In our group, we have both a tiefling sorceress and my infernal pact warlock, so we made the logical choice and decided that HER ancestor is MY patron. The story potential (and the "you're dating my grandma" jokes) have flowed like water
I'm playing a demon sorceress right now! and I want to get a character to make a pact with me so I can become a legendary demon!!! Lol My character's named Dionysus after the Greek God of pleasure, wine, and orgies. There were many famous Cults of Dionysus in mythology, so I think it would be really fun to play as a young fucked up Dionysus just trying to start Her own fun Cult of Pleasure. "Pleasure is the greatest, nay, the only good in this God forsaken World. I devote my eternal soul to the quest of maximizing pleasure for all living creatures!!" -Diona the Demon Cult Sorceress
I think it would be really funny to be the "supernatural being" powering a warlock character hahaha. Or even a Palidan or another sorcerer would fit! It will be hilarious if I can get a lot of acolytes!!! 😆😆😆😜
My daughter is playing a tiefling bard who was adopted and raised by kind halflings. Her best friend is her older adopted sister - a half-elf. The inner desire to find where she really came from leads her out on adventure. She sneaks out of the house at night and her mother catches her, but instead of being upset she is understanding and gives her a ring of warmth to remember her mother's embrace.
I have in my campaign a feral tiefling druid that uses his heritage as a way to scare away poachers from this small sanctuary he built in his neck of the woods. He'd use his wild shape to turn into something the poachers would be willing to hunt, lure them into a trap and scare the living shit out of them.
Very cool idea! I really like that you chose to scare rather than kill, as well, giving the poachers a chance to change their ways, which a Tiefling may understand better than anyone.
@@maid_of_heart3261 There's a neat idea--a Tiefling, a Dragonborn, a Half-Orc, and a Yuan-Ti find out that the same bard sired all of them, and they decide to find him. Along the way, it becomes clear that this bard intends to challenge himself by trying to make the goddess of hatred fall in love with him, and his children have to stop him from disrupting the balance of the multiverse.
Maybe their ancestor was a satyr but went from the feywild to the shadowfell... a dark twist that can manifest as a tiefling type character cursed by the darkness and bargains the ancestor faced.
I haven't played many Tieflings, but my favorite one I've done was Spore Druid that was descended from Zuggtmoy. He was a Hermit that couldn't stand being clean. So the campaign descended to the party trying desperately to keep the Tiefling clean, and the Tiefling rolling in every mud puddle he could find.
That sounds super fun to play, very creative. What does he look like? I’m fascinated with designs and sad that most people go with the same-y asmo Tiefling look.
@@EndertheDragon0922 He was a little emaciated moldy green skinned Tiefling. Instead of horns he had almost antler-like fungal growths that crowned his head. No tail, but his feet were like four toed roots similar to a Treant.
I made a Tiefling samurai. Inspired by Onis and the samurai masks that portray demon faces.. Dipping into 3 levels of hexblade for flavor and that charisma use. The rest is fighter samurai. He wants to be a hero for the people regardless of how they see him.
The built-in rp considerations are what I love about Tieflings: discovering one's mysterious heritage, facing possible persecution along the way, fighting against one's own nature or perhaps leaning into it. Most interesting 'race' in my humble opinion.
@@wolves600 If you're a draconic sorcerer tiefling you could be descended from Tiamat (through the draconic devils she creates), which could be really interesting if you're playing Rise of Tiamat
I once played a Wild Magic Tiefling. Now the cool thing about him was that he looked human at first. But every time he got a Spell from his Infernal Legacy it transformed his body into a more ,,Normal" Tiefling.
Holy shit I'm doing the same thing right now, except every trigger raises the chance percent by one. And then I have set percentages where physical/mental transformations happen
Great idea for character flavor. Physical changes could also happen when good / evil acts occur - especially with a mixed Devil/ Angel parentage tiefling.
I’m playing a wild magic sorcerer who was human but due to the events of the pre story had their nature more or less changed to a changeling. While figuring out he powers she’s masquerades as a female version of her Tiefling boyfriend.
I love to make characters that encompass the whole redemption arc. I have a Levistus Tiefling Redemption paladin/Hexblade that used to be part of a cult that was trying to free Levistus from his ice tomb but saw the error in her ways and now uses a shard of his tomb as her spell focus to siphon his power and weaken him. She made an Oath to Ilmater to bare the pain of using the shard in an effort to ensure Levistus never escapes.
I love the idea of tieflings being treated as a devil or demon by small town and villages but when they come to big cities like Waterdeep they are not bothered by commoners👍🏼👍🏼💯
Tieflings have been my favorite race to play from the moment they were introduced as a player race. I think it's something about the horns and colorful skin tones....
Lately I’ve been digging the idea of a Charlatan Tiefling who grew up in poverty and pretended to be interested in a Paladin Order to get a place to stay, but inadvertently finds an instructor who is willing to give them a chance to be good instead of judging them by their devilish appearance
LoL I'm sure they'll get a kick out of that if they see the comment. But seriously... Your choice of two stat boosts and a feat at level one. What's not to love? Haha
There used to be a half celestial/half demonic race, but I’m not sure if it was home brew or not. I think it was called a Nephilim. One of my favorite races was the Eneko, which is a half-giant / ogre hybrid.
Could I request a video about playing lizardfolk? With that whole thing about their alien mind, and their primitive culture, playing one can be quite the experience, but maybe also a challenge to some, so a video about them could be very helpful and interesting.
From how its described I imagine it like a Vulcan or a Borg trying to adapt to social interaction. Probably the best excuse to play a True Neutral character I think.
Love this! I have a friend playing a Tiefling barbarian in our next campaign and she didn’t know about the sub races in mordenkainen's tome of foes and boy did she light up when I told her. She’s now playing a Zariel (duh) tiefling and we both can’t wait for the campaign to start next semester!
See I’d argue that out of all Druids, Tieflings make excellent wildfire Druids. Drawing out their inner hellfire to create a little flame imp to so some silliness.
I play a drow tiefling descended from Lolth herself. according to family legend, anyway. she's a lawful good celestial warlock / life cleric descended from a royal house of abyssal drow tieflings.
I have a male drow grave cleric who failed a mission and got de-frocked by Lolth on the spot, while he was still on the surface. Now he is a Corellon convert, and Chaotic Neutral hopefully drifting toward Good. His overriding obsession is pissing in Lolth's plans any time he has the opportunity, since he has a pretty good idea what she would have asked him to do in any given situation. He used to be an industrial safety inspector. What that really means is that he got sent in after accidents to see if anyone could be Revivified.
My Tiefling is a Warlock whose character concept was "The one your granny warned you about during the Satanic Panic". He just wants you to live deliciously!
Love this guide. I’m working on a tiefling wizard, who uses a special amulet to disguise himself as a human, yet has to revert back every 48 hours. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
My tiefling wizard just wears welder's goggles to cover his eyes, a big wizard hat to cover his horns, and a cape/cloak to cover his tail. The rest of the party found out he was a tiefling when he took off the goggles as they entered a dark cave, because his dark vision doesn't work with the goggles on. He'd taken them off briefly previously, but at that point he didn't trust them as much yet, so he used thaumaturgy to make his eyes look normal first.
