Angel (5e Race)
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| Fantasy Angel by Bea Serendipity |
Angels are spiritual beings created by a lawful good deity to act as servants, messengers and warriors.
Angels are benevolent and dreadful, but not infallible; for they strive with each other, and their deity has to make peace between them. Most of them serve either as intermediaries between the outer plane and the material realm, or as guardian spirits. Some are here to protect, some are here to destroy life to open way for new life. Innocence is their nature to a certain degree. It is rare that they bring themselves to tell a falsehood, as dishonor such an alien concept to them.
Angels are referred to in connection with their spiritual missions; as for instance, the "angel which has redeemed", "an interpreter", "the angel that destroyed", "the messenger of the covenant", "angel of his presence", and "a band of angels of evil".
- Exquisite Form
Angels have the shape of humanoids of extraordinary beauty, halos, and light. They stand taller than the average human. Some have fair hair ranging from white to light brown, whilst others are bald. They have blue and gold eyes of many shades from light to dark. They are slim and muscular. Angels have large feathery wings that span equal to their height and can be white, brown, silver or black, the average angel has one pair of wings but rare angels can even sometimes have two or three.
Some ranks of angels take the form of immaculate male or female humans or other humanoid race. Other angels have androgynous bodies of transcendental beauty.
- Adventuring Angels
Angels do not interact with mortals unless instructed to do so by their deity, as they are such fragile and innocent souls, but few in the past have chosen to wander the material realm learning how the beings live. However, there are times when the world below requires the presence of an angel to deal with a problem. An adventuring angel is weighed down by the material realm, unable to maintain their full divine power. Over time, they can learn to tap into their true form.
Angel Names
Male: Jacob, Michael, Destian, Castian, Samual, Alexander, Perisis, Calidon, Demetry, Raemond, Gabriel, Raphael, Orion, Tyriel, Auriel, Izual, Helel, Albo
Female: Jane, Elisa, Meryn, Gavrial, Lucy, Aysa, Kyerea, Iris, Teryn, Camisa, Itherael, Jordan, Lucky
Angel Traits
Angels are spiritual beings created by a lawful good deity to act as servants, messengers and warriors.
Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2 and your Wisdom score increases by 1
Age. You were created fully formed, and do not age.
Alignment. Angels are just, truthful, selfless and value the lives and souls of mortals. They tend towards lawful good.
Size. Your size is Medium
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision. 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.
Radiant Resistance. You have resistance to radiant damage.
Perfect Mind. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Celestial. Your type is celestial. As such, you are immune to the effect of some spells such as charm person or hold person as they target specifically humanoids.
Healing Touch. As an action you can touch a creature. The target magically regains 1d8 hit points, and is freed from any poison, blindness, or deafness. You must finish a long rest before you can use this again.
Immortal. Your body and soul are one and the same. When you die, you return to the Outer Plane of your deity, leaving no body behind. You can still be subject to the raise dead, resurrection or wish spells, representing the caster appealing to your deity for your return.
Languages. You can speak, read and write Common and Celestial.
Background
The divine servant background was written specifically for angels.
The entertainer, hermit, sage or soldier backgrounds from the PHB may work.
Appropriate homebrew backgrounds include unknown.
Angel Paragon Class
When you gain a level with your angel character, you can take a level in the angel paragon class.
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