Aasimar in 5e Dungeons & Dragons - Player Races
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5 жыл бұрынAasimar! Heroes with divine celestial ancestry and a tendency towards goodness. They're fascinating! Here are our player tips for making amazing Aasimar characters that are more than one-trick lawful good ponies.
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@stormbreaker3027 5 жыл бұрын
Love the aasimar! Looking at creating a aasimar zealot barbarian, an aasimar 1 sorcerer/ 19 cleric, an maybe a couple more.
@jonathanrobinson319 5 жыл бұрын
magical girl warlock 5e
@dragonmaster613 5 жыл бұрын
I had a Assimar acolyte who screwed up a recon mission and lost some fellow acolytes. He was banished for that and for being too CG and not NG. Then he discovered that during that last mission, he got Lycanthropy. He was found by Blood Hunters who trained him to control it. Now he hunts those occultists who he failed to kill the first time. Take this if you want.
@saosp95 5 жыл бұрын
I want to make an aasimar half elf any suggestions?
@pranakhan 5 жыл бұрын
That Fallen Aasimar / Ancestor Barb. concept was badass! Thanks for talking about these guys in a sensible and interesting way, theres not a lot of valuable info. on this race. Great job guys. I'm playing a Fallen Aasimar / Open Hand monk who is a trained underworld doctor. He resists his dark heritage through advanced meditation and Neigong. The struggle of dark & light within
@dextra9753 5 жыл бұрын
tbh I've been wanting to play a fallen aasimar who's pact of the celestial, and their patron is basically their parole officer/AA sponsor.
@asharts3450 5 жыл бұрын
Omw do it. If you don't I will XD
@kiddo6393 4 жыл бұрын
Warlock?
@chasebalcziunas4289 4 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of a fallen aasimar valor bard/fiend pact warlock. They call me Johnny..
@tiredjediknight3110 4 жыл бұрын
I've wanted to play a similar concept with a pact of the celestial fallen aasimar who's basically somehow bound his own celestial guide into being an unwilling patron. Not sure yet why he'd hold this grudge against his own guide or his overall backstory but plenty of story telling potential there.
@handfulmousefly 3 жыл бұрын
Okay that's hilarious
@mintyfreshfiend 5 жыл бұрын
My friend and I have a teifling and aasimar who're adoptive siblings, both having been sold into a freak show when they were young
@memetaco7732 5 жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@3nertia 5 жыл бұрын
LOVE it!
@TardisPilot2004 5 жыл бұрын
Heather Martin I did a similar thing with a drow and a high elf who were adopted siblings and were a fighting duo in an arena thingy. The drow, my character, was a shadow sorcerer/mastermind rogue, and the high elf was, if memory serves, an arcane archer fighter. The characters weren’t as stereotypical as you’d think, as my character was raised like a normal elf minus the superiority complex, and the high elf was raised by an orc clan, and thus worshipped Gruumsh, which was kinda weird for an elf, but still fun. I’ve always enjoyed playing characters with another complimentary character, and this is one of my favorite pairs.
@mintyfreshfiend 5 жыл бұрын
@@schonlingg.wunderbar2985 my guy I am fully illiterate, I can't read and i don't want to lmao
@dragonmaster613 5 жыл бұрын
I did that with both being children of Zariel. And she "forced" them to work together to stem the Demon tide for her.
@theriderdwaft 5 жыл бұрын
In a campaign I was in there was a guy who played a fallen aasimar blood hunter (the epitome of edge) and as a joke we made a sign we held up when he got too edgy that just read "crawling in my skin"
@yearlingwolf1796 5 жыл бұрын
Aasimar basically give you an anime transformation and it’s awesome
@craigbainton4173 5 жыл бұрын
THIS ISNT EVEN MY FINAL FORM
@dragonmaster613 5 жыл бұрын
Aasimar Sun Soul Monk... Goku!!
@austinborst7920 5 жыл бұрын
I super feel this playing a path of the zealot barb. There have been a handful of fights round one is rage and skeletal wings so it's just a turn of transforming.
@mickeygough2277 5 жыл бұрын
My aasimar has a ton of tattoos and his wings are normally inked on to his shoulders and glow and grow when it's time to fly
@AquaSheep93 5 жыл бұрын
100% here for giving aasimar similar status to tieflings, as well as giving them non-angel celestial heritage. My aasimar character is descended from couatl so she has feathers where tieflings have horns to set her out from the crowd. My DM and I play up her angelic guide (a couatl) and her hexblade patron as her conflicting shoulder angel and devil (inspired by kronk in the emperor's new groove). She only made the warlock pact to piss off her guide and her noble family, but we enjoy using her patrons to pull her in different directions. I especially enjoy having her scream "you're not my real patron!" at her guide.
@blakebrockhaus347 5 жыл бұрын
Kronk is best girl
@shywoofer1620 5 жыл бұрын
Broke: Tiefling Fiend Warlock Woke: Aasimar Divine Soul Sorcerer
@Everetses 5 жыл бұрын
Connor Woodhams bespoke: aasimar fiend warlock
@shywoofer1620 5 жыл бұрын
@@Everetses YOU JUST BLEW MY DANG MIND
@butterflysrage 5 жыл бұрын
Croke: a wizard in melee Choke: a bard with a charisma of 7 Bloke: male half orc barbarian
@Tiyev 5 жыл бұрын
Snoke: Half the man he used to be.
