D&D 5E Companion thread to 5E Survivor: Species

[Scribe]

Wont someone think of the children Humans?!

 

[Aurel Guthrie]

I knew Eladrin wasn't going to win, being an elf subrace (subspecies?), but I'm content they managed to get this far. Definitely my favorite of them all

 

[CleverNickName]

Coming soon, to an internet argument near you:

Joe: What's your favorite type of Tiefling?
Bob: Aasimar. What's yours?
Joe: Genasi.
Kevin: (banging on the desk) THOSE AREN'T TIEFLINGS!
Joe: (shrugs)
Bob: (shrugs)
Kevin: THEY ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
Joe: ...are they, though?

 

[Mind of tempest]

Coming soon, to an internet argument near you:

Joe: What's your favorite type of Tiefling?
Bob: Aasimar. What's yours?
Joe: Genasi.
Kevin: (banging on the desk) THOSE AREN'T TIEFLINGS!
Joe: (shrugs)
Bob: (shrugs)
Kevin: THEY ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
Joe: ...are they, though?

yes as tiefling are defined by having fiendish connections, we do need a generic name for the planar-touched people which is easy to say/type.

 

[CleverNickName]

yes as tiefling are defined by having fiendish connections, we do need a generic name for the planar-touched people which is easy to say/type.

We could call them "Planar Elves," and make even more people explode with indignation.

 

[Aurel Guthrie]

yes as tiefling are defined by having fiendish connections, we do need a generic name for the planar-touched people which is easy to say/type.

But, we already have planetouched. Two syllables, easy to say and easy to type.

 

[RealAlHazred]

In my home game, I have "tiefling" as a local term for "weird people descended from ancient unions with beings from Outside." So, I (who hate subraces in general) actually have several tiefling subraces: one for fiendish-descended people, one for faerie-descended people, and one for Lovecraftian-horror-descended people. If I had a player request it, I would add one for celestial-descended people, but keep in mind celestials in my home game are "Biblically-accurate angels," so they would probably resemble the Lovecraftian-horror-descended people...

 

[CleverNickName]

In my home game, I have "tiefling" as a local term for "weird people descended from ancient unions with beings from Outside."

 

[Tonguez]

We could call them "Planar Elves," and make even more people explode with indignation.

Are Celestial Eladrin still are thing does that mean that Eladrin are also Tieflings? Is quite evident that Tieflings are Elves

 

[CleverNickName]

Are Celestial Eladrin still are thing does that mean that Eladrin are also Tieflings? Is quite evident that Tieflings are Elves

Of course not! One of them is a being who has parents from different planes, and the other is...

...wait.