My tiefling is a rogue/bard multiclass who was hired to be the guy that finds stuff and knows how to talk his way into certain places. He's also of Glasya's bloodline which makes the parties current mission of challenging Mammon very interesting for him.
The backup character to my Wednesday night campaign is a tiefling paladin. If he makes it into the campaign, he will be going after the two vampires that have taken over the boom town near the silver mine. Not to free the townsfolk, just to put it under his rule instead. I'm not sure yet how well that will mesh with the other party member's goals, but we'll see. My current character wants the undead out of commission as well, but for an entirely different reason. That one is a grave cleric/assassin.
I'm currently playing a Teifling Bard and i's been a lot of fun so far, my bard really gets into Tango music and the combination of their disconcerting appearance and the foreign music always makes the social aspect of the game really cool.
Tiefling paladins are my favorite. There's something about a character that splits the difference between their own inner nature and their faith that appeals to me. Making a conscious choice to will yourself away from darkness and walk into the light is really awesome. And the struggles that come with it are just a bonus as far as RP goes.
My favorite recent character was a tiefling swashbuckler/archfey warlock of the tome, and a entertainer background. I played him like he’d went searching for something to help protect his destiny from the pull of the blood war and possible recruitment. So much fun
My new tiefling I've been working on is a Rogue with the Entertainer background who disguises themselves in plain sight as a bard. Expertise to give them bonus in performance and either persuasion or deception really sets them apart from your typical rogue, probably using it on stealth + thieves' tools. :) The silver-tongued assassin sort of trope :D Getting the +2 cha and +1 dex from Dispater Tiefling really helps this archetype. I'm excited! Next time I need to make a bard with absolutely no points in charisma or proficiency in performance at all. They just happened to learned how to create magic from music but never cared to learn how to actually play (or just get stage fright). Just prefers to use a sword and only takes spells like feather fall and healing word which either aren't affected by charisma or the charisma mod is just a tiny bonus compared to the impact of the spell
@ 3:59 "tieflings strike that nerve that is the edgelord in all of us." I mean actually everyone I've ever seen play a tiefling including myself is just gay and vibing so.
I started playing DnD a couple of months ago and my character is a druid tiefling that was raised by in a traveling circus until the age of 10 when my character was left in the care of the druid clan. I'm having a blast playing her 😁
We don't think it's necessary to always has to use the cosmology in the 5e books all the time... it's fun to diverge and look back to other editions of D&D for inspiration. We like to be precise with the rules, but anyone can use any lore they like and even within other 5e material tieflings of demonic origins are discussed and explored in brief.
The golden age for D&D Lore was 2nd edition. Go pick up some Planescape books. That's where tieflings originally came from, so I consider that the ûr-canon.
@@AndroidMaxine I'm aware of the unearthed arcana variant but I'm just stating what's official right now. i have nothing against flavoring it differently, I've even used the unearthed arcana it's fun. I'm just stating the CURRENTLY OFFICIAL fact, that as of the PHB, XGE, SCAG, and MTF, Tieflings are essentialy of devil lineage.
My first campaign of 5e I ever played was with my older brother DMing. He had converted an old 3.5 3rd party module based on Diablo 2, so he decided that (based on the lore about nephalem established in Diablo 3) the players could only pick Human (Variant or non), Aasimar, or Tiefling. At the time, there was only the base Tiefling, but I thought it looked like an awesome choice for my bard. I hated that character. But I still am fond of both the Tiefling and the Bard. I think the major issue was that I was the only one into the grim-darkness of the setting and had made a character for that.
Theming is very important part of character creation, we always hear about the brooding loner who's in a light hearted fantasy adventure. The opposite can be just as jarring.
I was waiting for a Tiefling episode!! I'd really love to see some stuff that branched out from just the "Demons or Devils" for their lineage. I imagine someone with, say Oni or Rakshasa bloodlines, would be really cool spins on Tieflings and an interesting new way to roleplay a character using lesser used fiendish outsiders.
My Storm Sorcerer Tiefling is from Kalashtar, and is descended from a Rakshasa, so he looks more like Panther Lily from Fairy Tail than your typical Tiefling.
After a 20 year hiatus from table tops, my first char (and still my favorite) was Miah, the tiefling Arcane Trickster. She was very selfish and mistrustful (CN). After a good chunk of the campaign, she started to finally trust her companions. And in turn, they started to trust her. My dm told me because of the way I was now playing her, her alignment had shifted to CG. Miah and our gruff dwarven cleric initially hated each other, but are now best friends. They've both gone out of the way to save each other several times. It led to some really awesome role playing. :) Anyways. I love rogues, and i love tieflings. and i LOVE tiefling rogues!
I created a tiefling arcane trickster charlatan who skilled heavily into deception and illusion magics. It was a lot of fun but unfortunately only a one shot. So I am thinking of repurposing them as a npc in an upcoming campaign.
@@qtscorpkid Both my previous and current groups have a tiefling and an aasimar in the same party. This even predates aasimar as an official playable race -- we just used the sample version from the DMG verbatim, and retconned once the official races became available.
I made a tiefling fighter as my first character that I’ve played since high school. I’m still in a campaign with him now. This video helped me a lot, thank you
I'm playing a tiefling rogue in my campaign, but am avoiding edgelord. I try to roleplay a more sarcastic, mischievous,and somewhat optimistic Hitman. More like Colin Ferrell in In Bruge
I'm currently playing a Glasya Tiefling, he's a Bard from the Collage of Blades. Horns and tail are all that marks him as something other than a normal Calishite. I'm playing him slightly against type since he is a good-natured jokester with a soft spot for the downtrodden and enslaved due to his own upbringing. Due to events in Curse of Strahd that we're currently playing, his spells have taken a turn towards the more druidic choices on the bards list and he might take a dip into Archfey Warlock if the campaign keep on going for long enough.
Great video! I’m playing a tiefling paladin of Bahamut. She was subjected to prejudice all of her life due to her heritage and so is determined to be the absolute best person she can be. Playing with that duality is a lot of fun. Tieflings are awesome. Best race in the game, I think. So much cool story potential, as you say. Keep up the good work, guys 👍
I've played a couple Tieflings, both leaning into the infernal heritage. One was a Paladin of Conquest/Fiendish Bladelock in the service of Asmodeus for an evil campaign. The other was a Lore Bard that ended up gaining ranks in the the devil hierarchy through skilled negotiations and tactical enchantment uses.
Love that you guys are doing videos for all the different races. Eagerly awaiting the vid for Half-Orcs since they're my favorite race in the PHB. Keep up the excellent work and thank you for all that you do!
My first character was a Teifling Warlock, Infernal pact, with a goal of dethroning the devil lords, and becoming the king of the 9 hells. I love that guy 😈
1. The Devil Went Down to Georgia, with your Tiefling wearing a 3-piece suit seems perfect for a Bard. 2. Redemption Paladin/Hexblade Warlock? Perhaps if you want to look at the struggle between race and belief, specially if you give the legacy of Zariel it seems ripe with flavor posibilities?
My favorite odd combination and current character is a Zariel Tiefling Barbarian Zealot, and I rp it as my characters rage is giving into his demonic heritage to draw strength, which fits Zariel I felt. Great video guys, I’m really enjoying watching your content and find it very helpful and informative.
