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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 5289641" data-attributes="member: 11697">Prior to 4e, tieflings were never exclusive to having their mortal heritage be human, or their infernal heritage even be exclusive to a single fiendish lineage. Some tieflings were partially human and partially tanar'ri / demonic, while others might be partially elven and fiendish, or halfling and fiendish, etc. There were also some specific true-breeding lineages of specific mortal and specific fiendish bloodlines (like the gold elf and tanar'ri descended fey'ri from FR).4e broke with that tradition something fierce (or just took the fey'ri example and ran in that direction) and had all tieflings possessed of a common descent. However there's no reason to necessarily stick with the 4e default if it serves you better in-game, and there's plenty of precedent to go many other ways.And to the fantasy punnett square question, going by the 2e/3.x manner of looking at such crossings, you could end up with a tiefling, or an elf (4e eladrin), or possibly a half-elf, and the fiendish blood might manifest spontaneously generations later in random ways.</blockquote>