Aasimar



An aasimar is a fictional creature in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Aasimar are "planetouched"; that is, they are mortal creatures that have in their blood some otherworldly characteristics. Aasimar are descended from celestials such as devas, angels and other creatures of pure good alignment; although their celestial ancestor may be many generations removed, their presence still lingers. Aasimar are predisposed to Good alignments, but they are by no means always good.

In the Planescape campaign setting, aasimar are a race available to player characters, though they are often viewed with contempt or fear by creatures not of good alignment. The aasimar first appeared in the Planescape sourcebook Planewalker's Handbook. Aasimar are also available as a playable race in other, non-planar settings as well, but in most settings they are quite rare.

The evil-alignment-derived counterparts to aasimar are called tieflings.