftentimes a gift from their evil mother. There is a 75% chance that an alu-fiend will have an enchanted weapon. This weapon will most likely be of common make (i.e. + 1, + 2, etc.), but them is a 15% chance that it is a special weapon of some kind (randomly determined). If a special weapon is possessed, the alu-fiend will rely heavily upon it and never willingly allow any being to take it from her.

Alu-fiends also have the power to restore their own hit points at the expense of their opponents. This requires a normal melee hit, which inflicts 1-8 points of damage, of which the alu-fiend gets half (rounded up).

These creatures have a base armor class of 5. This is the heritage of their unnatural mother. The base can be improved by. enchanted armor or protective items, but not by normal armor.

However, due to the rigors of the Abyss, many alu-fiends choose to wear armor-common or enchanted-to increase their armor clam. As with weapons, there is a 75 % chance for the armor to be enchanted (and of common make- + 1, + 2, etc.). If enchanted armor is possessed, there is a 5 % chance the armor is special (i.e. plate mail of etherealness, etc.) In addition to those available to all Lilim, all alu-fiends regardless of intelligence-have the following spell-like powers usable one at a time, once per time, at will:

• Dimension door, 1 time per day
• Shape change, to a humanoid form of approximately their own height and weight only
• Suggestion

All alu-fiends have infravision out to 240 feet. Alu-fiends are affected only by cold-wrought iron or magical weapons. They have an innate intuitional sense that warns them of impending danger 75 % of the time.

Fully 10% of alu-fiends are of genius intelligence, While genius alu-fiends have all the spell-like powers of their less intelligent sisters, they are also actual mages- Genius alu-fiends are 1st to 12th level mages, with full spell ability, and can choose spells from any school. Genius alu-fiends will never be specialist wizards.

Habitat/Society: Alu-fiends tend to be very hateful (even by tanar'ri standards) because of their “half” or dual nature. They view them selves as outcasts, neither human or demon. They are seen as lowly and without purpose. It is only the fairly powerful nature of the alu-fiends that keeps them in contention as a lesser demon race.

Ecology: Most alu-fiends are very human in appearance. If they wear something to hide their wings, they will be mistaken for a human 70% of the time. Interestingly enough, 20% of alu-fiends are not totally dedicated to evil. This usually occurs when a succubus mates with a Non-evil human. The offspring may retain just a piece of her father's morality. These monsters will tend to be chaotic neutral or true neutral in alignment.

Variants:

Ardat-Lili

Alu-Demons that are the offspring of Lilim and Elementals (such as Genies, Effreeti and Jann) or other Fiends (Devils, Slaad, but not Demons) are known as Ardat-Lili. They are the same as Alu-Demons save that they have maximum hit points and the spell casting abilities of a 4th level priest and 45% magic resistance. All Ardat-Lili are considered to have Genius level intelligence.