#dnd headcanons

My headcanons on tiefling development/anatomy, specifically infant tiefling, because the idea of tiny, kitten-like tieflings was too adorable to resist!

I had to reference so many sphinx kittens. Wrinkly, squishy babies <3

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✧Eris Vanserra as the Sorcerer✧

Sorcerers carry a magical birthright conferred upon them by an exotic bloodline, some otherworldly influence, or exposure to unknown cosmic forces. No one chooses sorcery; the power chooses the sorcererer.

"Something pulsed in his blood. It always had, but it grew stronger each day his father grew weaker. A new dawn would rise upon the Autumn Folk."

✧ STR 14 ✧ DEX 15 ✧ CON 17 ✧ INT 22 ✧ WIS 17 ✧ CHA 20 ✧

Pomni: Fighter. Just Fighter. Very average but she does it so well. Chaotic Good.

Jax: He's a rogue. He would be, plus he get a lock picking kit. Neutral Evil.

Ragatha: Druid. She can talk to her horse. Lawful Good.

Gangle: Ranger. Ranger with a gun. Chaotic Good. Listen. The tommy gun scene is enough to say she should count as chaotic.

Zooble: Sorcerer. it fits idk. True Neutral.

Kinger: Paladin. He just is. Lawful Good.

Caine: Bard. Chaotic Neutral.

Bubble: Warlock. Chaotic. Just Chaotic.

So @junorsky's pic of Zevlor [alt] and @vicarfriedrich's Zevlor pic [alt] got me thinking.

What if tieflings with more prominent infernal traits, such as Zevlor, had sharp spines poking out at the end of their infernal ridges?

For most tieflings their infernal ridges are just cartilage.

For other tieflings they're osteoderms— hard like bone to provide a natural armor, but not necessarily painful for another individual to casually touch.

For a few unlucky ones, like Zevlor, their infernal ridges are spikes— akin to the kind that Thorny Devil lizards have.

Be-spiked individuals often shave down their spikes. Some only blunt the edges, while others try to scour them off altogether.

(DO NOT DO THIS TO A LIZARD!!!)

The spikes regrow and regain their sharpness, meaning that individuals who file them down must do so on a fairly regular basis.

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Most of these are headcannons and are based on my own ideas and beliefs even if not 50% close to cannon. I also used added commonly known headcannons. This is a part one. Also looking for feedback. Part two, Part three.

Inspiried by posts by @yeetmeoutthewindowdaddy @lolliputian @ominous-potato96 @drizztdohurtin @crowsyart @threerattsinatrenchcoat @pikapeppa @tealfling

Tiefling Bio[?] (Sect. 1)

We know Zevlor was a Hellrider Commander, and that the Hellriders were a cavalry unit that once followed the Celestial Zariel into Avernus to kill fiends (prior to her fall). Hence the Hellrider name.

SO.

I think it would make sense that, given their strong ties to a celestial, they’d have some sort of wing motif in their armor.

And wouldn’t ya know, THAT ALREADY EXISTED.

BEHOLD

THE WINGED HUSSARS OF THE POLISH-LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH

…..yes, I was listening to that Sabaton song and thought Zevlor would look good in the armor and then realized that there could actually be a compelling lore argument for wings lol, at least as a form of ceremonial armor.

So elves are known to be the species in D&D, which a lot of people consider to be like the vegans or vegetarians in the DnD world, but they are also Hunters so they do eat meat. They just eat less of it than the rest of the species in faèrun.

But what if there was a reason for that outside of just only taking enough as to not really impact nature?

What if it was a common allergy among elves to be allergic to certain kinds of meat? Like how humans can have nut allergies, elves can be allergic to different kinds of red meat or poultry, even fish. And it would be different for every elf who has the allergy of what meats they can and cannot eat.

And since the allergy is so common among elves, that could mostly frame elven cuisine to mostly be plant-based with only the elves who aren't allergic occasionally having some meat.

Kinda like irl alpha-gal syndrome, where it's caused by certain tick bites. Which could be how the elves got it, but they also could just be born with it.

So like when an elf eats meat who has this allergy they would get severe stomach pains and vomiting and hives and other reactions. And depending on the person the reaction and how bad it is could vary, with some being very serious and some being more of an annoyance.

Second, smaller headcanon