@@DiscardatRandom, I agree. And since you are a wizard, you might as well go with the variant feral tiefling for the wings because being a wizard means that you already have access to the spells that the tiefling race would give you.
I made a tiefling sorcerer who used the home brewed origin Phoenix. A power passed down to me. Lots of fire spells, some charm spells. A tyrannical wizard pursues my character for my power. My flaw was that if my emotions were unchecked any flame around me could be snuffed or fueled uncontrollably. My backstory involves family, lineage, a childhood lover, etc. Having great fun with this one would recommend.
I've been dipping into DnD as I'm new to all this, so far I've created 3 types of Teiflings and soon there will be more... I'm fascinated with how much imagination can go into all kinds of classes and races it's overwhelming.... I can't wait for what future and classes new will pop up.
Funnily enough,my tiefling character is a friendly wizard with little deer horns and tail. Of course, he has an edgy backstory but you wouldn't know it at first.
My favorite character I have made so far is named frixx Branx, he is a pacifistic tiefling wizard that does all he can to protect and help people to show that not all tieflings are as bad as they seem
Group is playing Dungeon of the Mad Mage. 3/4 Tieflings (were gonna be all Tieflings but someone changed to DBorn last minute). Shadow Soul Sorc as an Asmodeus line, Conquest Paladin as Zariel line, and Zealot Barbarian as Zariel line. So much fun, and the Tiefling Barb is a fun time.
I am currently playing as a Zariel Tiefling Fighter. She is our party's defensive bulwark and absurdly hard to kill. The smites that I get from it can be very useful and I usually use my Thaumaturgy cantrip to create essentially signal flare and magnify my voice to communicate at long distances. Honestly probably one of my favorite characters I have made.
I played a tiefling hexblade sailor descended from Levistus in a campaign, and I really enjoyed playing him as a bit of a gregarious charmer out of combat but someone who leaned hard on fear tactics in combat where he would layer on armor of Agathys and shadow of Moil before wading into melee.
My Teifling Warlock is a folk hero that made their fiend pact to save their town. So Teiflings being rare in our campaign people instantly recognize my character. Makes for an interesting roll play experience
My favorite character that I ever played with a tiefling druid. So much fun XD. It's not an optimized build, but it makes sense if you think about it. Tieflings are hated by society. So it makes sense that they would turn away from society, and turn to nature instead.
I’m about to start my first campaign and my first instinct was to play a Tiefling Druid. However when I look into it, it doesn’t seem like the best class.. are you powerful and badass as a druid?
@@vivan6985 Druids are actually crazy strong. They are immensely versatile. The druid spell list gives you the ability to be the party's damage dealer, the buff/support character, the healer, the battlefield control expert, really anything you want. Druids are immensely versatile. They're also more durable than wizards or sorcerers, and Wild Shape is useful both for combat and for noncombat uses such as exploration and infiltration. Druids have pretty much no weakness. Playing a druid well requires you to know your abilities well; it's a class that requires some thought, not like a Paladin where you do exactly one thing (run in and divine smite). But a well-played druid is an immensely powerful character.
@@jamesdosdall8391 thank you so much for this, I was really worried playing a Druid as a tiefling but you definitely gave me some reassurance. Much appreciated
On of my favorite Tieflings Ive used (there are a lot), was Nymeria Creed, a Female Tiefling Glaive wielding Barbarian, her hatres for Yu-an-ti was unstoppable. To bad it was a Dragon in that tomb
my tiefling monk is somewhat fashioned to be a performer or dancer, using flourishes of typical dance moves to attack their opponents. i made sure they still had high charisma for that performance and persuasion to get extra payment for their dances and its worked out really well in my mind! love playing tieflings and love the versatility and flavor of them as well
My favorite character I’ve ever played is a punk rock inspired tiefling bard. Her parents are always trying to get her to help gather souls for the nine hells, but she really just cares about making music, and she kinda rebels against her lawful evil upbringing by being pretty chaotic good
Most recent character I’ve made is a Zariel Tiefling Conquest Paladin. He’s not nasty at all, in fact he’s down right friendly and Neutral Good aligned. But he’s not a religious warrior either. My character idea was an ambitious warrior who aimed to be a king one day, by his own power. Who had the strength of personality to inspire awe in allies, fear in enemies, and even be able to make enemies into friends. The fear based channel divinity for Conquest and the focus on Strength snd Charisma made it a great choice.
This video was a great eye opener for my character. She is a tifling who is a cleric multi class paladin that works with the holly order. Thanks for your help and the information that y’all gave to me on my character creation
My favourite one was a feral tiefling Ranger. Took a few liberties and had them born directly to a succubus but raised by the church to eventually be an inquisitor. Ultimately I used the Spy background and Undead as her favored enemy. It was alot of fun roleplaying all the different ways she used her disguise kit to blend in and hide those obvious bits of fiendish heritage.
One of my favorite things to do with d&d is leave mechanics alone, and radically rework the flavor text. Ravnica gave us the Simic Hybrid race, and I love using the Tiefling in this role as well. Instead of infernal heritage, the altered appearance and powers might have been mutations intentionally designed to make you better at magic. Or in Eberron, the weird effects of the mourning region would be a great nontraditional origin would be great. I just feel like the mechanics of Tiefling are so juicy that they lend themselves to just about any dramatic backstory you can imagine.
By far, my favorite tiefling I ever played was named creed. Levistus tiefling, pale blue skin, usually dressed in a large amount of animal furs because he was always cold, always kept a hood up and over his head to make sure people couldn't see his horns, and was a absolute coward. He had a good reason to be. There was an inquisition out and about that was interrogating and/or murdering anyone with any sort of infernal or non pure human heritage going around at the time. The first few sessions of the campaign he refused to even fight. Worked it out with my DM that he spent a ton of time just as a squirrel following the group around and helping from the shadows because one of them fed him. Heal spells tossed out here and there because he's a druid. Eventually it got to the point where they were all about to die and Creed, in a panic, threw an ice knife and got a double kill. That little blue coward ended up saving the world. Loved playing as him.
I’m a forever DM, but I enjoy making important antagonists full Character sheets, and levels in real classes, I feel like it gives those important enemies a sense of weight. One of my favorites was a Tiefling of Mephistopheles with the Feral variant. He had 6 levels in Sorcerer (draconic, red), and 4 in Warlock (Fiend) with the draconic bloodline reflavored as Infernal. He was truly a monster for my players to fight, a long final encounter that spanned about a month of our lives, it was glorious.
I played a tiefling monk in 4th edition, and it was hilarious. I managed to take him into 5th and it's still hilarious, because the resistance to fire let's you really fight dirty sometimes. Such as grappling an opponent into a bonfire and fighting them there or just holding them
One of the rival enemy NPCs in my game is a Zariel Tiefling, named Zan-Ki Godai. A Bard of Swords/Hexblade Warlock to an Ancient Emerald Dragon, who is hunting the party under false pretenses of his patron's incessant paranoia. He has a jovial nature typical of a Bard, but finds strength and purpose in his pact and has every bit of power to back up his foolery. Often referring to himself as "the Emerald Emissary". Zan-Ki is a party favorite XD
I am playing a tiefling assassin, is a purple antlered version with red eyes covered in tattoos he looks scary but is as camp as Christmas, but works for a rogue organisation who brings justice to corrupt aristocracy.
