Aasimar
Aasimar
Just as half-elves are the result of the union between elf and human, aasimar are the result between a human and celestial bonding on an intimate level. Generally, kind and working toward weal rather than woe, these typically good aligned beings seek to help those in need and right wrongs. They are descended from humans with a touch of the power of The High Order, the divine realm of the highest deities. Aasimar are born to serve as champions of the gods, their births hailed as blessed events. They are a people of otherworldly visages, with luminous features that reveal their celestial heritage.
ability score increase:
Your Charisma score increases by 2.
age:
Mature in their late teens and live up to 160 years.
alignment:
Almost always Good.
Size:
Medium
speed:
30 ft
Languages:
Common, Celestial, +1
race features:
- Darkvision: Blessed with a radiant soul, your vision can easily cut through darkness. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
- Celestial Resistance: You have resistance to necrotic damage and radiant damage.
- Healing Hands: As an action, you can touch a creature and cause it to regain a number of hit points equal to your level. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
- Light Bearer: You know the Light cantrip. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for it.
It is not always obvious when one encounters an Aasimar, as each carries a different but unique trait from its celestial parent. Some are born with metallic skin while others have hair that may be thin and almost feather-like in appearance. Shimmering eyes of gold or a slight radiance in the dark are typical of Aasimar decent, yet there is no one defining trait that calls out to others that the offspring of a celestial being is in their presence.
Aasimar bare the mark of their celestial touch through many different physical features that often varied from individual to individual. Most commonly, Aasimar were very similar to humans, like Tieflings and other planetouched. Nearly all Aasimar were uncommonly beautiful and still, and they were often significantly taller than humans as well. Their weight variance is equal to that of humans.
Aasimar are rare in the extreme and there are no known communities where they gather in sufficient numbers to set up even the semblance of a society. Born to their human parents, they will adopt the society that surrounds them. Always adaptable, they are capable of quickly blending into different surroundings as long as those surroundings do not go against their core nature. However, the sheer size of Sabulum means that the highest congregation of Aasimar exists somewhere within the borders of the Commonwealth.
