*checks the dead horse under the horribly mutilated bush for signs of being pulverized by the beatings.*<br/><br/>I'm not sure that this is really worth all of the debate. Our short-term NPC player, welcome by the way, has said that the succubus will remain hidden by a shape-change ability and the character of Adrian shouldn't have to tell his pet demon to do it. Therefore, the problem is solved. The odds are that unless something simply evil is done, or something that can be defined as evil occurs, no one is even going to know that a succubus was in the party. Unless, of course, the short-term NPC is actually a back-door PC slipping into the group...<br/><br/>On the issue of starting gold... if this is a short term thing, it really isn't a concern. As long as Adrian doesn't take advantage of the situation to line his pockets with every coin by saying, "Buy me this..." it's a non-starter concern to me.