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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6394221" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>Where'd you hear that?</p><p></p><p>Naaah, the real reason they put in tieflings is because it was in 4e. The intent was, as I understand it, to allow someone picking up the 5e PHB to basically make the same archetypes with that book that they could make in any previous PHB. So Dragonborn and Turathi tieflings are important for that goal. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Was the existing level of customization not enough? I mean, you can play an evil cleric of tempest or light or even life or nature...and if you want a bit of death, you can traipse through the Necromancer wizard and call it good. What would a Death Cleric have that you'd be missing there?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not so bad when you realize that the goal wasn't so much a moral purity of PC's as it was the ability to be characters from previous e's. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you experience what?</p><p></p><p>Plus, vengeance has been often seen as a pretty morally Good idea in a lot of societies -- tribal societies where the sins of someone must echo through the family, or even the Judeo-Christian tradition with its holy wars and inquisitions and Papal politiking. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I suppose, sure.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not like there's infinite space in the PHB for what everyone thinks is quintessential. You want aasimar? <a href="http://daedaluswing.wikidot.com/planetouched#toc8" target="_blank">Go Wild</a> (it's not exactly like their formula for making the Tiefling is difficult to reverse-engineer). Heck, go the extra mile -- make a <a href="http://daedaluswing.wikidot.com/celestial-pact-warlock" target="_blank">warlock pact with the Celestials</a> for a light-is-not-good vibe! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Don't take the fact that aasimar weren't in the PHB personally. No version of D&D has ever let you play an aasimar straight from the PHB. If you want to play a Good Guy, there's 90% of the races in the PHB there for you to have fun with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 6394221, member: 2067"] Where'd you hear that? Naaah, the real reason they put in tieflings is because it was in 4e. The intent was, as I understand it, to allow someone picking up the 5e PHB to basically make the same archetypes with that book that they could make in any previous PHB. So Dragonborn and Turathi tieflings are important for that goal. Was the existing level of customization not enough? I mean, you can play an evil cleric of tempest or light or even life or nature...and if you want a bit of death, you can traipse through the Necromancer wizard and call it good. What would a Death Cleric have that you'd be missing there? It's not so bad when you realize that the goal wasn't so much a moral purity of PC's as it was the ability to be characters from previous e's. If you experience what? Plus, vengeance has been often seen as a pretty morally Good idea in a lot of societies -- tribal societies where the sins of someone must echo through the family, or even the Judeo-Christian tradition with its holy wars and inquisitions and Papal politiking. I suppose, sure. It's not like there's infinite space in the PHB for what everyone thinks is quintessential. You want aasimar? [URL="http://daedaluswing.wikidot.com/planetouched#toc8"]Go Wild[/URL] (it's not exactly like their formula for making the Tiefling is difficult to reverse-engineer). Heck, go the extra mile -- make a [URL="http://daedaluswing.wikidot.com/celestial-pact-warlock"]warlock pact with the Celestials[/URL] for a light-is-not-good vibe! :) Don't take the fact that aasimar weren't in the PHB personally. No version of D&D has ever let you play an aasimar straight from the PHB. If you want to play a Good Guy, there's 90% of the races in the PHB there for you to have fun with. [/QUOTE]
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