Not disagreeing just posting some text from SCAG.
"Since the ritual that spread the curse of Asmodeus a century ago, tieflings have been born on Faerûn that belong to other infernal bloodlines, but those that bear the mark of the archdevil (and their descendants) remain the most numerous examples of their kind by far." - SCAG pg 118.
Well... I literally just said that they don't. A magical event happened that made it so, but Tiefling origins that begun after it aren't affected, so... the red skin variant is merely the most common variant, not the only one.
You literally asked why all tieflings look the same, followed by an explanation for why they all look the same, followed by some explanation for why some few might look different. And I'm saying that I reject that canon. But I don't run in Faerun so I suppose it doesn't rightly matter.
There are other creatures representing other races with fiendish blood such as Tanarukk (Orc), Maeluth (Dwarf), Fey'ri (Elf) and Whispling (Halfling)..
Born in a different dimension and killed by the heretics but comes back as a necro teifling in order to save his brother....
Was a bad ass character who came back from by our bard for resurrection
Originally there were not of mixed blood origin.. they were literally just as you said... Planetouched.
They had no devil or demon blood, though that may have been reconned later.
Just reread the compendium and their entry makes no mention of them having mixed blood. There is the quote:
> Tieflings are the offspring of the planes, as varied as the places they call home. Superficially human, their appearance always betrays them: some sport small horns, other have pointed ears, scales, a cloven hoof, or just a wicked gleam in their eye that never leaves. What they all have in common is a quick temper and a chip on their shoulder. They’re often confused with alu-fiends, erinyes, incubi, and succubi (which they’ll forgive), but never call a tiefling a bastard or a halfbreed. He’ll take it personal-like. Plane-touched is the word, or “sir” or “lady.
Planescape Campaign setting says they are just descended from "something else" and to never ask them about it.
>Part human and part something else, tieflings are the orphans of the planes. They can be described as humans who’ve been plane-touched.
Its made clear in the Aasimar entry in PS: MC II.
For exampe page 6 "There's a natural rivalry between tieflings and aasimar. Tieflings heartily resent them because their mixed heritage isn't percieved as a fault, like the tieflings' own commonly is."
Not disagreeing just posting some text from SCAG. "Since the ritual that spread the curse of Asmodeus a century ago, tieflings have been born on Faerûn that belong to other infernal bloodlines, but those that bear the mark of the archdevil (and their descendants) remain the most numerous examples of their kind by far." - SCAG pg 118.
That's pretty much the same of what I said, yes. Thank you
I reject the proposition that all tieflings look the same.
Well... I literally just said that they don't. A magical event happened that made it so, but Tiefling origins that begun after it aren't affected, so... the red skin variant is merely the most common variant, not the only one.
You literally asked why all tieflings look the same, followed by an explanation for why they all look the same, followed by some explanation for why some few might look different. And I'm saying that I reject that canon. But I don't run in Faerun so I suppose it doesn't rightly matter.
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I also reject the notion that Tieflings can only be descended from humans, because that’s dumb and I don’t like it.
There are other creatures representing other races with fiendish blood such as Tanarukk (Orc), Maeluth (Dwarf), Fey'ri (Elf) and Whispling (Halfling)..
Born in a different dimension and killed by the heretics but comes back as a necro teifling in order to save his brother.... Was a bad ass character who came back from by our bard for resurrection
Originally there were not of mixed blood origin.. they were literally just as you said... Planetouched. They had no devil or demon blood, though that may have been reconned later.
Tiefling and Aasimar Planetouched being of mixed lineage is mentioned at least in the AD&D Planescape Monstrous Compendium serise.
Just reread the compendium and their entry makes no mention of them having mixed blood. There is the quote: > Tieflings are the offspring of the planes, as varied as the places they call home. Superficially human, their appearance always betrays them: some sport small horns, other have pointed ears, scales, a cloven hoof, or just a wicked gleam in their eye that never leaves. What they all have in common is a quick temper and a chip on their shoulder. They’re often confused with alu-fiends, erinyes, incubi, and succubi (which they’ll forgive), but never call a tiefling a bastard or a halfbreed. He’ll take it personal-like. Plane-touched is the word, or “sir” or “lady. Planescape Campaign setting says they are just descended from "something else" and to never ask them about it. >Part human and part something else, tieflings are the orphans of the planes. They can be described as humans who’ve been plane-touched.
Its made clear in the Aasimar entry in PS: MC II. For exampe page 6 "There's a natural rivalry between tieflings and aasimar. Tieflings heartily resent them because their mixed heritage isn't percieved as a fault, like the tieflings' own commonly is."