up:: [[Species]] *Tieflings* are either born in the [[Lower Planes]] or have blood connections to a [[Devil]], [[Demon]], or some other [[Fiend]]. ## [[Fiend|Fiendish]] Legacy A *Tiefling's* connection to the [[Lower Planes]] constitutes their Fiendish Legacy which they can choose to follow or to ignore. ### [[Abyssal]] Legacy > [!quote] Player's Handbook 2024 p.196 > "The entropy of the [[Abyss]], the chaos of [[Pandemonium]], and the despair of [[Carceri]] call to *tieflings* who have the abyssal legacy. Horns, fur, tusks, and peculiar scents are common physical features of such *tieflings*, most of whom have the blood of [[Demon]]s coursing through their veins." ### [[Chthonic]] Legacy > [!quote] Player's Handbook 2024 p.196 > "*Tieflings* who have the [[Chtonic]] legacy feel not only the tug of [[Carceri]] but also the greed of [[Gehenna]] and the gloom of [[Hades]]. Some of these *tieflings* look cadaverous. Others possess the unearthly beauty of a [[Succubus]], or they have physical features in common with a [[Night Hag]], a [[Yugoloth]], or some other [[Neutral Evil]] [[Fiend|Fiendish]] ancestor." ### [[Infernal]] Legacy > [!quote] Player's Handbook 2024 p. > "The [[Infernal]] legacy connects *tieflings* not only to [[Gehenna]] but also the [[Nine Hells]] and the raging battlefields of [[Acheron]]. Horns, spines, tails, golden eyes, and a faint odor of sulfur or smoke are common physical features of such tieflings, most of whom trace their ancestry to [[Devil]]s." >