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<blockquote data-quote="Mephista" data-source="post: 6598843" data-attributes="member: 6786252"><p>There are a lot of things. Tieflings are like minority groups in the real world. There are groups who look down on them, judge them just based on appearance. Its a burden on every tiefling's informs their lives. Look at the quote for the race - "Some break under</p><p>it, some make it the millstone around their neck, some revel in it.”</p><p></p><p>You have tieflings who spend their lives trying to make up for that judgement (paladins, guards, clerics / healers), who bear that metaphorical millstone as if they were making up for the sins of the entire race. </p><p></p><p>Some who embrace what others say, as well as a life of crime (pretty much any con artist, thief, thug, etc). If I'm going to be called a sneak, a thief, a curse for just being me, why shouldn't I be one and get something out of all the mistreatment? Thaumaturgy means that they can be very intimidating or hard to read (deception) when they want/need to be. Darkness can help with being sneaky as well. </p><p></p><p>Some break under the strain, and become beaten down, working menial jobs just surviving and eking out a bare living. Or angry at their lot in life, and railing against the judgement that keeps them locked down in lower class. A lot of mining would probably be appropriate, as would sanitation work, or any other "dirty job." I imagine that this situation is the most common for tieflings in most cities. As well, I imagine it would be the most common arena for warlocks to arise - many would see it as the only way to get power in a world that doesn't want them to have any.</p><p></p><p>Some try to shut all that out, and do their best to find comfort in reading. They're naturally smart (+1 INT and a history of being wizards for a reason!), so they gravitate to libraries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mephista, post: 6598843, member: 6786252"] There are a lot of things. Tieflings are like minority groups in the real world. There are groups who look down on them, judge them just based on appearance. Its a burden on every tiefling's informs their lives. Look at the quote for the race - "Some break under it, some make it the millstone around their neck, some revel in it.” You have tieflings who spend their lives trying to make up for that judgement (paladins, guards, clerics / healers), who bear that metaphorical millstone as if they were making up for the sins of the entire race. Some who embrace what others say, as well as a life of crime (pretty much any con artist, thief, thug, etc). If I'm going to be called a sneak, a thief, a curse for just being me, why shouldn't I be one and get something out of all the mistreatment? Thaumaturgy means that they can be very intimidating or hard to read (deception) when they want/need to be. Darkness can help with being sneaky as well. Some break under the strain, and become beaten down, working menial jobs just surviving and eking out a bare living. Or angry at their lot in life, and railing against the judgement that keeps them locked down in lower class. A lot of mining would probably be appropriate, as would sanitation work, or any other "dirty job." I imagine that this situation is the most common for tieflings in most cities. As well, I imagine it would be the most common arena for warlocks to arise - many would see it as the only way to get power in a world that doesn't want them to have any. Some try to shut all that out, and do their best to find comfort in reading. They're naturally smart (+1 INT and a history of being wizards for a reason!), so they gravitate to libraries. [/QUOTE]
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