Said to be descended from the Five's angelic servants, aasimar are graced with supernatural beauty
and grace. While many can claim some descent from these celestial beings in some form or other, it
manifests very rarely. As such, the birth of a new aasimar is considered a minor miracle from the
gods.
Many aasimar are taken in by a branch of the Church of the Five at a young age, where they are
granted a new identity in service to their deity, and where the Church can grow their divine
abilities.
Every aasimar is graced with some divine blessing, and those blessing usually manifest in one of
three general forms, which are outlined below.
Cherubic aasimar have the ability to alter their forms as they wish, shifting easily from one face
to another. These skills lead many Cherubic aasimar towards developing high Charisma scores.
Ophanic aasimmar are born with unnaturally impressive sight, being able to see through
invisibility, and even, in limited quantities, into the near future. This vision and prescience
often result in high Wisdom scores in Ophanic aasimar.
Seraphic aasimar are graced with mastery over fire, being able to exude flames and sear those
around them. Their innate skills with fire and fire magic lead many to develop high Intelligence scores.
Most aasimar look similar to humans, but with certain distinguishing qualities unique to each. Some
may have gleaming golden eyes, or appear to glow faintly in the dark. Some still develop horns not
unlike those of tieflings, though they are usually smaller.
Their celestial ancestry causes aasimar to live longer lives than would be expected of humans, with
many living up to two centuries. Many also possess an unnatural resistance to diseases. This may
manifest in aasimar characters as a high Constitution score.
Magic-Imbued. Your are descended from another race. Pick one other non-Magic-Imbued race of your choice to be your parent race. You inherit your size, speed, languages, and any senses such as Darkvision from your parent race.
For the purposes of feat requirements, you are considered to be both a member of your parent race and a Tiefling.
Creature Type. You count as a Celestial and a Humanoid.
Extra Language. You can read, write, and speak Celestial.
Blessed. At 3rd level, you gain the
Divinely Favored feat.
Divine Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the poisoned condition on yourself. You also have resistance to poison damage.
Shifting Form. At 3rd level, you may cast the alter self spell once without expending a spell slot. You regain the use of this feature after a long rest.
Many Faced. You have proficiency in one of the following skills: Deception, Performance, and Persuasion.
Piercing Gaze. At 3rd level, you may cast the see invisibility spell once without expending a spell slot. You regain the use of this feature after a long rest.
Keen Vision. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
Searing Presence. At 3rd level, you may cast the
flaming sphere spell once without expending a spell slot, with the following modifications:
- Rather than summoning a separate sphere, you burst into flames yourself. The effect of flaming sphere is always centered on you as you move.
- You may use a minor action to cause your flames to lash out at a creature within 5 feet of you, forcing them to make a Dexterity saving throw against the effect of flaming sphere.
- You take no damage from your own flames.
You regain the use of this feature after a long rest.
Inured to Flame. You have resistance to fire damage.
The following
feats are available exclusively to aasimar characters.
Prerequisite: Cherubic Aasimar
Cost: 2 feat points
You have grown more comfortable in your many forms. When you use your Shifting Form trait to cast
Alter Self, the spell does not require concentration and lasts until dispelled, or until you choose to end it (no action cost).
Prerequisite: Seraphic Aasimar
Cost: 3 feat points
You have learned to imbue your fire with your innate divine magic. You
gain the following benefits:
Damage Resistance. You gain resistance to radiant damage.
Radiant Flames. Whenever you would deal fire damage with a magical effect, you may cause it to deal radiant damage instead.
Prerequisite: Ophanic Aasimar
Cost: 4 feat points
Your divine sight grows further, granting you limited prescience. You
gain the following abilities.
Unnatural Dodge. As a reaction when you are hit by an attack, you may roll a d6 and reduce its total from the attacker's roll, possibly causing the attack to miss.
Uncanny Accuracy. When you roll an attack against a creature, you may use your reaction to roll a d6 and add its total to your attack roll. You may decide this after seeing your attack roll, but not before knowing whether it hit or not.
Prerequisite: Seraphic Aasimar
Cost: 4 feat points
While you use your Searing Presence feature to cast flaming sphere, you deal an additional 1d6 fire damage to any creature you damage with an attack or spell as long as the spell is active.