
Whether or not this had any impact on their popularity vs. Unlike tieflings, who lucked into being part of the original Planescape boxed set, aasimar didn't come out until two years later. While the ToF should take precedence over the optional variant rules found in the DMG, not all tables will have access to the ToF, or even allow it. Outside of the ToF, the only mention of the Eladrin subrace is in the DMG, where it is used as an example of a subrace that could be created by a DM.

The eladrin appeared as an elf subrace in the Dungeon Master's Guide (2014), where they were used as an example for creating a new character subrace.

