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<blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 6631027" data-attributes="member: 11697"><p>4e seems to have based the homogenous 4e tiefling appearance on artwork of the iconic tiefling character that appeared in the very late 3.x 'Age of Worms' AP in Dungeon magazine. The 5e tiefling being almost exactly the same as in 4e and now exclusively devil-blooded by default seems to be entirely because of the devil-blooded tiefling protagonist in Erin Evan's 4e FR novels (who the 5e PHB tiefling writeup features and seems to focus around to the exclusion of any other type).</p><p></p><p>As to the 'why' behind the decision in 4e or to remain with that radically less diverse option in 5e (even when returning to a version of the classic Great Wheel) I can't say. I suspect that the radical diversity of 2e/3e tieflings made it difficult to "brand" from a marketing perspective. That it comes at the expense of possibly my favorite element in the game is IMO unfortunate given the game's rich history that 5e is trying to pay tribute towards. Maybe in the future however 5e will give us some actual Planescape-style tieflings in all their crazy planar mutt diversity. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shemeska, post: 6631027, member: 11697"] 4e seems to have based the homogenous 4e tiefling appearance on artwork of the iconic tiefling character that appeared in the very late 3.x 'Age of Worms' AP in Dungeon magazine. The 5e tiefling being almost exactly the same as in 4e and now exclusively devil-blooded by default seems to be entirely because of the devil-blooded tiefling protagonist in Erin Evan's 4e FR novels (who the 5e PHB tiefling writeup features and seems to focus around to the exclusion of any other type). As to the 'why' behind the decision in 4e or to remain with that radically less diverse option in 5e (even when returning to a version of the classic Great Wheel) I can't say. I suspect that the radical diversity of 2e/3e tieflings made it difficult to "brand" from a marketing perspective. That it comes at the expense of possibly my favorite element in the game is IMO unfortunate given the game's rich history that 5e is trying to pay tribute towards. Maybe in the future however 5e will give us some actual Planescape-style tieflings in all their crazy planar mutt diversity. :D [/QUOTE]
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