Homebrew Celestial Species Details

Older than the universe and just as powerful, Celestials cross the boundaries of mortal possibility. With vast ranges of abilities, such as the power of creation, healing, or omniscience, Celestials demonstrate great providence over the physical realm. However, most Celestials are inhuman, bordering on eldritch in appearance, utterly disconnected from the mortals they ostensibly oversee. While most Celestials choose to remain in the Celestial Realm, content in their incomprehensibility, a select few decide to descend into the mortal realm. But these Celestials almost never come in their pure, godlike forms. Instead, they typically sacrifice some condition of their sublimity in order to better interact with mortals. Or, they may even imbue their essence within mortals, merging with someone worthy and willing.

Celestial Traits

As a Celestial, you have access to the following traits.

Ability Score Increase.

Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.

Celestial Knowledge.

You have proficiency in the History and Religion skills.

Radiant-Born.

As a being created from the stars and heavens, you have immunity to radiant damage.

Sacrificial Healing.

As a bonus action, you can take from your own health pool to heal a willing creature you can see, so long as doing so will not make you fall unconscious. Roll 1d4, and you can choose to add your Wisdom modifier to the roll. You lose that amount of hit points, but your chosen ally gains them. After using this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest. This dice changes when you reach certain levels. The die becomes 1d6 at 5th level, a 1d8 at 10th level, and a 1d10 at 15th level.

Sacrificial Shielding

When a creature you can see takes damage, you can use your reaction to redirect half of the damage to yourself. After using this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.