Some things remain the same, such as some of their features and lore.
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What Is An Aasimar?
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They resemble their humanoid parents.
However, unlike some of the species they resemble,aasimar have a longer lifespan.
They can live to,on average, the age of 160.
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One way described in the Player’s Handbook 2024 is that they can havefreckles that are metallic.
Or they can straight uphave a haloas they walk among their mortal peers.
You are considereda humanoid instead of a celestial being.
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You may alsochoose to bemedium or small in size.
In addition to those distinctions, aasimar also have30 feet of movement.
Darkvision
you’ve got the option to see in both dim lighting and darkness.
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The range is 60 feet.
Healing Hands
You heal a creature you touch for a number of d4’s equal to your proficiency bonus.
Light Bearer
You have access to the Light spell and use your Charisma as the spellcasting ability.
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It allows you tochoose one of three transformations: Heavenly Wings, Inner Radiance, and Necrotic Shroud.
These will be explained further below.
This has to beafter you hit and deal damage to a target with an attack or a spell.
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The damage typeis radiant for Heavenly Wings or the Inner Radiancetransformations.
If you chooseNecrotic Shroud, then the damage bang out is necroticinstead.
The amount of damageis determined by your Proficiency Bonus.
Heavenly Wings
As you may guess, this transformation allows your character tolet loose two spectral wings.
The wingsgrant youa flying speed, something uncommon among most of the species.
Inner Radiance
This is where you let that award-winning personality shine.
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Literally.You generate Bright Light within ten feetof you and thenDim Light for an additional ten feet.
When comparing the two versions of aasimar,their lore and the majority of their traits are the same.
The biggest differencebetween the two versionsis the wording of the Celestial Revelation feat.
Before,you would still deal extra damageto your foes, but it waslisted underneath your transformation choice.
In the Player’s Handbook 2024, this is included insteadunder the description of Celestial Revelation.
When comparing the 2024 speciesto the aasimar ofVolo’s Guide To Monsters, there areno longer any subspecies options.
And, while minor,you are not gifted any languagesas aasimar were in Volo’s Guide To Monsters.
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