Homebrew Firtief Species Details

An Act Against Nature

Firtiefs are known as the incarnate of discord in the natural world. Being the product of a union between a fibolg and a fiendish creature such as a tiefling or incubus, a firtief resembles a firbolg in stature and appearance, but has small horns and is covered in thick black soot that always seems to come back. If this soot rubs away, like on a Firtiefs fingertips, it shows the glowing orange skin underneath that matches the Firtiefs lava like eyes and ginger hair.

Since the union that creates a Firtief is fairly rare, most common folk have never encountered a Firtief as they often live on the Elemental Plane of Fire or in The Nine Hells. This means that whenever a Firtief adventurer explores the Material Plane, new superstitions are spawned within every community they visit, the most common of which is that Firtiefs herald natural disasters such as wildfires and volcanoes. 

These superstitions aside, Firtiefs, in a similar way to Tieflings, are not inherently evil. Most spend their lives leaning into their giant heritage, becoming craftspeople or warriors. Those that choose to be adventurers and heroes, however, do so to disprove the lies about their people and to discover themselves more in the process.

Firtief Traits

Firtiefs racial traits are detailed below, being a blend of both Firbolg and Tiefling abilities.

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength and Charisma ability scores both increase by 1.

Age

You reach maturity at 25 and live until about 350

Alignment

Contrary to popular belief, the vast majority of Fiertiefs are Lawful Neutral, with the only Evil Firtiefs emerging out of spite, or time spent in the Nine Hells. 

Size

You are Medium

Speed

You possess a 30ft. Walking speed.

Languages

You can speak Common, one language of your choice and a language from these options: Giant, Infernal or Ignan.

Hellish Resistance

You have resistance to fire damage.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag or lift.

Firtief Magic

You can cast disguise self and hellish rebuke once per long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.