Homebrew Dark Angel Species Details

 

Dark Angels are creatures often driven to the edge of civilisation, feared and hated by a thousand ideologies.
An almost extinct species driven to the edge of civilisation due to their precious feathers.

Fortune Feathers

Despite their familiar human shape and facial features, one has to be either obliviously dense or heavily drunk not to notice the obvious large black wings sticking out behind a dark angel's back.

These wings, despite being incredibly powerful, resistant and beautiful, possess one glaring weakness. Their feathers hardly regrow past their fletching stage when they start being able to fly. Their dwindling numbers, even a single feather of a dark angel is worth a small fortune and poachers will go to great lengths to obtain them, be it by raiding their homes or attacking them directly.

Scourge of the Heavens

Due to their wings, Dark Angels are incredibly agile flyers and strong combatants while in the air. Considered an apex predator, any bird will flee the air when it spots an Angel approaching. Even the aarakocra know not to challenge a dark angel in the skies, and will gladly land to avoid a confrontation with them in air-to-air combat.

Even on the ground, they're not lacking either. Due to the powerful winds generated by their strong wings, they are hard to keep grounded. Enemies trying to hold them to the ground will find themselves eating dirt head first or soaring to the sky alongside the Angel before they're even aware of what just happened.

Unholy Unjustice

"Don't stay up too long, or you might get snatched by a dark angel," is a common lesson parents teach their children. Despite their majestic flight enjoyed by even the most sophisticated of folk, spotting a dark angel is considered a bad omen. Where they land, death is supposed to follow soon after.

It is said that as a reward for everyone who slays a dark angel, the reward granted by the gods is beyond measure. Common beliefs include that whoever sleeps on a pillow stuffed with feathers will not age while they nap or those who wear them as accessories or clothing will find themselves performing inhuman tasks with ease.

Every dark angel knows this is but a stigma fabricated in the minds of the common folk, but through the aeons of hate and fear of the unknown, they have become a symbol associated with death.
Religions, churches and cults alike wish to rid the world of them, fighting with reckless might and enforcing their beliefs to destroy the angel of death.

Reclusive Folk

Due to the hate and hunt for their feathers, dark angels choose to live a life in solitude, residing atop mountains far away from civilisation, only coming down to hunt for supplies. Mostly considered extinct in most realms.

The few dark angels who wish to stay among other races live in constant fear of their neighbours plucking them alive before burning them for religious justice.

Dark Angel Traits

As a Dark Angel, you are a fierce opponent in the skies. Being able to fly at high speed starting at 1st level is exceptionally effective in certain circumstances and exceedingly dangerous in others. As a result, playing this class requires special consideration by your DM.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 3, and your Intelligence score increases by 1.
Your Charisma score decreases by 1.

Unholy predator

Due to the harsh living requirements in the mountains,
You've become resistant to the cold and have adapted to long and early nights.

Despite not being particularly vulnerable to it, people will put their all into destroying you with the power of their faith.
Receive 1d4 bonus damage to radiant attacks if they know you're a dark angel

Age

Dark Angels can fly once they've outgrown their wringled fletchling feathers, usually at the age of 12. They live feasible lifetimes, be it rarely beyond 100 years, they age gracefully rarely looking older than 40 even at high ages.

Alignment

Most Dark Angels are refined individuals, all be it not very accustomed to human societal standards.
Their quiet, yet open and cheerful personalities often lead to problems.

Size

Dark Angels are about 6 feet tall. They have average-looking, yet surprisingly light bodies that weigh between 60 and 80 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Sky Surge

+ Don't provoke attacks of opportunity from enemies near you.
+ Enemies within 5 feet of you must pass a constitution saving throw or are knocked prone. If they pass the check they are merely knocked back.

+/- This ability can be used while carrying medium and heavy armour or someone roughly your body size or smaller, all be it at another half reduction to your flying speed.

- Needs to have a minimum height above your character
- Due to the immense energy it requires, half your flying speed for this turn.

Flight

You have a flying speed of 60 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Scourge of the Sky

+ When you're airborne, you have an advantage on saving throws against projectiles you see coming.
+ If you and the enemy are both airborne, you have an advantage on melee attacks against them.

- Due to your light, but frail bones you receive an additional +2 bludgeoning damage

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and both a normal and rare language of your choice