Homebrew Angel Species Details

Angels appear from the heavens in the shape of humans to watch over all life. Some are here to protect, some are here to destroy, and some to guide. They vary from innocent and peaceful to unyielding and wrathful in nature. Angels as guardian beings created from the divinity of good-aligned gods are loyal to their home and while their power in the material plane is limited to some extent even the weakest of their kin are strong enough to overpower most mortals. While the Assamir are rare creatures, angels, even minor ones, are practically unheard of walking among mortals. However, sometimes gods create and send young and minor angels to the material plane with some sort of divine purpose.

Physical Description

Angels stand taller than the average man. Their hair can range in shades even though they tend to have lighter colors between white and light brown. Angels have blue to green and gold to hazel eyes that range from light to darker tones. They are naturally slim and muscular, forming an ideal body. Angels have large feathery wings that span equal to their height and can be white, brown, silver or black, the average angel has 2 wings but higher level or particularly blessed angels may have 4 or even 6.

History

Angels avoid interacting with the mortal world as their Gods do and the short lives of most mortals as well the darkness of their fragile and innocent souls leaves little for such beings of purity and light to desire there. However, few in the past have been given permission to wander the material realm and in times when the world requires the presence of an angel to snuff the flames of evil.

Society

Angelic society is largely unknown and largely dependent on the god the Angel serves. A general consensus is that Angels are the guardians of the heavens and tend to the souls of the dead after they have passed into the afterlife but beyond that, not much detail is known about the specific day to day life of an Angel that isn't on a mission from their god.

Angel Names

Male: Albo, Alexander, Auriel, Azrael, Calidon, Castian, Castiel, Demetry, Destian, Gabriel, Helel, Izunal, Jacob, Michael, Orion, Perisis, Raemond, Raphael, Samual, Tyriel

Female: Aysa, Camisa, Elisa, Gavrial, Hannah, Iris, Itherael, Jane, Jordan, Keyrea, Lucky, Lucy, Meryn, Teryn

Angel Traits

Your Angel has the following racial trait.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength, Constitution and Charisma scores all increases by 1.

Age

You do not age.

 

Alignment

As creatures made by good deities, angels are almost always good, but sometimes are neutral. This doesn't include angels that have fallen.

Size

Angels are the same size as humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Angelic Resistance

As a divine being, you have resistance against radiant and necrotic damage

Celestial

Your creature type is celestial for the purpose of spell and effects. In addition, when you are killed or when you take actions against or that are counter to your deity, you can be immediately returned to them. When this happens, your deity may do anything from wiping you from existence, putting you on trial, or resurrecting you at their nearest temple

Celestial Wings

You have a pair of white feathered wings that grant you a flying speed of 30 feet. These wings are extensions of your celestial soul and as such can be made incorporeal, and as such can be made invisible to most senses at will. While your wings are a sight to behold, they are not as magnificent or as grand as other more established celestials. If you are wearing armor you are not proficient in or any medium or heavy armor, you may not fly.

Communion

Angels don't need to sleep. Instead, they enter a state of prayer, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Darkvision

While you may not be strong enough to have truesight your divine senses grant you, superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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 grey.

Languages

You can speak, read and write Common and Celestial.