Tiefling

A tiefling is a creature that is descended from evil creatures of the outer planes &mdash; demons, devils, evil deities and other evil creatures. Although their evil ancestor may be many generations removed, the taint lingers.

Environment
Planetouched are considered native outsiders.

Typical physical characteristics
Tieflings tend to have an unsettling air about them, and most people are uncomfortable around them, whether they are aware of the tiefling's unsavory ancestry or not. While some look like normal humans, others retain physical characteristics derived from their ancestor, such as horns, pointed teeth, cloven hooves for feet, tails, red skin, etc.

Tieflings even have elven and orc counterparts (fey'ri and tanarruk, respectively). In the 3rd edition of Dungeons and Dragons, less common varieties of the tiefling were introduced, including a dwarven counterpart, the maeluth and a halfling counterpart, the wispling.

Alignment
Tieflings are predisposed to evil alignments, but tieflings of other alignments, including good, exist. The celestial counterparts of tieflings are called aasimar.

Notable tieflings

 * Neeshka (non-canon) from the computer game Neverwinter Nights 2.