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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herobizkit" data-source="post: 3946617" data-attributes="member: 36150">IMC I use Aasimars, Tieflings, and Planetouched liberally.  They are collectively known as Serpahim: born of Divine blood, though this blood has been far diluted from the original Seraphim.The ORIGINAL Seraphim story parallels that of a certain real-world montheistic religion.  One Creator, called simply "The Emperor", created Seraphim in His image to perform His work -- experimentation with terraforming.  Using the elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Light, and Shadow, the Emperor performed all sorts of work with flora, fauna, and creating worlds upon which the flora and fauna would thrive.  [Campaign Secret: The original Seraphim are essentially an alien race of angel-like humanoids with the tech level of your Start Trek: TNG and beyond.]One project in particular caught the Emperor's attention, and He focussed all his energy and resources into creating a "perfect" world... a world where all creatures could communicate with one another, resources were infinite, and it was to be His ultimate achievement.One particular Seraph grew jealous of the Emperor's power; known only as "Mastema", he believed that his people should conquer the various peoples of the Universe.  He was charismatic, and beautiful, and a born leader.  With his words, he was able to convince a large group of Seraphs to follow him in rebellion against their Emperor.  In disgust, the Emperor cast Mastema and his followers off their homeworld, called "Heaven", and warned them never to return.Mastema had a plan.In secret, Mastema led his fallen angels to the very same planet that the Emperor had chosen as his pet project.  There, he used his powers of Creation to warp and pervert a small selection of the Emperor's "creations".  Mastema and his followers created all sorts of creatures [in short, the D&D races and various monsters] to subjugate and force into slavery.  Mastema soon had his creatures collecting resources from the "perfect" world, and in time, he had collected enough resources to arm his followers to begin a war... a war that would change the Serpah way of life forever.Armed with strange new weapons [Chaositech] and soldiers, Mastema launched a fleet of ships to wage war against Heaven.The Emperor was not prepared for the seemingly random and sheer destructive power of Chaositech, and the war had been nearly lost.It was then that the Emperor launched his emergency plan.  Heaven was not a planet, but in fact, a massive machine [like Titan A.E.]... and this machine came equipped with a cloaking device.  The planet faded from view and flew off, never to be seen again.This plan of action stranded both Mastema's and the Emperor's loyal troops without a home world.  They turned to the nearest planet, the Emperor's "perfect" world, and settled there.The Emperor's loyal troops fought to free the slaves and right the mutations of Mastema, but the power fo Chaositech was immutable.  And so, these god-like beings continued to protect the defenseless slaves, teaching them how to live and the skills necessary to eke out a life.  These Serpahim went by namy names, and many were came to known by different names.  [Here, I introduce the origin of all the "modern day" Gods -- specifically, the Greek/Roman, Norse, and Native American pantheons.  In essence, all religions are the same because they reference the same group of beings, though the people of the world do not know this].In time, the Seraphim, both Good and Evil, began to use their power of Creation by mating with the various creatures [like Outsiders can] of the world, attempting to infuse them with their Divine essence and somehow make them pure.  Thus, the blood of the Seraphim was passed on to generation after generation of creatures, and with each generation, srange and amazing powers and abilities would result.And thus, the D&D world is created.Phew.</blockquote>

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