I am playing in an Avernus campaign where I am a Tiefling descendant of Zariel who swore an Oath of Vengeance against her. I have decided to go two level Paladin and the rest Storm Sorcerer. Also I will be picking up the Infernal Constitution feat which when combined with class features Give me resistance to Fire Cold Poison Lightning and Thunder. All together its pretty amazing to be this much of a protagonist to the campaign and kick so much butt.
Currently playing Glasya Tiefling Shadow Magic Sorcerer. The disguise self and invisibility really lend themselves to being a sneaky spellcaster. Instead of being born with her Shadow magic powers, she gained them when she was banished to the Shadowfell for being different. Very fun to play!
I just rolled a winged teifling hexblade warlock/bard at level 3 last night. I was amazed at how much damage I put out compared to the rest of the party. I used some Bardic tactics for the fun of it, but I beat the crap out of stuff with my hex weapon. I hit 95% of the time, and my AC kept me safe most of the time. And my intimidation and deception skills are huge. It was fun because I can still provide a support roll for my party while also impacting our total DPS. And I did it all because I watched your video on multiclassing with a 1 level dip into hex warlock.
i went with a goblinoid-tiefling homebrew race i created and balanced (honestly a fun race build) with help from my dm to play test it and using the tiefling-variant rules from the PHB along with the goblinkin base from Explorers guide to wildemount. (specifically went desert goblin with imp ancestry). plus doing an ex-pirate background with a warlocks: pact of the blade makes for a super fun build and saves quite a bit on gold.
My first character: Tiefling Storm Sorcerer with one level dips in Bard and Hexblade Warlock. It's been quite fun, the versatility and potency. In our campaign setting, Tieflings are frightening to small town folk but don't cause much suspicion in big cities.
I just started in a DnD campaign, and I'm playing a tiefling wizard that was abandoned as a baby and raised by researchers in an academy. Growing up he learned the ways of magic, and casts spells through cards. He wants to learn about the world. He looks up to the cleric of the party, an aasimar that he became fast friends with. He is an absolute cinnimon roll.
I have a Dispater Tiefling, he’s a warlock but his pact is from UA - the Seeker. I also have a more traditional PHB Tiefling Fiend pact, he’s in a Guardians of the Galaxy adjacent setting so he’s more like an alien and or related to beings from another dimension and two sides of his family are in competition for attention with him somewhat in the middle.
Tieflings are my favorite race on D&D. Also I've always made more goofy and soft characters. I'm currently playing a tiefling monk (who I love more that I should) that's an absolute softie. I think this is a race that has as much potential for "softer that they look" kind of characters as they have for edgy characters and, knowing how to do so, they can be really fun and lovable for the party
The first character I played as was a Tiefling who’s mother was a tiefling but his father was a wood elf, and all at the same time he was a draconic sorcerer. So all in all he was a half Tiefling, half elf, and had a blue dragon ancestor who he ended up meeting.
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In our group, we have both a tiefling sorceress and my infernal pact warlock, so we made the logical choice and decided that HER ancestor is MY patron. The story potential (and the "you're dating my grandma" jokes) have flowed like water
There is almost unlimited potential with RP when it comes to warlocks and semi-humans.
Oh my god... I think we have witnessed a glimpse of perfection.
Also a VERY important question... does her grandma make cookies?
and if so what kind?
@@TheFearsomeRat the answer is thicc cookies
I'm playing a demon sorceress right now! and I want to get a character to make a pact with me so I can become a legendary demon!!! Lol
My character's named Dionysus after the Greek God of pleasure, wine, and orgies. There were many famous Cults of Dionysus in mythology, so I think it would be really fun to play as a young fucked up Dionysus just trying to start Her own fun Cult of Pleasure.
"Pleasure is the greatest, nay, the only good in this God forsaken World. I devote my eternal soul to the quest of maximizing pleasure for all living creatures!!" -Diona the Demon Cult Sorceress
I think it would be really funny to be the "supernatural being" powering a warlock character hahaha. Or even a Palidan or another sorcerer would fit!
It will be hilarious if I can get a lot of acolytes!!! 😆😆😆😜
My daughter is playing a tiefling bard who was adopted and raised by kind halflings. Her best friend is her older adopted sister - a half-elf. The inner desire to find where she really came from leads her out on adventure. She sneaks out of the house at night and her mother catches her, but instead of being upset she is understanding and gives her a ring of warmth to remember her mother's embrace.
"I'm not crying, I'm sweating from my eyes."
that's so wholesome 😭😭😭😭❤
Kyle Thomas haha is that a Phineas and Ferb quote?
@@ethanlocke3604 might be, most recent one was from CN's Gumball.
Kyle Thomas ah, that’s possible
"Tieflings lean into more edgy and evil characters"
My pastel pink tiefling bard, in the middle of giving an orphan a gold piece: Bruh
Hags do give coins to children too.
Most tieflings I've played/met are pretty much marshmallows who like hugs tbh.
@@matthewbrandt5053 So they are burned alive and eaten?
@@Nubbletech well my currently Tiefling was almost hung in his backstory for being a tiefling sooo...
MOOD mine is just a celebrity who wants to bring as much joy as possible
Anyone: "How should I play a Tiefling?"
Dungeon Dudes: "Yes"
The most important thing with playing a tiefling is learning the spelling. If you come to the table with a thiefling instead, that's all on you.
Ah yes the thiefling rouge
NPC: Theif Man!
Teifling: actually we're called, oh wait that's a bandit.
@@kylethomas9130 I'm gonna assume that was intentional.
didn't used to be pronounced toof-ling? or is that wrong?!
@@lockskelington314 Given it's German-derived/faux-German, it'd be from "teufel", so toe-full and toef-ling.
I have in my campaign a feral tiefling druid that uses his heritage as a way to scare away poachers from this small sanctuary he built in his neck of the woods. He'd use his wild shape to turn into something the poachers would be willing to hunt, lure them into a trap and scare the living shit out of them.
Even if the stats aren't optimized, I love coming up with characters that have odd upbringings, or a unique outlook on life.
Very cool idea! I really like that you chose to scare rather than kill, as well, giving the poachers a chance to change their ways, which a Tiefling may understand better than anyone.
@@derekjotyma Exactly!
That’s super awesome, such a cool idea!
I love this!
when i hear bard, did anyone think of the devil and his ability with the violin instead of heavy metal bands ??
My Teifling Bard plays violin, but that's one part irony, two parts class.
The devil went down to Georgia, he was lookin for a soul to steal
He was in a bind cause he was way behind and he was willing to make a deal
Thank you, you made my day!
My tiefling bard is based on Robert Johnson and his infamous deal at the crossroads
Same here, like often in the folklore.
"What a family tree has spawned you..."
*looks at the bard*
Imagine joining an adventuring party and your deadbeat dad is there
@@maid_of_heart3261 ... ... ... I need to go talk to my cousin who likes bards
@@maid_of_heart3261 There's a neat idea--a Tiefling, a Dragonborn, a Half-Orc, and a Yuan-Ti find out that the same bard sired all of them, and they decide to find him. Along the way, it becomes clear that this bard intends to challenge himself by trying to make the goddess of hatred fall in love with him, and his children have to stop him from disrupting the balance of the multiverse.
