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Tiefling
TieflingPHB48
Abilities Charisma and either
Constitution or Intelligence
Skills +2 Bluff
+2 Stealth
Size Medium
Speed Average
Vision Low-Light
Languages Common, Infernal, choice of one other
Traits Bloodhunt
Fire Resistance
Infernal Wrath
Avg. height 5´6˝ – 6´2˝
167 – 187 cm
Avg. weight 140 – 230 lbs.
63 – 104 kg

Tiefling is a player character race in Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition as one of the core races in the 'Player's Handbook'.[PH:48][HotFK:270]

Racial Traits[]

Bloodhunt
You gain a minor racial bonus to attack rolls against bloodied foes.
Fire Resistance
You have resist fire a moderate amount + one-half your level.
Infernal Wrath
You can use infernal wrath as an encounter power.

Race-Specific Feats[]

The following feats have Tiefling as a prerequisite. Other prerequisites are noted.

Heroic Tier (any level) Paragon Tier (11th or higher)
Epic Tier (21st or higher)
  • Hellfire Teleport[PHRT:28]
  • Hell's Burning Mark[PHRT:28]
  • Renewed Wrath[PHRT:28]
  • Royal Command of Asmodeus[PHRT:28]

Bloodlines[]

Three Tiefling bloodlines were covered in the pages of Dragon; the Blood-Crowned Courtiers (Dragon #381), the Broken Mirrors of Levistus (Dragon #383) and the Blightseers of Baalzebul (Dragon #387). The Blood-Crowned Courtiers were represented by the ability to switch out infernal wrath as a racial power for diabolic transformation, similar to the Dragonfear Dragonborn, whilst the latter two bloodlines gained additional racial powers. Also, Blood-Crowned Courtiers lacked a Paragon Path, whilst both of the others possessed one.

Blood-Crowned Courtier Bloodline[]

Broken Mirrors Bloodline[]

  • Mantle of Misfortune (core bloodline feat)
  • Accidental Tells
  • Guardian's Mishaps
  • Lucky Misfortune
  • Broken Mirror Paragon Path

Blightseers Bloodline[]

  • Gaze of Ruin (core bloodline feat)
  • Benefit of Foresight
  • Lasting Decay
  • Ruin of Flesh
  • Sweeping Gaze
  • Seer of Endings Paragon path

Tiefling Racial powers[]

Tieflings have access to the following racial utility powers:

  • Hellish Gaze (2)
  • Grim Isolation (6)
  • Hellfire Shroud (10)
  • Eternal Returns (16)

Favored classes[]

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