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First of all, observing the gait of a gender or creature you want to impersonate, what they do with their hands, their stances and how they “carry” themselves (and hold their heads when looking about, on the move), is crucial to fooling someone about your “true” race, without causing them to notice that “there’s something odd about that one.” So some observation and acting ability is vital. So, of course, is correctly learning language and other vocalizations (squawks, burbs, noises of disgust or alarm, and so on).

So to pass as a succubus or drow, you have to master acting like one. Note that both creatures are part of their own racial societal hierarchies, so dealing with other drow or succubi might well be tricky or dangerous or both.

With that said, there are various (little-known, often guarded and kept secret by those who can cast them, so they can charge high fees for single castings) spells that can aid in an other-race imposture, including:

TRANSMUTE SELF
School: transmutation (polymorph); Level: bard 4, sorcerer/wizard 4
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S, M (a piece of the creature whose form you desire to assume)
Range: personal
Target: you
Duration: 1 day + 1 day/level

When you cast this spell, you assume the form of any Small or Medium humanoid creature. If the form you assume has any of these abilities, you gain them: darkvision (range normal for the form), low-light vision, scent, and swim (range normal for the form). You also gain average-skills use of all purely physical attributes of the new form, such as winged flight, goring and tail slashes and other attacks the new form possesses.
Small creature: If the form you take is that of a Small humanoid, you gain a +2 size bonus to your Dexterity.
Medium creature: If the form you take is that of a Medium humanoid, you gain a +2 size bonus to your Strength.
This spell cloaks the true alignment of the spell recipient, replacing it with the usual alignment of the form gained (if there is one), and also confers auras, body scents, immunities, resistances (and weaknesses), and senses of the body being counterfeited. Magical abilities and other non-purely-physical properties of the new form are not conferred by this magic.


Note that this spell doesn’t give you the spell-like abilities of a drow (dancing lights, darkness, and faerie fire), but you could gain each with the assistance of a powerful spellcaster successfully a careful sequence of spells on you: an “Imbue with spell ability” spell, then dancing lights (or darkness, or faerie fire), then (if more than one casting is desired) a “permanency” spell.

Using this spell to feign being a succubus would gain you all the “DR” abilities listed in the Pathfinder rules for “Demon/Succubus” but you would retain your own SR (if any), and you would have telepathy 100 feet, but would have to learn all the languages a succubus normally has, and would have to acquire any of the spell-like abilities in the same manner as for the drow abilities. You would gain the energy drain (without the suggestion) and the detect good ability and the heightened Perception. You would also, yes, gain the change shape SQ, too - - but not the profane gift.


There is also a “Master Self” spell that’s identical to Transmute Self except that it’s sixth level for bard and sorcerer/wizard, lasts for 2 days/level, and confers any one spell-like ability of the new form of the caster’s choice.

Both of these spells can be shattered if you are hit with a dispel magic and fail your Will save (only a roll of “1” being a failure), or a greater dispel magic (normal roll plus your modifier). If the greater dispel magic comes within 3 points of affecting you, but fails to end your Transmute Self or Master Self, the form you have magically assumed will visibly “waver” for a round (though you won’t lose control of the new form - - so if you are flying, you won’t plummet through the air for 1 round).

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