Now I want to play a Tiefling Druid Charlatan with no tail, cleft feet, and horns who is simply trying to convince the world he is a Satyr.
How did it go? Or how is it going?
Genius!!
.... Might have to snag that idea
Maybe their ancestor was a satyr but went from the feywild to the shadowfell... a dark twist that can manifest as a tiefling type character cursed by the darkness and bargains the ancestor faced.
I haven't played many Tieflings, but my favorite one I've done was Spore Druid that was descended from Zuggtmoy. He was a Hermit that couldn't stand being clean. So the campaign descended to the party trying desperately to keep the Tiefling clean, and the Tiefling rolling in every mud puddle he could find.
NPC: Who's that outside?
Party Face: ...That's our Druid.
@@kylethomas9130 The little hobo playing in the dirt lol.
That sounds super fun to play, very creative. What does he look like? I’m fascinated with designs and sad that most people go with the same-y asmo Tiefling look.
@@EndertheDragon0922 He was a little emaciated moldy green skinned Tiefling. Instead of horns he had almost antler-like fungal growths that crowned his head. No tail, but his feet were like four toed roots similar to a Treant.
Matthew Dykeman Ooh I like that a lot. Have any other tieflings? I love seeing creative designs with them
I made a Tiefling samurai. Inspired by Onis and the samurai masks that portray demon faces.. Dipping into 3 levels of hexblade for flavor and that charisma use. The rest is fighter samurai. He wants to be a hero for the people regardless of how they see him.
Noctis Inferno That sounds pretty awesome!
I was just thinking something similar.
The built-in rp considerations are what I love about Tieflings: discovering one's mysterious heritage, facing possible persecution along the way, fighting against one's own nature or perhaps leaning into it. Most interesting 'race' in my humble opinion.
you could extend it even further if you pick draconic bloodline sorcerer because now you have two separate bloodlines to investigate
@@wolves600 If you're a draconic sorcerer tiefling you could be descended from Tiamat (through the draconic devils she creates), which could be really interesting if you're playing Rise of Tiamat
I like the idea of a tiefling who just tries to fit in and get on with their life in a mostly human society, the "I didn't ask for this" guy.
My issue with Teiflings and other races outside of Elves, Dwarves, and Gnomes is they are too d*mn short lived without being a Wizard or Druid.
First ever character was. Teifling Paladin, son of a Sucubus he was raised in a church of the god of mercy and uses his infernal heritage for good
The only boy who could ever reach me... was the son of a Succubus.
Derek Kevin 😂
"Asmodeus Vult!"
I just started a character like this. Tiefling Paladin/Cleric adopted by a Lathanderite priest and raised as a church acolyte.
This sounds like an isekai anime/manga
The best thing about Tieflings is Hellish resistance, fire resistance is awesome to have fron 1st level everything else is just gravy.
"You fell asleep on the campfire again!"
"Mmm, five more minutes."
It’s great when your magic user decides to use fireball to clear out the dwarves house your in.
Oh
My pot roast is done
Now where did I put those hot pads?
Screw it, I don't need em
and at level 4, you can get resistance to both cold and poison damage as well.
@@thewonderfullymadejaraid7015 they areany racial traits which other races have which are far mor broken then tiefling
I once played a Wild Magic Tiefling.
Now the cool thing about him was that he looked human at first. But every time he got a Spell from his Infernal Legacy it transformed his body into a more ,,Normal" Tiefling.
Holy shit I'm doing the same thing right now, except every trigger raises the chance percent by one. And then I have set percentages where physical/mental transformations happen
Great idea for character flavor. Physical changes could also happen when good / evil acts occur - especially with a mixed Devil/ Angel parentage tiefling.
I’m playing a wild magic sorcerer who was human but due to the events of the pre story had their nature more or less changed to a changeling. While figuring out he powers she’s masquerades as a female version of her Tiefling boyfriend.
I love to make characters that encompass the whole redemption arc. I have a Levistus Tiefling Redemption paladin/Hexblade that used to be part of a cult that was trying to free Levistus from his ice tomb but saw the error in her ways and now uses a shard of his tomb as her spell focus to siphon his power and weaken him. She made an Oath to Ilmater to bare the pain of using the shard in an effort to ensure Levistus never escapes.
Perfect timing! Going over my Tiefling Chef (Alchemist) now... especially considering the Artificer class in Eberron seems undercooked...
🥁🥁🥁
There's several things I like about a Teifling passionate about cooking, one is accidentally making supper too spicy for the non-fire resistant party.
Oh hey I’m going to be playing a tiefling Battle Smith that loves to play with the magic of the world
I love the idea of tieflings being treated as a devil or demon by small town and villages but when they come to big cities like Waterdeep they are not bothered by commoners👍🏼👍🏼💯
Tieflings have been my favorite race to play from the moment they were introduced as a player race. I think it's something about the horns and colorful skin tones....
Well, horns _do_ make everything better
Lately I’ve been digging the idea of a Charlatan Tiefling who grew up in poverty and pretended to be interested in a Paladin Order to get a place to stay, but inadvertently finds an instructor who is willing to give them a chance to be good instead of judging them by their devilish appearance
I wish someone loved me as much as these guys love the variant human.
LoL I'm sure they'll get a kick out of that if they see the comment. But seriously... Your choice of two stat boosts and a feat at level one. What's not to love? Haha
Tieflings are one of my favorite races, with my favorite being Aasimar. Seems to be a theme...
Put them together and you get an Aasling
There used to be a half celestial/half demonic race, but I’m not sure if it was home brew or not. I think it was called a Nephilim.
One of my favorite races was the Eneko, which is a half-giant / ogre hybrid.
My first character is a Tiefling, and I want to do Aasimar for another, eventually. Gotta try something non-charisma based for a change first, though.
A tiefling/aasimar two man party would be really interesting. Kind of a Good Omens uneasy alliance kind of vibe
@Simon Johnston
Aasimar: We’re not even friends!
Tiefling: Oh we are too!
Could I request a video about playing lizardfolk? With that whole thing about their alien mind, and their primitive culture, playing one can be quite the experience, but maybe also a challenge to some, so a video about them could be very helpful and interesting.
From how its described I imagine it like a Vulcan or a Borg trying to adapt to social interaction.
Probably the best excuse to play a True Neutral character I think.
Runesmith does a humourous but still solid one.
Basically Lizardfolk
Oh yeah that would be fantastic. I just started playing a Lizardfolk Shaman in Hoard of the Dragon Queen.
I love my tiefling
Love this! I have a friend playing a Tiefling barbarian in our next campaign and she didn’t know about the sub races in mordenkainen's tome of foes and boy did she light up when I told her. She’s now playing a Zariel (duh) tiefling and we both can’t wait for the campaign to start next semester!
So how was it
See I’d argue that out of all Druids, Tieflings make excellent wildfire Druids. Drawing out their inner hellfire to create a little flame imp to so some silliness.
