The Scourge Aasimar can do radiant area damage when they activate their racial power, and this damage hurts them as well. However, the race inherently has resistance to radiant damage.
What is a DMG Aasimar?
The phrase “DMG Aasimar” refers to the version of the Aasimar race that is printed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide as an example of a new/custom race, as opposed to versions of the Aasimar that may be printed elsewhere.
Do scourge Aasimar have wings?
The Scourge Aasimar has a light / radiant-damage-causing racial effect (Radiant Consumption), and the Fallen Aasmiar have a fear effect (Necrotic Shroud) – their wings are described as “flightless” in VGtM. Neither Scourge nor Fallen aasimar has flight as a racial feature.
What do scourge Aasimar look like?
In general, Aasimar appear like the reverse of Tieflings: a lot like their parents, except supernaturally angelic (instead of supernaturally demonic like with tieflings). Tieflings often have tells like horns or a tail. Aasimar also often have tells, like angel wings or a slight glow.
Can a fallen Aasimar be a Paladin?
Aasimar abilities and variants: Protector, Scourge, Fallen Aasimar gain a +2 Charisma bonus to their ability scores. Naturally, this makes for powerful paladins, warlocks and even bards. Somewhat like a paladin’s Lay on Hands, this ability gives me an innate goodness whether I like it or not.
Are Eladrin high elves?
High elves, also sometimes known as eladrin, were graceful warriors and wizards who originated from the realm of Faerie, also known as the Feywild. They lived in the forests of the world.
Do fallen aasimar have halos?
Physical Description: Aasimars look mostly human except for some minor physical trait that reveals their unusual heritage. Typical aasimar features include hair that shines like metal, jewel-toned eyes, lustrous skin color, or even glowing, golden halos.
Do fallen Aasimar have halos?
Does a scourge aasimar take half damage from its?
You have resistance to necrotic damage and radiant damage. So they take only half damage from radiant damage. The Scourge Aasimar sub-race also have this ability (pg. 105): Radiant Consumption.
Do you cut radiant damage in half for aasimar?
However, the race inherently has resistance to radiant damage. Should I, as a DM, cut the damage in half, or require that it bypass the Aasimar’s natural resistance since it’s (in the flavor of the ability) overloading its own radiant power to harm its enemies?
How much radiant damage does a scourge take?
… at the end of each of your turns, you take radiant damage equal to half your level (rounded up). In addition, once on each of your turns, you can deal extra radiant damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra radiant damage equals your level.
What happens at the end of radiant consumption?
Nothing in the wording of Radiant Consumption says that the radiant damage applied at the end of your turn bypasses/ignores resistance or immunity. Therefore, the resistance applies. The fact that you are the source of the radiant damage in question plays no part in the calculation.
