Baldur’s Gate 3: Tiefling Race Overview

In Baldur’s Gate 3 Tiefling are a fascinating and versatile race with their infernal lineage and innate magical abilities.

Tieflings are a unique and intriguing race in Baldur’s Gate 3, descended from fiends and humans, giving them distinctive appearances and infernal qualities. These enigmatic beings possess a range of abilities that can make them formidable adventurers in the world of Faerûn. This guide will explore the traits and abilities of Tieflings and suggest some recommended builds to maximize their potential.

Tiefling in Baldur’s Gate 3

Descended from devils of the Nine Hells, tieflings face constant suspicions in Faerun. Thankfully, their arcane abilities make them natural survivors.

Abilities

Upon release of the full game, racial choices will no longer be tied to specific ability score bonuses. Each character will get a +2 and +1 bonus to spend on whatever ability stat they would like, regardless of race.

Consequently, this means that the non-ability score traits and racial features are vitally important selecting the appropriate build. Moreover, you won’t be as restricted to certain races when min-maxing by only being able to select a specific race for optimal ability score.

Racial Features:

• Base Racial Speed
  • The distance tieflings can move per turn is 9 meters.
• Darkvision
  • Tieflings can see in the dark within 12 meters
• Hellish Resistance
  • Tiefling blood protects them from flame, abyssal or otherwise. They have resistance to fire and take only half damage from it.

Sub-Races

Asmodeus Tiefling

Bound to Nessus, the deepest layer of the Hells, these tieflings inherit the ability to wield fire and darkness from the archdevil Asmodeus’ infernal bloodline.

Additional Racial Features:

• Thaumaturgy Cantrip
  • Manifest a sign of supernatural power that grants you advantage on Intimidation and Performance checks.
• Hellish Rebuke spell
  • The next time you take damage, you use your reaction to surround your attacker in hellish flames.
  • Unlocks at level 3. Can cast once per long rest.
• Darkness spell
  • Create a cloud of magical darkness that Heavily Obscures and Blinds creatures within.
  • Unlocks at level 5. Can cast once per long rest.

Mephistopheles Tiefling

Descended from the archdevil Mephistopheles, these tieflings are gifted with a particular affinity for arcane magic.

Additional Racial Features:

• Mage Hand Cantrip
  • Create a spectral hand that can manipulate and interact with objects.
• Burning Hands Spell
  • Shoot fire from your outstretched fingers and ignite anything flammable.
  • Unlocks at level 3. Can cast once per long rest.
• Flame Blade Spell
  • Conjure a flaming scimitar in your hand that deals 3d6 Fire damage. It sheds bright light in a 3m radius and dim light in a 6m radius. The blade can be unequipped and equipped again, but has to stay on the spellcaster’s person.
  • Unlocks at level 5. Can cast once per long rest.

Zariel Tiefling

Additional Racial Features:

• Thaumaturgy Cantrip
  • Manifest a sign of supernatural power that grants you advantage on Intimidation and Performance checks.
• Searing Smite Spell
  • Your weapon flares with white-hot intensity as you attack, marking your target with Searing Smite.
  • Unlocks at level 3. Can cast once per long rest.
• Branding Smite Spell
  • Your weapon gleams with astral radiance as you strike and possibly marks your target with light, preventing it from turning Invisible.
  • Unlocks at level 5. Can cast once per long rest.

Best Builds for Tieflings

Fighter

The Eldritch Knight subclass allows Fighters to dabble in magic, and the Tiefling’s innate spellcasting abilities offer a unique approach to the traditional Fighter class. This build can focus on melee combat, supplemented by spells like Shield and Thunderwave to enhance their battlefield presence.

Warlock

With their natural charisma and infernal lineage, Tieflings make excellent Warlocks, especially those who pledge their allegiance to a Fiend Patron. The Fiend Patron complements their innate abilities, and the synergy with Charisma-based spells and invocations makes for a potent spellcaster. This build can focus on dealing damage over time with spells like Eldritch Blast and using Fiendish spells to control the battlefield.

Sorcerer

As a Charisma-based spellcasting class, the Sorcerer complements the Tiefling’s inherent traits perfectly. Choosing the Draconic Bloodline subclass grants additional bonuses to damage and survivability, while the Hellish Resistance further enhances their durability. This build can unleash devastating spells like Fireball and use metamagic to manipulate spells to their advantage.

Rogue

The combination of Tiefling’s Charisma bonus and the Arcane Trickster Rogue’s spellcasting ability (based on Intelligence) creates an intriguing hybrid build. This build can excel at both sneaky, precision-based combat and subtle spellcasting, using illusion and enchantment spells to deceive and control enemies.

Conclusion

Tieflings in Baldur’s Gate 3 are a fascinating and versatile race with their infernal lineage and innate magical abilities. Their Charisma bonus and unique spells make them particularly suitable for spellcasting classes like Warlocks and Sorcerers, but they can excel in various roles, from cunning rogues to battle-hardened fighters.

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