Yep

Incorrect, but it takes creativity with what you get. Generally you need to consider taking Feral (Charisma to Dex) and from there you generally go for spells that you can make use of. Dispater and Glasya both work fantastically as it's all utility, likewise with Mammon, the Charm Mock trio from the SCAG gives utility for a Barbarian and something aside from flinging Javelins to do at range, and if you're like me and thus a bit thick, Hellfire/Burning Hands to make Oni fire breath. Oh, and Levistus because Armor of Agythys works even as you rage.

I was actually thinking about making a barbarian tiefling beast with wings and a scorpion tail.

... yeah... but flying and getting hit by most monsters is kind of antithetical. Winged means you're either ranged or taking opportunity attacks every single time you swoop down to melee an enemy. And if you don't take damage as a Barbarian, then you lose rage (which is basically the entire point of a Barbarian). Without rage, Barbarians are just restricted fighters. So, as a winged barbarian, you basically HAVE to either: A) swoop in, thereby taking opportunity attacks AND regular attacks every turn and turning you into a demonic pin cushion B) You just don't fly during combat... which is kinda lame. Half the fun of having wings in the cool stuff you can do in combat to provide advantage or disadvantage on enemies (aka being able to fly away from them). You can still use wings during social and exploration portions of the game, but not using an entire portion of your anatomy during combat (which can be entire game sessions) kinda sucks. C) You basically only fly during combat as a movement method. Which... you could also just walk in most cases. It's super rare that you will need, or have, enough flying speed to strafe around 1 enemy and still make it to another. And, as a Barbarian, you don't WANT to avoid people. You want to draw the attention to you in most cases. So, again... you might as well just walk. Tieflings can be good Barbarians if you take one of the bloodlines that has mage hand, thaumaturgy, minor illusion, or charm/hold person, and throw your best scores into STR, CON, and CHA. You use those spells outside of combat (which isn't a huge lose because in most scenarios, you aren't using them inside combat anyway), then when someone catches you using your "party tricks", you get really offended, rage, and kill someone for referring to your magic as a parlor trick.

@@thestoryofusall4805 you maintain rage as long as you Attack/Take damage. So no, you don't need to swoop for AoO. Just dart about their head before chomping said head off.

I know right? My Tiefling character has PTSD that gives him bibliophobia and that’s just the beginning!

*slaps Tiefling's ass* "You can fit so much wife material into this bad girl." Tiefling GF: O/////O *"DON'T DO THAT IN PUBLIC!!!"*

Essentially if it's not a spell attack it's a weapon attack

Indeed. It's perfectly okay to use Divine Smite on Unarmed Attacks according to the base rules.

Unfortunately this is not the case. Divine Smite specifically states that this damage is "in addition to the weapon’s damage" the key word being "weapon's". Whilst it does not specify immediately that it is a melee weapon attack with a weapon, it does follow up by stating it has to be a weapon with this additional phrase. The ability is so TERRIBLY worded and 5e has this issue in a lot of places which is why these rules debates still happen, but yes you do need a weapon even though at first glance it would seem you don't. (But I think its bullshit anyway so at my tables it works because f*ck you Crawford it's cool) Even more upsetting, even if you ignore this really poorly worded hot mess of an ability you still cant use Improved Divine Smite as a punch boi because that one very clearly states it requires a weapon. TLDR: RAW you cannot use Divine Smite to punch, kick or tail whip your foes but RAW is bullshit and the guys that wrote 5e are cowards.

When they released the dhampir race and made its vampiric bite a simple weapon with proficiency, that's when I stopped worrying about smite with punch

@@orioninfernal7269 they have an errata on dndbeyond saying that technically it doesn't work, but since it makes no mechanical difference to balance just thematic difference if your dm doesn't want to do that they can just ignore it with little to no change.

Heard about the smites and all I'm thinking of is hexblade/paladin for all the flavors of smite.

Oh yeah I have a Tiefling Fighter Warlock with Hexblade and became a basically Paladin

Uhh, eldritch smite only uses warlock spell slots and racial innate spellcasting doesn’t actually give you a slot that can be used for smiting - just a free casting of the specific spell at a specific level. Edit: ohh... smite spells... that makes sense.

@@alexandrudorries3307 I never said eldritch smites. I don't actually have that invocation as I'm focusing on permanent passive buffs for them rather than additional active abilities. The racial smites mean I can have potential big hits without using up spell slots

I multiclassed hexblade and thief, and the spare smites really make up for my lackluster sneak attack too

hell yeah, feral tiefling!

That's a cool idea I'd love to see a player do that

@@ericwhite1942 she was fun to briefly play in one campaign at least!

Side note, Baalzeebul tieflings were released before the Infestation cantrip. I would swap out thaumaturgy for infestation for their innate spellcasting. Infestation is far more thematic for Baalzeebul, even though it's just more poison damage. Let the player choose which they want.

My Tiefling has forward-swept bulllike horns and while I haven’t tried that, I have thought about it, though it would be pretty out of character for him unless he was barbarian rage kind of angry. This is the guy that specifically uses a mace because (the enemy’s) bones would be easier to heal afterwards.

@@JaelinBezel I like the idea of natural born in weapons and foci but I do not ever want them to be the best attainable.

Warlock: “It’s over hobgoblins! I have the high ground!”

YES THANK YOU

Unless you trade your spells for having wings, according to another comment

@@JaelinBezel you wont find many dms that aprove flying races.Best bet is to talk with him on swiching the race traits of a race with another or other homebrew