Tieflings

Tiefling Traits

Tieflings share certain racial traits as a result of their fiendish decent.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma 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.

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

Subrace. Tieflings have a fiendish ancestor, but there is a great difference between demons and devils. Chose one of the following origins: Abyssal, Infernal, or Feral. This also determines which fiendish legacy you can select.

Abyssal Tiefling

Abyssal tieflings have a demon ancestor.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score is increased by 1.

Appearance. Abyssal tieflings don't have a standard appearance. Choose 1d4+1 of the follow features: small horns; fangs or sharp teeth; a forked tongue; catlike eyes; six fingers on each hand; goatlike legs; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.

Abyssal Fortitude. Your hit point maximum increases by half your level (minimum 1).

Extra Language. You can speak, read, and write Abyssal.

Fiendish Legacy. Choose one from Abyssal Arcana and Wings.

Infernal Tiefling

Infernal tieflings have a devil ancestor.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score is increased by 1.

Hellish Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage.

Extra Language. You can speak, read, and write Infernal.

Fiendish Legacy. Choose one from Blessing of Asmodeus, Tempter's Tongue, and Wings.

Feral Infernal Tiefling

Some devils were caught in the wave of magic that banished the demons to the Abyss. Occasionally wild energies reach forth and regress a mortal member of the bloodline.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength or Dexterity Score is increased by 1.

Hellish Resistance. You have resistance to fire damage.

Extra Language. You can speak, read, and write Infernal.

Fiendish Legacy. Choose one from Blood War Arcana and Wings.

Subtle Infernal Tiefling

Some tieflings don't appear fiendish at all.

Alternate Appearance. You appear as the race of a non-tiefling ancestor. Pick one from the Subtle Ancestry table. This also determines your ability score increase.

Subtle Ancestry table

Race Ability Score Increase Dragonborn Your Strength score increases by 1 Dwarf Your Constitution score increases by 1 Elf Your Dexterity score increases by 1 Gnome Your Intelligence score increases by 1 and your size is small Halfling Your Dexterity score increases by 1 and your size is small Half-Elf Choose one ability score that isn't Charisma, it is increased by 1 Half-Orc Your Strength score increases by 1 Human Choose one ability score that isn't Charisma, it is increased by 1

With your DM's permission, you can pick another race to resemble.

Fiendish Tell. Holy water exposes a subtle tiefling for what she is, as it steams off the body as if thrown onto hot coals. It doesn't deal damage like a fiend exposed to holy water.

Shroud of Lies. You are trained in Deception.

With Fiends Like This. Fiends sense a kinship with you, and don't easily attack you. Any fiend with an Intelligence higher than 3 must make a Charisma saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) to attack you. Once a fiend succeeds on this saving throw it is immune to this effect for 24 hours. If you attack any fiend or force one to make a saving throw against anything other than this trait, you lose the protection of this trait until you finish a long rest.

Fiendish Legacy. Choose one from Blessing of Asmodeus and Tempter's Tongue.

Extra Languages. You can speak, read, and write Infernal and the language of your non-tiefling parent. If that parent doesn't have a specified one, choose one as appropriate.