Abdarian Offshoot · Advanced

DevilKin

The demon-blooded daughters of the Abdarian line

A female-only, demon-blooded offshoot of the Abdarian female line, carrying succubus heritage. They were engineered toward two ends: to shape-change at will, and to grant the females some of the endurance and resilience that had always belonged to the brutish male line. Expanded telepathic and kinetic potential emerged as a byproduct of the work, not its goal.

Origin

A DevilKin self-fertilizes her own eggs and gene-prints her offspring from a stored template, correcting the read-errors of ordinary reproduction as she does so. The byproduct is striking: every DevilKin is printed from very nearly the same pattern, so the line shares a near-identical base form. Two DevilKin from opposite ends of the world can look like sisters. This is a true feature of their biology, not a coincidence — and it makes their at-will shapeshifting all the more valuable, since their natural face is a mold shared by thousands.

Carver is the exemplar of this line.

A Note on the Name

The blood in these women is demonic — succubus heritage, Chaotic Evil in origin — so "Demonkin" would be the technically precise term. The line is nonetheless recorded here as DevilKin by the setting's naming convention. Use DevilKin unless overridden.

Racial Traits

A DevilKin uses the base female Abdarian statistics with the modifications below. Format and adjudicate as any other Abdarian tribe.

Type: Humanoid (Abdarian).

Size / Speed: Medium; 30 ft.

Ability Scores: −2 Strength, +4 Constitution, +2 Intelligence, +2 Wisdom, +2 Charisma. The +4 physical bonus lands on Constitution rather than Dexterity — this is the "female gains male endurance" of the line, expressed in the stat line.

Low-Light Vision.

Scent: A normally male-only Abdarian sensory trait, given to this female line on purpose.

Lesser Spell Resistance: SR 6 + character level.

Demonic Resistance: Energy resistance 5 vs. cold, electricity, and fire.

Lesser Regeneration: Heal 1 hp/hour, and regrow lost limbs over 2d4 days (a Fortitude save; parts lost to fire or acid do not regrow).

Change Shape (Sp): Alter self at will.

Poison Resistance: +4 racial bonus on saves vs. poison.

Abdarian Mind-Speak: The Abdarian racial secret language, known automatically (see the base race).

Omnilithovore: May subsist on rock and mineral in emergencies.

Vanity (drawback): −2 Perception — on-theme for succubus vanity.

Read carefully — Lesser Regeneration This is not full regeneration. It does not grant the cannot-die-from-hp-damage property. A DevilKin dies normally at her negative-hp threshold. It is slow healing plus slow limb regrowth — a story-and-recovery mechanic, not a combat or anti-death advantage.