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<blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 6740227" data-attributes="member: 6803337"><p>Disclaimer: I have not yet seen the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide material, so I may step on their toes a bit...</p><p><em>Edit2: ... or maybe not...</em></p><p></p><p>I created some non-Asmodean Tieflings for character concepts with some ...thing... else in their family tree. These are intended to be a close parallel to the by-the-book race.</p><p>All proposals involve changes to <strong>Hellish Resistance</strong> and <strong>Infernal Legacy</strong>.</p><p>Comments / improvements welcome. In particular, is anything so much more powerful (or so much less effective) that it is an auto-decision for / against?</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">format: </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><u>Name of Variant</u></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>Hellish Resistance</strong> permits Resist (this damage) instead of original Resist (Fire)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Replace <em>Hellish Rebuke </em>in <strong>Infernal Legacy</strong> with this spell-duplicating ability</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Replace<em> Darkness</em> in <strong>Infernal Legacy</strong> with this spell-duplicating ability</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Storm Tiefling</span></span></span></u></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Lightning damage</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Witch bolt</em> as 2</span>[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">nd</span>[/SUP]<span style="font-size: 12px">-level spell, no concentration allowed</span></span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Gust of wind</span></span></span></em></p><p></p><p><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Acid Elemental</span></span></span></u></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Acid damage</span></span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Melf’s acid arrow</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Silence</span></span></span></em></p><p></p><p><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Cold Elemental</span></span></span></u></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Cold damage</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Chromatic orb</em> (cold only) as 2</span>[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">nd</span>[/SUP]<span style="font-size: 12px">-level spell</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Fog cloud</em> as 2</span>[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">nd</span>[/SUP]<span style="font-size: 12px">-level spell (fluffed as a snow flurry?)</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Thunderboomer</span></span></span></u></p><p><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Thunder damage</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Thunderwave</em> as 2</span>[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">nd</span>[/SUP]<span style="font-size: 12px">-level spell</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Fog cloud</em> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px">as 2</span>[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">nd</span>[/SUP]<span style="font-size: 12px">-level spell</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Son of a succubus…</span></span></span></u></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Psychic damage</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Dissonant whispers</em> as 2</span>[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">nd</span>[/SUP]<span style="font-size: 12px">-level spell</span></span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Enthrall</span></span></span></em></p><p></p><p><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Fallen celestial</span></span></span></u></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Radiant damage</span></span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Guiding bolt</span></span></span></em></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Color Spray</em> as 2</span>[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">nd</span>[/SUP]<span style="font-size: 12px">-level spell</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Child of the World-Serpent (Primal)</span></span></span></u></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Poison damage</span></span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Bane</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Spike growth</span></span></span></em></p><p></p><p><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Spawn of Orcus</span></span></span></u></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Necrotic damage</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Inflict wounds</em> as a 2</span>[SUP]<span style="font-size: 10px">nd</span>[/SUP]<span style="font-size: 12px">-level spell</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><em>Spiritual weapon</em> (fluffed as a skull-headed mace?)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Other concepts also welcome !</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><em>Edit: My first thread, FULL of typos as I learn the formatting.</em></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eltab, post: 6740227, member: 6803337"] Disclaimer: I have not yet seen the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide material, so I may step on their toes a bit... [I]Edit2: ... or maybe not...[/I] I created some non-Asmodean Tieflings for character concepts with some ...thing... else in their family tree. These are intended to be a close parallel to the by-the-book race. All proposals involve changes to [B]Hellish Resistance[/B] and [B]Infernal Legacy[/B]. Comments / improvements welcome. In particular, is anything so much more powerful (or so much less effective) that it is an auto-decision for / against? [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] format: [U]Name of Variant[/U] [B]Hellish Resistance[/B] permits Resist (this damage) instead of original Resist (Fire) Replace [I]Hellish Rebuke [/I]in [B]Infernal Legacy[/B] with this spell-duplicating ability Replace[I] Darkness[/I] in [B]Infernal Legacy[/B] with this spell-duplicating ability [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [U][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Storm Tiefling[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Lightning damage[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=3][I]Witch bolt[/I] as 2[/SIZE][SUP][SIZE=2]nd[/SIZE][/SUP][SIZE=3]-level spell, no concentration allowed[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [I][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Gust of wind[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [U][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Acid Elemental[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Acid damage[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Melf’s acid arrow[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Silence[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [U][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Cold Elemental[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Cold damage[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=3][I]Chromatic orb[/I] (cold only) as 2[/SIZE][SUP][SIZE=2]nd[/SIZE][/SUP][SIZE=3]-level spell[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=3][I]Fog cloud[/I] as 2[/SIZE][SUP][SIZE=2]nd[/SIZE][/SUP][SIZE=3]-level spell (fluffed as a snow flurry?)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [U][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Thunderboomer [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Thunder damage[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=3][I]Thunderwave[/I] as 2[/SIZE][SUP][SIZE=2]nd[/SIZE][/SUP][SIZE=3]-level spell [I]Fog cloud[/I] [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=3]as 2[/SIZE][SUP][SIZE=2]nd[/SIZE][/SUP][SIZE=3]-level spell[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [U][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Son of a succubus…[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Psychic damage[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=3][I]Dissonant whispers[/I] as 2[/SIZE][SUP][SIZE=2]nd[/SIZE][/SUP][SIZE=3]-level spell[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [I][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Enthrall[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [U][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Fallen celestial[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Radiant damage[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Guiding bolt[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=3][I]Color Spray[/I] as 2[/SIZE][SUP][SIZE=2]nd[/SIZE][/SUP][SIZE=3]-level spell[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [U][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Child of the World-Serpent (Primal)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Poison damage[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Bane[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Spike growth[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [U][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Spawn of Orcus[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Necrotic damage[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=3][I]Inflict wounds[/I] as a 2[/SIZE][SUP][SIZE=2]nd[/SIZE][/SUP][SIZE=3]-level spell[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][I]Spiritual weapon[/I] (fluffed as a skull-headed mace?)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] Other concepts also welcome ! [I]Edit: My first thread, FULL of typos as I learn the formatting.[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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