Talk:Alp/@comment-25041612-20141009072715/@comment-26097222-20150212002020

The description on the Succubus entry alludes to them being able to change their appearance to make themselves more attractive to different men. While it doesn't come right out and say a succubus is a shapeshifter, the rest of the entry is pretty open about charm abilities being spells. If the distinction is made for one ability but not the other? Could just be an author mistake, could be an actual physical alteration ability instead of a learned spell. Someing just occurred to me while writing this -- what if there is no such thing as an Alp as a distinct mutation? Alps become normal Succubi when they accept the change, right? What if the shapeshifting ability is instinctive, not something they have to learn, and they are unconsciously using it to remove the most visible sign of femininity? An Alp really misses being male, and the breasts are a visible reminder every time she looks even vaguely downwards. Many monsters have basic magical abilities on an instinctive level -- they can often train them higher but they seem to have them right away after being turned. Viewed that way, an Alp is a Succubus that is using that self-alteration power to shrink her breasts down to nothing without realizing it. The same power that allows a Succubus to have larger breasts if that's what a specific man finds most attractive would also allow a Succubus to impersonate an Alp. What if it works both ways?