Homebrew Tiefling/Halfing Species Details

 

If you thought being a tielfing was hard, imagine being the bastardized offspring of an enslaved tiefling female and a rich, vile, halfling ruler. For all intents and purposes you look like a tiefling child, but when people get a closer look at you and they see your aged features they realize that you are not a child, but a pathetic creature. Whether or not they realize that you are a half breed, or a cursed being, they often treat you with distrust and disdain, avoiding you all together if you can. 

 

There is one thing that they don't realize. Halflings are not inferior humanoids. They have something that no other humanoid has, and many argue is neither real nor tangible. But you know better. You've experienced it first hand; you can feel it in your blood as well as you can feel your infernal heritage. You have luck. 

Infernal Bloodline

Tielfling/ halfings maintain all of the same appearances that you would see in a tiefling with the exception that they are 2 -3 feet shorter. They have a variety of horns, always the same as the mother. Same with skin color, eye color, and so on. The only difference is that their claws and their teeth aren't as pointed as the average tiefling.

Underestimated and Ostracized

This half breed is often rejected by both tieflings and halfings, seen as filth from both sides. Because of this, they have had to figure out how to either blend in to society, or hide in plain sight. They often go their entire lives without seeing another half breed like them so they often have a belief that they are alone in the world. This causes them to either lead a life of crime to survive, or become nomads.

They rarely form relationships outside of crime circles, but deep down they crave a community. The halfling blood in them craves companionship and they often dream of a life in the hills with their imaginary comrades.

Names

It is uncommon for this half breed to have a birth name. Any name that they have is often self appointed or given to them by any adopted parents or guild.

 

MISTRUST

While tieflings have learned to charm those that distrust them through intimidation or persuasion, this half breed rarely interacts with others outside of their pack (if they have one). However, when they do interact, they don't need to say a lot to communicate that which is intended to be communicated. They are naturally concise and direct and don't mince words. This is often shocking to those who they do talk to as it is not uncommon for someone to know this half breed for years without ever hearing them speak a word. The shock that the communication incurs is off putting enough to usually make any sort of interaction end in this half breeds favor.

Tiefling/Halfing Traits

This half breed shares some of the traits from their infernal descendants, as well as the traits from their halfling side.

Nimbleness

You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.

Brave

You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Lucky

When you roll a 1 on the d20 for an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 1, and your Charisma score increases by 1, and your Dexterity increases by 1. Strength is reduced by 1. 

Age

The Tiefling/Halfing reaches adulthood at 15 and usually lives longer than a century.

Alignment

There is no innate alignment from their race, but the circumstance of their existance often yields aligments of evil and chaos. However this is largely a nurture trait so if the Tiefling/ Halfling is adopted by a neutral or good guild, they will most likely mimic that alignment.

Size

Tiefling/Halflings are 2-3 feet shorter than Tieflings. Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Thanks to your infernal heritage, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Hellish Resistance

You have resistance to fire damage.

Infernal Legacy (modified)

You feel your infernal legacy in your blood, however your size and innate dissonance from this legacy due to your mixed blood causes the trait inheritance to be divided. Beginning at the 3rd level, you can choose to take the Mischief or Rage option.

Mischief is that you know the Thaumaturgy cantrip and at then at the 5th level you know the Darkness spell.

Rage is that you know Hellish Rebuke and can use the ability once per long rest, and the target creature rolls a saving throw with disadvantage. However, you take one point of exhaustion after using this ability. 

 

CHA is the spellcasting ability for both options.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Infernal and one other language of your choice.