Malcanthet, the Succubus Queen
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Domains: Chaos [Demon], Charm [Lust, Temptation], Evil [Demon], Trickery.
Favored Weapon: Whip
Malcanthet is a demon lord, the Queen of the Succubi and holder of the Razor Throne. The Succubus Queen’s realm is the 570th layer of the Abyss, and is known as Shendilavri. Once a disgusting layer of “heaving and shuddering flesh”, Malcanthet transformed it into a verdant paradise of decadent depravity. Her cult upon Toril has grown at an alarming rate, and has gained her the divine rank of a demipower. She thrives on capturing the souls of mortals through her cults, luring them with dark desires and depravity, and many of her followers have built a loose network of brothels in order to gain both followers and sacrifices. Even her symbol is a corruption of Sharess’ ruby red lips, speared by some form or fashion — usually a hook, barb or even a thorn — aiding in deception that they have the Dancing Lady’s blessings. As a secretive cult, the distinctions between the tainted symbol and Sharess’ are not readily apparent to most.
For Deific/Fiendish Obedience
Obedience: Ingest a dose of psychedelic substances and engage in any number of sexual acts (either alone or with others), during which at least a pint of blood must be shed. Gain a +4 profane bonus on saves against blindness and charm effects.
Boons
1: Kiss of the Succubus (Sp) unnatural lust 3/day, detect thoughts 2/day, or vampiric touch 1/day
2: Tempting Flesh (Su) You can shape your flesh into seductive forms. You gain the change shape universal monster ability, usable once per day as a standard action, allowing you to take the shape of any Small or Medium humanoid. Your natural form becomes beautiful and sexually appealing, and you gain horns, a pointed tail, and small wings. While in your natural form, you gain a tiefling’s darkvision and fiendish resistance racial traits as well as the prehensile tail and vestigial wings alternate racial traits. If you’re already a tiefling, you gain a +2 bonus to Charisma instead of these additional tiefling traits. In any form, you gain a +4 bonus on Bluff checks to deceive or lie.
3: Deadly Caress (Su) Like with a succubus, romantic or sexual contact with you can be deadly. When you engage in an act of passion (such as a kiss) with another creature, you can bestow one negative level upon that creature. You must grapple an unwilling creature to use this ability on them. Such an act of passion also has the effect of a suggestion spell asking the victim to accept another act of passion. The DC of this suggestion, as well as the DC to remove any negative levels bestowed this way, is equal to 10 + half your Hit Dice + your Charisma modifier. You can initially activate this ability only once per day, but once you do so to target a specific creature, you can affect that creature with this ability at will.
For Followers of Malcanthet
Archetypes: Deadly Courtesan (Rogue), Divine Agent (Cleric), Divine Scourge (Cleric), False Priest (Sorcerer), Fiendish Convoker (Summoner), Hidden Priest (Cleric), Seductive Infiltrator (Slayer)
Feats: Channel Discord, Conversion Channel, Fearsome Finish, Seductive Channel, Shatter Resolve, Trick Spell.
Prestige Classes: Arcane Devotee, Demoniac (houseruled), Divine Champion, Divine Disciple, Divine Scion (Unchained), Divine Seeker, Souldrinker (Houseruled)
Traits: Alluring, Demonic Persuasion, Enchanting Conniver, Mother’s Rage, Worthless Pawn.
Unique Spell Rules
- Suggestion can be prepared as a 1st-level Cleric or Antipaladin spell
- Vampiric Touch can be prepared as a 3rd-level Cleric or Antipaladin spell
- Enervation can be prepared as a 4th-level Cleric or Antipaladin spell
Cult of Malcanthet
The cult of the Succubus Queen is a widespread but disorganized lot. Each cult sees another not as an ally, but as competition and most are little more than simple brothels. On average, Malcanthet’s cult buildings look like whorehouses to the commoner, but another dangerous world presides inside. Many people who walk out of the seemingly normal whorehouse do not realize how close they came to being a sacrifice. Malcanthet’s cults sometimes have a certain type of person or gender they will cater to — for example, muscular men, or high class women, or a specific fetish from the common to outlandish. Most of Malcanthet’s cabals lean towards a female dominated cult; however, there certainly are males in her cult. In some cults, males are blinded so they could not “look upon the beauty of their superiors.” Men are also sometimes used as bouncers or thugs in their cult. The Thralls of Malcanthet however are exclusively female, and as they rise in power, they become more and more like succubi until they too can (temporarily) assume succubus forms. Ultimately, the goal is to corrupt said thralls until their soul is forfeit, and they are taken by the Succubus Queen and her attendants as part of her abyssal fold.