Planetouched was a general term used to described mortal creatures whose lineages traced back to an outsider of some kind, causing them some unusual characteristics that persisted in the bloodline for several generations. Planetouched were not as dramatically different as a true hybrid (i.e. a half-celestial or half-fiend) would be. The most common types of planetouched were tieflings and aasimar. However, there were no "typical" planetouched, as the different types generally lacked cultures of their own and instead adopted the culture they were born into.[1][3]
Variations[]
There were many different types of Planetouched.
Echoes of the Prime Material Plane[]
- Gloamings were descended from inhabitants of the Plane of Shadow.
- Shadowswyfts were descended from creatures from the Plane of Shadow.[4]
Ethereal plane[]
- Shyfts were descended from beings from the Ethereal Plane.[3]
Elemental planes[]
These planes were divided by elemental concepts such as Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ice, Ooze, Magma, Smoke, Ash, Salt, Vacuum, Dust, Radiance, Minerals, Steam, and Lightning.
- Genasi and para-genasi were descended from elemental creatures, usually genies.
- D'hin'ni were descended from elemental creatures, usually djinn, and lightfoot halflings.
- Azerblood were descended from azers and shield dwarves.[5]
Astral planes[]
These planes were divided by the concepts of Order, Chaos, Good, and Evil in the Great Wheel cosmology:
- Axani were descended from lawful outsiders.[6]
- Mechanatrixes were descended from the clockwork beings that resided in Mechanus, the plane of absolute order.[3]
- Zenythris were descended from an unknown race of lawful outsiders.[2]
A tanarukk (left) and a fey'ri (right).
- Cansin were descended from chaotic outsiders.[6]
- Chaonds were descended from the slaadi that resided in Limbo, the plane of absolute chaos.[2]
- Aasimar were descended from good outsiders called celestials.
- Celadrin were descended from celestial eladrin and elves.
- Part-fiends were among the most common planetouched, with many different types deriving from specific mortal, and in some cases fiendish, races. Part-fiends commonly descended from any form of fiend, from the chaotic demons home to Abyss, to the purely evil beings of Hades, to the lawful devils of Baator.
- Tieflings were perhaps the most common and well-known planetouched, descending from evil outsiders called fiends, born from the mixing of humans.
- Tanarukk were descended from fiends and orcs.
- Durzagon were the half-fiend offspring of devils and duergar.
- Maeluth were descended from devils and dwarves.
- Fey'ri were descended from demons and elves.
- Draegloths were specifically the half-fiend offspring of demons called glabrezu and elves known as drow.
- Mur-zhagul were descended from demons and trolls.
- Wisplings were descended from demons and halflings.
- Worghest were descended from barghests and goblins.
- Baphitaurs were magically created by Netherese wizards and were composed of a combination of humans, minotaurs, ghours, and goristros.[7]
Appendix[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 209. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ed Bonny, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winter (September 2002). Monster Manual II 3rd edition. (TSR, Inc), pp. 169–171. ISBN 07-8692-873-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, James Jacobs, Erik Mona, Matthew Sernett, Chris Thomasson, and James Wyatt (April 2003). Fiend Folio. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 136. ISBN 0-7869-2780-1.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel (July 2004). Planar Handbook. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 13. ISBN 0-7869-3429-8.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (December 2006). “Legacies of Ancient Empires: Planetouched of Faerûn”. In Erik Mona ed. Dragon #350 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 52.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Travis Stout (July 2002). “Children of the Cosmos: 8 New Planetouched Races”. In Jesse Decker ed. Dragon #297 (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 62–66.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (December 2006). “Legacies of Ancient Empires: Planetouched of Faerûn”. In Erik Mona ed. Dragon #350 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 50.