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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9486142" data-attributes="member: 58172">It depends on the setting, but the lore offered in the 2024 Players Handbook says, "Tieflings are either born in the Lower Planes, or have fiendish ancestors who originated there.Since the Players Handbook lore seems officially true for both Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms, any Tieflings in Flanaess are Humanoids who originate from the Astral Plane.(By the definition of "have fiendish ancestors", Iuz himself might be a Tiefling. The fiendish magic is bound to the "blood", thus transmits to offspring.)I am unclear why there would be a "wide dispersement" of Tiefling?There is a community of Tiefling in the city of Greyhawk. That would be a rare local phenomenon.The recentness and rarity of the Tiefling is intentional, as it explains why earlier descriptions of Greyhawk dont mention it.Earlier texts do mention Iuz is a "cambion". I am uncertain if in 2024 this means he is a Tiefling.The demonic Tiefling is rare, but the devilish and lothic ones would be even rarer in Flanaess.As they originate from the Astral Plane, they might arrive anywhere anytime.I feel it is more helpful to have had a "faction" summon the demonic Tiefling, rather than demonize an entire culture.In the case of Tasha, she herself is capable of summoning Tiefling along with Grazzt. Her magically born son Iuz would, with these Tieflings, found a faction that worships him, and presumably worship Grazzt as well.</blockquote>

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