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* One example of this Trope that ended ''very'' badly is part of the backstory of the ''[[Dungeon (magazine)|Dungeon]] #44'' module "Train of Events". One of the villains is a [[Lamia|Lamia Noble]] who once fell in love with, married, and even had a child with a human male. (The monstrous equivalent of a she-wolf falling in love with a male sheep, at least from the typical lamia's point of view.) Problem is, she used her shapechanging ability to pose as human almost all the time, and one day he saw her in her true form. He was both repulsed and terrified, and she became enraged at such a reaction. (As the text states, [[Black Comedy|"after all the years of giving up raw human flesh for boring roast beef, this is how he treated her?"]]) In her rage, she killed him by shoving him out a third floor window, and fled. Her ultimate goal in the story is to find and reclaim her son with the aid of factions of derro and duergar. There's even a portrait of her son in her private quarters, placed for the DM to use as a [[Sequel Hook]].
* Ahem, Drow. They are known to hold rituals to summon demons simply for horrid orgies, simply to appease their dark goddess or prove how tough they are, and it is not uncommon for prisoners of the drow to be "invited" to these rituals. The "guests" used as [[Human Sacrifice]] for the actual summoning ritual are the lucky ones.
** One of the worst examples of this is how a Draegoloth is conceived. This special type of half-fiend is the result of an unholy ritual conducted by a drow priestess where she lets a glabrezu [https://media-waterdeep.cursecdn.com/avatars/thumbnails/0/337/1000/1000/636252776677682465.jpeg (that would be this thing)] have its way with her. Assuming she survives the initial ritual (demons tend to play rough), is tough enough to both carry the child to term and survive the birth (most do not) simply being able to bear this child puts her in a privileged status among Lolth's clergy, not to mention the benefits of being mom to a demon that makes an obscenely powerful engine of destruction. ''Volo's Guide to Monsters'' states that while the odds of survival are slim, some drow - being depraved creatures always trying to win Lolth's favor in their [[Social Darwinist]] society - consider it worth the risk.
* Halfling mythology has a legend of a female halfling who was something of a slut and a bigamist with three husbands, a dwarf, elf, and gnome. Loyalty towards one's family and spouse are considered important virtues for halflings, so as a result, the gods put a curse on her, so that her children would be of a new species that embodied the negative qualities of all four races. This new species was humans. [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|And yes, this ''is'' a story in canon halfling mythology;]] while the veracity of the myth is as debatable as any myths, most would admit that if true, it would explain a lot.
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