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LILIM (By WebWarlock)

Not all of the creatures known as Demons are Tanar'ri.

Like the Prime Material, many races inhabit the Abyss. One of the most seductive and deadly are the Lilim. The Lilim are descendents and servants of the Goddess Lilith, although some can a do serve other gods and lords. In particular the Goddess Hecate and the Demon Princes Graz'zt and Orcus. Regardless of who they are working for, all 'lilim' are Lilith's children. In the Targum Yerushalmi, the priestly blessing of Numbers VI:26 becomes: “The Lord bless thee in all thy doings, and preserve thee from the Lilim!”

The overriding goal of all Lilim is the corruption of human souls and the trafficking of larvae. This puts them more at odds with the Night Hags of Hades more than with the Baatezu or Tanar'ri. The Lilim are not involved with the Blood War. The Lilim are not harassed by the Molydeus, but they do often fight with other demon types. Mostly the Tanar'ri and Lilim avoid each other.

The Lilim all have three basic forms. The first, and some sages argue their natural, is a spiritual form. This form exists only on the ethereal or astral plane. It cannot be physically attacked but it can be affected by holy word, dispel evil, exorcism, or, spirit wrack spells. They can only be detected in this form via magic. This is the form that most Lilim (but not Lilitu) must revert to during the sunlit hours. The second form is that of an extremely beautiful humanoid female. The Lilim uses it's telepathy to construct a façade that their victim finds the most appealing. Anyone seeing this form must save vs. magic or never be able to disbelieve it. This is the form that most encounter the Lilim. The third form is their demonic form. This form is what is encountered while the creature is in the Abyss or if it has been discovered while on the Prime Material. This form varies by creature type, but typically it is some combination of woman and animal, usually with giant wings, claws and vampire like fangs.

Combat: All Lilim have the following spell like powers: Become ethereal, Charm person, Darkness (15' radius), ESP, Infravision, Shape change, and Teleport without error. In addition all Lilim have a limited form of telepathy that allow them to communicate with any creature.

The most feared attack of the Lilim is their vampiric energy drain. This attack affects one (or more) of a person ability scores. When a score reaches 0 that person is dead and their soul belongs to the Lilim. The abilities drained are listed below:

The Lilim attacks only at night and only while the victim is sleeping. The Lilim manage this by engaging the victim in intimate relations. The victim is allowed a save vs. death to avoid the effects of one night's feeding. A remove curse, dispel evil, or similar magic will protect a person from that particular Lilim. Victims can regain the lost scores via the priest spell restore or by resting one week per point lost.

The Lilim target only the strongest victims; i.e, characters with the highest ability scores. While they could gather the most souls by attacking the weakest, it is theorized that the Lilim get some sort of nourishment from the more powerful victims. They also favor attacking the good and the lawful.

The Lilim can gate in a number of other fiends as they need. This includes other Lilim and Tanar'ri. Each will be detailed in their own section. However they are not often willing to do this because it leaves the summoner in the debt of the summoned fiend.

Lilim are also affected by the following attack forms:

Habitat/Society: Unlike Tanar'ri, Lilim are usually fixed in their position; i.e. Succubi do not get promoted to Lilitu. However there can be a wide range of power within the sub-ranks of the Lilim.

The Goddess Lilith nominally controls the Lilim, but the real masters of the race are the Lilitu. Although no Lilim, including the Lilitu, will disobey a request or order from Lilith.

Many demonologists have spent countless hours debating the nature of the Lilim. Top of their list is the obviously sexual nature of these creatures. For example, how can Lilim produce Alu-fiends or half-demons. The most famous case of this happening is the grand wizard Merlin, who said to be the offspring of a great druidess and a succubus. Demonologists and sages have also debated the sexual act with the Lilim. One recorded encounter claimed that the Lilim, in this case an Empusa, was extremely beautiful but frigidly cold to the touch. In another recorded case a young man described it as “entering an icy cave”. Another claimed that after being intimate with a succubus that he could never again be with a human woman.

Ecology: The Lilim are a sub-race of Fiends. While they are obviously related to the Tanar'ri, there are plenty of differences. It is also speculated that the Lilim (and/or Lilith) are the progenitors of the various vampire types. The story of Lilith disappeared from the Bible, but her daughters, the Lilim, haunted men for over a thousand years. The Lilim were thought responsible for nocturnal emissions and the Jews still made amulets to keep away the Lilim well into the Middle Ages. Greeks adopted the Lilim and called them, Lamiae, Empusae, or Daughters of Hecate. Christians also adopted them and called them harlots of hell or succubae.

Known Lilim: There are a few lilim that are well known. Most are Lilitu that mothered the other races of lilim, but others have made distinct names for themselves. Among them are:

Aldinach.
Ardat — Demoness of the Alu-demons.
Barbelo — Unkonwn.
Delepitore — Demoness of the Mormo.
Eisheth Zenunim — Demoness of whores.
Mazikeen — Demoness of the Shedim.
Naamah — Demoness of seduction.
Sonnielion — Demoness of hate, Princess of the Empusa.
Unsere — Fertility and sorcery.