@butterflysrage 5 жыл бұрын
Tiyev or.... Snoked: when your big bad gets killed in one hit in the middle of their monologue
@IShallCallHimTaders 5 жыл бұрын
OH man, we are talking about ASMR? I'm down for this.
@C0HZ 3 жыл бұрын
They could redo this whole video as ASMR for April fools day.
@roccaflocca4312 5 жыл бұрын
Aasimar are "less popular" because they aren't in the PHB. People won't STFU about them on Reddit.
@Grinnar 5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I don't have an account, now.
@fredfreddy8684 5 жыл бұрын
Aasimar are great character races. I can't stop talking about them on KZfaq, even on the political KZfaq channels.
@brosephnoonan223 5 жыл бұрын
People dont stop talking about them ANYWHERE. They're very flavorful and, more than that, are highly synergistic with many classes in the game. Any class their ability scores dont directly support, their racial powers offer useful options for various classes. Self healing is never unwanted, and every form comes with a level based damage bonus, that IS magical. Flight is nearly always useful, and the major detractors of it say "well your wings get in the way and are an obvious target" and the aasimar get around that by having flight on-demand that goes away. No one knows just by looking at you that you can fly, so it's a surprise. Their AoE fear save is charisma based, which isn't a common save to have, and offers a useful CC ability to any class. This can mean your battle master fighter gets access to fear, or your conquest paladin gets to optimize their fear benefits. And scourge deals AoE damage to everyone and anything around you, no save. It's not as synergistic as fallen/conquest paladin but it's no less useful. Again, stick it on a fighter or monk or paladin and your melee attacker becomes more threatening - stick it on a crowd controller and they suddenly get a passive ouch field.
@tjcofer7517 4 жыл бұрын
@@fredfreddy8684 lol
@chasebalcziunas4289 4 жыл бұрын
Gotta brew a paladin subclass along the lines of the Oath of Social Justice to really bring out the protector Aasimar.
@93techie 5 жыл бұрын
A line of Aasimar that was created by Asmodeus before he fell. And now there’s an entire order devoted to his redemption.
@kylestanley7843 5 жыл бұрын
That took me a second to understand, but I think it's genius. A secretive, old as time order sworn on the redemption of he who wasn't always infernal.
@Asderuki 5 жыл бұрын
@@kylestanley7843 but Asmodeus never was celestial in the first place.
@rustyshackle8000 4 жыл бұрын
@@Asderuki Some versions of Asmodeus have him as a fallen angel that was corrupted by Tharzidun. I believe it was the 4th edition Dawn War version.
@Asderuki 4 жыл бұрын
@@rustyshackle8000 As far I know it always was that even gods did not remember correctly who was Asmodeus so they belived he was an angel once. In lore he is really a nor god nor a celestial nor even a devil, but a world serpent among with Jazirian.
@rustyshackle8000 4 жыл бұрын
@@Asderuki Huh. Didn't know that.
@Diditallforthexp 5 жыл бұрын
An Aasimar whose heritage springs from forbidden love... A human woman and a Modron Pentadrone. He could only perform five functions, but one of them was love. You might want to make Charisma your dump stat on that one though.
@brosephnoonan223 5 жыл бұрын
*erotic beeping*
@the_rose_garden01 4 жыл бұрын
An odd way of saying ED-E
@JustOneAsbesto 5 жыл бұрын
Oh, so this is what all those creepy whispering videos are about?
@phoenixfritzinger9185 3 жыл бұрын
I tried to do that as my character voice for an Aasimar once, but then it stopped being funny about halfway through the first session
@StevetheWizard2591 5 жыл бұрын
Aasimar Rogue would definitely excel in the social pillar of play, and if they went Protector, they'd have the mobility options necessary to be an incredible thief. "So, how did someone manage to scale a 60-foot tower with greased walls and unlock the window at the top?" I'd imagine they'd be your typical "Thief with a Heart of Gold" character, both only targeting those that deserve it and helping people with the resources they acquire. Alternatively, they could be the biggest jerk of all, and just use their inborn good reputation to get away with some truly heinous crimes, because there's no way the Aasimar could possibly rob that orphanage.
@xenocore01 5 жыл бұрын
It's not DnD, but I played an Aasimar Rogue that was spec'ed out to be the spymaster in a Pathfinder Kingmaker campaign. Worked fairly well.
@Raziel312 5 жыл бұрын
I had an idea for a character who was basically raised by the church as a child of prophecy. A messiah. Thing is, when he got old enough to understand what they wanted from him, he started freaking out! He didn't have any great wisdom to impart! He had to watch every word unless he wanted to start a schism! So he snapped under the pressure and ran away. He became a rogue partially out of necessity, partly because years of being spoiled by the Church had gotten him used to getting what he wants when he wants it.
@sauercarey 4 жыл бұрын
I'm running a protector aasimar rogue thief right now. Soldier background (infiltration type unit) that had been booted out and turned to crime. He drinks a lot to try to drown out his dreams...
@WolfOfLegend 5 жыл бұрын
Petition to start every DnD video on the entirety of youtube with "Hark Virgins."
@elireyalvarado8121 4 жыл бұрын
As soon as I heard that I lmao and was like "No way, did he really say that!?" So I rewinded and as soon as I heard it again I started coughing and dying of laughter
@Midnightv 3 жыл бұрын
Agree lok
@robkoh7290 5 жыл бұрын
Protector Aasimar Glamour Bard, checking in! Growing wings and holding a concert mid battle is pretty swag lol
@charliealvordiv224 5 жыл бұрын
Im currently playing an Radiant soul Aasimar monk, way of shadow build. She is a holy assassin of Pelor who uses light to create shadows so she can use those shadows against those who dwell in the dark.
