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<blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 6598505" data-attributes="member: 6786839">My current table's PC team includes a tiefling warlock. A race which others tend to mistrust, and a class which dances to the beat of its own drummer; SOME of them have fiendish patrons, see heated debates elsewhere on this forum. (This one does not have a fiendish patron, nor an Evil patron, and he's actually a member in good standing of the Harpers.)Therefore, I am taking an interest in the presence of other tieflings in Faerun. Some thoughts so far:In 5E, a tiefling who reaches level 5 can cast Darkness once per day. I'm making up the tradition that there's a word in Infernal, which translates as &quot;darkness master&quot;, which refers to a tielfling who has gained that ability. Also, that tieflings with that ability tend to view each other as the elite of their kind. Also, that the &quot;dating pool&quot; of tieflings is rather small in Phlan. Therefore, some well-to-do tielflings might invite him over, for dinner, to size him up as a potential husband of their daughter, and grandfather of their grandchildren.I was pondering what professions tielflings might tend to pursue. I imagine them as having a much higher percentage of &quot;adventurers&quot; than humans do. A few professions in which tieflings might have an advantage:&nbsp;- Blacksmith. When you work closely with very hot fire, fire resistance is a big plus.&nbsp;- Stoker of a smelting blast furnace or a steam bath house, for similar reasons.&nbsp;- There's another profession which tends to work at night, in which an exotic body type and a high CHA are an advantageous combination, which might also work at a bath house, but I can't quite say more specifically.&nbsp;- Night patrol; there's trust issues, but they have darkvision and they can take greater risks when dealing with burning buildings, which is a big deal in middle-age-tech cities.What other professions come to mind?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Riley37, post: 6598505, member: 6786839"] My current table's PC team includes a tiefling warlock. A race which others tend to mistrust, and a class which dances to the beat of its own drummer; SOME of them have fiendish patrons, see heated debates elsewhere on this forum. (This one does not have a fiendish patron, nor an Evil patron, and he's actually a member in good standing of the Harpers.) Therefore, I am taking an interest in the presence of other tieflings in Faerun. Some thoughts so far: In 5E, a tiefling who reaches level 5 can cast Darkness once per day. I'm making up the tradition that there's a word in Infernal, which translates as "darkness master", which refers to a tielfling who has gained that ability. Also, that tieflings with that ability tend to view each other as the elite of their kind. Also, that the "dating pool" of tieflings is rather small in Phlan. Therefore, some well-to-do tielflings might invite him over, for dinner, to size him up as a potential husband of their daughter, and grandfather of their grandchildren. I was pondering what professions tielflings might tend to pursue. I imagine them as having a much higher percentage of "adventurers" than humans do. A few professions in which tieflings might have an advantage: - Blacksmith. When you work closely with very hot fire, fire resistance is a big plus. - Stoker of a smelting blast furnace or a steam bath house, for similar reasons. - There's another profession which tends to work at night, in which an exotic body type and a high CHA are an advantageous combination, which might also work at a bath house, but I can't quite say more specifically. - Night patrol; there's trust issues, but they have darkvision and they can take greater risks when dealing with burning buildings, which is a big deal in middle-age-tech cities. What other professions come to mind? [/QUOTE]

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