Tiefling
Tiefling are the newest race to populate the world of Pharus. It is believed that Asmodeus inserted the race into Pharus during The Great War, taking advantage of the chaos that spread across the world. He introduced the race to balance the power in case Orcus was successful in his schemes to rule Pharus. When Orcus was defeated and banished back to Thanatos, Asmodeus abandoned the Tieflings, forcing them to fend for themselves. Other races across Pharus despise and fear the Tiefling, equating their appearance and Century of Cataclysm that almost destroyed civilization.
Tieflings are either born in the Lower Planes or have fiendish ancestors who originated there. A tiefling (pronounced TEE-fling) is linked by blood to a devil, a demon, or some other Fiend. This connection to the Lower Planes is the tiefling's fiendish legacy, which comes with the promise of power yet has no effect on the tiefling's moral outlook.
A tiefling chooses whether to embrace or lament their fiendish legacy. The three legacies are described below.
Abyssal
The entropy of the Abyss, the chaos of Pandemonium, and the despair of Carceri call to tieflings who have the abyssal legacy. Horns, fur, tusks, and peculiar scents are common physical features of such tieflings, most of whom have the blood of demons coursing through their veins.
Chthonic
Tieflings who have the chthonic legacy feel not only the tug of Carceri but also the greed of Gehenna and the gloom of Hades. Some of these tieflings look cadaverous. Others possess the unearthly beauty of a succubus, or they have physical features in common with a night hag, a yugoloth, or some other Neutral Evil fiendish ancestor.
Infernal
The infernal legacy connects tieflings not only to Gehenna but also the Nine Hells and the raging battlefields of Acheron. Horns, spines, tails, golden eyes, and a faint odor of sulfur or smoke are common physical features of such tieflings, most of whom trace their ancestry to devils.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Creature Type: Humanoid
Size: Medium (about 4-7 feet tall) or Small (about 3-4 feet tall), chosen when you select this species
Speed: 30 feet
Tieflings are derived from human bloodlines, and in the broadest possible sense, they still look human. However, their Abyssal heritage has left a clear imprint on their appearance. Tieflings have large horns that take any of a variety of shapes - some have curling horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle's, and some spiral upward like an antelopes' horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil around their legs when they get upset or nervous. Their canine teeth are sharply pointed, and their eyes are solid colors black, red, white, silver, or gold with no visible sclera or pupil. Their skin tones cover the full range of human coloration, but also include various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from behind their horns, is usually dark, from black or brown to dark red, blue, or purple.
Tieflings are about the same size and build as humans.
Growth Rate & Stages
Tieflings mature at the same rate as humans but live a few years longer.
Ecology and Habitats
Tieflings subsist in small minorities found mostly in human cities or towns, often in the roughest quarters of those places, where they grow up to be swindlers, thieves or crime lords. Sometimes they live among other minority populations in enclaves where they are treated with more respect.
Behaviour
Tieflings subsist in small minorities found mostly in human cities or towns, often in the roughest quarters of those places, where they grow up to be swindlers, thieves or crime lords. Sometimes they live among other minority populations in enclaves where they are treated with more respect.
Lacking a homeland, tieflings know that they have to make their own way in the world and that they have to be strong to survive. They are not quick to trust anyone who claims to be a friend, but when a tiefling's companions demonstrate that they trust him or her, a tiefling learns to extend the same trust to them. And once a tiefling gives someone loyalty, the tiefling is a friend or ally for life.
Additional Information
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Darkvision. You have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.
Fiendish Legacy. You are the recipient of a legacy that grants you supernatural abilities. Choose a legacy from the Fiendish Legacies table. You gain the level 1 benefit of the chosen legacy.
When you reach character levels 3 and 5, you learn a higher-level spell, as shown on the table. You always have that spell prepared. You can cast it once without a spell slot, and you regain the ability to cast it in that way when you finish a Long Rest. You can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for the spells you cast with this trait (choose the ability when you select the legacy).
Fiendish Legacies
Abyssal
Level 1 - You have Resistance to Poison damage. You also know the Poison Spray cantrip.
Level 3 - Ray of Sickness
Level 5 - Hold Person
Chthonic
Level 1 - You have Resistance to Necrotic damage. You also know the Chill Touch cantrip.
Level 3 - False Life
Level 5 - Ray of Enfeeblement
Infernal
Level 1 - You have Resistance to Fire damage. You also know the Fire Bolt cantrip.
Level 3 - Hellish Rebuke
Level 5 - Darkness
Otherworldly Presence. You know the Thaumaturgy cantrip. When you cast it with this trait, the spell uses the same spellcasting ability you use for your Fiendish Legacy Trait.
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