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[Creepin]

I was discussing recently BG with my girlfriend, and she surprises me with a statement that all bhaalspawn, being born from a god, are essentially aasimars. My knowledge of outer planes is rather shallow, so I decided to ask those who might know better: did the fact that gods live on outer planes means that offspring of any god is technically an aasimar?

[Grunker]

More like a tiefling, as Bhaal is arguably more like a demon than a celestial.

But in essence, she would be right, IF he wasn't a god.

offspring of any god is technically an aasimar? blink.gif

Nope. The offspring of gods always act uniquely and have traits that don't have to have anything in common with other godspawn.

I always thought generic abilities for descendants of the planes was a bad idea. Why would a descendant of a solar have the same unique traits as the descedant of another prime celestial? Even treating two solars as the same kind of creatures is a bad idea from a roleplaying point of view, in my eyes.

Edited by Grunker, 27 June 2006 - 07:59 AM.

[Andyr]

Aasimar are descended from the offspring of mortals and Good outsiders: the outsider parent (e.g. Aasimon, Coutl, Eladrin or whatever) is always at least a grandparent. They have less than half outsider blood in them.

Bhaal wasn't a Good outsider (he was Lawful and Evil), and he was the PC's direct parent.