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#1 Coolossus2123 Aug 15, 2015 6:22:57	This is a little more of a subjective question, how playable is the Aasimar example in the Dungeon Master's Guide on pg.286 in terms of traits? A friend was browsing through it, and it caught their eye as I was going to come up with a campaign where gods are heavily involved with the people of the setting, and they thought it would be perfect to play as. Do you think it will be released as an official race in a supplement or later splatbook, and if so, how close to the example as far as traits do you feel it will be?
#2 GladiusLegis Aug 15, 2015 7:14:41	It's definitely viable. Probably better than the Tiefling in most cases, actually, unless you need INT instead of WIS.
#3 jaappleton Aug 15, 2015 7:23:51	It's playable as it is right now. So isn't the Eladrin. In an Unearthed Arcana survey, they were among the top of "we want this race official" requests. So while they're playable now, as essentially a "good" Tiefling, they may change later on. Part of it being in the "we want this race official" may largely be due to the fact that it's not available for organized play yet, and people want that changed.
#4 Coolossus2123 Aug 15, 2015 14:40:16	Thanks you two! I can definetely see the lack of accessibility of it being a problem. I'm glad it works pretty well though, I'll definetely let him do it then.
#5 Zardnaar Aug 15, 2015 15:09:47	The race is fine and necrotic resistance can bevery good vs undead ofr example. The Southlan Heroes PDF lets them swap necrotic and radiant for fire resistance. I would probably rate them near the middle of the pack for racial power.
#6 Be3Al2 Aug 17, 2015 6:52:15	The one issue I remember hearing about them is that the "creating Aasimar" example in the DMG does not manage to actually create a race that would be good as both clerics and paladins (the stated goal that probably requires a bonus to Str).
#7 Kalani Aug 17, 2015 12:35:50	Like the death cleric - aasimar are legal for AL via a special cert which was released at GenCon this year.    In light of this fact - I would not expect to see aasimar released to the general public for at least a year if not longer - so as to give those with the cert a period of exclusivity.    With that being said - outside of these special certs, there has been no indication that death clerics (let alone aasimar) will ever be legal for AL play. If it does, expect it to be legal for a single story origin rather than for all story origins.
(Reply to #7) Coolossus2123	Kalani wrote:
#9 FunkySpunk Aug 18, 2015 8:02:27	It's a completely balanced and fine race for D&D 5e.    Enjoy!
(Reply to #8) jaappleton	Coolossus2123 wrote:
#11 ZHDarkstar Aug 23, 2015 10:42:04	Personally, I hate how the AL handles the DMG player options, by sticking them behind a paywall that not everyone has the resources of meeting. To date, the DMG is my biggest purchasing regret of all of my 5e materials from an AL perspective, being limited in use to simp!y a magic item catalog due to anything labeled as a variant or optional rule not being allowed for AL use.   I hope that the DMG player options end up in the SCAG, as I expect that book to be included in some part in every story origin from Season 4 onwards until the setting moves away from the Sword Coast. I want a full write-up with fluff to match the crunch of the race. While having a nice set of stats appeals to the munchkin in me, I want enough fluff to actually get into the character's head and not just their body.   As for any kind of updates to the race, I think it's perfectly fine as it is. Not every race needs to have bonuses to both physical and mental stats. There are already examples of races that are pure physical (Goliath) or pure mental (Tiefling), thus there's no need to adjust the Wis/Cha boost to Aasimar. Aasimar are more about their celestial connection of spirit than of physical form. The DMG got that right by focusing on Wis/Cha. If you want a class that's more mechanically lined up with your Str-based Cleric/Paladin, there are already races that boost Str and either Wis or Cha.