@zecat3727 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I made a sun soul scourge Aasimar that was taught by their guide to channel the scourge-y light, transformation thing into bolts of energy.
@revshad4226 5 жыл бұрын
One of the things I did in a game was I had the angelic guide be very vocal for the first 6 or so levels and then suddenly just completely silent. It turned out that the devils of my world were so empowered by the worship from a cult that they were able to capture several angels, which caused my players to quest to free them
@dragonmaster613 5 жыл бұрын
The three subs for Aasimar are perfect for Ravnica. Fallen = Orzhov Scourge = Boros Protector = Azorius
@dragonmaster613 5 жыл бұрын
@@hekjek9865 but aasimar aren't angels. (Reflavor how you are a aasimar)
@IamWalkingDead1 4 жыл бұрын
@@hekjek9865 Angels can freelance in Ravnican lore. So maybe they help Azorius.
@whitleypedia 5 жыл бұрын
Dudes. Every plane in the multiverse puts itself in the middle of the Great Wheel.
@draxthemsklonst 5 жыл бұрын
If there's dark energy like our universe, then any & all planes are the center, simultaneously.
@whitleypedia 5 жыл бұрын
@@draxthemsklonst woooooahh
@pranakhan 5 жыл бұрын
There's only one thing in the middle... Sigil
@malikevans634 3 жыл бұрын
I always thought the main reason Aasimar weren't as popular as Tieflings was that being connected to celestials or divines probably required knowledge of them in order to really have a lore-friendly backstory. Unlike Tieflings, who seem far less restricted.
@calebparris8956 5 жыл бұрын
In the campaign that I’m playing with some old friends from high school, my Aasimar is a War Cleric for the god Odin. My divine guide is a Valkyrie instead of a normal angel.
@MrKago1 5 жыл бұрын
I remember back when there was the Spawn animated series on HBO. When Angela showed up, she was dressed like a beautiful woman in business clothes. But people who were truly good at heart could see her divinity. Kids, older people, good hard working folks would just stare at her, completely dumb founded and totally unaware that they were doing it and would forget that she specifically was there but would remember seeing a divinity of some kind. I always imagined Aasimar's being like this. If the Aasimar is good aligned they some what mesmerize lesser people of similar alignment and innocence. But if they are evil then evil people, and people with guilt issues are mesmerized.
@charliechapman7156 5 жыл бұрын
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@WebDM 5 жыл бұрын
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@youtubeseagull 5 жыл бұрын
I love when you guys put some practical sense to a high magic universe by saying "y'know that's just another place you can go, right? What does Celestia care about one mortal?!" I think that's excellent out the box thinking and i really root for those ideas to open up class possibilities and give the world depth and intelligence. B/c that's how real people are anyway. And it's funny. Not everything is sacred. I love the new sound, or sound filter. Turning Jim's gravelly speech impediment into a rumbling Howard Stern bass is a great idea.
@crossthreaded6867 5 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my first character, an aasimar cleric who had to have a disguise magic tattoo because we were in a lawful evil city state. I later realized I kind of made Sailor Moon and leaned hard into my transformation sequences
@evieisamarshmallow 4 жыл бұрын
Dario Sanchez Oh my god. I have an aasimar sorcerer that uses a glamour to hide her identity. She’s a magical girl. That’s the character I created. She’s literally just a magical girl. You’ve just awoken a realisation in me.
@PenDragonx 5 жыл бұрын
Fallen Aasimar Necromancer. Roleplayed as a corrupted and fallen Valkyrie collecting fallen warriors to fight her battles There is a good synergy with that because of the necromancer temp hp ability paired with vampiric touch and the Aasimar ability to add their level to a single target attack for a minute
@draxthemsklonst 5 жыл бұрын
No Valhalla for them. Undeath. Wicked.
@kylestanley7843 5 жыл бұрын
@@ShasO888 well, we could say they're a valkyrie that takes soldiers that couldn't die in battle, via infection, starvation, expiration, or something else, and puts their souls into the bodies that she's raising to give them a genuine chance to fight and finally return to Valhalla.
@ThePizzaGoblin 5 жыл бұрын
Scourge aasimar are my favorite, especially when paired with a conquest paladin or zaelot barbarian.
@mean_bisexual 5 жыл бұрын
I love my scourge aasimar zealot barbarian. Although it takes a round to set up, their rage and radiant consumption is incredibly deadly. Also she's just covered in scars and wounds from all the times she died. It's such a great combination for combat and role-playing.
@nealwoods3482 5 жыл бұрын
Aasimar are one of my favorite races! The Aasimar of my setting are the nobility of my world. The concept is they have created an actually non corrupt good society for humans and any willing to join it and the conflict comes from them WAY overextending themselves trying to help too many people. They're celestial guides are objectively lawful good but have alien minds and see the future. The may recommend execution for stealing bread or community service for murder. Gosh I could gush for days but great video lots of cool new ideas!
@jsonder2962 5 жыл бұрын
The moment Pruitt said "Divine Bloodline" at the 5 minute mark, my mind got to thinking about Sekiro and the Divine Heir, the Divine Realm, and all the creative possibilities!"
