Homebrew Fallen Aasimar Species Details

The aasimar are those born of the gods, either parented by an angel and a human mother, or conceived through a blessing or a miracle during a time of darkness, a gift from the gods themselves. Aasimar mature at an extraordinarily rapid rate, reaching the appearance of a young human adult within their first year. Just because their appearance is mature, however, does not mean their personality is mature, and many young aasimar must be guided by a mentor to find their true purpose up until their spiritual goal has been reached. Typically, the aasimar are gifted with such a mentor upon their "birth", though some are not so lucky, and are even outright ignored by the deity that gave them life, and so they are forced to go on a journey of self-discovery to find their purpose in a world that ages without them.

As aasimar can not conceive children, and they outlive all other races due to their immortality, they often become lost in their lives, whether they have achieved their purpose or when their mentor has failed their duties. Sometimes, especially among the impressionable and childlike youth of the aasimar, they fall to a path of darkness, creating a dire circumstance for not only those around them, but for themselves. These fallen aasimar, while not explicitly turning to a life of evil, are often wrought with the hardships brought on by their isolation from the gods and their own hubris. Fallen aasimar not consumed by evil sometimes seek redemption from the gods for their betrayal to the light, and may even find the solace they seek through the acceptance from a more welcoming deity.

Redeemed aasimar are a rarity, but after the harsh experiences brought on by their previously fallen status, their hubris has given away to wisdom, and they find themselves far more mature than their younger kin. Redeemed aasimar are not as graced as they once were in their purest form, but their renewed sense of purpose has given them a better understanding of their existence as a whole, and often they seek out younger aasimar so they can be mentored properly and not fall to the darkness, or they search for those already tainted by it so they can be redeemed themselves.

As aasimar are born from a human mother, they are typically given human names fit for their native culture before the mother realizes the true nature of her child. If the newborn is recognized as aasimar, they may be given a name in honor of a celestial being affiliated with the aasimar's deity.

 

Fallen Aasimar Traits

Shining brightly in times of darkness, the aasimar can be the light of an entire civilization, their names etched into epitaphs describing their duties in cemeteries across the world. Most people, however, are not aware of the childlike naivety and immaturity of a young aasimar, who often sees themselves as paramount to any other knight on a battlefield or any other healer in a temple. Often, however, these young aasimar are given a mentor to help shape their destinies and to fulfill their duties, lest they stray towards a path of a less desirable outcome.

Ability score increase

For being an Aasimar, you recieve +2 to your Wisdom and +1 to you Charisma

Healing hands

As an action, you can touch a creature and cause it to regain a number of hit points equal to your level. Once you use this trait, you cant use it again until you finish a long rest. 

Light bearer

You know the light cantrip. Charisma is your spelcasting ability for it. 

Darkvision

With your internal light restored, your vision can see through the dark. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Celestial resistance

You have resistance to necrotic damage and radiant damage.