Tieflings

Tieflings are a mortal race with a predominantly fiendish ancestry. They tend to have brightly coloured or otherwise unusual complexions and manifestations indicative of their fiendish ancestry. Most often they have two or more horns sprouting from their forehead and a long tail. Tieflings are primarily a scattered people, there are six city states that endure with moderate success. In centuries past there was a great deal more Tiefling civilization but is as all fallen to ruin. The most successful of all the Tiefling kingdoms was destroyed when it was used as a staging point for invasion from the negative realms.

Tiefling traits
Tieflings can trace their lineage back to one of five ancestral fiends, dark gods in their own right. The following traits manifest based on whatever bloodline is strongest. All Teiflings have the following traits in common.

Ability score increase:

Your Charisma score increases by 2 points.

Age:

Teifligs reach adulthood in their late teens and live for about a century and a half.

Size:

Teifling characters are between 5 and 7 feet tall and their size is medium.

Speed:

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision:

Teiflings have superior vision in dark and dim Conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in Darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in Darkness, only Shades of Gray.

Languages:

You know Infernal, One Primordial Dialect and one other language of your choice.

Ancestries:
All Tieflings choose one of the following ancestries.

The Horned King, Tsangor
Tieflings of this ancestry have skin tones of red, Orange, Yellow and brown.

Ability score improvement:

Your strength score increases by 1 point

Infernal resistance:

You have resistance to Fire Damage

Legacy of Tsangor:

You know the Firebolt cantrip. When you reach 3rd Level, you can cast the Hellish Rebuke spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. When you reach 5th Level, you can cast the Branding smite spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. Charisma is your Spellcasting Ability for these Spells.

The sculptor of Sorrow, Neltose
Tieflings of this ancestry have skin tones of any shade of grey.

Ability score improvement:

Your Constitution score increases by 1 point

Infernal resistance:

You have resistance to Necrotic damage

Legacy of Neltose:

You know the Thaumaturgy cantrip. When you reach 3rd Level, you can cast the Armor of Agathys spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. When you reach 5th Level, you can cast the Ray of enfeeblement spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. Charisma is your Spellcasting Ability for these Spells.

The Tangled Mind, Yikril
Tieflings of this ancestry have skin tones of many shades of green.

Ability score improvement:

Your intelligence score increases by 1 point

Infernal resistance:

You have resistance to Force Damage

Legacy of Yikril:

You know the prestidigitation cantrip. When you reach 3rd Level, you can cast the Magic missile spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. When you reach 5th Level, you can cast the Levitate spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. Charisma is your Spellcasting Ability for these Spells.

The Laughing shadow, Gazo
Tieflings of this ancestry have skin tones of shades of blue.

Ability score improvement:

Your wisdom score increases by 1 point

Infernal resistance:

You have resistance to psychic damage

Legacy of Gazo:

You know the Thaumaturgy cantrip. When you reach 3rd Level, you can cast the Darkness once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. When you reach 5th Level, you can cast the Crown of madness spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. Charisma is your Spellcasting Ability for these Spells.

The Sly empress, Verdana
Tieflings of this ancestry have skin tones of Pinks and purples.

Ability score improvement:

Your dexterity score increases by 1 point

Infernal resistance:

You have resistance to poison damage

Legacy of Verdana:

You know the friends cantrip. When you reach 3rd Level, you can cast the Charm person spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. When you reach 5th Level, you can cast the suggestion spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. Charisma is your Spellcasting Ability for these Spells.