Draconic Tiefling wildfire Druid + shapechange dragons and demons oh my
I play a drow tiefling descended from Lolth herself. according to family legend, anyway. she's a lawful good celestial warlock / life cleric descended from a royal house of abyssal drow tieflings.
I have a male drow grave cleric who failed a mission and got de-frocked by Lolth on the spot, while he was still on the surface. Now he is a Corellon convert, and Chaotic Neutral hopefully drifting toward Good. His overriding obsession is pissing in Lolth's plans any time he has the opportunity, since he has a pretty good idea what she would have asked him to do in any given situation.
He used to be an industrial safety inspector. What that really means is that he got sent in after accidents to see if anyone could be Revivified.
My Tiefling is a Warlock whose character concept was "The one your granny warned you about during the Satanic Panic". He just wants you to live deliciously!
Love this guide. I’m working on a tiefling wizard, who uses a special amulet to disguise himself as a human, yet has to revert back every 48 hours. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
My tiefling wizard just wears welder's goggles to cover his eyes, a big wizard hat to cover his horns, and a cape/cloak to cover his tail. The rest of the party found out he was a tiefling when he took off the goggles as they entered a dark cave, because his dark vision doesn't work with the goggles on.
He'd taken them off briefly previously, but at that point he didn't trust them as much yet, so he used thaumaturgy to make his eyes look normal first.
My tiefling is a rogue/bard multiclass who was hired to be the guy that finds stuff and knows how to talk his way into certain places. He's also of Glasya's bloodline which makes the parties current mission of challenging Mammon very interesting for him.
The backup character to my Wednesday night campaign is a tiefling paladin. If he makes it into the campaign, he will be going after the two vampires that have taken over the boom town near the silver mine. Not to free the townsfolk, just to put it under his rule instead. I'm not sure yet how well that will mesh with the other party member's goals, but we'll see.
My current character wants the undead out of commission as well, but for an entirely different reason. That one is a grave cleric/assassin.
I'm currently playing a Teifling Bard and i's been a lot of fun so far, my bard really gets into Tango music and the combination of their disconcerting appearance and the foreign music always makes the social aspect of the game really cool.
Tiefling paladins are my favorite. There's something about a character that splits the difference between their own inner nature and their faith that appeals to me. Making a conscious choice to will yourself away from darkness and walk into the light is really awesome. And the struggles that come with it are just a bonus as far as RP goes.
My favorite recent character was a tiefling swashbuckler/archfey warlock of the tome, and a entertainer background. I played him like he’d went searching for something to help protect his destiny from the pull of the blood war and possible recruitment. So much fun
My new tiefling I've been working on is a Rogue with the Entertainer background who disguises themselves in plain sight as a bard. Expertise to give them bonus in performance and either persuasion or deception really sets them apart from your typical rogue, probably using it on stealth + thieves' tools. :) The silver-tongued assassin sort of trope :D Getting the +2 cha and +1 dex from Dispater Tiefling really helps this archetype. I'm excited!
Next time I need to make a bard with absolutely no points in charisma or proficiency in performance at all. They just happened to learned how to create magic from music but never cared to learn how to actually play (or just get stage fright). Just prefers to use a sword and only takes spells like feather fall and healing word which either aren't affected by charisma or the charisma mod is just a tiny bonus compared to the impact of the spell
Its neat how easy it is to make a Bard work, without investing heavily in charisma.
@ 3:59 "tieflings strike that nerve that is the edgelord in all of us." I mean actually everyone I've ever seen play a tiefling including myself is just gay and vibing so.
One of my fav characters I've played was a winged tiefling barbarian. A hot raging lesbian
My bi ass starting my 1st character ever and being like "tieflings are clearly the coolest" then reading this comment...attacked.
Why is this true
I started playing DnD a couple of months ago and my character is a druid tiefling that was raised by in a traveling circus until the age of 10 when my character was left in the care of the druid clan. I'm having a blast playing her 😁
A player in my campaign (currently) set in Avernus is a Zariel Tiefling Barbarian role played as a mix of Hell Boy and John Wayne. Love it.
In 5e Tiefling's are specificly of devil lineage as stated in the PHB, XGE and MTF.
unearthed arcana has an abyssal variant however, my character uses that one
There actually quite a few variants of Tiefling's.
AJ Pickett did a great lore video on them: th-cam.com/video/1rD-sA6P3AU/w-d-xo.html
We don't think it's necessary to always has to use the cosmology in the 5e books all the time... it's fun to diverge and look back to other editions of D&D for inspiration. We like to be precise with the rules, but anyone can use any lore they like and even within other 5e material tieflings of demonic origins are discussed and explored in brief.
The golden age for D&D Lore was 2nd edition. Go pick up some Planescape books. That's where tieflings originally came from, so I consider that the ûr-canon.
@@AndroidMaxine I'm aware of the unearthed arcana variant but I'm just stating what's official right now. i have nothing against flavoring it differently, I've even used the unearthed arcana it's fun. I'm just stating the CURRENTLY OFFICIAL fact, that as of the PHB, XGE, SCAG, and MTF, Tieflings are essentialy of devil lineage.
My first campaign of 5e I ever played was with my older brother DMing. He had converted an old 3.5 3rd party module based on Diablo 2, so he decided that (based on the lore about nephalem established in Diablo 3) the players could only pick Human (Variant or non), Aasimar, or Tiefling. At the time, there was only the base Tiefling, but I thought it looked like an awesome choice for my bard.
I hated that character. But I still am fond of both the Tiefling and the Bard. I think the major issue was that I was the only one into the grim-darkness of the setting and had made a character for that.
Theming is very important part of character creation, we always hear about the brooding loner who's in a light hearted fantasy adventure. The opposite can be just as jarring.
I was waiting for a Tiefling episode!! I'd really love to see some stuff that branched out from just the "Demons or Devils" for their lineage. I imagine someone with, say Oni or Rakshasa bloodlines, would be really cool spins on Tieflings and an interesting new way to roleplay a character using lesser used fiendish outsiders.
My Storm Sorcerer Tiefling is from Kalashtar, and is descended from a Rakshasa, so he looks more like Panther Lily from Fairy Tail than your typical Tiefling.
we just started a new campaign with my party where i am playing a tiefling sorcerer and the timings for this video couldn't be better :)
I've always wondered what a Divine Soul Teifling would play out like.
Kyle Thomas I’m currently playing one out right now and it’s certainly very interesting lol
After a 20 year hiatus from table tops, my first char (and still my favorite) was Miah, the tiefling Arcane Trickster. She was very selfish and mistrustful (CN). After a good chunk of the campaign, she started to finally trust her companions. And in turn, they started to trust her. My dm told me because of the way I was now playing her, her alignment had shifted to CG.
Miah and our gruff dwarven cleric initially hated each other, but are now best friends. They've both gone out of the way to save each other several times. It led to some really awesome role playing. :)
Anyways. I love rogues, and i love tieflings. and i LOVE tiefling rogues!
“The tiefling lands in that middle, where it could swing either way” uh huh they sure do bud
I created a tiefling arcane trickster charlatan who skilled heavily into deception and illusion magics. It was a lot of fun but unfortunately only a one shot. So I am thinking of repurposing them as a npc in an upcoming campaign.
Loved this! Any chance we could get a video on the counterparts of Tieflings, Aasimar?
