Various planetouched individuals. From left to right: Aasimar, Earth Genasi, Air Genasi, Water Genasi, Fire Genasi, and Tiefling.
Planetouched were mortal creatures whose lineages trace back to outsiders, including celestials, fiends, and elementals. Outsiders who could reproduce tended to be inter-fertile, therefore being able to mate with just about any other creature they desired. If the offspring of these unusual unions proved to be itself fertile, planetouched were born within a few generations.
There were many different types of Planetouched:
- Aasimar were descended from celestials
- Axani were descended from lawful outsiders
- Azerblood were descended from shield dwarves and azers
- Baphitaurs were the result of magical experiments in breeding tieflings with minotaurs
- Cansin were descended from chaotic outsiders
- Celadrin were descended from elves and celestial eladrin[1]
- Chaonds were descended from slaadi
- D'hin'ni were descended from lightfoot halflings and djinn
- Fey'ri were descended from elves and demons
- Genasi and Para-genasi were descended from elemental creatures, usually genies
- Gloamings were descended from inhabitants of the Plane of Shadow
- Maeluth were descended from dwarves and devils
- Mechanatrixes were descended from Inevitables
- Mur-Zhagul were descended from trolls and demons
- Shadowswyfts were descended from creatures from the Plane of Shadow
- Shyfts were descended from beings from the Ethereal Plane
- Tanarukk were descended from orcs and fiends
- Tieflings were descended from fiends and humans
- Worghest were descended from goblins and barghests
- Wisplings were descended from halflings and demons
- Zenythris were descended from an unknown race or lawful outsiders
Appendix[edit | edit source]
Further Reading[edit | edit source]
- Dragon #297, #350
- Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, James Jacobs, Erik Mona, Matthew Sernett, Chris Thomasson, and James Wyatt (April 2003). Fiend Folio. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-2780-1.
- Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- Ed Bonny, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winter (September 2002). Monster Manual II 3rd edition. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 07-8692-873-5.
- James Wyatt and Rob Heinsoo (February 2001). Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-1832-2.
- Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel (July 2004). Planar Handbook. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-3429-8.
- Richard Baker, Matt Forbeck, Sean K. Reynolds (May 2003). Unapproachable East. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-2881-6.
- Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Jeff Quick (October 2003). Underdark. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-3053-5.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (December 2005). “Legacies of Ancient Empires: Planetouched of Faerûn”. In Erik Mona ed. Dragon #350 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 52.
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