But he doesn’t advise his followers to senselessly hunt animals of Faerûn to extinction. His intelligence is only surpassed by his cunning. He’s actually got a lot of admirable qualities. “Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got nothing against Asmodeus per se. When your mission is to destroy a small but growing cult of Asmodeus-worshipping nuts you need all the edge you can get. Besides, the silkroot gives me the edge I need to survive and easily offsets the cherryfire effects. Prior to coming to Neverwinter, I’d never partaken in either cherryfire or silkroot but once I did…I fell in love! Yes, I know what they say about silkroot. Mostly I’m referring to cherryfire, silkroot, and social interactions. “But on the other hand…it’s so easy to acquire things in Neverwinter. And I hate the passers-through, mostly the tradesmen on their way to or from Luskan. I detest the divided loyalties of its people. On the one hand, I loathe the bustling streets filled with street vendors trying to encourage you to part from the last of your copper. My relationship with my home city is dichotomous. A place where one can live in anonymity if not in acceptance. A pinnacle of civilization for the entire Sword Coast. Cyprine by Remton This Neutral Tiefling’s Background:
This is the case with Kallista Hope, a neutral tiefling druid. Or, if not outright evil, they tend to become loners. However, they do still face undue prejudice so some of them are driven towards becoming evil. Indeed, tieflings have essentially become as civil a race as any. Despite an infernal legacy, nothing says a tiefling must be evil.
While you won’t find them in the Player’s Handbook for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition, they are nonetheless a playable race in 5E. Tieflings have come a long way since their introduction to D&D in the Planescape setting.