Tiefling
Tiefling are the newest race to populate the world of Pharus. It is believed that Asmodeus inserted the race into Pharus during The Great War, taking advantage of the chaos that spread across the world. He introduced the race to balance the power in case Orcus was successful in his schemes to rule Pharus. When Orcus was defeated and banished back to Thanatos, Asmodeus abandoned the Tieflings, forcing them to fend for themselves. Other races across Pharus despise and fear the Tiefling, equating their appearance and Century of Cataclysm that almost destroyed civilization.
Basic Information
Anatomy
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 human coloration, but also include various shades of red. Their hair, cascading down from behind their horns, is usually dark, from black or brown to dark red, blue, or purple.
Tieflings are about the same size and build as humans.
Growth Rate & Stages
Tieflings mature at the same rate as humans but live a few years longer.
Ecology and Habitats
Tieflings subsist in small minorities found mostly in human cities or towns, often in the roughest quarters of those places, where they grow up to be swindlers, thieves or crime lords. Sometimes they live among other minority populations in enclaves where they are treated with more respect.
Behaviour
Tieflings subsist in small minorities found mostly in human cities or towns, often in the roughest quarters of those places, where they grow up to be swindlers, thieves or crime lords. Sometimes they live among other minority populations in enclaves where they are treated with more respect.
Lacking a homeland, tieflings know that they have to make their own way in the world and that they have to be strong to survive. They are not quick to trust anyone who claims to be a friend, but when a tiefling's companions demonstrate that they trust him or her, a tiefling learns to extend the same trust to them. And once a tiefling gives someone loyalty, the tiefling is a friend or ally for life.
Additional Information
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Darkvision. Hellish Resisitance. Infernal Legacy.
Geographic Distribution