Tiefling Soulknife Rogue Build Guide
Blending tiefling fire resistance and darkvision with the mental weaponry of the Soulknife makes you the ultimate unseen, highly resilient psychic assassin.
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Why Soulknife?
The Tiefling Soulknife Rogue is a master of mental combat and stealth. By choosing this combination, you gain the ability to manifest your mind's energy into physical weapons, while relying on your fiendish heritage to survive dangerous situations. Your primary tool is the Psychic Blades feature, which lets you summon silent, glowing daggers of pure psychic energy out of thin air. Because you never need to carry physical weapons, you are always armed and ready to strike from the shadows.
Your Tiefling traits complement this playstyle perfectly. With Darkvision, you can scout ahead in total darkness without needing a torch, allowing you to sneak up on foes and unleash your psychic weapons before they even know you are there. Furthermore, the Fiendish Legacy trait grants you natural resistance to fire damage, which is incredibly useful for a striker who might occasionally get caught in a wizard's fireball or a dragon's breath while positioning for a sneak attack.
As you level up, your psionic abilities grow, allowing you to teleport across the battlefield and eventually turn completely invisible. Combined with your high Dexterity, this build turns you into a highly mobile, incredibly slippery scout who can infiltrate any stronghold and leave no trace behind.
Soulknife Features
Psionic Power
Level 3You have a pool of psionic energy represented by Psionic Energy dice. You have a number of these dice equal to twice your proficiency bonus, and they are d6s. You can use them to power psi abilities: Psi-Bolstered Knack (add die to a failed ability check) and Psychic Whispers (establish telepathic communication). You regain all expended dice after a long rest, or one die as a bonus action.
Psychic Blades
Level 3You can manifest blades of psychic energy. When you take the Attack action, you can create a psychic blade that deals 1d6 psychic damage. The blade vanishes after hitting or missing. It has the finesse and thrown (60 ft) properties. After attacking with the blade, you can make a bonus action attack with a second psychic blade that deals 1d4 psychic damage.
Soul Blades
Level 9Your Psychic Blades gain additional abilities. Homing Strikes: when you miss with your psychic blade, you can expend a Psionic Energy die and add it to the attack roll, potentially turning a miss into a hit. Psychic Teleportation: as a bonus action, you can expend a Psionic Energy die, roll it, and throw a psychic blade to an unoccupied space you can see up to 10 times the number rolled feet away, teleporting to that space.
Psychic Veil
Level 13As an action, you can become invisible for 1 hour or until you dismiss this effect (no action required). You also end the invisibility early if you deal damage to a creature or force a creature to make a saving throw. Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a Psionic Energy die to use it again.
Rend Mind
Level 17When you deal Sneak Attack damage with your Psychic Blades, you can force the target to make a Wisdom saving throw (DC 8 + your Dexterity modifier + your proficiency bonus). On a failure, the target is stunned for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success. Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend three Psionic Energy dice to use it again.
Recommended Ability Scores
Tiefling Traits That Benefit Soulknife Rogue
Darkvision
Tiefling Darkvision helps Rogues scout ahead and fight in darkness without needing a torch.
Fiendish Legacy
Built-in damage resistance reduces incoming damage, keeping your Rogue alive longer in combat.
Combat Effectiveness
| Level | HP | Melee DPR | Ranged DPR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 5 | 33 | 20.4 | 20.4 |
| Level 11 | 69 | 30.25 | 30.25 |
| Level 17 | 105 | 41.8 | 41.8 |
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Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- ♦ Soulknife grants Psionic Power at level 3
- ♦ Darkvision for dungeon exploration
- ♦ Good armor class and initiative
- ♦ Excellent skill versatility and Sneak Attack damage
- ♦ Built-in damage resistance improves survivability
Weaknesses
- ♦ Low Wisdom — vulnerable to common saving throws
- ♦ Low Charisma limits social interactions
- ♦ Limited ranged and magical options without multiclassing
Pro Tips
Use your Darkvision to scout pitch-black rooms, then manifest your Psychic Blades to strike surprised enemies silently from the dark.
If you miss an attack, use the Soul Blades feature at level 9 to boost your accuracy and ensure your Sneak Attack lands.
Capitalize on your Fiendish Legacy fire resistance to safely scout ahead for fire-based traps that would easily defeat other stealthy characters.
Don't worry about being disarmed; your Psychic Blades can be summoned instantly in any prison or high-security social gathering.
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