Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. 114‒238 lb (51.7‒108 kg)[7] In this world, vampires are a product of an ancient pact formed with various demons. General Information Humanoid Evil or not, an independent nature inclines many tieflings toward a chaotic alignment. Different vampire clans are created by different demons. Helpful. All of these are an act of course but he plays it well. Remixes … So, somewhere, someone in their ancestry made a decision to try and improve his or her station, or a powerful entity invaded their life and turned everything upside down with lasting consequences. Anyway, she plays it as a super devout Cleric who proselytizes constantly. #3. provokastoras. Afraid of being judged When Adriel was 18 his father brought him before his celestial patron and beseeched that Adriel too become a Warlock like him. This, along with their natural propensity for hiding and deceit helped to give tieflings a reputation for thievery and duplicity. In the fervor of this they burned down her adoptive father's church for harboring a Tiefling, they burned him in the town square. To a large degree, tieflings were more capable of guile than a great number of races, but these were not their dominant qualities. 2: They fiendish and celestial blood cancel out, creating a human, elf, whatever the non planar part of their blood was. The devil asked him what he was doing way up here and he explained his situation and how he was ready to end his life. He and a group called the Toril Thirteen, a coven of warlocks, performed a rite where Asmodeus claimed all tieflings in the world as his own. The first thing we need to do is clarify the purpose of a backstory. [15], In Mulhorand, the most common tieflings were often those spawned from a union with Sseth or Sebek. [19], The former tieflings, who were proud of their fiendish past, were often fascinated by the dark and sinister events that touched the world, but were not necessarily evil or inclined to perpetuate them. He gave him the name Adriel and kept him hidden from the people knowing their hearts and raised him as his own. These tieflings often had their own physical characteristics that set them apart. First session I show up looking for subcontractors to help with a kobold problem. This include their attitude regarding their heritage, and while some tieflings embraced it, others were repulsed by it, forging the two most common stereotypes of tieflings. [10], In 1358 DR, a warlock coven known as the Toril thirteen performed a ritual that cursed most tiefling lineages—those of demons, devils, hags, and rakshasas, among others—with the "blood of Asmodeus", changing their original lineage with that of the archdevil himself. Why are these attributes manifesting now? ... Tiefling Parents (d8) Birthplace (d100) Siblings (d10) Family (d100) Absent Parent (d4) Family Lifestyle (3d6) Childhood Memories (3d6) Age (d100) Class (d100) Before leaving, Traian convinced Nicor to sneak away from their home after decades of captivity despite the certain fury that would follow from their parents. There was animosity towards the Tieflings for a few generations, but it was over a thousand years ago when it happened. The trick is that the contracts are written in illusory script and they actually say they are signing themselves into Slavery. However as he was still knew to his powers he was still captured. First appearance 1: It becomes either a tiefling or an aasimar. After the orphanage he competed in the victim olympics winning bronze in self loathing. A sorcerer with draconian bloodline, similarly, has at least one bloodline derived from dragons. Comment Report abuse. Most tieflings were, however, the grandchildren or even great-grandchildren of fiends and in Mulhorand's neighbor, Thay, most tieflings were spawned deliberately by powerful wizards as part of some elaborate plot for power. LG NG CG LN N CN LE NE CE A tiefling is versatile enough to be just about anything, although they make poor sorcerers. They're less "make a deal with the devil and your descendant shows up a Tiefling" and more he was a demon Genghis Khan that conquered most of the world, and all his kids were Tieflings. [10], Tieflings had an innate resistance to heat and had a hint of bloodlust that gave them a slight edge in combat. To hide his identity, Nicor took up a new name, Tome, and left the estate posing as his brother's court advisor. Ability Score Modifiers: Tieflings are quick in body and mind, but are inherently strange and unnerving. Did the character learn to run away when he was young? Other tieflings allied themselves with the genasi servants of Memnon in Calimshan, where they were a valued addition to the efreeti's war against his rival Calim. Beshaba, the goddess of bad luck, for instance, appealed to many of the race, owing to tieflings' collective sense of misfortune. Additionally, she is being hunted by an Aasimar Paladin Inheritor who is the distant relative of those devoted humans who fled the castle upon the fiends arrival. Many tieflings multiclass between rogue and another class; even the most skilled tiefling wizard might have a knack for tumbling, opening locks, or sneaking about. And he is a tot mama’s boy. [20], Some tieflings also had the innate ability to cast a darkness spell, though not all of the race exhibited this trait. Language(s) Were they from a n… Anyway, those are my thoughts. Carnivore[4] Tieflings preferred to wear light armor and rarely used shields. I am playing a tiefling whisper bard in an upcoming campaign that takes the whole infernal heritage thing to heart. [13] Those tieflings who did reach adulthood could be expected to age at roughly the same rate. They even roasted insects and considered raw bone marrow a delicacy. What's the best backstory you played with about this? So, in an effort to prove himself to his village, Nowy left to become a wanderer. They consumed blood, blubber, bone, gristle and meat. As a compromise, the old man called his adopted son "Nowy". Reverting the tieflings to their Planescape-style backstory is fine too, but the sense of heritage and group identity in Bael Turath is a particularly useful source of motives for heroes and villains alike. Type Some did this through constantly doing good, as though to make up for the evil that begot them. However, members of other races would find that once they demonstrated friendship and trust towards a tiefling, it would quickly be reciprocated in full. Size Subtype(s) Note though that this was a homebrew setting, and Tieflings all trace their origins back to a single demon.