@jhinpotion9230 4 жыл бұрын
Kuro is basically an aasimar Divine Soul sorcerer, when you think about it
@TomasCyr 5 жыл бұрын
Easy messenger trope is that they're always late but always 100% accurate and can't figure out how they're always late.
@minimareanie1044 4 жыл бұрын
Idea: Fallen Aasimar Warlock with an Archfey patron. They're fallen because they literally fell into the feywild, and their deva guardian didn't abandon them as is stated to happen in Volo's. . . they just lost track of them for a really long time. The passage of time works quite differently in the feywild after all.
@Anonimous37800 5 жыл бұрын
That Aasimar wizard imagery really reminded me of Saruman the White.
@ThatGai 3 жыл бұрын
Would it be more Gandalf the white?
@reubenfromow4854 5 жыл бұрын
During our last campaign (Storm King’s Thunder), my friend who was new to the game played an Aasimar- Little Light the fighter. She found the angelic guide super helpful. In addition, although it didn’t play much into the campaign, the more she tried to solve the intrigue surrounding the giants, the more she found herself further and further from her character’s arc to find her parents. The second character was mine- Solaris. Solaris was meant to be the best hero possible. When Harshnag the ice giant hero died in front of him, however, he started to want to punish anyone who withheld justice and discredited heroes... which led to his eventual descent into evil. Eventually he betrayed the party and got turned into stone by a stone giant dream walker.
@MrJumpkid 5 жыл бұрын
I'm not playing a Fallen Aasimar but I'm playing a Scourge Aasimar Ancestral Guardian Barbarian. It's pretty fun and flavorful.
@NwahInSpace 5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite character ideas is a Fallen Aasimar paladin of redemption. They lost their celestial power for reasons not entirely under their control, so they live this life of redemption to hopefully regain their lost light.
@andrewthao4869HK 5 жыл бұрын
ValeHunter 77 Definitely a lot of fun. Played a Fallen Aasimar Hexblade/Oath of Redemption that was being pulled towards evil, but took up the oath to try and offset it. Lots of fun RPing and character development.
@Silverwake1 5 жыл бұрын
So many Aasimar warlock hexblades in our groups and I'm excited to see if we can add a few more layers of story to them thanks to your video :)
@phycofox858 5 жыл бұрын
As a catholic i can honestly say I got that cold open
@krissydoll8213 3 жыл бұрын
Ha! Same here.
@SomeDigitalGhost 5 жыл бұрын
I'm happy to see this, because I recently started playing a fallen aasimar zealot barbarian. Went biblical with his background channeling Cain and Abel. I'm also playing against type with him being actually smart and capable of small unit tactics.
@goldthird4984 5 жыл бұрын
I have an idea for a Solar-descended Protector Aasimar, Sun Soul monk. Maybe with a small dip into Divine Soul Sorcerer.
@brothertaddeus 5 жыл бұрын
One of my players has a Storm-descended Protector Aasimar Sun Soul Monk (reskinned from radiant to lightning damage). He's having a lot of fun with the character, so I'd encourage you to give that a try!
@Bluecho4 5 жыл бұрын
How about a Kensei Monk, who is flavored like the avatar of a Hindu god of war. Running around with tridents and more esoteric weapons. Strikes so fast they seem like they've sprung a dozen arms.
@LS994 5 жыл бұрын
GoldThird I have a Human character with that same multiclass, plays really well, I played a one-shot recently with that character, and a friend of mine played the twin brother, a Shadow monk/Shadow sorcerer. Imagine Thor and Loki but with a flavor similar to Doctor Strange, I absolutely loved that one-shot.
@TomasCyr 5 жыл бұрын
Thank God you guys aren't in the comic shop, now I can listen without distraction.
@isaachaahr8691 5 жыл бұрын
I am reminded of 4th editions deva when I read about aasimar’s. The idea of an angle that chose to become mortal for the freedom to take action seemed interesting to me. This flips Jim’s focus on assimar being mortals touch by divine into divine being choosing mortality for the freedom to go anywhere.
@SomeDigitalGhost 5 жыл бұрын
I like it. Lots of interesting epilepsy aspects.
@isaachaahr8691 5 жыл бұрын
@@SomeDigitalGhost I don't think epilepsy is the word you intend to use there.
@SomeDigitalGhost 5 жыл бұрын
@@isaachaahr8691 I meant roleplay... auto correct. I'd correct it but then your comment wouldn't make sense.
@Rick.Grayson 5 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a full planetouched sourcebook from wotc. Alongside a Planescape setting book.
@WebDM 5 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@TheLeadSuit 5 жыл бұрын
This episode felt like a return to form for whatever reason. I love it when you guys discuss character ideas and concepts. To me that's some of your most inspiring content. When you guys start riffing off each other and talking about using things in your games in interesting ways or how you want to try a certain character idea in the next game that is webdm's appeal to me. Idk why but for the past few months I've not been as excited to watch your videos but this one felt good. It was a reminder of why you guys are awesome.
@johnb693 4 жыл бұрын
I wanna make a scourge Aasimar conquest paladin whose visions while he sleeps are just war flashbacks
@orangemarmaladesky 5 жыл бұрын
My ideas for Aasimar characters are both rangers. Either a Horizon Walker that protects the upper planes or a Monster Slayer going out like a celestial witcher killing fiends and the like.
