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<blockquote data-quote="Evenglare" data-source="post: 6394172" data-attributes="member: 63245"><p>So, they include Tieflings in a game primarily focused on being good guy heroes. Tieflings are put in because they have a dark streak so people want to be edgy or whatever. That's fine, but then they don't put in Aasimar because they think they are boring or something? Okay, well I guess i'm completely stupid for wanting THE good race in my heroic game, but whatever I'll accept that i have to have a dark streak tiefling. Okay cool, so by looking at the races we seem to be able to play characters that are not good. So I get to be evil, but no all the good domains of a cleric but not the evil/death ones? No flirting with the dark side as a cleric, but as a race? Sure. WTF. Yet I can be a necromancer as a wizard. How much more confusing is this getting?? Also as a paladin, I get to be a quintessential good paladin, be a paladin of vengeance which are known as black knights, but I can't break my oath if I experience an even I disagree with to the core of my being. </p><p></p><p>I know this stuff will be in the DMG, but I'm looking through and I have no ****ing clue what the thinking was being putting some of this stuff in and taking some of it out in the PHB. It clearly seems like they want the player to have the ability to have a dark streak, but not one so much as to run evil campaigns. But they also didn't want anyone to run -the- quinessential opposed tiefling race of good (Aasimar/deva whatever you want to call it) and believe me if you have watched Supernatural, or played Diablo 3. Those angels do rediculous stuff for the greater "good". So I reject the argument of "They are a boring race". No **** that, do your job better and use some creativity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Evenglare, post: 6394172, member: 63245"] So, they include Tieflings in a game primarily focused on being good guy heroes. Tieflings are put in because they have a dark streak so people want to be edgy or whatever. That's fine, but then they don't put in Aasimar because they think they are boring or something? Okay, well I guess i'm completely stupid for wanting THE good race in my heroic game, but whatever I'll accept that i have to have a dark streak tiefling. Okay cool, so by looking at the races we seem to be able to play characters that are not good. So I get to be evil, but no all the good domains of a cleric but not the evil/death ones? No flirting with the dark side as a cleric, but as a race? Sure. WTF. Yet I can be a necromancer as a wizard. How much more confusing is this getting?? Also as a paladin, I get to be a quintessential good paladin, be a paladin of vengeance which are known as black knights, but I can't break my oath if I experience an even I disagree with to the core of my being. I know this stuff will be in the DMG, but I'm looking through and I have no ****ing clue what the thinking was being putting some of this stuff in and taking some of it out in the PHB. It clearly seems like they want the player to have the ability to have a dark streak, but not one so much as to run evil campaigns. But they also didn't want anyone to run -the- quinessential opposed tiefling race of good (Aasimar/deva whatever you want to call it) and believe me if you have watched Supernatural, or played Diablo 3. Those angels do rediculous stuff for the greater "good". So I reject the argument of "They are a boring race". No **** that, do your job better and use some creativity. [/QUOTE]
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