Pact-Born & Plane-Touched

These are my variants on Tieflings and Genasi. I do not particularly like the 5e renditions of them, and want them to be more grounded in useful tricks and faults which hint at supernatural ancestries. I have no stats for them (yet) but here are an idea of how they would work

Pact-Born

They go by so many different names - tieflings, succubi, changling, aasimar, corrupted, half-fey - but they're all the consequence of the same thing: When a person makes a deal with a faraway entity - the soul belongs to the person already, and cannot be "transferred" or "sold" thus Faraway lords make do with the offspring of these persons. Pact-Born are brought into this world as the consequence of the indelible stain on the soul of the signed, and serve as a reminder of the Pact made, and as an agent of the Faraway Lord. They may be raised as a human, until an awakening occurs, and they are given the knowledge of their heritage. They have no choice, and are unwitting agents of their parent's pactee.

• They have one characteristic feature; wings, tail, eyes, horns, skin-colour, claws, scales, etc.
• Many are shockingly beautiful, or exceptionally charismatic.
  
• Any person they fuck are lightly charmed, and are susceptible to Faraway bargains. Usually those of the Pact-Born's heritage.
  
• They intuit falsehoods and, to a lesser extent, truths. This applies to any sentient creatures in the Mundane (world) with obvious celestial exceptions. Concentrating, they can detect falsehoods in the Material as well.
  

Pact-Born, unlike simple Tieflings, can be born of Genies, Fey, Old Ones, Demons, Devils, Rakshasa, Deva, Vanir, Aesir and so on. They are exceedingly rare, except in cities, being 1/500 to 1/1000 people. They give birth to normal humans.

Plane-Touched

The Mundane is a strange place with a long history. Sometimes, when a fold of the Yemeje (Elemental Planes or Quintessence) rubs up against the borders of the Mundane, the Plane-Touched are born. They pop up otherwise too, seemingly at random. They find occupation closest to their attuned element.

For all intents and purposes they are human, and give birth to normal humans, but are so attuned to thaumic currents that they make horrible Magic-users.

Isat (Fire)

Common backgrounds: Fire Priest, Circus Flame breather, Soldier, Arsonist.

Can know the origin of a flame, and can see the faces of those who lit it. Have some fire resistance.

Wiha (Water)

Common backgrounds: Sailor, Water carrier, Tea house Publican, Fisher, Ferryman.

Able to find the path of least resistance (in a maze, for example) and can detect impurities in water (but cannot remove them).

Sema (Air)

Common backgrounds: Mountaineer, Sailor, Dungeoneer, Long-distance messenger, Storm-Chaser, Highwayman.

Can sense the direction of the smallest breeze (including breath) and have an uncanny sense of smell.

Midir (Earth)

Common backgrounds: Miner, Mason, Builder, Dungeoneer, Thief, Assassin, Soldier.

Can ask stone questions. The still earth does not like being asked questions by those that are quick, and usually only gives one word answers. Have an incredible constitution.

Menif (Spirit)

Common backgrounds: Priest, Bard, Fortune-teller, Backdoor politician, Playwright, Shaman.

These take the place of any celestial born creatures. We are to gods as cells are to an organ - one can hold divinity, but cannot originate from it wholly. The spirit is divine, to an extent.

Emotions are like the neurotransmitter; the Menif, a neuron. They can detect the true emotion of a person. Crowds are deafening, and most tend to stay away from cities due to the constant barrage of emotions. Their inherent connection also means that they tend to have prayers answered more easily.

Additional

Well damn, the Pact-Born are by no means an original idea. Check here and here.