@nickbentley2469 3 жыл бұрын
I know I'm late. But I play both of those in 2 different games, and they are my favorite characters.
@gm-qc8fl 5 жыл бұрын
Currently playing an way of the 4 elements monk. My DM flavored it so that instead of a celestial benefactor per say, she's hailing from the fire elemental plane. We changed my language option from celestial to primodial as well. My character has whispy body tattoos on her back and arms which shimmer whenever I use elemental magic, and actually lift from her body and become wings when I cast radiant soul. I love her. 😍
@beerkenstein 4 жыл бұрын
This is the first channel where I find the sponsor content interesting.
@nagdm69 5 жыл бұрын
all I can say is FINALLY (both for aasimar and not being in a store)
@IndorilNerevar-MoonandStar 5 жыл бұрын
Aasimar is my favorite race so I am super happy that you made this finally.
@wanderdragon1075 5 жыл бұрын
Straight up liked this because of the Dogma references
@carverredacted 5 жыл бұрын
In my setting, Aasmiar are the "angels" assigned to the mortal plane. Some time in the distant past, a certain group of humans reached a point of a complete connection with the Divine and their city was lifted into the sky. They seem human at first but as they level up they seem more and more divine (or fallen.) In their own city, the majority of the citizens are aasmiar. When they come of age, they're assigned to a community below to protect. Usually, they join the local guard or army. The Fallen choose to leave the community without an assignment, basically breaking the social contract. We have a PC aasmiar that is a Arcane Trickster. He's agnostic, immature, and childish and his superiors really want to grow up. Instead of assigning him to a community, they assigned him to a group of adventurers that included 3 deeply religious characters at the start. (We lost two RIP Jorge & Joe) His guide is basically like his Commanding Officer, yelling at him from literally above.
@Vexwild 5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite 5e characters is a Aasimar Paladin of Vengeance. She was born a Protector, but became Fallen when she killed her father. Eventually following Torm and seeking retribution while fighting off the evil she still *thinks* lays dormant in her. Currently lv 8. Can't wait to see if she becomes a protector again :)
@Arohan71 5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite book series, Kushiel's Legacy, actually basically has an entire society of Aasimar in T'erre D'Ange that is made of the descendents of angels that left heaven. That's always the first thing that jumps into my head when this discussion begins.
@robpaul7544 5 жыл бұрын
Love those books
@LampseekerForevermore 2 жыл бұрын
I have an aasimar redemption paladin who looks like a tiefling but with golden eyes and ivory skin. He was actually a minor villain (who was an actual tiefling) from the last campaign with the same group who, upon being slain, was resurrected to fix what he did in his previous life. He himself has no memory of his actions in his past life but anyone who knew him or at least knew what he looked like as a villain would recognize him.
@craigbainton4173 5 жыл бұрын
My friend rolled up a hex blade Aasimar, but he was born into a world full of demons and necromancy. So he has a super broken childhood full a violence and has a really hatred for undead and creatures of the lower planes, not through blood but through experience
@WADETEC 8 ай бұрын
My first major character was an Oath of Devotion paladin / Divine Soul sorcerer Assimar multiclass. An absolute gem of a combination
@christopherbryan160 5 жыл бұрын
I think a protector aasimar moon druid could be a blast considering you could arguably manifest your wings during wildshape.
@fhuber7507 5 жыл бұрын
No. All attributes go by the wild shape creature which can't manifest the wings.
@Troglodytarum 5 жыл бұрын
@@fhuber7507 I found the rules lawyer.
@Greyshadow_17 5 жыл бұрын
It's funny because then you're like the alebrije from Coco, my DM lets me do it since he and his family love the movie Coco.
@storyspren 5 жыл бұрын
@@fhuber7507 "You retain any benefits of any features of your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so." That seems to suggest you could do it. In addition, you keep your mental stats and saving throw and skill proficiencies, and you can concentrate on spells. You also can't use any legendary or lair actions if whatever you've turned into would normally have them. Which would suggest that the statement that "all attributes go by the wild shape creature" is what experts refer to as bullshit. As for the wild shaped form's ability to manifest wings, the wings of an Aasimar aren't a bodypart like those of a bird, they're a magical ability as an inborn trait of their planetouched soul and thus physical capability has nothing to do with it. Volo's Guide to Monsters describes them as "luminous, incorporeal wings". And it's not a spell so you're good on the no casting part as well.
@TheNerdySimulation 5 жыл бұрын
I honestly forget this is a playable race 90% of the time, but I really like the idea of that Diviner Wizard. Also, Trav on the Couch sounds like a After Dark segment.
@Leivve 5 жыл бұрын
We had a Fallen Aasimar Oathbreaker Paladin be the BBG for one of our campaigns. The amount of auras you can stack up is a bit crazy. Their once flaming holy sword had been corrupted so it dripped narcotic poison that turned to gas when it fell from the blade, and a proper demon weapon in her off-hand. Several blessings from arch devils, giving her some special stuff like "Infernal Sunder" on her basic attacks, and a legendary action to fly pretty much on demand. Really wish I was the playing the Aasimar in our party, cause she was having a fun time with the character dynamic going on.
@roboraygun 5 жыл бұрын
Love the vid topic! My only complaint...is that it didn’t come out sooner! :p Just recently had to create an Aasimar for a game and I always look to your guy’s vids for info and inspiration! Ended up with a scruffy traveling Bard, who had prophetic dreams about leading a Great Holy War where he would lose everything, so he travels to enjoy the world before he resigns to his fate. The part about the Angelic Guide not being 100% correct and fallible was super useful too! Maybe she has it wrong!
