Editing Tiefling (section)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2015}}
{{short description|Fictional humanoid race in Dungeons & Dragons}}
[[File:Tiefling rangersm.JPG|thumb|right|Tiefling [[Fighter (Dungeons & Dragons)|fighter]] designed by [[William O'Connor (artist)|William O'Connor]] for [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition|4th Edition]] ''Dungeons & Dragons.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=O'connor |first=William |date=2017-09-07 |title=The Cursed Folk: Designing the Tiefling |url=http://williamoconnorstudios.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-cursed-folk-designing-tiefling.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129115849/http://williamoconnorstudios.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-cursed-folk-designing-tiefling.html |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=William O'Connor Studios}}</ref>]]
The '''tiefling''' ({{IPAc-en|'|t|iː|f|l|ɪ|ŋ|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-tiefling.wav}} {{respell|TEEF|ling|}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/tiefling|title=The Tiefling Race for Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) Fifth Edition (5e)|website=D&D Beyond|language=en-us|access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref> is a fictional humanoid race in the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (''D&D'') fantasy [[roleplaying game]]. Originally introduced in the ''[[Planescape]]'' [[campaign setting]] in the second edition of ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' as a [[player character]] race for the setting, they became one of the primary races available for player characters in the fourth edition of the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgnow.com/product/17267/Planescape-Campaign-Setting-2e |title=Planescape Campaign Setting (2e) |publisher=rpgnow.com |date=January 6, 2015 |access-date=July 29, 2015}}</ref><ref name="PHB4E">[[Rob Heinsoo|Heinsoo, Rob]], [[Andy Collins (game designer)|Andy Collins]], and [[James Wyatt (game designer)|James Wyatt]]. ''[[Player's Handbook]]''. ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2008)</ref>

In the Planescape setting, where tieflings were introduced, they were described as being a mixture of human and "something else" with the implication that the medium-sized non-human ancestors originated from the evil "[[lower planes]]".<ref name=Clements>{{cite thesis |last=Clements |first=Philip J. |date=December 2019 |title=Dungeons & Discourse: Intersectional Identities in Dungeons & Dragons |type=PhD |url=http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1573729920432102 |pages=35–36 |access-date=December 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Winfield>{{cite journal|author=Lord Winfield|date=September–October 1997|title=Planescape – un bon plan|url=https://archive.org/details/backstab-magazine-french-05/page/n45/mode/2up|language=French|journal=Backstab|volume=5|pages=46–47|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref> In further supplements it was clarified that tieflings were usually descended from [[Fiend (Dungeons & Dragons)|fiends]] but not in the same manner as [[Half-fiend|half-fiends]],{{cn|date=December 2021}} since a tiefling's fiendish ancestry lies further up the family tree.<ref name=Winfield/> This description remained true in [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition|3rd Edition]].

In [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition|4th Edition]] ''Dungeons & Dragons'', tieflings are a race whose human ancestors made a bargain with devils to increase their power.<ref name="DiceMen">{{cite book |last=Ewalt |first=David M. |author-link=David M. Ewalt |year=2013 |title=Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It |publisher=Scribner |isbn=9781451640502 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/ofdicemenstoryof0000ewal |page=210}}</ref> Their origin is similar in 5th Edition.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Dungeons and Dragons: Player's Handbook|publisher = Wizards of the Coast|year = 2014|isbn = 9780786965601|location = Renton, WA|pages = 42|edition = 5th}}</ref>