I’m a big fan of the less savory sorts and Tieflings just seem to have a lot going on in terms of just being bad ass.  Their 4th edition flavor has me a bit torn, though.  Probably it’s the size of the tails in the 4th Edition Player’s Handbook (we already have the Dragonborn).

I’ve been playing D&D for a lot of years, but I never really did anything with Tieflings in previous editions.  In 3rd edition I had a couple of NPC Tieflings and I liked to use them as NPC’s because they felt so mischievous and fun.  Of course the players always spotted them as being bad a mile a way so I had to twist their motives to seem good.  Several of my players played Teiflings and enjoyed them.  As a sort of half-breed riding the fringes of human society they made sense.

Now as a race of their own with the status of being in the PHB, I’m not so sure they make as much sense anymore.  Of course more players are playing them and they just plain show up more often in the game, but I’m having issues with accepting their flavor.  Are they good or evil?  Cunning or wise?  Do they even have a culture that is their own anymore?

I guess I’m just a bit confused.

I still like the Tieflings.  I welcome them into my game and I’ve even played one and I had fun with her.  Like so many other aspects of 4th edition the Tieflings are just going to take some time to get used to.

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