If tieflings are devil spawns

[Ackranome]

What is the angel spawn and why can't we play as those?

[Lord Adorable]

Aasimar, and it's because they are not PHB material.

[Lupicyne Sylandra]

The half-celestial race that is the polar opposite is the Aasimar, or at least has been in previous editions so far.

They tend to be just slightly more powerful than their half-fiend opposites. They were released in a later book (Monsters of the Multiverse has them, and probably a title released before that may as well.), but looking at the entry, they have an ability to generate temporary flight via radiant wings. That's usually a no for most DMs at low levels.

Also, they'd probably have or bear an immunity to the illithid brain worm.

Aasimar and Tieflings are one of the six general planetouched races. The others are the Genasi (Air, Earth, Fire, and Water).

However, what the kind person above says also resonates: the PHB is clearly the main source of the game's content, or I'd have something I want to use to multiclass my wizard with barbarian. :)

[Ackranome]

Originally posted by Akabi, Destroyer of Planes:

Aasimar, and it's because they are not PHB material.

Seems weird.

Are they the ideal paladin race?

Genasi (Air, Earth, Fire, and Water).

Is this like uhhh elementals?

[Husker_85]

Originally posted by Akabi, Destroyer of Planes:

Aasimar, and it's because they are not PHB material.

Aasimar were playable in D&D 3.5 and D&D 4, but no-one ever used them so they got moved out of the PHB.

[Lord Adorable]

Originally posted by Ackranome:

Originally posted by Akabi, Destroyer of Planes:

Aasimar, and it's because they are not PHB material.

Seems weird.

Are they the ideal paladin race?

Ideal? That depends on weather you're metagaming or playing for roleplaying purposes. It also depends on the kind of Aasimar you're going to play.

[Husker_85]

Originally posted by Ackranome:

Originally posted by Akabi, Destroyer of Planes:

Aasimar, and it's because they are not PHB material.

Seems weird.

Are they the ideal paladin race?

No, Tieflings are the ideal Paladin race. They're far enough removed from their devilish ancestors for it to not affect their disposition, but as you can see in the game there's quite a bit of prejudice against them. That means that when it comes to being virtuous they have more to prove than anyone else, which would draw them towards the life of a Paladin.

[Lord Adorable]

Originally posted by Isaac_Clark:

Originally posted by Ackranome:

Seems weird.

Are they the ideal paladin race?

No, Tieflings are the ideal Paladin race. They're far enough removed from their devilish ancestors for it to not affect their disposition, but as you can see in the game there's quite a bit of prejudice against them. That means that when it comes to being virtuous they have more to prove than anyone else, which would draw them towards the life of a Paladin.

There is also nothing sotpping an Aasimar from embracing a more morally dubious role. An Aasimar Warlock can enter a pact with a Fiend if they so desire, they are not faultless avatars of good for the same reasons Tieflings are not inherintly bad.

[PaloG]

Aasimar would be the celestial equivalent. Guess we didn't get the option cause a)we'd have Fly from the get go making it pretty much an advantageous choice over most other races since racial traits were scrapped b) they come with a hardbaked system to them similar to paladin oaths as Aasimar can "fall from grace" and turn Fallen so that would be one extra system they'd have to design and implement c)They're much more uncommon lorewise than tieflings

Dame Aylin is an Aasimar and from what I hear(not confirmed) she does have files in the game that show the developers considered giving her a storyline about turning Fallen but scrapped it

[Lord Adorable]

Originally posted by PaloG:

Aasimar would be the celestial equivalent. Guess we didn't get the option cause a)we'd have Fly from the get go making it pretty much an advantageous choice over most other races since racial traits were scrapped b) they come with a hardbaked system to them similar to paladin oaths as Aasimar can "fall from grace" and turn Fallen so that would be one extra system they'd have to design and implement c)They're much more uncommon lorewise than tieflings

Dame Aylin is an Aasimar and from what I hear(not confirmed) she does have files in the game that show the developers considered giving her a storyline about turning Fallen but scrapped it

Isn't Aylin supposed to be more of a Deva?

[Ackranome]

Originally posted by Akabi, Destroyer of Planes:

Isn't Aylin supposed to be more of a Deva?

Deva?

[Lord Adorable]

Originally posted by Ackranome:

Originally posted by Akabi, Destroyer of Planes:

Isn't Aylin supposed to be more of a Deva?

Deva?

Yes, an actual denizen of the Upper Planes that serves a good god-in her case, Selune- where basically all manner of Angel-like beings dwell, though Aylin's race is stated to be Aasimar if you examine her for some reason.

[Sad Wizard]

She's referred to as an Aasimar by several characters in dialogue as well.

[PaloG]

Originally posted by Akabi, Destroyer of Planes:

Isn't Aylin supposed to be more of a Deva?

Honestly she's neither and both at the same time somehow. Officially she's listed as Deva on the FR wiki but it's clearly stated in the game that she's Aasimar. Her regeneration/reincarnation also doesn't fit the lore as in 5e it'd take 10 years for a Deva to recreate a body and don't retain their memories. She feels more like a 4e Deva than a 5e but then again BG3 is supposedly only drawing from 5e.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Because being a devil is edgier - presumably - than an angel.

[Husker_85]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Loveless:

Because being a devil is edgier - presumably - than an angel.

Yeah, I mean sadly I think this is the reason they were never popular back when they were playable.