Planetouched

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Various planetouched individuals. From left to right: Aasimar, Earth Genasi, Air Genasi, Water Genasi, Fire Genasi, and Tiefling.

Planetouched are mortal creatures whose lineages trace back outsiders, including celestials, fiends and elementals. Outsiders who can reproduce tend to be inter-fertile, therefore being able to mate with just about any other creature they desire. If the offspring of these unusual unions proves to be itself fertile, within a few generations planetouched will be born.

There are many different types of Planetouched:

• Aasimar are descended from celestials
• Axani are descended from lawful outsiders
• Azerblood are descended from shield dwarves and azers
• Baphitaurs are the result of magical experiments in breeding tieflings with minotaurs
• Cansin are descended from chaotic outsiders
• Celadrin are descended from elves and eladrin
• Chaonds are descended from slaadi
• D'hin'ni are descended from lightfoot halflings and djinn
• Fey'ri are descended from elves and demons
• Genasi and Para-genasi are descended from elemental creatures, usually genies
• Mealuth are descended from dwarves and devils
• Mechanatrixes are descended from Inevitables
• Mur-Zhagul are descended from trolls and demons
• Shadowswyfts are descended from creatures from the Plane of Shadow
• Shyfts are descended from beings from the Ethereal Plane
• Tanarukk are desended from orcs and fiends
• Tieflings are descended from fiends
• Worghest are descended from goblins and barghests
• Wysplings are descended from halflings and demons
• Zenythris are descended from an unknown race or lawful outsiders

[edit] References

• Dragon #297, #350
• Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, James Jacobs, Erik Mona, Matthew Sernett, Chris Thomasson, and James Wyatt (April 2003). Fiend Folio. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2780-1.