I don't think that word means what you think it means.
("connotes" <> "=". It literally means "to imply other loosely related or associated meanings, in addition to the literal meaning).
Sorry, feeling pedantic this morning...
Deva or Aasimar?
("connotes" <> "=". It literally means "to imply other loosely related or associated meanings, in addition to the literal meaning).
Sorry, feeling pedantic this morning...
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
"Aasimar" makes me think of "Lord of the Flies," which is an awesome novel. "Deva" makes me think of Mariah Carey or Celine Dion, who annoy me to no end. So I'm going to have to go with Aasimar.
The whole issue is just change for the sake of change, as far as my campaign goes...we won't use them no matter what they are called...so take my vote with a grain of salt.
The whole issue is just change for the sake of change, as far as my campaign goes...we won't use them no matter what they are called...so take my vote with a grain of salt.
Green Knight
First Post
Heh, and someone on another board thought I was crazy for thinking that anybody else would start thinking of divas because of the name. But then I come here and I see several posters making those self-same comments. And yep, first time I saw the name the first thing that sprang to mind was Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin.
Gets even worse if you play a Deva who's a member of a Divine class. Just begging for someone to start singing "Say a Little Prayer for You" whenever you use a power. Maybe I have an overactive imagination, but I suspect we might see scenes similar to this repeat themselves at game tables all over.
DM: So what're you playing?
PLAYER 1: I'm playing a Deva Paladin.
PLAYER 2: Wait, you're playing a Diva?
PLAYER 1: No, Deva. Dey-va.
PLAYER 3: Watch out, Diana Ross just joined the party.
PLAYER 1: Deva, not diva.
PLAYER 2: What's the matter? Not getting enough R-E-S-P-E-C-T?
PLAYER 3: And a Paladin, too! Is your character the son of a preacher, man?
PLAYER 2: I'm a Deva, and honey, I'm DI-VINE!
PLAYER 1: I hate my life...
Jack Colby
First Post
I actually don't like either name, although in this day and age, deva is way too close to diva, as people have already said. Not that 4E is full of monsters with great names! 
Jack Colby
First Post
Yick. That's what WotC does most of the time, mashing nouns together, and I usually can't stand the results. I'm glad they went with "deva" instead. With a little work, they ought to be able to justify the associations - perhaps FR devas actually are a higher order of being, but bound to mortal life for some reason.
Though I'd be cool with nephilim as well.
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Kobold Avenger
Legend
They haven't cannibalized Guardinals just yet. And this is even after I came up with an idea that they should be tribes of nature spirits in the natural world, who look almost human.
Though with Aasimar being Devas, I wonder if it's appropriate to call a female Aasimar a Devi?
The Little Raven
First Post
Deva (pronounced DAY-VA) is not slang in the US.
Saying it's silly just because you don't pronounce it correctly, and thus associate it with an entirely different word with an entirely different root, is silly.
JeffB
Legend
I in fact DO pronounce it correctly. Unfortunately most others do not. I've yet to hear a D&D player say it correctly let alone a non-D&D player.
Please get off the high horse (again) mourn.
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