In the ancestry of a diavolo is a progenitor who fornicated with a devil. This blasphemy results in a family inheritance of horns, a tail, a forked tongue, cloven hooves, and a disquieting infernal aura. Diavolos tend to be shunned; it is believed that their presence attracts bad luck. In some rural areas, they are hunted.
Vampires are lusty creatures obsessed with the pleasures of the flesh; dhampirs are the resultant children born of dalliances between vampires and humans. You will know them by their morbid pallor and sharp fangs. Dhampirs often possess supernatural abilities inherited from their vampiric parent.
The bodies of draculeçti are reptilian, squamous, and draconic; their skins are covered in scales, they possess fangs and claws, and horns crown their heads. It is unknown why some children conceived by human parents are born as draculeçti, but many contend that their forms reflect inherited sins. The Church of Saintly Blood regards the draculeçti as spiritually unclean.
When a soul possessing divine power is reincarnated within the mortal flesh of a newborn child, they are known as inkarnovati. This spiritual rebirth occurs randomly, and those who are born with this gift seldom realize it—but some are visited by angelic mentors who urge them to hunt fiends without regret or mercy.
Molocha are humans who have become infected by the baleful influence of the Old Ones that emanates from the accursed stars. Their bodies slowly become fungal, alien, and sometimes faintly luminescent. Molocha evidence unlocked powers of the mind; when they dream, they speak with the phantasms of the past.
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Director's Commentary
All right, let's cut to how I see these ancestries being modeled mechanically. Diavolos are easy: tieflings, all day every day. Dhampirs are a bit trickier; shadar-kai and drow elves are probably the best fit, but you could make a case for gith as well. Inkarnovati were added specifically because a player in my campaign came to me with an interesting concept. I'd use aasimar for them. And really, you have to admit that inkarnovati is a better name than aasimar, right? Molocha have thus far only appeared as NPCs, but the kalashtar from the Eberron book are probably leaning in the right direction.
