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Published: 2013-01-11 07:10:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 1192; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 6
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Description While this altaholic managed to make it to 3rd level with his first Pathfinder build without creating an alt, I finally came up with a build for natural weapons that was not easily eclipsed by weapon builds (not an easy thing to do), though it still will have issues dealing with damage resistance, good thing that Pathfinder Society only goes to 12th level.

I have always loved Tieflings and Aasimar. I find they are less human and "more divine". I especially like that they don't have a set physical description so as long as it makes no mechanical difference, you can have any features you like. Unlike my usual diabolic Tieflings, this one is a abyssal one. Her character voice is like the bounty hunter from Star Wars that was really Leia with a vox-box. I'm having fun playing her up as an outsider, as one who does not understand the world of humans.

Her background is that her sire was summoned, and that the demon killed the summoner and impregnated his daughter. The child was abandoned to the wild at a young age and found by Pathfinders. Despite attacking them initially, she was taken in by an Aasimar paladin in the group who felt sorry for the misbegotten creature and believed that, given a chance, she could serve the cause of good and be a benefit to the Grand Lodge.

After playing a ranged character and dealing with no base attack bonus, spread stats, and a constant -4/-8 penalty to all attacks, this character is a nice change of pace (though she fares less well with skills). With her claws against humans with flank she was getting a +10 to hit and 1d4+7 damage on both attacks. She was tearing up 4th level pirates in her first module (though being first level could only survive a couple of attacks in return). By the time she can get an Amulet of Mighty Fists at 7th Level she will (using rage/monk style/ranger style/polymorph/power attack/etc) be getting up to two dice of damage and up to +21 damage on all four of her primary natural weapon attacks.
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Comments: 18

The-DungeonMaster [2013-02-12 21:47:09 +0000 UTC]

Ah, is that the Eight Point Star of Chaos there? Nice reference, a truly skilled and subtle way to put an easter egg on a teifling.

THe latest tiefling i designed was a Qlippoth-Blooded oracle who acted and played like a magical girl, definatly playing against type there.

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mindflenzing In reply to The-DungeonMaster [2013-02-13 01:54:22 +0000 UTC]

Being a big fan of Warhammer and Warhammer 40k I like using the Arms of Chaos or permutations thereof on demons and in some cases devils. Given that Lillin is a Chaotic demon blooded Tiefling it is fitting though my diabolic Tiefling in 4th Ed had the less circular version of the arms on her demon blade (a Vicious Longsword +3 which she has one shot killed several creatures on critical hits before that she claims contains the soul of a demon she bound to the blade).

Lillin is a vicious and reckless monster like her progenitor but she has the mitigating factor of being the protege of an Aasimar Paladin (whom she acknowledges because he whooped her ass when she tried to kill his group of pathfinders). She has to try to fit into society and moderate her behavior because her master insists on it.

While also short, my other Tiefling, Peregrine Maelister, is very different. She has raw power too, but relies more on her wits and silver tongue to lull enemies and allies into a false sense of security and then hits them with her infernal nature. She is irrepressibly happy, playful, and flirty. She outwardly curries the favor of the good deities and their followers but secretly makes deals with darker powers and is building a collection of souls to barter for power in the underworld. This contrast is no better illustrated when she uses her racial polymorph power to turn from a petite spunky Tiefling charlatan into a tall lithe imperious War Devil and proceeds to do damage that puts the Barbarian to shame.

All in all I love having characters that you are tempted to think of as almost good humans until they do something edgy that reminds you that they are neither human nor good.

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Nehmeahosis [2013-01-17 15:25:30 +0000 UTC]

I like the story, and character design. Tieflings and Aesimer are a blast. I tried my first rouge as a tiefling it was fun. So I've got a soft spot for them. Natural weapons builds can be scary particularly if the variant rules that allow you to enchant various apendages are available.

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mindflenzing In reply to Nehmeahosis [2013-01-20 04:24:25 +0000 UTC]

Tieflings and Aasimar are my favorite races. There's nothing quite like running a character who is part angel or demon. Playing them slightly against type is fun too. An Aasimar life stealing sorcerer who plays the angel of light and is secretly a backstabbing selfish bastard. A helpful and irrepressibly cheery devil whom you sometimes forget is heartless monster. There are so many interesting stories to tell.

There is a Druid/Ranger spell that lets you temporarily enchant them, I have a build that will allow the spell magic weapon to work on her claws (though not her horns or teeth, and a feat that lets them count as enchanted and silvered (though with no bonus), there also is an item that lets me treat all her natural weapons as magic and get an enchantment bonus to attacks with them. She had her first fight with something that resisted damage from nonmagic weapons and was undead so bite attacks were inadvisable. She still tore it to shreds and one shot killed most of the rest of the monsters in the module. If she gets hit with an enchantment spell I pity the rest of the party.

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annoyinglizardvoice [2013-01-13 00:44:43 +0000 UTC]

Interesting design.

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mindflenzing In reply to annoyinglizardvoice [2013-01-13 02:08:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I like to do design work and create characters. I'm cooking up some sort of caster character using the Kenku race and making it look like a Skeksis. The tricky thing will probably be coming up with a clever name that fits the Skeksis naming scheme but has some nerdy obscure meaning.

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AngelicAdonis [2013-01-12 06:40:37 +0000 UTC]

Really cool! Love the look on the legs and face!

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mindflenzing In reply to AngelicAdonis [2013-01-13 00:16:44 +0000 UTC]

The face took a lot of revisions before I got something I liked. I'm glad you like the design.

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AngelicAdonis In reply to mindflenzing [2013-01-15 03:14:22 +0000 UTC]

For sure, man!

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Jacob-Cross [2013-01-11 19:38:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow...

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mindflenzing In reply to Jacob-Cross [2013-01-12 01:04:29 +0000 UTC]

She's as hard on my vocal chords as she is on the baddies.

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Jacob-Cross In reply to mindflenzing [2013-01-12 02:41:37 +0000 UTC]

Neat :3

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mindflenzing In reply to Jacob-Cross [2013-01-13 00:15:22 +0000 UTC]

I've at least figured out how to make it mostly possible for the table to understand what she's saying.

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Jacob-Cross In reply to mindflenzing [2013-01-13 20:59:59 +0000 UTC]

Huh...

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mindflenzing In reply to Jacob-Cross [2013-01-15 00:22:01 +0000 UTC]

She talks like princess Leia when she was dressed as a bounty hunter at Jabba's palace with the voice modulator.

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Jacob-Cross In reply to mindflenzing [2013-01-15 01:31:32 +0000 UTC]

Huh, neat :3

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jeditoby [2013-01-11 18:52:46 +0000 UTC]

"Killing the summoner AND impregnating the daughter? (Was it consensual? Did she put him up to the killing?) Make a note not to summon that demon again, Jeeves."

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mindflenzing In reply to jeditoby [2013-01-12 00:59:45 +0000 UTC]

Are you kidding me? He also kicked the dog, left the window open, and drank straight out of the milk carton on his way out.

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