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Tiefling

The tiefling (/ˈtiːflɪŋ/ ⓘ TEEF-ling) is a fictional humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy roleplaying game. The race was originally introduced in Planescape (1994), a campaign setting in the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, as a player character race for the setting. Tieflings became one of the primary races available for…

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Alignment
Any
First appearance
Planescape Campaign Setting (1994)
Last appearance
Player's Handbook · (2024)
Type
Humanoid (planetouched)

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Tiefling

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples211
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
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related to In other media · 37
Tiefling → Amn, Annah, Arden Swift, Baldur's Gate, Dave Gross, Dragons, Dragons Online, Dungeons, Erin, Evans, Farideh, Forgotten Realms, Hordes, In, In Baldur's Gate, In Neverwinter Nights, In Neverwinter Nights II, John Rogers, Karlach, MMORPG Neverwinter
related to Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition · 25
Tiefling → Aasimar, Abyss, Acheron, Archdevils, Baldur's Gate, Crawford, Foes, Gehenna, Hades, In, In August, Infernal, Jeremy Crawford, Lower Plane, Lower Planes, Mordenkainen's Tome, Nine Hells, One, Pandemonium, Player's Handbook
related to Analysis · 22
Tiefling → August, Beyond, Clements, D's, Edition, Fafnir, FiveThirtyEight, Gus Wezerek, In, Johnny, Looking, Philip, Player's Handbook, September, Stefan Ekman, The, Their, Tieflings, Viktoria Holmqvist, Wezerek
related to history · 19
Tiefling → Afterwards, As, Asmodeus, Astral Sea, Bael Turath, Dragons, Dungeons, Edition, Empire, From, In, Nine Hells, Once, One, Player's Handbook, Rumors, The, These, Tony DiTerlizzi
related to In Pathfinder · 15
Tiefling → Cheliax, Devil, Due, Fiend, Hell, Hellborn, Hellspawn, In, Kyton, Open Game License, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Tales, Some, There, Tieflings
related to Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition · 14
Tiefling → An Ancient Ruins Adventure, Forgotten Kingdoms, Heroes, However, O'Connor, Part, Player's Handbook, Player's Handbook Races, Site, Stacy Longstreet, The, Tieflings, Vor Rukoth, William O'Connor
related to Aasimar · 13
Tiefling → Aasimar, Arborea, Backstab, Club, Dragons, During Dungeons, Edition, Eladrin, Elysium, Guardinals, Nick Wanserski, Outlands, Rilmani
related to In the Forgotten Realms · 10
Tiefling → Dragons, Dungeons, Edition, Fey'ri, Forgotten Realms, In, Maeluth, Tanarruk, Tieflings, Wispling
related to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition · 8
Tiefling → Cameron Lucas, Game Rant, Lucas, Planescape Campaign Setting, Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix, Planetouched, The, The Planewalker's Handbook
related to Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition · 8
Tiefling → Faerun, Faerûn, Forgotten Realms, Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Monster Manual, Monsters, Races, The

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TieflingAlignmentAny1.00infobox
TieflingFirst appearancePlanescape Campaign Setting (1994)1.00infobox
TieflingLast appearancePlayer's Handbook1.00infobox
TieflingLast appearance(2024)1.00infobox
TieflingTypeHumanoid (planetouched)1.00infobox
Tieflingis aplayable race and Neeshka0.90text
Tieflingrelated to AasimarAasimar0.60section
Tieflingrelated to AasimarDuring Dungeons0.60section
Tieflingrelated to AasimarDragons0.60section
Tieflingrelated to AasimarEdition0.60section
Tieflingrelated to AasimarEladrin0.60section
Tieflingrelated to AasimarArborea0.60section

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