Talk:Deva (aasimar)

I fixed the spelling on the Religion title. Should tieflings be referred to as the Aasimar/Deva's evil-aligned counterpart if (and conversely should a Deva be explicitly called good-aligned?), in the tiefling article it is stated that they can be of any alignment, just like a deva?--DarastrixUxBahumati 17:37, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have made this edit in an attempt to clarify that particular sentence. Fw190a8 01:03, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Aasimar
This article seems to combine devas with aasimar. Is there any actual official source that says devas and aasimar are the same thing? ➳ Quin 00:13, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Should most of this article be moved to the Deva (Angel) and the article renamed.
--Cliffracerslayer 20:57, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

I too am uncomfortable with the apparant confusion between Aasimar and Deva. As I understood it Aasimar are mortal beings, the angelic equivalent of Tieflings, not beings that have a society of their own, nor with a special relationship to life and death.

As I understood it they are conceived in the normal way, born in the normal way and die in the normal way.

I feel uneasy about doing so but I will try establish that Deva's are separate from Aasimar, the former being the semi-mortal servants of the celestial planes and Aasimar should have their own section within the Deva article explaining that Aasimar are the product of unions between Deva but that while Deva are sometimes referred to as Aasimar these are not what is normally understood by the term.


 * After reading the article, I understand your concerns here. I am totally confused however. This appears to be yet another 4th edition moment of madness. So far, I have been able to establish that in 3e, these things were called aasimar (Races of Faerûn, p.112, and they were renamed devas in 4e (Forgotten Realms Player's Guide, p.21). The pictures on this article look nothing like the aasimar picture in Races of Faerûn (again, p.112). In 3e, was there already a creature called a deva? Does this mean that in 4e, we have two completely different creatures with the same name? Or does this mean that aasimar are devas? Fw190a8 (talk &middot; contr) 22:20, October 9, 2009 (UTC)