tiefling/eladrin question

[messy]

allo

admittedly, i haven't been following the 4e news terribly closely, so i apologize if this question has been answered elsewhere.

tieflings will be a playable race in 4e. the good counterpart to evil tieflings are aasimar. so why aren't aasimar in 4e? are eladrins the race to fill that role?

messy

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

It appears that Tieflings will be different in 4e being a race that breeds true and the whole consorting with demons thing is way back in the race's ancestry. Being a player race, I don't think they will be evil in such a way that there needs to be a "good" counterpart.

It appears the Eladrin are the magic-loving version of the elves living in cities, while the Elves are going back to their more natural forest roots (pun intended).

 

[Derren]

What Thornir said.
4E Tieflings are humans whos very ancient ancestor somehow made a deal or even stole powers from devils to infuse themselves with a tiny pit of demonic power and since then they weren't humans anymore but a different race called Tieflings.

 

[messy]

feh.

i guess having tieflings but not aasimar feels to me like something is missing... :\

thanx for the responses, folks.

messy

 

[Desdichado]

I hear there may be a half-eladrin race in the works called Man-faye.