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#1 Incendavis Jan 10, 2015 16:52:06	Hey guy's so recently the Tiefling has caught my attention in DnD and I have a few questions about them     Can they have wings (That would be really cool) How exactly do you roleplay them How Demonic must my character look? How long is the Tiefling lifespan is it only a few(3ish) years longer than humans or like 80  The book really doesnt give me an exact awnser that I like Also must I have horns, and if I do , must I have horns like a ram or gazzele or can I have somthing like this http://www.tentonhammer.com/image/view/252935 Also can my tiefling look a little like the Eradar/Draenei from wow? (It would be cool to pull some aspects from them, my friends are bugging me to shout You face Juraxxas :P Don't plan on taking Dranei features just curious) Also should I post this in the Player help section instead?
#2 Mecheon Jan 10, 2015 17:35:21	Basically it can change depending on what you want. However...   1: I think so? I know I've seen winged Tieflings around, and I'm sure their counterpart the the aasimar can have them, plus Pathfinder's tiefling table thing has wings I'm sure 2: However you want. I personally go for human with a massive chip on their shoulder sick of people making assumptions about them just because they've got some demon blood in them 3: Exactly as much as you want. Some just have a tail 4: You don't need horns but they could probably look like whatever you want. 5: I guess? I'd generally say a bit more Hellboy and less Draenei though
#3 cbwjm Jan 10, 2015 17:42:58	Unlike previous editions (Especially 2E with Placescape) the teiflings in the PHB are a specific type of race, a bloodline of humanity corrupted by Asmodeus which has given them a somewhat uniform appearance.   They don't  have wings. They appear as demonic as they do in the PHB. You could also find plenty of images from 4E. I'd say you could have horns like in the image. I kind of see the horns as similar to hair colour/type in humans so plenty of variation. No idea on lifespan, I'm assuming similar to human but I'm a bit clueless in that aspect.   That's the standard anyway. There is no reason not to change them up a bit in your game, perhaps in your world they do look like the Eredar/Draenei in WoW.   Roleplaying them is up to you but I'd say most commoners would look on them with fearful curiosity due to their demonic appearance so they may be a little jaded in their interactions with others. They do have excellent charisma though so perhaps they are charmers attracting people to them due to their exotic appearance.
#4 MechaPilot Jan 10, 2015 18:09:06	Incendavis wrote:
#5 Llenlleawg Jan 11, 2015 2:28:14	Wings? No, unless for some reason the DM says yes. Of course, the DM could also grant dragonborn wings, or elves, or gnomes, or really anything else.   In general, the ability to be able to fly is not easily acquired in D&D. Druids can fly using Wild Shape, but obviously only in the form of a beast that flies (e.g. a crow or falcon or hawk), and that is both a limited resource and one with its own inherent limits. The spell fly is 3rd level (so a minimum of a 5th-level caster), less limited in one sense, but still a limited resource (requiring the use of a spell slot). A sorcerer of draconic heritage can fly at will by sprouting wings, but only at 14th level!   However, I don't see any reason you couldn't have vestigial wings. They wouldn't work (i.e. you couldn't use them to fly, any more than you could use your horns as a weapon), but like your horns, they would manifest your fiendish/diabolical heritage.
#6 Brock_Landers Jan 11, 2015 2:58:38	I would suggest going with 2nd Ed Tieflings (the original); vary, according to Fiendish heritage.
#7 EzechielDantan Jan 11, 2015 4:40:42	No, I definitely would not allow flight. It is far from a situational ability, it allows you to circumvent many challenges and simplifies tactics. Flight is a bit hard to achieve in 5th edition, partially because you need concentration to cast a fly spell, so it is infact much better than a 3rd lvl wizard spell being active all the time and more secure.   I might allow some limited flight it in exchange for a -2 constitution penalty in some campaigns, no heavy armor / carrying up to 5 lbs per point of strength and flying up to a minute at a time or such.
#8 Knight_Marshal Jan 11, 2015 6:44:05	Level 14 Dragon Blooded Sorcerer will give anyone wings, so when I get there, my Tiefling will fly like the eagles, to the sea.