Deva or Aasimar?

[MerricB]

Simple question, simple poll.

For the record, I detest Aasimar. It's just a failed attempt to get into the dictionary before the Aardvark!

Cheers!

 

[Droogie]

Dunno. I think I like 'aasimar' better. 'Deva' makes me think of 'pop deva', and now I picture the entire race looking like Mariah Carey.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Dunno. I think I like 'aasimar' better. 'Deva' makes me think of 'pop deva', and now I picture the entire race looking like Mariah Carey.

OTOH, "deva" has the virtue of being

A) A real word,

B) Connotations that actually make sense for the race, and

C) Is pronounceable without sounding like you're trying to curse. (It's "day-vuh," for the record, not "diva" like Mariah Carey.)

Gee, can we tell how I voted?

 

[Hussar]

Y'know, I always pronounced that DEE va, never knew any better.

And it still didn't bother me.

 

[Sonny]

I like Deva much more. I never actually disliked Aasimar, but then again, I never liked it either. For me, this would be one of 4th editions positive changes.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Don't really care, as I never liked them as a PC race. But 'deva' has too many Myth Adventures overtones for me.

 

[Lackhand]

Deva, please -- euphonious real word > "ass uh mar" made up word.

 

[MerricB]

Gee, can we tell how I voted?

For "Throat-wobbler Mangrove"? Knew I left something off the poll!

Interesting to see the split in votes - it's very heavily towards Deva at this point; which probably says an awful lot about how real words are generally better than made-up ones.

Cheers!

 

[Xris Robin]

Don't really care, as I never liked them as a PC race. But 'deva' has too many Myth Adventures overtones for me.

Great, now I'm going to be thinking of the Bazaar through all my 4e games now.

 

[MerricB]

Great, now I'm going to be thinking of the Bazaar through all my 4e games now.

And is that a bad thing? Certainly, it's more meat for DM's to use on unsuspecting players!

Cheers!