D&D (2024) Lawful, Chaotic, and Neutral touched species.

[Charlaquin]

Death to obligatory symmetry! If a new Planetouched species is created, it should be because there’s a cool and interesting ground-up concept for one, not because other Planetouched species exist and we’re trying to fill in all the stupid alignment boxes.

 

[Vaalingrade]

I'd be okay never referencing the Outer Planes again and letting aasimar and tieflings be their own prime people, frankly.

Maybe they're the D&D version of demigods now.

Maybe great aasimar heroes of the past are the inspiration for angels, not the other way around.

Maybe there was an ancient tiefling named Old Scratch whose jackassery knew no bounds.

 

[Azzy]

Death to obligatory symmetry! If a new Planetouched species is created, it should be because there’s a cool and interesting ground-up concept for one, not because other Planetouched species exist and we’re trying to fill in all the stupid alignment boxes.

This. If there's an interesting species concept, let's hear it. But checking off boxes for some forced symmetry is a bad way to go about things.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I wrote my own version about the various Planetouched which included my takes on the Cansin and Axani.

Some of my ideas on the Axani as the umbrella name for all lawful planetouched are that some of them mechanical hybrids or descendants of lawful immortals, but others are artificial prototypes, place-fillers created by divine sources or are possibly hivemind clones.

Cansin I use as the umbrella term for all chaotic planetouched, some of them are "mutants" who have partially unstable forms possibly linked to the Limbo or the Far Realm (was trying to avoid another Planetouched variety exclusive to that plane), but others are the children of chance and coincidence who are really attractive beings with shifting traits such as size, colour and gender.

 

[Marandahir]

I don't want the alignments to be baked in, but something like the Aasimar and Tiefling but for the Lawful Outer Planes and the Chaotic Outer Planes and the Outlands, yes.

In fact, my opinion is to do this:

Glitchling/Modron for Lawful
Plasmoid for Chaotic
Ardling for Neutral

I know Ardling was designed as Guardinal/Archon/Bauriar, but I feel like animals are more neutrally aligned (or unaligned, even), and animal head people would fit better for the Outlands and the Neutral Aligned planes in general -- so Outlands, Elysium, Hades, Mechanus, and Limbo.

Here's how I would put it:

Aasimar: Astral Sea, Arcadia, Celestia, Bytopia, Elysium, Beastlands, Arborea, Ysgard.
Tiefling: Astral Sea, Acheron, Baator, Gehanna, Hades, Carceri, Abyss, Pandemonium
Glitchling: Astral Sea, Bytopia, Celestia, Arcadia, Mechanus, Acheron, Baator
Plasmoid: Astral Sea, Beastlands, Arborea, Ysgard, Limbo, Pandemonium, Abyss, Carceri
Ardling: Outlands, Elysium, Hades, Mechanus, Limbo, Feywild, Shadowfell
Genasi: Elemental Chaos, Earth, Fire, Air, Water, Fountains of Creation, Great Conflagration, Frostfell, Swamp of Oblivion

 

[Celebrim]

Love alignment; never liked the idea of planetouched. It just waters down the concept and encourages juvenile edginess. It reminds me heavily of how Vampires were actually played in practice in the old VtM days, where the players wanted to be all sexy monsters but with none of the actual monstrousness.

 

[Scribe]

Without a "+" you realize this thread is doomed?

Anyway yes I want Alignment based options. The lack of Alignment being part of 5e is one of its greatest failings.

 

[Minigiant]

In fact, my opinion is to do this:

Glitchling/Modron for Lawful
Plasmoid for Chaotic
Ardling for Neutral

That's close to my preference as you can see by the poll .

Lawful Robotmen
Chaotic Oozling with Warhammerish chaos mutations
Neutral Beastmen.

The gimmick is that they have customizable parts.
Mechanical upgrades, mutation, or a beast form.

 

[payn]

I never really liked the Daddy was demon idea. I prefer my planar beings infused with alignment and thats it.

 

[Marandahir]

That's close to my preference as you can see by the poll .

Lawful Robotmen
Chaotic Oozling with Warhammerish chaos mutations
Neutral Beastmen.

The gimmick is that they have customizable parts.
Mechanical upgrades, mutation, or a beast form.

Didn't even think of that as linking them but hell yes! Even more so, I feel strongly about this. Glitchling/Ardling/Plasmoid Neutrals ftw!