Design and Development: The Deva

[Fallen Seraph]

I have to say this is a pretty interesting look at how they went from the Aasimar to the Deva, and how things like the changes of cosmology effected the development.

Design & Development: The Deva

 

[ppaladin123]

Somewhere in the development process they apparently abandoned the original goal to make aasimar/devas really great paladins. Ah well.

 

[RefinedBean]

Somewhere in the development process they apparently abandoned the original goal to make aasimar/devas really great paladins. Ah well.

I think, however, they'll make really great Avengers, which suits me just fine.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Quite funny that given the description

Devas that don't use the divine power source are most often defenders or leaders, protecting or inspiring their adventuring companions.

yet their ability scores (Int and Wis) fit them most perfectly for Orb wizards - the one area which is apparently least common - but which will probably end up being very common!

 

[FireLance]

I think, however, they'll make really great Avengers, which suits me just fine.

I think that they would make pretty good invokers, too. I can't wait to play Angel Summoner!

Quite funny that given the description

yet their ability scores (Int and Wis) fit them most perfectly for Orb wizards - the one area which is apparently least common - but which will probably end up being very common!

Yeah, flavor/optimization mismatch is one of the things that annoys me, too. Hopefully, there will be some really good Deva defender/leader feats to make up for it.

 

[ferratus]

I found the idea that devas don't have much involvement with the temples of the gods as a default rather odd.

 

[Nymrohd]

To be honest, flavor/optimisation mismatch is all over the place.

 

[Rechan]

To be honest, flavor/optimisation mismatch is all over the place.

Yes. It's one thing I'm looking to combat by allowing a race to have one floating ability score.

 

[Dannager]

I found the idea that devas don't have much involvement with the temples of the gods as a default rather odd.

I think it's probably something akin to being a roadie for a rock band. You've hung out with the gods in their home, you call them by their first name, you may have fought alongside them in a past lifetime. With all that intimate exposure to the gods, there's no real need to join the fantasy world equivalent on an online fan club.

 

[avin]

Kinda bother me a bit that they first worked Deva's appearance by the way its miniature should look "The first goal is to create a distinctive appearance that will be communicated clearly in miniatures, so when you have a celestial miniature it doesn't just look like a human paladin. The second goal is to communicate their essentially good nature."

Demon blood for tieflings and Celestian/angelical blood for Aasimars/Devas work better for me than "a chosen by gods" race.