Yup, we'll be covering all the official player options.
@@DungeonDudes Fantastic! I can't wait to see it!
Almost did a set of brothers. One a tiefling and other an asimar just to dial sibling rivalry up to 1000
@@qtscorpkid Both my previous and current groups have a tiefling and an aasimar in the same party. This even predates aasimar as an official playable race -- we just used the sample version from the DMG verbatim, and retconned once the official races became available.
I made a tiefling fighter as my first character that I’ve played since high school. I’m still in a campaign with him now. This video helped me a lot, thank you
I'm playing a tiefling rogue in my campaign, but am avoiding edgelord. I try to roleplay a more sarcastic, mischievous,and somewhat optimistic Hitman. More like Colin Ferrell in In Bruge
I'm currently playing a Glasya Tiefling, he's a Bard from the Collage of Blades. Horns and tail are all that marks him as something other than a normal Calishite. I'm playing him slightly against type since he is a good-natured jokester with a soft spot for the downtrodden and enslaved due to his own upbringing.
Due to events in Curse of Strahd that we're currently playing, his spells have taken a turn towards the more druidic choices on the bards list and he might take a dip into Archfey Warlock if the campaign keep on going for long enough.
Great video!
I’m playing a tiefling paladin of Bahamut. She was subjected to prejudice all of her life due to her heritage and so is determined to be the absolute best person she can be. Playing with that duality is a lot of fun. Tieflings are awesome. Best race in the game, I think. So much cool story potential, as you say.
Keep up the good work, guys 👍
I've played a couple Tieflings, both leaning into the infernal heritage. One was a Paladin of Conquest/Fiendish Bladelock in the service of Asmodeus for an evil campaign. The other was a Lore Bard that ended up gaining ranks in the the devil hierarchy through skilled negotiations and tactical enchantment uses.
Love that you guys are doing videos for all the different races. Eagerly awaiting the vid for Half-Orcs since they're my favorite race in the PHB. Keep up the excellent work and thank you for all that you do!
This video really helped me develop my tiefling character. Thank you!
My first character was a Teifling Warlock, Infernal pact, with a goal of dethroning the devil lords, and becoming the king of the 9 hells. I love that guy 😈
That sounds dope. I’m thinking of making a tiefling wild magic sorcerer that used to be a human before his magic mutated him.
Great video guys! Keep it up! My first D&D game is on the 31st and I'm excited!
Have fun!!
1. The Devil Went Down to Georgia, with your Tiefling wearing a 3-piece suit seems perfect for a Bard.
2. Redemption Paladin/Hexblade Warlock? Perhaps if you want to look at the struggle between race and belief, specially if you give the legacy of Zariel it seems ripe with flavor posibilities?
My favorite odd combination and current character is a Zariel Tiefling Barbarian Zealot, and I rp it as my characters rage is giving into his demonic heritage to draw strength, which fits Zariel I felt. Great video guys, I’m really enjoying watching your content and find it very helpful and informative.
Hows does a Tiefling Necomancer via Wizard sound?
Prob should go with the variant that has a bonus to dex
@@DiscardatRandom nah for a necromancer I’d take the bloodline of Baalzebub for the +1 to INT and crown of madness
@@DiscardatRandom, I agree. And since you are a wizard, you might as well go with the variant feral tiefling for the wings because being a wizard means that you already have access to the spells that the tiefling race would give you.
Cool
I made a tiefling sorcerer who used the home brewed origin Phoenix. A power passed down to me. Lots of fire spells, some charm spells. A tyrannical wizard pursues my character for my power. My flaw was that if my emotions were unchecked any flame around me could be snuffed or fueled uncontrollably. My backstory involves family, lineage, a childhood lover, etc. Having great fun with this one would recommend.
I've been dipping into DnD as I'm new to all this, so far I've created 3 types of Teiflings and soon there will be more... I'm fascinated with how much imagination can go into all kinds of classes and races it's overwhelming.... I can't wait for what future and classes new will pop up.
Same
Funnily enough,my tiefling character is a friendly wizard with little deer horns and tail. Of course, he has an edgy backstory but you wouldn't know it at first.
My favorite character I have made so far is named frixx Branx, he is a pacifistic tiefling wizard that does all he can to protect and help people to show that not all tieflings are as bad as they seem
Group is playing Dungeon of the Mad Mage. 3/4 Tieflings (were gonna be all Tieflings but someone changed to DBorn last minute). Shadow Soul Sorc as an Asmodeus line, Conquest Paladin as Zariel line, and Zealot Barbarian as Zariel line. So much fun, and the Tiefling Barb is a fun time.
I am currently playing as a Zariel Tiefling Fighter. She is our party's defensive bulwark and absurdly hard to kill. The smites that I get from it can be very useful and I usually use my Thaumaturgy cantrip to create essentially signal flare and magnify my voice to communicate at long distances. Honestly probably one of my favorite characters I have made.
I have a Divine Soul Tiefling. It's pretty good.
I played a tiefling hexblade sailor descended from Levistus in a campaign, and I really enjoyed playing him as a bit of a gregarious charmer out of combat but someone who leaned hard on fear tactics in combat where he would layer on armor of Agathys and shadow of Moil before wading into melee.
My Teifling Warlock is a folk hero that made their fiend pact to save their town. So Teiflings being rare in our campaign people instantly recognize my character. Makes for an interesting roll play experience
My favorite character that I ever played with a tiefling druid. So much fun XD.
It's not an optimized build, but it makes sense if you think about it. Tieflings are hated by society. So it makes sense that they would turn away from society, and turn to nature instead.
I’m about to start my first campaign and my first instinct was to play a Tiefling Druid. However when I look into it, it doesn’t seem like the best class.. are you powerful and badass as a druid?
@@vivan6985 Druids are actually crazy strong. They are immensely versatile. The druid spell list gives you the ability to be the party's damage dealer, the buff/support character, the healer, the battlefield control expert, really anything you want. Druids are immensely versatile. They're also more durable than wizards or sorcerers, and Wild Shape is useful both for combat and for noncombat uses such as exploration and infiltration. Druids have pretty much no weakness. Playing a druid well requires you to know your abilities well; it's a class that requires some thought, not like a Paladin where you do exactly one thing (run in and divine smite). But a well-played druid is an immensely powerful character.
@@jamesdosdall8391 thank you so much for this, I was really worried playing a Druid as a tiefling but you definitely gave me some reassurance. Much appreciated
On of my favorite Tieflings Ive used (there are a lot), was Nymeria Creed, a Female Tiefling Glaive wielding Barbarian, her hatres for Yu-an-ti was unstoppable. To bad it was a Dragon in that tomb
I just started D&D and I am a tiefling ! I am loving it but trying to learn the game and my character
Just made a Tiefling Four Elements Monk(mostly fire of course)for my campaign and he's just trying to prove himself to the world
my tiefling monk is somewhat fashioned to be a performer or dancer, using flourishes of typical dance moves to attack their opponents. i made sure they still had high charisma for that performance and persuasion to get extra payment for their dances and its worked out really well in my mind! love playing tieflings and love the versatility and flavor of them as well
I love playing my tiefling ranger. Unfortunately, when I first made him, I didn't have access to all these alternate versions.
