Ī tiefling's skin may be an unusual color, tinted green, blue or red. Some have few of these traits, while others have several. These unique traits may give a clue to the tiefling's ancestry. Tieflings descended from a variety of extraplanar creatures can vary widely in appearance, from the monstrous to those who pass for human. Most have at least one feature that betrays their heritage: red eyes, small horns, or a missing shadow are common.
This is most common among the tieflings of distant planes, whose faint fiendish ancestry is ancient and unknown to them. Some tieflings pass almost completely for human. Fangs or pointed teeth are common among all types of tieflings.
Cat eyes and furry skin belie rakshasa heritage, while bruised-looking blue skin is particular to those descended from night hags, who often also have small horns or glowing red eyes. Those descended from demons tend to have similar traits, but without hooves or goatlike legs, which are particular to those of devilish origin. Those descended from devils, if they are not of the blood of Asmodeus, may resemble the infernal tieflings not of Asmodeus (as mentioned above). Their appearance varies considerably, and often reflects that of their fiendish ancestor. These tieflings are descended from various evil beings, including demons, devils, rakshasas, night hags, or the avatars of evil deities. These too are historically called tieflings, although they are rare in Faerûn since the Spellplague, a magical cataclysm which transformed all tieflings there into those of the blood of Asmodeus. Planar tieflingsĪcross the many planes of the multiverse are countless humans who bear a bloodline from the Lower Planes. They may possess more or fewer than five fingers in each hand, goat-like legs, furry or leathery skin, a non-prehensile tail, glowing red eyes, or skin which is hot to the touch. Some cast no shadow, or make no reflection. Unique traits include smaller horns, fangs, a forked tongue, catlike eyes, cloven hooves in place of feet, scaly skin, red or dark blue skin, or a smell of brimstone. There are also tieflings who bear the blood of hellish beings other than Asmodeus, and consequently have a varying physical appearance. Their hair is usually dark and sometimes in unnatural colors like red, blue or purple. They also possess long, thick tails and vampire-like pointed teeth. They possess horns, in a great variety of shapes: some curled like a ram, some spiral like a gazelle, and others ugly flat plates extending sideways from the forehead. Their skin ranges from the normal human tones to a hellish red, and their eyes are featureless orbs of solid black, red, white, silver, or gold. These tieflings resemble humans, but with very obvious infernal heritage. The best known of these are bear the blood of Asmodeus. In many worlds, these are the most numerous type, to the extent that "tiefling" has become synonymous with them. At least one bookmark, leatherette “hide” cover material, special edging for the pages, and a full-color, 220+ page interior that features new stunning color artwork are all part of this Deluxe package.įind out more information and back this project at Kickstarter.In the current era, the name "tiefling" is most often given to specific peoples whose ancestry is connected to the Nine Hells. This Deluxe W20 Changing Breeds Kickstarter is designed to enable us to create a prestige hardcover edition that will look like a companion volume to the Deluxe Werewolf 20th Anniversary Edition. – New information on the three Lost Breeds: the Apis wereaurochs, Camazotz werebats, and Grondr wereboars. – Character creation information for each Breed, including Gifts, rites, fetishes, and more besides. – Details on the eleven Changing Breeds who hunt in modern times, from the Ajaba werehyenas to the Rokea weresharks
Storytellers who want to breathe more life into an antagonist and players who want to portray a different werebeast will find all of the information they need in this book. All eleven Changing Breeds are described in detail, along with the three long-extinct lost breeds. This book brings the Changing Breeds to life, giving players and Storytellers tools to integrate shapeshifters into the World of Darkness. The Changing Breeds will take their rightful place in the world, and woe betide anyone who stands in their way. Hyenas choose the slain and call down the rain as they fight a desperate war for their homeland. Spiders spin their webs, each silken strand reflecting how the world should be.Bloody-handed serpents kill swiftly and vanish into shadow and myth. The Changing Breeds hunt places where wolves do not tread, from the storm-tossed skies and sun-lost seas, to the jungle depths and broad deserts. The werewolves are not the only changing creatures to stalk the world.