evildm
Explorer
Hey all,
Despite the Tiefling being an LA +1 (ECL 2) creature. I thought up a way so players could play them at first level. Simple as this...
Race: Pick Tiefling, as normal.
Class: Pick an actual class (fighter, cleric, etc).
Instead of applying all the racial traits of the Tiefling, just apply the following:
Racial Abilities:
- +2 Int, -2 Cha
- Medium-size
- Base speed 30ft
- +2 Racial bonus on Bluff and Hide
- Darkvision 60ft
- Outsider
- Automatic Languages: Common. Bonus: Any (except secret)
- Favored Class Rogue
Then, once the character reaches enough XP for level 2, DO NOT level them up, instead apply the following:
- +2 Dex
- Cold, Fire, and Electricity resistance 5
- Darkness (sp) 1/day
That's all there is to it. Hope people like it. You can do this with any ECL creature that only has 1 HD that it exchanges. Just use SS to find out what makes up the LA and split it up. Let them pick their class as first level, and then layer on the abilities at each "level" after that.
Oh, and sorry if somebody's already done this, I didn't look very hard, but I still looked (and didn't find anything).
Despite the Tiefling being an LA +1 (ECL 2) creature. I thought up a way so players could play them at first level. Simple as this...
Race: Pick Tiefling, as normal.
Class: Pick an actual class (fighter, cleric, etc).
Instead of applying all the racial traits of the Tiefling, just apply the following:
Racial Abilities:
- +2 Int, -2 Cha
- Medium-size
- Base speed 30ft
- +2 Racial bonus on Bluff and Hide
- Darkvision 60ft
- Outsider
- Automatic Languages: Common. Bonus: Any (except secret)
- Favored Class Rogue
Then, once the character reaches enough XP for level 2, DO NOT level them up, instead apply the following:
- +2 Dex
- Cold, Fire, and Electricity resistance 5
- Darkness (sp) 1/day
That's all there is to it. Hope people like it. You can do this with any ECL creature that only has 1 HD that it exchanges. Just use SS to find out what makes up the LA and split it up. Let them pick their class as first level, and then layer on the abilities at each "level" after that.

Oh, and sorry if somebody's already done this, I didn't look very hard, but I still looked (and didn't find anything).