D&D 5E What happens if an aasimars god dies?

[Axle Greymoon]

Aasimar being super close to thier gods and hearing them what would happen if thier god dies? Do they lose thier divine qualities? Does anything physical happen? Do they die?

 

[Leatherhead]

This is basically the plot from the Baldur's Gate video game series.

But for the sake of argument: Nothing directly, their divinity is in their blood, and they have an angelic handler rather than a direct line to their patron deity.

 

[thethain]

What happens if your grandfather dies?

Probably you get sad a little, if you had a good relationship.

Aasimar are semi-divine beings because that's what they are. They aren't manifestations or avatars, they are individual beings with free will.

 

[Blue]

Sounds like a great plot hook where there is a battle for their portfolio but someone with their divine blood in them would have a much easier time to be accepted by the divine spark. So against their best judgement and wishes, but to keep it out of the hands of those that would twist or pervert the hollowed duties of the domain, the Aasimar starts a quest to ascend.

 

[neobolts]

They could associate themselves with a new deity perhaps?

"The clever bird chooses the branch whereon to perch; the wise servant selects the master to serve." - Traditional Chinese saying

 

[Eltab]

The aasimar might have to "find a new employer" or he could be a free agent in the world.

 

[steeldragons]

Nothing.

Why would it? Their "divinity" if you want to call it that, or maybe "celestial heritage" is a better term, is a matter of their genetic make up (magical or otherwise) or "a part of them" if you prefer. They aren't clerics, dependent on "receiving" power from a deity in order to possess said power. <thunderclap! Magical lightning fllashes. Echo-y voice amplifier, on.> "Theeey have the POWUH!"

A deity dying, even if their direct parent (which would make them more "demigod" than "aasimar," I should think) wouldn't do anything to them.

 

[jasper]

They all journey to a distance land. Speaking Queen tunes they fight it out until one is left standing. That one becomes the replacement god.

 

[BookBarbarian]

They all journey to a distance land. Speaking Queen tunes they fight it out until one is left standing. That one becomes the replacement god.

I am immortal. I have inside me blood of kings! Yeah!

 

[cbwjm]

If they have always had the presence of their god in the back of their mind then they could have some kind of psychological shock. No longer do they hear the comforting voice of their divine ancestor, now where the words of divinity once spoke, there is only silence. Mechanically, there wouldn't be much difference, but the player could definitely play up a feeling of extreme loss over the death of their god, a void in their heart and soul which they long to fill with the presence of another god. It could lead to some cool roleplaying developments.