Homebrew Guardian Angel Species Details
I saw her, wreathed in wings of pure light, her eyes blazing with the fury of the gods. The bone devils stopped in their tracks, shielding their faces. Her blade, now a brand of light, swept once, twice, three times. The devils’ heads hit the ground, one after another. And thus we learned that a guardian angel traveled in our ragtag band.
Guardian angels bear within their souls the light of the heavens. They are descended from the heavens, with a touch of the power of Mount Celestia, the divine realm of many lawful good deities. Guardian angels are born to serve as champions of the gods, their births hailed as blessed events. They are a people of otherworldly visages, with luminous features that reveal their celestial heritage.
Celestial Champions
Guardian angels are sent to This planet to protect someone that the gods wish to keep alive for whatever reason. These angels are inherently good and do everything’s in their power to shine the light of their god upon the world.
Most guardian angels are not meant to live on the Material Plane, and do not do so until the gods command them to. Some angels may offer to protect someone that they are interested in, whereas some may be forced to against their will.
An angel is far from omniscient. Its guidance is based on the will of its god, as well as its understanding of the tenets of law and good, and it might have insight into combatting powerful evils that it knows about.
Hidden Wanderers
While angels are strident foes of evil, they typically prefer to keep a low profile. An angel inevitably draws the attention of evil cultists, fiends, and other enemies of good, all of whom would be eager to strike down a celestial champion if they had the chance.
When traveling, angels prefer hoods, closed helms, and other gear that allows them to conceal their identities. They nevertheless have no compunction about striking openly at evil. The secrecy they desire is never worth endangering the innocent.
Conflicted Souls
Although a guardian angel is descended from the heavens, they are not all very excited to be on the Material Plane. Although some angels are excited to see how life is in a different world, all of them long to be back home in the Divine Realm where they belong.
Even a guardian angel wholly dedicated to good sometimes feel torn between two worlds. The gods that guide them see the world from a distant perch. An angel who wishes to stop and help a town recover from a drought might be told by their god to push forward on a greater quest. To a distant god, saving a few commoners might pale in comparison to defeating a cult of Orcus. A god is very wise but not infallible.
Guardian Angel Traits
Your guardian angel has the following racial traits.Restriction
A guardian angel is sworn to protect another by the gods, and you must do everything in your power to make sure that person stays alive, even if that means sacrificing your own life.
Talk to your DM about who you have to protect and why.
Ability Score Increase
Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Strength or Dexterity Score increases by 2.
Age
Angels do not age, and can be whatever age you would like them to stay at.
Alignment
Imbued with celestial power, most guardian angels are good. Some angels do choose to turn on their god, although never without consequences...
Size
Angels can be all kinds of varying sizes within reason.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a flying speed of 40 feet. However, you must have room for your wings to fly. your wingspan is equal to twice your height.
Darkvision
Blessed with a radiant soul, your vision can easily cut through darkness. 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.
Celestial Resistance
Being a divine being, you are blessed with immunity to radiant damage, and resistance to necrotic damage.
Angelic Gift
You know the spare the dying
cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast lesser restoration as a 2nd level spell once with this trait. and regain the ability to do so after a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast beacon of hope once with this trait and regain the ability to do so after a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, Celestial, and one other language of your choice.
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