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* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: A warlord is always mightier than a captain and a captain more than a foot soldier. [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership This is because only the strongest among them get to become leaders in the first place.]]

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* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: A warlord is always mightier than a captain and a captain more than a foot soldier. [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership This is because only the strongest among them get to become leaders in the first place.]]

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* BigRedDevil: The standard tiefling appearance invokes this; with red skin, large horns, and tails.

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* BigRedDevil: The standard tiefling appearance invokes this; this, with red skin, large horns, and tails.



* CuteLittleFangs: Commonly Tiefling's are depicted with pronounced canines; not to a vampire's extent but enough to be noticeable. While it may serve to make them more threatening, its often used to evoke this image.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Generally, art will emphasise how attractive Tieflings are, especially Tiefling women. Tiefling men are still commonly depicted as either ruggedly handsome or PrettyBoy types, but Tiefling women in particular often have their beauty emphasised, to the point they're often presented as MsFanservice (and even when not, are presented as endearingly cute).

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* CuteLittleFangs: Commonly Tiefling's Commonly, Tieflings are depicted with pronounced canines; not to a vampire's extent but enough to be noticeable. While it may serve to make them more threatening, its often used to evoke this image.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Generally, art will emphasise emphasize how attractive Tieflings are, especially Tiefling women. Tiefling men are still commonly depicted as either ruggedly handsome or PrettyBoy types, but Tiefling women in particular often have their beauty emphasised, emphasized, to the point they're often presented as MsFanservice (and even when not, are presented as endearingly cute).



* DivineParentage: A common, but not universal, origin -- subsequent game editions have emphasized that tieflings can have entirely non-sexual origins, including being the result of one parent making a deal with a fiend, or being cursed, or practicing BlackMagic, or conceiving them in an area tainted by the presence of a long-dead fiend...
** 5th Edition presents an array of tiefling subtypes tied to specific archdevils, allowing characters to "inherit" specific power sets while also acknowledging that this can be a metaphorical inheritance. Levistus for example imbues his tiefling with [[AnIcePerson Stygian ice magic]], Zariel's tieflings can [[SpellBlade enhance their melee attacks with fire or radiant damage]], Dispater, Fierna and Glasya all grant their tieflings [[SneakySpySpecies magic to hide themselves and bend others to their will]], and so forth.

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* DivineParentage: A common, but not universal, origin -- subsequent game editions have emphasized that tieflings can have entirely non-sexual origins, including being the result of one parent making a deal with a fiend, or being cursed, or practicing BlackMagic, or conceiving them in an area tainted by the presence of a long-dead fiend...
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fiend... 5th Edition presents an array of tiefling subtypes tied to specific archdevils, allowing characters to "inherit" specific power sets while also acknowledging that this can be a metaphorical inheritance. Levistus for example imbues his tiefling with [[AnIcePerson Stygian ice magic]], Zariel's tieflings can [[SpellBlade enhance their melee attacks with fire or radiant damage]], Dispater, Fierna and Glasya all grant their tieflings [[SneakySpySpecies magic to hide themselves and bend others to their will]], and so forth.



* WingedHumanoid: One variant of tieflings, as depicted in the ''Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide'', swaps the normal inborn magical abilities for a set of wings and a 30 foot fly speed.

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* WingedHumanoid: One variant of tieflings, as depicted in the ''Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide'', swaps the normal inborn magical abilities for a set of wings and a 30 foot fly 30-foot flying speed.

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* MakeMeWannaShout: In 4th Edition, two racial paragon paths imbue the dragonborn with the ability to produce thunder damage BreathWeapon attacks.


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* SuperScream: In 4th Edition, two racial paragon paths imbue the dragonborn with the ability to produce thunder damage BreathWeapon attacks, which mechanically represents powerful shock waves and deafening sounds.

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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Though the standard tiefling in recent editions' game art is red-skinned, blue and purple are also popular amongst tiefling players.

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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Though the standard tiefling in recent editions' game art is red-skinned, blue and purple are also popular amongst tiefling players. In fact, this is at least in-part of the popularity of the race in recent years, given the greater freedom in character customisation it offers.



* CuteLittleFangs: Commonly Tiefling's are depicted with pronounced canines; not to a vampire's extent but enough to be noticeable. While it may serve to make them more threatening, its often used to evoke this image.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Generally, art will emphasise how attractive Tieflings are, especially Tiefling women. Tiefling men are still commonly depicted as either ruggedly handsome or PrettyBoy types, but Tiefling women in particular often have their beauty emphasised, to the point they're often presented as MsFanservice (and even when not, are presented as endearingly cute).



* EvilIsCool: Much like the drow, tieflings are popular amongst those players who like playing characters with a bit of a darker edge. So much so, that from 4th Edition onward they've become playable from the first player's handbook.

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* EvilIsCool: Much like the drow, tieflings are popular amongst those players who like playing characters with a bit of a darker edge. So much so, that from 4th Edition onward they've become playable from the first player's handbook. Of course, with Tieflings in particular the appeal is less that EvilIsCool, but rather ''Resisting'' Evil Is Cool; generally, Tieflings are presented as being not inherently evil by nature, but merely being assumed as such because of their ancestry, and while many may be encouraged to go down the evil route as [[ThenLetMeBeEvil a result of the mistreatment they're given]], they're equally encouraged to reject their ancestry and embrace being heroes.


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* HornedHumanoid: As of 4th edition, this is probably their most distinct physical trait, and generally Tieflings who try to hide their nature do so by finding ways to cover their horns. Their otherworldly skin and pointed ears can be simply mistaken as traits of an exotic elf subrace, but the horns are what signal them specifically as a tiefling.


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* MonochromaticEyes: Often depicted with these, and its a physical trait that's specifically described in the Player's Handbook, usually described as glowing pupilless orbs.


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* OneHeadTaller: DependingOnTheArtist, tieflings can be on either side of this, being depicted as notably shorter than humans on average or notable taller. A lot of it ties into Tiefling's status as the HotAsHell CuteMonsterGirl race, and the preferences of the artist/player; if one is more attracted to taller statures, Tieflings are commonly a StatuesuqeStunner that lean on the tall side, while those who find shorter statures more attractive, they'll often be below 5'5.
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* RetGone: Downplayed, but in 2023, it was announced that in future Player's Handbooks, Half-Elves and Half-Orcs were being discontinued as distinct races, instead providing more broad rules for hybrid characters. Ostensibly, Half-Elves still ''exist'' and players can still play as them, but rather than having their own skills, players are encouraged to choose the abilities of either parent, then simply describe them with physical traits from both parents.


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* RetGone: Downplayed, but in 2023, it was announced that in future Player's Handbooks, Half-Elves and Half-Orcs were being discontinued as distinct races, instead providing more broad rules for hybrid characters. Ostensibly, Half-Orcs still ''exist'' and players can still play as them, but rather than having their own skills, players are encouraged to choose the abilities of either parent, then simply describe them with physical traits from both parents. While the reasoning for both is to move away from the outdated language and potential offence towards real-world biracial heritages, with Half-Orcs his is also in-part due to plans for full-blooded Orcs to be [[PromotedToPlayable promoted to a core race]].
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* CarnivorousHealingFactor: 5th edition lizardfolk player characters get the "Hungry Jaws" ability, making them able to take a bite from a living enemy and gain temporary hit points equal to their constitution modifier.

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