Talk:Incubus/@comment-46668575-20200819151933/@comment-10429980-20200820015554

Some of the Wandering Scholar's remarks can be rather hyperbolic or based on limited observations or extreme cases (World Guide 1 for instance detailed Lescatie, which is a extreme place even by monster standards, and even then some of what he wrote ended up being a bit exaggerated due to his limited observations, as seen in the follow up guide that featured Lescatie). As such it's useful to look at what other in-universe authors like Saphirette and Runya Runya say, as well as other things the Scholar wrote later on. Then you bring all the info together and judge accordingly.

In short though, incubi are about as variable as normal humans. There are extremely hedonistic ones who devote themselves to sex as much as the most extreme of monsters, but like with monsters those are merely extremes. It depends a lot on their individual character, as shown in profiles like the khepri's.

It is true that becoming an incubus changes you to a degree, but if one thinks about it then so do many things in real life. I'm not exactly the same person I was ten years ago, nor will I be ten years from now, but I'll still be me. Such changes normally take time, but they can also happen quickly.