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<blockquote data-quote="LurkAway" data-source="post: 5803650" data-attributes="member: 6685059">Well, to each their own, but when I first read the deva fluff, I imagined it was a deva soul being reincarnated, and the body was merely a new shell. In that sense, a deva elf and deva dwarf makes just as much sense as the idea of karmic reincarnation and being reborn in any new body, male, female, human, animal. IMO having a deva soul is a wonderful theme, like having dragon blood or being fey-touched.For the sake of unity, I'd be OK with a compromise in which there's a Deva race like in 4E, and the Deva theme is used when a Deva soul is reborn in a non-deva body.IIRC, the tiefling was initially created in 2e/Planescape, then tweaked in 3e, then reimagined in 4e. Considering that some consolidation must occur, I don't know that any D&amp;D element, including those from 4e, is going to survive unchanged into 5e. And if one doesn't want to let go of 4Eisms, then 4E will still be supported anyway as a viable alternative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LurkAway, post: 5803650, member: 6685059"] Well, to each their own, but when I first read the deva fluff, I imagined it was a deva soul being reincarnated, and the body was merely a new shell. In that sense, a deva elf and deva dwarf makes just as much sense as the idea of karmic reincarnation and being reborn in any new body, male, female, human, animal. IMO having a deva soul is a wonderful theme, like having dragon blood or being fey-touched. For the sake of unity, I'd be OK with a compromise in which there's a Deva race like in 4E, and the Deva theme is used when a Deva soul is reborn in a non-deva body. IIRC, the tiefling was initially created in 2e/Planescape, then tweaked in 3e, then reimagined in 4e. Considering that some consolidation must occur, I don't know that any D&D element, including those from 4e, is going to survive unchanged into 5e. And if one doesn't want to let go of 4Eisms, then 4E will still be supported anyway as a viable alternative. [/QUOTE]

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