Aasimar are now . . . Devas.

[Spatula]

Deva is not from a German root

Uh, who said it was?

 

[Cam Banks]

Huh? They showed up in 1e's MM2 along with Solars and Planetars.

Yup. And I'm pretty sure the astral deva (as opposed to the monadic and movanic devas) was from something older. Tsojcanth's monster booklet? Dragon magazine? Man, I loved Tsojcanth when it first came out. Didn't care about the adventure, I just loved all the new monsters.

Cheers,
Cam

 

[The Little Raven]

Uh, who said it was?

It looked like you were when you said "how about using Latin instead of German when looking for a word root."

 

[I'm A Banana]

Huh? They showed up in 1e's MM2 along with Solars and Planetars.

Dangnabbit.

I'm giving myself 20 lashes right now.

Wanna watch?

 

[cangrejoide]

WotC re-invents the modrons as transforming robots led by Optimus, the One and the Prime.

If only.

 

[cangrejoide]

If only.

Did anyone say Hoochling?

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Dangnabbit.

I'm giving myself 20 lashes right now.

Wanna watch?

No, thanks, I am not into that kinda stuff.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Thats the only thing that comes to my mind with DEVA.....bring back the aasimar

 

[Elphilm]

In Finnish the word aasi means 'donkey', and by extension, 'stupid'. You can guess I'm not a fan of the word aasimar.

In my mind 'daeva' is strongly associated with the demonic spirits of Zoroastrianism, and thus is no good either. 'Deva' is nearly perfect, and like it was said on page 1, brings a different and fresh cultural flavor to the game.

But should tieflings be called asuras?

 

[Derro]

Also, every time a Devo reincarnates, it'll be into a lower life form.

Well played, sir, well played.