Planetouched is a general term for player character races who are descended from the planes. Perhaps their ancestors were mere mortals who made a pact with or married angels or demons, lived in close proximity to a source of planar radiation or toxins, tourists from another plane of existence, or maybe nature itself is literally their mother.
When creating a character who is planetouched, take some time to consider their origin and how this would affect their appearance and history. Many sourcebooks have given colorful origins for planetouched: Legends & Lairs: Mythic Races, Secrets of the Planes: Planar Races, Children of the Planes, etc. I advise treating these as backgrounds and reskins of existing races from the rulebook, third party sourcebooks, and Vault of the 13th Age. There's no need to waste your one unique thing on being planetouched.
For example, the Neirut from Planar Races may be represented by Forgeborn whereas the fiery races from The Traveler's Guide to the Elemental Plane of Fire may be represented by Elementborn. I will try to present more examples in later posts.
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