@giraffedragon6110 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah this is all wonderful advice! My Aasimar is a fallen and a warlock of Nehkbet the forgotten goddess of plagues vultures and protection. He became a fallen through the murder of fellow kin in an argument gone horribly wrong. He plays himself off as a human follower of the Raven Queen to hide his divine and necrotic aura. He is embittered by his experience but has that instinctive itch to help others due to his heritage. He took the deal in the first place to be able to soar the sky again as that was everything to him, and he is constantly running away from his past. If the Aasimar village in the mountains said they’d take him back, he’d fight to his last breath out of spite alone.
@BLIGHTROT666 5 жыл бұрын
Seriously? Are you guys stalking me or something? It feels like every week you guys release a video that has something so deliciously relevant to my campaigns. Thank you.
@WebDM 5 жыл бұрын
The angels whispered to us that you needed this video.
@hasturnz1445 5 жыл бұрын
For me, Teifling is "touched by evil", and Aasimar, "touched by good" (or "born of"). So Aasimar could just as easily be Chaotic, as Lawful. For for example I played a CN Aasimar Hexblade, who tried hard through a long campaign to "not become evil". That was fun - his back-story was simply that he was descended from the (CG) Arch-Fey.
@randyranger39 5 жыл бұрын
I am playing an Aasimar Protector College of Swords Bard , he is a sarcastic drunk trying to escape fulfilling his what he sees as his pre-ordained destiny. He is resentful for the fact that his fate appears already predetermined and takes every opportunity he can to try and circumvent his destiny, but no matter how hard he tries to go against his fate he somehow ends up fulfilling his destiny. Often ends up doing such daring acts of heroics as leaping into the front line to stand over fallen comrades and the like (which i portray as part of his destiny he was meant to fulfill). As of yet i have not actually reviled to the rest of the group that he is an Aasimar, I am waiting for some desperate point in the game when he will have to use his abilities to save a fellow party member.
@crispypotato22 2 жыл бұрын
I'm an assimar female warlock/sorcerer who's netruel evil with the fiend as patron and it's really funny to watch the dm try and fit me in the story
@cypher4783 5 жыл бұрын
I really want to play noir detective asimar 'I'm not a good man honey, I'm a survivor.'
@andrewwestfall65 5 жыл бұрын
I made an NPC Aasimar Fiend Warlock. Her birth was agreed upon by a celestial and high devil to act as a negotiator for treaties between them. Party didn't look into it too much, but I had a decent amount of story written up for her.
@Youcallmedrunk 5 жыл бұрын
In my low fantasy/low magic world I have an Aasimar Inquisitor. He's the only Aasimar in the world, and he works as more or less an independent agent of the new gods, although he mostly aligns himself with the main religious powers in the world for convenience's sake
@lamnad 2 жыл бұрын
I am running an Aasimar Bard who is the son of a famous Paladin who went to stand at a hell gate and hold the line. His major conflict is the expectations place on him of being an Aasimar and the son of a living saint and him just wanting to sing and bring joy. He also wears a mask to block the constant blinding glow he gives off and plays a flute he made from a bone his father brought back after one of his adventures.
@inigmianstudios2771 5 жыл бұрын
Aasimar Monk is an amazing consept. I made an Aasimar Monk/Barbarian named Baahn who was only as strong as he was because he was an Aasimar. Very Broly esc character
@Greyshadow_17 5 жыл бұрын
Aasimar are my go to race. I honestly think they're perfect to play as Bards, Paladins, Sorcerers, and Warlocks due to the charisma boost.
@Greyshadow_17 5 жыл бұрын
@@caosisaac yeah I agree, I love the fear aura, especially when its as high as your spell save. Not to mention, the damage boost comes in handy, except when you're fighting a Lich lol.
@yearlingwolf1796 5 жыл бұрын
I think a scourge aasimar makes a good sun soul monk, the stats don’t mix but the concept is to cool to pass up
@Greyshadow_17 5 жыл бұрын
@@yearlingwolf1796 agreed, but I think Protector Aasimar fits a little better because you can fly. Plus, it reminds me of DBZ.
@caosisaac 5 жыл бұрын
@@Greyshadow_17 my sun soul monk was cursed into falling as a child. If he can purify the curse he will go back to being a protector aasimar; his original race. In the game i'm playing hes a sun soul monk completely by accident. He was training as an open palm monk when he channeled his aasimar power into a palm strike and surprised himself when he fired a ki blast. Hes the 1st sun soul to exist in this world.
@Greyshadow_17 5 жыл бұрын
@@caosisaac that's pretty good storytelling, you should make a comic book out of that.
@DrLipkin 5 жыл бұрын
I had a Fiend pact Protector Aasimar Warlock. His father sold him to a fiend, but his guardian angel prevented him from being claimed. So the fiend started slowly giving him more and more power to try and corrupt him into becoming Fallen. Basically, I made a character with a literal shoulder devil and angel.