My current character kurt is a winged tiefling who is the son of Graz’zt and unknowingly the grandson of Asmodeus
My favorite character I’ve ever played is a punk rock inspired tiefling bard. Her parents are always trying to get her to help gather souls for the nine hells, but she really just cares about making music, and she kinda rebels against her lawful evil upbringing by being pretty chaotic good
Most recent character I’ve made is a Zariel Tiefling Conquest Paladin. He’s not nasty at all, in fact he’s down right friendly and Neutral Good aligned. But he’s not a religious warrior either. My character idea was an ambitious warrior who aimed to be a king one day, by his own power. Who had the strength of personality to inspire awe in allies, fear in enemies, and even be able to make enemies into friends. The fear based channel divinity for Conquest and the focus on Strength snd Charisma made it a great choice.
This video was a great eye opener for my character. She is a tifling who is a cleric multi class paladin that works with the holly order. Thanks for your help and the information that y’all gave to me on my character creation
My favourite one was a feral tiefling Ranger. Took a few liberties and had them born directly to a succubus but raised by the church to eventually be an inquisitor. Ultimately I used the Spy background and Undead as her favored enemy. It was alot of fun roleplaying all the different ways she used her disguise kit to blend in and hide those obvious bits of fiendish heritage.
One of my favorite things to do with d&d is leave mechanics alone, and radically rework the flavor text. Ravnica gave us the Simic Hybrid race, and I love using the Tiefling in this role as well. Instead of infernal heritage, the altered appearance and powers might have been mutations intentionally designed to make you better at magic.
Or in Eberron, the weird effects of the mourning region would be a great nontraditional origin would be great.
I just feel like the mechanics of Tiefling are so juicy that they lend themselves to just about any dramatic backstory you can imagine.
By far, my favorite tiefling I ever played was named creed. Levistus tiefling, pale blue skin, usually dressed in a large amount of animal furs because he was always cold, always kept a hood up and over his head to make sure people couldn't see his horns, and was a absolute coward. He had a good reason to be. There was an inquisition out and about that was interrogating and/or murdering anyone with any sort of infernal or non pure human heritage going around at the time.
The first few sessions of the campaign he refused to even fight. Worked it out with my DM that he spent a ton of time just as a squirrel following the group around and helping from the shadows because one of them fed him. Heal spells tossed out here and there because he's a druid. Eventually it got to the point where they were all about to die and Creed, in a panic, threw an ice knife and got a double kill.
That little blue coward ended up saving the world. Loved playing as him.
one of my favorite go to characters is a tiefling open hand monk/battle master fighter.
I’m a forever DM, but I enjoy making important antagonists full Character sheets, and levels in real classes, I feel like it gives those important enemies a sense of weight. One of my favorites was a Tiefling of Mephistopheles with the Feral variant. He had 6 levels in Sorcerer (draconic, red), and 4 in Warlock (Fiend) with the draconic bloodline reflavored as Infernal. He was truly a monster for my players to fight, a long final encounter that spanned about a month of our lives, it was glorious.
I played a tiefling monk in 4th edition, and it was hilarious. I managed to take him into 5th and it's still hilarious, because the resistance to fire let's you really fight dirty sometimes. Such as grappling an opponent into a bonfire and fighting them there or just holding them
One of the rival enemy NPCs in my game is a Zariel Tiefling, named Zan-Ki Godai. A Bard of Swords/Hexblade Warlock to an Ancient Emerald Dragon, who is hunting the party under false pretenses of his patron's incessant paranoia. He has a jovial nature typical of a Bard, but finds strength and purpose in his pact and has every bit of power to back up his foolery. Often referring to himself as "the Emerald Emissary". Zan-Ki is a party favorite XD
I am playing a tiefling assassin, is a purple antlered version with red eyes covered in tattoos he looks scary but is as camp as Christmas, but works for a rogue organisation who brings justice to corrupt aristocracy.
I am playing in an Avernus campaign where I am a Tiefling descendant of Zariel who swore an Oath of Vengeance against her. I have decided to go two level Paladin and the rest Storm Sorcerer. Also I will be picking up the Infernal Constitution feat which when combined with class features Give me resistance to Fire Cold Poison Lightning and Thunder. All together its pretty amazing to be this much of a protagonist to the campaign and kick so much butt.
Currently playing Glasya Tiefling Shadow Magic Sorcerer. The disguise self and invisibility really lend themselves to being a sneaky spellcaster. Instead of being born with her Shadow magic powers, she gained them when she was banished to the Shadowfell for being different. Very fun to play!
19:55 You guys are literally describing Panic Grimtongue.
Yess! Been waiting for this, I love Tieflings so much!
Tiefling Battle master that took all the Charisma based Maneuvers ... it was pretty good. and just a fighter that can see in the dark... great.
I just rolled a winged teifling hexblade warlock/bard at level 3 last night. I was amazed at how much damage I put out compared to the rest of the party. I used some Bardic tactics for the fun of it, but I beat the crap out of stuff with my hex weapon. I hit 95% of the time, and my AC kept me safe most of the time. And my intimidation and deception skills are huge. It was fun because I can still provide a support roll for my party while also impacting our total DPS. And I did it all because I watched your video on multiclassing with a 1 level dip into hex warlock.
My current character, Doctor Asmodius Blackblood is a Tiefling Necromancer Wizard, so much fun riding that line between good and evil!
i went with a goblinoid-tiefling homebrew race i created and balanced (honestly a fun race build) with help from my dm to play test it and using the tiefling-variant rules from the PHB along with the goblinkin base from Explorers guide to wildemount. (specifically went desert goblin with imp ancestry). plus doing an ex-pirate background with a warlocks: pact of the blade makes for a super fun build and saves quite a bit on gold.
My Teifling Ha'aval is a Monk/Cleric, his personality is a jovial/jester type Chaotic Neutral.
My first character: Tiefling Storm Sorcerer with one level dips in Bard and Hexblade Warlock. It's been quite fun, the versatility and potency. In our campaign setting, Tieflings are frightening to small town folk but don't cause much suspicion in big cities.
I just started in a DnD campaign, and I'm playing a tiefling wizard that was abandoned as a baby and raised by researchers in an academy. Growing up he learned the ways of magic, and casts spells through cards. He wants to learn about the world. He looks up to the cleric of the party, an aasimar that he became fast friends with. He is an absolute cinnimon roll.
I have a Dispater Tiefling, he’s a warlock but his pact is from UA - the Seeker. I also have a more traditional PHB Tiefling Fiend pact, he’s in a Guardians of the Galaxy adjacent setting so he’s more like an alien and or related to beings from another dimension and two sides of his family are in competition for attention with him somewhat in the middle.
Tieflings are my favorite race on D&D. Also I've always made more goofy and soft characters. I'm currently playing a tiefling monk (who I love more that I should) that's an absolute softie. I think this is a race that has as much potential for "softer that they look" kind of characters as they have for edgy characters and, knowing how to do so, they can be really fun and lovable for the party
The first character I played as was a Tiefling who’s mother was a tiefling but his father was a wood elf, and all at the same time he was a draconic sorcerer. So all in all he was a half Tiefling, half elf, and had a blue dragon ancestor who he ended up meeting.