Tiefling (race)

Tieflings are a planetouched race of humanoids. They have in their lineage some creature from the lower planes, and have taken on several demonic or devilish traits.

Hackmaster Stats

Ability Score Prerequisites for Tieflings

Dex:

Min: 7/7

Max: 19/19

Int:

Min: 7/7

Max: 19/19

Cha:

Min: 3/3

Max: 17/17

The Upside

Racial Bonuses

• Infravision, can see 120 feet in the dark.
• Darkness: Tieflings can produce the effects of Darkness as a standard action, as the spell (caster level 1st), once per day.

Talents

• +1 bonus on to-hit rolls when using a bow of any sort (except crossbow) or when using a short or long sword
• Move Silently. Opponents suffer a -4 penalty to their surprise die rolls. If the Tiefling must open a door or screen to attack, this penalty is reduced to -2.

Allowable Classes

Fighter, dark knight, magic-user, battle mage, thief, assassin.

Allowable Multi-classes

Fighter/thief, magic-user/thief, magic-user/fighter.

Attribute Modifiers

Tieflings gain/suffer the following bonuses/penalties: +1 Dexterity, +1 Intelligence, -2 Charisma.

• Building Point Bonus: 12.
• Additional Talents: As Human.
• Roll on age and all age-related tables as Human.
• Anything else unmentioned is as Human.

The Downside

• Many Good-aligned people and races harbor suspicion and distrust for Tieflings. Tieflings suffer up to a -2 initial reaction roll penalty. They may suffer additional penalties depending on how obvious their ancestry is from their appearance.
• Tieflings MUST roll on the Tiefling Minor Flaw/Unusual Characteristic Table for a quirk or flaw. They may roll additional times on the Master Table for additional build points if desired, reroll duplicates or increase severity/double effects on duplicate rolls as sensible.

Tables

Tiefling Flaws and Quirks Table

Roll Range	Table to roll on
1-30	Tiefling Minor Flaw/Unusual Characteristic Table
31-60	Tiefling Minor Quirk/Unusual Tendency Table
61-80	Tiefling Major Flaw/Unusual Characteristic Table
81-100	Tiefling Major Quirk/Unusual Tendency Table

Tiefling Minor Flaw/Unusual Characteristic Table

Roll Range	Name	BP Bonus
1-8	Unusual Skin Color	4
9-16	Animal Antipathy (all household/domesticated/farm)	10
17-24	Hellish Body Odor	as table
25-32	Unusual Hair Color	4
33-40	Visible Horns	7
41-48	Excessive Body Heat	4
49-56	Visibly Sharp Teeth	4
57-64	Snake Eyes	4
65-72	Demonic Eye Color	4
73-80	Small Claws Instead of Nails	4
81-88	Forked Tongue	4
89-100	Roll Twice more on this table

Unusual Skin Color

Roll Range	Color
01-10	Pinkish
11-20	Ash
21-30	Blood Red
31-40	Dark Red
41-50	Dark Purple
51-60	Charcoal
61-70	Dark Blue
71-80	Orange
81-90	Porcelain White
91-100	Jet Black

Hellish Body Odor Table

Roll Range	Odor Type and Strength	BP Bonus
01-10	Woodsmoke (inoffensive)	3
11-20	Metallic Smell	5
21-90	Brimstone	6
91-100	Burning Flesh	7

Unusual Hair Color

Roll Range	Color
01-33	Metallic Blue
34-67	Blood Red
68-100	Dark Purple

Horn Types

Roll Range	Horn Type
01-33	Ram
34-67	Antler
68-100	Conical

Demonic Eye Colors

Roll Range	Horn Type
1-20	Golden
21-40	Red
41-60	Purple
61-75	Entirely Black
76-90	Entirely White
91-100	Glowing

Tiefling Major Flaw/Unusual Characteristic

01-40	Acute Allergy to Holy Water	11
41-50	Clawed Hands and Feet	15
51-60	Vestigial Wings (batlike)	11
61-70	Scaly or Leathery Skin	11
71-80	Non-Prehensile Tail	12
81-90	Cloven Hooves for Feet	15
91-100	Roll again on this table and on the Tiefling Minor Flaws table

New Flaws

Hellish Body Odor - As Strange Body Odor from PHB, but varies in intensity and type. The Tiefling with this flaw always has at least a faint scent about them, which can intensify if they are nervous or exerting themselves. For any except "Woodsmoke", the character loses 1 point of Charisma. When active or nervous, the odor is quite noticeable and can potentially give away the character's location or status as a Tiefling (if they were trying to hide it or it is not obvious due to other characteristics).

Notable Characters

• Zevine