@Greyshadow_17 5 жыл бұрын
Nice, I made a Fallen Aasimar Warlock who is the son of a female Solar and Human male Cleric. My character's mom is one of the of those psycho church types who forces religion on her children. He's eventually disowned for refusing to live the lifestyle his mother wants for him and is living on the streets until he meets a beautiful girl who turns out to be a Succubus and seduces him to the dark side. She introduces him to her family and the Devils welcome him with open arms and spoil him. He eventually regrets his decision and decides he wants to undo the pact and redeem himself. He also has a brother who is a Scourge Aasimar Vengeance Paladin who is trying to help my character redeem himself.
@DrLipkin 5 жыл бұрын
@@Greyshadow_17 Interesting that you went with the mother as the celestial parent. I also DM, and had been kicking around the idea of having a dragon in human form become impregnated with a half dragon and be unable to change back until she gives birth.
@Greyshadow_17 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah my dad is no Angel lol. Out of all my characters he resonates with me the most. It comes from personal experience and inspiration, my mom is kind of like that in real life so I decided to channel that into my character. Same with the succubus part. They both symbolize my personal and love life. Bad girl corrupts the good boy and boy is on a quest to regain his humanity/divinity. His succubus girlfriend was based off my high school crush who broke my heart and caused me to be depressed for 3 years and lower my self esteem lol.
@cossackhetman 5 жыл бұрын
Currently playing a Scourge Aasimar College of Swords Bard and really loving it both in combat but especially in the roleplaying department. The Aasimar stats really helped augment both of my important stats for spellcasting, fighting and especially with social I am level 7 with plus 10 in performance and persuasion its awesome. How he fights is slightly unhinged and raw but he likes to sing celestial songs and poems to the villagers and their children after helping to save them from the machinations of demons and devils. Tries to bring people closer to the light by doing good deeds and by exposing them to divine beauty found in song, poetry, storytelling. Bringing good vibes to people.
@rickrollrick1373 4 жыл бұрын
I play with a Protector Aasimar Paladin, and may I just say, it's annoying when they get the final hit on every single boss we come across. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
@mosselliadelt 5 жыл бұрын
Scourge Aasimar monk is my favorite. Drunken master, getting up in people's faces while your radiating energy.
@dragonicdoom3772 2 жыл бұрын
I had an idea for a Scourge Aasimar Zealot. But instead of being all DEUS VULT, they're actually rebelling against their own celestial. The reason being they were raised by the temple to their celestial and have been forced into a rigid way of life, leading to the Aasimar rebelling and seeking their own path, one that ends up being fuelled by their rage. And instead of being a zealot out of religious devotion to their patron, its forced upon them by their divine bloodline.
@austinborst7920 5 жыл бұрын
I've been playing a fallen aasimar barbarian who ended up in chult as he ran away from his family and noble heritage (cause devils have replaced some of them). Playing an Aasimar who doesn't know what he is has been a blast and I always wanted him to have a redemption arch but the story has lead him to recently come back to Port after all his party save for one died and he's pretty much starting a holy war on Omu now and is willing to sacrifice anything to stop the death curse. LOVE Aasimar and have since I started in 3.0 it's so fun to play one for the first time.
@watcher314159 5 жыл бұрын
Aragorn wasn't Human, but Aasimar. That Nùmenorean blood made him... more... than other Men.
@jacobschwier5368 4 жыл бұрын
Tor Diryc'Goyust He was like a 3 way mix of human, elf, and maiar (angel) if you could do that.
@TangentGear 5 жыл бұрын
I love the new logo at the end!!
@lassal12 5 жыл бұрын
Playing a protector aasimar (former scourge) zealot barbarian/life cleric. Was infuenced by the servant of a god of war, yet tried her hardest to prove herself to a god of mercy and charity. Took her all the way to level 12 and the cleansing and rebirth of her soul as a protector aasimar before she finally took her first step as a cleric of said god.
@WebDM 5 жыл бұрын
That's some amazing character development!!
@niallreid7664 4 жыл бұрын
My favourite race. I made an Aasimar Paladin. Grew up amongst humans and got along with everyone, everyone liked him. Finds out he's an Aasimar. Realises people liked him not because of who he was but because he was radiant/ divinely touched/ beautiful/ whatever. Realised that the dreams he had weren't his own and that he may have only become a paladin through brainwashing from an entity on another plane. This manifests itself as trust issues and identity issues. He doesn't know who he really is and if anyone truly likes him for who he is. To compound this, he is a gentle soul but the deva connected to him is a fierce, crusading and brutal one who encourages him to hunt down evil and slaughter it, which isn't his style at all. He's a scourge Aasimar though, so occasionally he let's the hatred of the deva take over and that's what the power represents, though he hates it. Unfortunately... I haven't had a chance to play him yet lol. Really want to, love the idea of Aasimars.
@zoulsgaming9455 5 жыл бұрын
Great video as always, and very well timed, one of my players finally decided to be the DM for a oneshot so i get to make my first character in a while, out of the 4 characters i have made one of them is an aasimar which i love, although i have slightly spun it, the way i personally see aasimar and the issue i see with them is the assumption that gods are only light or dark, and not elemental, so i have made a reskinned scourge aasimar touched by the evil lightning god talos, The character is a storm giant soul sorceror so that kinda meshes with him being lightning based, so the scourge power instead of burning fire of radiant energy its like a walking teslacoil, and his main attack is shocking grasp and melee combat, another thing which i think that seems obvious but isnt mentioned in the race information is that he wears a mask because his face is scarred and hideous (scourge aasimar literally gets blazing light out of their eyes and mouth, damaging themself each round, there is no way that doesnt have a long lasting effect). Really looking forward to playing him although its not entirely lore cannon, i feel you can expand the use of aasimar way more by protecter being light, fallen being dark, and then scourge being "the champion" of any deity, be it elemental, light, dark, etc. Seemed very weird to me that the entire point of aasimar was that they were touched by celestials, yet somehow only good gods and celestial can create them, why not have an evil god create them? can you imagine a fallen aaimar of an evil god would literally be a good aasimar? That is a concept i definitely have to think about. Never the less, a super interesting race which i personally have had HUGE issues placing in my own campaign world (the closest i have gotten is a landmass which a large mountain leading to celestia which is surrounded by aasimar and clerics, and the other end of the island has a gaping chasm leading to the abyss, which is surrounded by tieflings)
@OTGryphon 5 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a video about these different planes and how they relate, how to travel between, etc.
