Cambion (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the fantasy roleplaying game "Dungeons & Dragons" the cambion is a creature descended from a fiend.

Publication history

The cambion was introduced to the D&D game in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)

The cambion first appears under the demon entry in the first edition "Monster Manual II" (1983), including the baron/marquis cambion (semi-demon) and the major cambion (semi-demon). [Gygax, Gary. "Monster Manual II" (TSR, 1983)]

A cambion named MacDaer appeared in "Dungeon" #13 (September 1988).

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)

The cambion appears under the tanar'ri entry in the "Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix" (1991), including the baron/marquis cambion tanar'ri and the major cambion tanar'ri.

The cambion tanar'ri was further detailed in the first "Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix" (1994), [Varney, Allen, ed. "Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix" (TSR, 1994)] including the same variants from the Outer Planes Appendix.

Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)

The cambion did not appear in any official Wizards of the Coast products for third edition. It did, however, appear as a demon in the "Tome of Horrors" (2002) [cite book | last =Green | first =Scott| last2 =Peterson| first2 =Clark| title =Tome of Horrors| publisher =Necromancer Games| date =2002 | pages =328 | isbn =1-58846-112-2 ] by Necromancer Games.

Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)

The cambion appeared again in Necromancer Games's "Tome of Horrors Revised" PDF (2005).

The cambion demon returns to official Dungeons & Dragons products in "Expedition to the Demonweb Pits" (2007), including the baron and marquis cambion, which also presents the cambion as a player character race.

Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)

The cambion appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008), including the cambion hellsword and the cambion hellfire magus. [Mearls, Mike, Stephen Schubert, and James Wyatt. "Monster Manual" (Wizards of the Coast, 2008)]

Description

The word cambion refers to a male "half-fiend", a cross between a fiend and another creature, often a human. The term alu-fiend refers to its female counterpart. In the 3rd Edition, cambions are the offspring of a tanar'ri father and a planetouched mother, often a tiefling.cite book |last=Baur |first=Wolfgang |coauthor=Kestrel, Gwendolyn F.M. |title=Expedition to the Demonweb Pits |year=2007 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |id=ISBN 978-0-7869-4038-7 ]

Iuz the Old of the World of Greyhawk game setting is referred to as a cambion. He is the son of the witch Iggwilv and the demon Graz'zt. In addition to his human form of an old man, he can appear as a seven foot tall, maroon demon with green eyes.

References

External links

* [http://d20npcs.wikia.com/wiki/D%26D_Named_Demon_Project#Cambion Official Cambion Names] - From the Named Demon Project, a list of names used in official products.