WotC Blogs II

[Andor]

My question is - if devils are now all fallen angels, what's the real difference between an aasimar and a tiefling mechanically anyway?

Aasimar favor sparkly pastel eyeshadows while Tieflings always go for red or black.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My question is - if devils are now all fallen angels, what's the real difference between an aasimar and a tiefling mechanically anyway?

Because devils were transformed by their fall, and they've passed their new qualities onto their descendants. Think of it like a mutation that breeds true.

 

[Simia Saturnalia]

My question is - if devils are now all fallen angels, what's the real difference between an aasimar and a tiefling mechanically anyway?

When it comes to outsiders, 'a state of grace' is literal.

 

[GreatLemur]

To use another example, Monte Cook when discussiong how 3e was built, said that 3e used Magic: The Gathering as a source of rules construction. Namely that some cards are better than others, and the experienced Magic player is rewarded by figuring this out and using the Better cards. Thus Toughness and Whirlwind are bad feats, but only someone familiar with teh system and experienced would realize this and thus ignore those feats.

Yeah, and I cannot even express how much that design ethic bothers me. I'm really hoping 4e's character options are free of deliberate newb traps and penalty prerequisites.

 

[Cake Mage]

The tiefling's power source is "emo".

/Win

 

[Kobold Avenger]

The tiefling's power source is "emo".

I doubt that Tieflings bother to listen to My Chemical Romance or Fugazi or Hawthorne Heights or Linkin Park. And if they did listen to Fugazi they'd probably call themselves Indy Kids instead.

 

[Templeton580]

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[Kid Charlemagne]

Where is the "truth bombs" update?

I'd guess they need a little time to edit the podcast...

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

My question right now is why the tiefling is a playable race in the PHB but not the aasimar?

'Cause assmar is a silly name and they are putting eladrin in instead.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

They're still using Aasimar, they've been mentioned as being in the MM...

Of course you could go with this idea:

Tiefling = "Teufel" (German for Devil) + "ling"

so instead of Aasimar which was derived from Aasimon, you could use:

Engelling = "Engel" (German for Angel) + "ling"