@starstuff84 5 жыл бұрын
Recently started a campaign playing a Protector Aasimar as a Horizon Walker Ranger. The idea of a plane touched being with an affinity for the portals to different planes protecting the material plane from the monsters of other planes. Part of his arc will be finding out where or how he acquired this ability, this knowledge and awareness of the planes, since he lost his memories after it happened.
@destroyerinazuma96 4 жыл бұрын
Great vid! I'd just like to elaborate on the divine/magical aspect. To me in itself it means that a player is in their rights to negotiate with the DM where to put that +1. A Protector Aasimar of Thoth can have +1 Int Tiefling style. A Fallen Aasimar tied to an assassin background can take +1 Dex rather than Str in my books. This is typically the case where since so many UA Tieflings exist I would allow variant aasimar provided the player can produce a convincing backstory and character concept. Happy New Year!
@maxcooperman356 5 жыл бұрын
I've always liked the idea of an Aasimar Celestial Warlock where your Angelic Guide is also the go-between for you and your Patron
@lolthien 4 жыл бұрын
My fave player character so far was an Aasimar Bard. Super chill PC, lol
@BuddaOnDaRoll 5 жыл бұрын
So far as divinity imo even evil gods are "Divine" and have angels and stuff. That's just how i justify playing evil aasimars, pitting an angel against the party, or evil paladins still doing radiant damage on smites.
@BadwickProductions 5 жыл бұрын
Loved the video guys!
@chandlerpearce6213 5 жыл бұрын
Specifically in regards to prophecies, I gave a player a magic item called Fate Spun, which is a magic ring that showed him a prophetic vision of his death, and he can’t die until that death. Pretty simple, but something fun.
@nietzopaniquen 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes, yes!! My favourite race! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!! ❤❤😇
@WebDM 5 жыл бұрын
Woo!
@mattnelson2501 5 жыл бұрын
My current character is a scourge Aasimar paladin of vengeance who is descended from a cleric of Pellor who was blessed following her actions during a demon invasion. His ancestor founded an order of demon hunters who evolved (or devolved) into more general monster slayers as the number of fiends in the realm decreased. He's one of the last surviving members of the order and I'm playing him as a combination of demonologist and researcher who's writing a book on monsters.
@benjaminstout941 5 жыл бұрын
Best opening yet. Bravo.
@UriahNeveah 5 жыл бұрын
In our group we had the combo of a Aasimar Bard (college of whispers) and a Tabaxi Celestial Warlock. It was interesting to run as a story. We started with just the Aasimar who didn’t really know what they were other than that they were getting riddles that lead them into situations of helping others, but those situations were getting more and more dangerous. The Warlock came later in the campaign and had much more straightforward conversations with his patron, though, usually through letters and messages passed on by a robed figure. At one point the robed figure showed up to the Aasimar to pass a letter on to the Tabaxi and explained a bit about why the other angel talked in riddles. In short, the riddles were meant to help her think about how she saw the world around her while the messages to the Tabaxi were straightforward because of what needed to happen. The angels didn’t really agree on which way was best, but it became an interesting dynamic.
@IndorilNerevar-MoonandStar 5 жыл бұрын
Best intro yet, easily.
@04zaz 3 жыл бұрын
Currently playing scourge Aasimar wizard in descent into avernus. Gotta enjoy the constant debate of when do I want to go light nova and cast spells. Also having the 2nd highest con in the party is hilarious
@DungeonMistressC 5 жыл бұрын
One of my players is doing a Fallen Aasimar that is the Blood Cleric for a goddess Fate and Death Essentially she was a tool to do very bloody work in the fall/battle of the gods in the campaign I wrote.
@VanisKira 5 жыл бұрын
The first Aasimar I played was a Grave Domain Cleric of the Raven Queen. When he was young, he was killed by cultists along with the rest of his village, but he was resurrected by some adventurers, one of whom, a Paladin of the Raven Queen, went mad in the process. Since then he's been sort of directed this way and that, and he's become bitter about it. He hides it under a veneer of indifference.
@Reapor234 5 жыл бұрын
Something i've always wanted to play: storm herald (desert) scourge aasimar. Just come in and make one explosive entrance
@kylestanley7843 5 жыл бұрын
Storm herald?
@Reapor234 5 жыл бұрын
@@kylestanley7843 it might be called Herald of the Storm, but it's a subclass for barbarians in Xanathar's Guide to Everything.
@Cerebrus131 5 жыл бұрын
I personally love the flavor of Scourge Aasimar and the forge domain cleric, with the flavor of igniting himself with the sacred forge of the gods as he was born with a spark of that flame
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