What exactly is a Cambion?

[StealthyMark]

I wondered again after reading Dragon #92 (superb!) what exactly is a Cambion. A Human/Half-Fiend?

[Edit]I meant Dungeon, of course.[/Edit]

 

[Squire James]

As far as I know, yes.

 

[BluWolf]

If I remember correctly the Cambion made its first appearance in either the Fiend Folio or MM 2.

It was a half-human/Demon or Devil, don't reccall exactly.

In 2E they got a redress as a lesser and noble cambion. 1 being the combination between a human and a lesser devil the other a mjor one.

Then I think when Planescape came out they were more or less replaced by the Tieflings.

 

[jollyninja]

a cambion was the product of a succubus mating with a human male. so the 3e half fiend is essentialy it's replacement.

 

[S'mon]

a cambion was the product of a succubus mating with a human male. so the 3e half fiend is essentialy it's replacement.

From 1e MM2:

Cambion is the always-male offspring of male demon & human female.

Alu-demon is the always-female offspring of succubus & human male.

 

[Aaron L]

Cambions appeared in the 1E MM2. They're were Baron and Marquis cambions, children of mortals and demons.

 

[Information]

I wondered again after reading Dragon #92 (superb!) what exactly is a Cambion.

The Abyssal rendition of the Kama Sutra.

 

[trancejeremy]

Actually, I think they first showed up in the module S4. Along with the Alu-Demon.

But right, a cambion is the male offspring of a male-demon and human female.

So yeah, just a male half-human, half-fiend in 3e.

 

[Carnifex]

Then I think when Planescape came out they were more or less replaced by the Tieflings.

Not really. Cambions still remained in the same niche as they had done before. Tieflings held the wider category of 'plane-touched' - that might include demon blood but it included loads of other things too.

 

[JacktheRabbit]

Tiefling is suppsed to represent a creature with some form of lower planes blood in them. This blood though can be a rather small percentage.

Not really. Cambions still remained in the same niche as they had done before. Tieflings held the wider category of 'plane-touched' - that might include demon blood but it included loads of other things too.