Playable Race – Tiefling (Child of Loki)

The Children of Loki are the most populated race in the Frostwoods. They have settled across much of the Realm and live in local communities, working together to repel the violent beasts and dangerous nature of the Realm.

Regal and Glacial

Tieflings of the Children of Loki variety are tall humanoids with imposing, upward-facing horns. Their skin hue varies from snow white to dark navy, with their horns typically matching these colours. These horns hold the closest connection to the icy elements of their home Realm, and as such, can often be seen manifesting subtle ice-based effects such as frosting over or releasing a thin mist.

Tiefling usually decorates their horns and bodies with stylish jewellery, often in the form of piercing. They are a proud race and prefer to wear clothing that accentuates this. Despite the hostile nature of Frostwoods, most Tiefling own at least one set of clothing that would be comparable to that of nobles in another Realm, and they wear this outfit as often as fate allows.

The Children of Loki hold themselves respectfully and try to stay elegant in everything they do. Even during battle, they fight with an almost dance-like sophistication. Long sweeping movements and attacks that flow from one to another make for a beautiful display of martial or magical prowess. It’s due to this that the Children of Loki have developed a preference for polearm weapons, such as glaives and halberds.

Spells and Sophistry

Thanks to the blessings of their god, Loki, the Tieflings of Frostwoods are innately gifted in basic magic and illusion. While Loki is certainly a fan of cruel tricks and deadly pranks, the Children of Loki are usually much too proud to play such games. As such, they use their illusions in highly practical ways. Disorientating their foes in combat, outsmarting their prey and surviving deadly situations are some of the typical scenarios in which they will utilise their hereditary magic.

While some Tieflings embrace their magical nature and learn to take their spellcasting further, others will incorporate what magic they have into their martial combat. Whatever choice they make, the Children of Loki are primed to become fearsome warriors and most of the general population of Frostwoods can handle themselves in a fight.

Child of Loki Names

The Children of Loki have names that mix classic nordic names with demonic syllables. You can choose from the list below or come up with your own option:

Masculine	Feminine
Skarthe	Randigon
Hachald	Sigron
Grorm	Hildariz
Torsteth	Astrith
Ulfemoth	Istaga

Tiefling (Child of Loki) Traits

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2 and either your Dexterity or Intelligence score increases by 1.

Age. Tieflings mature in their late teens and live to the age of 140.

Alignment. Children of Loki follow strongly after his example, meaning they’re untrustworthy and prone to selfishness. They are usually Evil aligned.

Size. Children of Loki are blessed by the dormant Giant blood within Loki. They grow to a height of 6 feet and their long horns can add another 1.5 feet to their height. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common, Giant and Frosted.

Icy Illusion. Upon being hit by an attack or spell that deals damage, before you are told the damage, you can use your reaction to shatter and reappear 10ft away, taking no damage. You can do this twice before needing to take a long rest.

Trickster. You learn one level one school of illusion spell of your choice and can cast this spell without expending a spell slot. You can do this an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Glacial Weapons. When you land a critical hit, the targets movement is halved until the end of its next turn. In addition, you are resistant to cold damage.

Takes One to Know One. You have advantage on saving throws to resist or checks to see through illusion spells.

Final Thoughts

Thanks for reading this post! Now that the Oceans of Contest realm overview is live, I’ll be working on uploading the Frostwoods-themed content, ready for that realm overview to be written. I hope you enjoyed learning about the Children of Loki!