Homebrew Tiefling Bloodline Species Details

To be greeted with stares and whispers, to suffer violence and insult on the street, to see mistrust and fear in every eye: this is the lot of the tiefling. And to twist the knife, tieflings know that this is because a pact struck generations ago infused the essence of one of the Devils of the Nine Hells into their bloodline. Their appearance and their nature are not their fault but the result of an ancient sin, for which they and their children and their children’s children will always be held accountable.

MUTUAL MISTRUST

People tend to be suspicious of tieflings, assuming that their infernal heritage has left its mark on their personality and morality, not just their appearance. Shopkeepers keep a close eye on their goods when tieflings enter their stores, the town watch might follow a tiefling around for a while, and demagogues blame tieflings for strange happenings. The reality, though, is that a tiefling’s bloodline doesn’t affect his or her personality to any great degree. Years of dealing with mistrust does leave its mark on most tieflings, and they respond to it in different ways. Some choose to live up to the wicked stereotype, but others are virtuous. Most are simply very aware of how people respond to them. After dealing with this mistrust throughout youth, a tiefling often develops the ability to overcome prejudice through charm or intimidation.

Infernal Bloodline

Tieflings are derived from human bloodlines, and in the broadest possible sense, they still look human. However, their infernal 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 coloration and their hair is usually dark, from black or brown to dark red, blue, or purple.

 

 

 

Tiefling Bloodline Traits

Tieflings share certain racial traits as a result of their infernal descent.

Ability Score Increase

As a creature with a long agile tail for nimble movement, your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Tieflings mature at the same rate as humans but live a few years longer.

Alignment

Tieflings might not have an innate tendency toward evil, but many of them end up there. Evil or not, an independent nature inclines many tieflings toward a chaotic alignment.

Size

Tieflings are about the same size and build as humans. Your size is Medium.

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 Bloodlines

You gain the Thaumaturgy cantrip at 1st level. Determined by your chosen Infernal Bloodline, you gain a +1 Bonus in a certain Ability and an additional spell at 3rd and 5th level . These spells do not expend a spell slot and are usable once per Long Rest.

Infernal Bloodlines

DEVIL	ABILITY	SPELLS
Baalzebul	+1 CON	Stinking Cloud, Blight
Dispater	+1 INT	Identify, Detect Thoughts
Fierna	+1 CHA	Charm Person, Suggestion
Glasya	+1 CHA	Disguise Self, Invisibility
Levistus	+1 WIS	Ice Knife, Darkness
Mammon	+1 CHA	Floating Disk, Arcane Lock
Mephistopholes	+1 STR	Burning Hands, Flame Blade
Zariel	+1 STR	Hellish Rebuke, Branding Smite

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Infernal.