Plane-touched, Aasimar

The aasimar are referred to as "plane-touched" - that is they the result of a relationship between a planar creature and mortal. In the case of the aasimar, the planar parent is obviously a celestial beings from the upper planes.

Courage, honor, nobility - these are just some the words that best describe the aasimar. Being the descendants of celestials, they are worthy of respect, but also beleagured by responsibility. Aasimar are ever vigilant, for purveyors of evil may lurk around any corner, and may take any form.

It is best if no one knows your true heritage. Despite your inherent nobility, you must earn the respect of other beings, not just expect it because of what you are.Of course, there will always be one or two that can't live up to the scrutiny and turn stag, becoming the most untrustworthy spivs that ever cross the planes.

Aasimar represent the cream of the mortal crop. They are generally gloriously beautiful humans with golden hair, fair skin and piercing eyes. They are quite often mistaken for half-elves, or even true aasimon, because of their innate purity and otherwordly beauty.However not all aasimar appear exactly the same. Depending on what kind of celestial blood courses through their veins some may have green skin, avorial or leonal lower bodies, or even vestigial wings. A few rare aasimar have even inherited the spell-like abilities of their celestial progenitor.

Aasimar have usually been well-treated by human society, and prefer to live among humans. Other races tend to give aasimar a little more respect than they would a normal cutter. On the other hand, tieflings usually feel anger and bitterness towards aasimar, and receive disdain in return.

Most aasimar are raised to venerate a power of the Upper Planes. Those who have turned to darker deities can easily conceal their blasphemous worship, for their blessed ancestry renders them above suspicion.

Aasimar are bold, confident, and brave. They may take up adventuring in search of a greater destiny, one that they have been raised to expect, for an aasimar character believes that she is special person. Other aasimar might take to questing in order to protect her community or church from minions of evil.

• Aasimar are level + 1 characters.
• +2 Wisdom, +2 Charisma. Aasimar possess keen perceptions of other people and the world around them, and tend to have strong personalities.
• Medium-size: As medium-size creatures, aasimar have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Aasimar base speed is 30 feet.
• Outsider: All aasimar possess Darkvision to 60 feet. They cannot be brought back from the dead by raise dead or resurrection spells, unless these are cast on their home plane (typically an Upper Plane). In most other respects, aasimar are treated as Humanoids.
• +2 racial bonus to all Listen and Spot checks: Aasimar possess extremely keen senses.
• Acid, cold, and electricity resistance 5: Aasimar boast exceptional resistance to harm as a legacy of the trace of celestial blood in their veins.
• Spell-Like Powers: An aasimar can cast light as a sorcerer of equal level, once per day.
• Automatic Languages: Planespeak. Bonus Languages: Archon, Asuras, Celestial, Eladrin, Guardinal. Aasimar learn the languages of the Upper-Planar ancestors and allies.
• Favoured Class: Cleric. A multiclass aasimar’s cleric class does not count when determining whether she suffers an XP penalty (see Experience for Multiclass Characters, page 56 of the Player’s Handbook.) Note that in Prime-based campaigns, aasimar have paladin as their favoured class instead of cleric, a result of their upbringing in human society.