Aasimar are now . . . Devas.

[Klaus]

I don't like it purely based on the fact that "deva" is waaaa(...)aaaay too similar to "devil" (being the origin of the word "devil" IRL).

A while back I submit an article idea to Dragon magazine on the "we used to be the aasimar" race, and there I gave them the name "hoarlings" ("from the heights", just like tieflings is "from the depths").

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I don't like it purely based on the fact that "deva" is waaaa(...)aaaay too similar to "devil" (being the origin of the word "devil" IRL).

A while back I submit an article idea to Dragon magazine on the "we used to be the aasimar" race, and there I gave them the name "hoarlings" ("from the heights", just like tieflings is "from the depths").

Too much like hordelings.

 

[Starbuck_II]

A rose by any other name, is still not part of my campaign. We haven't used any of the mixed-blood races in half a decade.

Going by the way Teiflings are no longer mixed blooded (like in 3.5) but cursed humans; it seems likely Aasimar are just humans cursed to reincarnate never to fully reach the celestial planes and glory that comes with it.

The Good "Cursed" race. I can see it now happy Emos! A Contradiction in play.
Well played Wotc, well played.

 

[Scribble]

I don't like it purely based on the fact that "deva" is waaaa(...)aaaay too similar to "devil" (being the origin of the word "devil" IRL).

A while back I submit an article idea to Dragon magazine on the "we used to be the aasimar" race, and there I gave them the name "hoarlings" ("from the heights", just like tieflings is "from the depths").

man... if people made fun of the word aasimar... hoarling would be funny overload.

 

[ProfessorCirno]

I wonder if they'll continue to be like Aasimar fluff wise, or if they'll be hit over the head with the EMOGOTH stick like Tieflings were. After all, in one of the more headache inducing articles on Races and Classes, it was mentioned that "Good guys are lame, rebellious teenagers are AWESOME, lets shove more crappy angst into this system."

 

[Dausuul]

Too much like hordelings.

Mmmm, hordelings. I always loved those little guys. Wonder if we can get them in MM2? For a race whose metier is "swarm of rampaging destroyers," demons are sorely lacking in the minion department.

 

[DaveMage]

More pointless flavor changes, and since it's from an FR source, yet another retcon for the Realms. *sigh*

No, no - it's a good thing.

New game = new terms.

I think it better defines 4E as its own thing.

 

[Irda Ranger]

Eh. I was Okay with Aasimar, even if it wasn't great. I was always careful to pronounce it "ae-sim-ahr" to avoid ass jokes. Deva I don't like though. All I can think of is "diva." Which is bad. For me. IMC. YMMV.

Yeah ...

Anywho, now I don't know what to call them. Nephilim is too Biblical, and um, sorry Claudio but "Hoarlings" makes me think of packs of dirty street children. Maybe I'll just retcon me some Forgotten Realms history and name them after come forgotten Empire from which they are supposedly descended.

 

[Irda Ranger]

No, no - it's a good thing.

New game = new terms.

I think it better defines 4E as its own thing.

New game sure, but changing an existing setting more than necessary is intrusive. I was not a fan of using "Eladrin" in FR when we could simply call them Gold or Grey Elves.

 

[WhatGravitas]

A while back I submit an article idea to Dragon magazine on the "we used to be the aasimar" race, and there I gave them the name "hoarlings" ("from the heights", just like tieflings is "from the depths").

How do you get "hoar" from "height"?

Cheers, LT.