Aasimar

Infobox D&D creature
name=Aasimar
alignment=Usually good
type=Outsider
subtype=
source= Races of Destiny, Monster Manual
first= Monster Manual
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In the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game, aasimar are a fictional race of humanoid creatures who are descended from devas, angels and other creatures of pure Good alignment. Although their celestial ancestor may be many generations removed, their presence still lingers. Aasimar are predisposed to Good alignments, but they are by no means always goodWho|date=January 2008.

The evil-alignment-derived counterparts to aasimar, tieflings, have risen to prominence in the Fourth Edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

Ecology

Environment

Aasimar, as planetouched creatures, are considered native outsiders.

Typical physical characteristics

Aasimar are humans with some sign of their godly ancestors, such as golden eyes, silver hair, feathers, and are typically free of human flaw and the like, as per the (Dungeons and Dragons sourcebook) Races of Faerûn. The Planescape setting may have different features available.

Alignment

Aasimar are predisposed to good alignments, but other alignments, including evil, exist. The infernal counterparts of aasimars are called tieflings. Evil Aasimar are considered betrayers to their own ancestors and are hunted by their own race.

Aasimar in the Forgotten Realms

In the "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting aasimar are most common in the eastern lands of Unther and Mulhorand, where they are the descendants of the good deities who walked among the mortals there.Fact|date=May 2008

Aasimar in Planescape

In the "Planescape" campaign setting, aasimar are a race available to player characters, though they are often viewed with contempt or fear by creatures not of good alignment.

Aasimar in Urban Arcana

Aasimar are a common race in Urban Arcana, which is based on the premise that races from Dungeons and Dragons have been pulled through The Plane of Shadow to Earth. Due to conceptual reality and their relatively humanoid appearance, Aasimar appear as beautiful humans to the uninitiated "Mundanes", or regular humans.

References

* "Races of Destiny" Wizards of the Coast 2004

* Baker, Rich, Tim Beach, Wolfgang Baur, Michele Carter, and Colin McComb. "Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II" (TSR, 1995).

*Cook, Monte. "The Planewalker's Handbook" (TSR, 1996).

*Perkins, Christopher. "Warriors of Heaven" (TSR, 1999).

*Reynolds, Sean K., Forbeck, Matt, Jacobs, James, Boyd, Erik L. "Races of Faerun" (Wizards of the Coast 2003)

*Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. "Monster Manual" (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).

External links

* [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/planetouched.htm#aasimar Aasimar] – d20 System Reference Document entry