Terminus Tiefling (5e Subrace)
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Terminus Tiefling[edit]
Whichever infernal creature gave birth to your bloodline disappeared long ago, to whatever end it met is lost to time. Your blood runs cold in your veins, nothing is scratching at the edges of your mind. If you sit it silence, you can hear but a faint call in the darkness, almost like an echo. You've done this all your life, and you're starting to see faint images when you close your eyes, and in your sleep. What you see is not familiar to you, yet it feels like you've seen this before. There's an odd clarity to your mind, do you find a sense of peace from that, or a sense of emptiness?
Terminus tieflings tend to have smaller horns and less infernal traits than others. Their skin, eyes, and hair also tend to run a range of dull tones, as if the color in them was drained from them, most having either completely white or grey sclera with no iris or pupil. They are slightly cool to the touch, but not ice cold under normal circumstances. They tend to be slightly taller and thinner than other tieflings as well, but with more human faces, save for the sharpened teeth.
Terminus tieflings favor endeavors of the mind over body, but do not shy away from any calling as they try to find their place in the world, always feeling like they have been misplaced in time. Older terminus tiefling almost always become plagued with thoughts of a past long before their supposed birth. Some strive to find the meaning behind their strange feelings and visions, while others do what they can to run from them. Truthfully, as they come from a dead bloodline, they are in fact reincarnations of the last surviving of their kind, though under what power they are reincarnated is unknown. Perhaps the lingering will of the demon or devil that they are linked to, or the meddling of another force.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2.
Legacy of the Terminated. You know the Message cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast Detect Thoughts once with this trait, and regain the ability to do so when you finish a short or long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast True Seeing as a 5th level spell, requiring no material component, once with this trait, and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Bygone Memories. Once before any long rest, you may make a Wisdom check of 14 or more. If you succeed, you may recall a memory of your past existence during your sleep. You gain advantage on your first History check within one hour after you wake.
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