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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8735845" data-attributes="member: 7006">The name 'Ardling' doesn't really bother me, because it's about time the Guardinals got re-introduced into the game.&nbsp; They're the one Great Wheel extraplanar alignment-based creature that's never really been highlighted since like 2E.&nbsp; All the other ones have shown up in the game much more often:Chaotic Good - FeyChaotic Neutral - SlaadChaotic Evil - DemonsNeutral Evil - YugolothsLawful Evil - DevilsLawful Neutral - ModronsLawful Good - Angels (or Archons)Neutral Good - GuardinalsSo the fact they are now highlighting the Guardinals by giving them a descendant race for PCs to me is a cool thing.&nbsp; And as far as the name is concerned, I suppose they could have been called 'Ardinals' or 'Guardlings' or something... but 'Ardling' as a descendant of Guardinals works okay too in my opinion.I also wonder if this new race is being introduced because as they've now obviously been working on Planescape they realized that Guardinals have gotten short shrift these past several editions and they wanted to rectify that.&nbsp; And while they could have put Ardlings into the Planescape setting book... maybe they thought it would be better to just have it be in the PHB as an opposite number to the Tiefling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8735845, member: 7006"] The name 'Ardling' doesn't really bother me, because it's about time the Guardinals got re-introduced into the game. They're the one Great Wheel extraplanar alignment-based creature that's never really been highlighted since like 2E. All the other ones have shown up in the game much more often: Chaotic Good - Fey Chaotic Neutral - Slaad Chaotic Evil - Demons Neutral Evil - Yugoloths Lawful Evil - Devils Lawful Neutral - Modrons Lawful Good - Angels (or Archons) Neutral Good - Guardinals So the fact they are now highlighting the Guardinals by giving them a descendant race for PCs to me is a cool thing. And as far as the name is concerned, I suppose they could have been called 'Ardinals' or 'Guardlings' or something... but 'Ardling' as a descendant of Guardinals works okay too in my opinion. I also wonder if this new race is being introduced because as they've now obviously been working on Planescape they realized that Guardinals have gotten short shrift these past several editions and they wanted to rectify that. And while they could have put Ardlings into the Planescape setting book... maybe they thought it would be better to just have it be in the PHB as an opposite number to the Tiefling. [/QUOTE]

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