Homebrew Deathpact Angel Species Details

Deathpact angels dwell in the grandest of Orzhov cathedrals, where they surround themselves with wealth and wretched vassals that are utterly in their thrall.

Gift Givers. Posing as a beneficent god, a deathpact angel attracts petitioners who beg the angel for blessings: wealth, prestige, health, revenge, and the like. Imagining itself generous and merciful, the angel usually tries to grant the petitioners what they seek by using its abilities, drawing from its hoard of riches, or extorting favors from other members of the guild. True to the spirit of the Orzhov, though, the angel doesn't bestow these gifts out o f kindness, but for the sake of gaining fanatical followers who owe it life debts.

Debt and Indenture. Those who receive favors from a deathpact angel incur a debt that they carry with fervent devotion. They regularly bring trinkets and offerings to the angel, no longer asking or expecting anything in return , and even willingly offer up their mortal lives for their angelic patron. Even after death , these debtors continue to serve the angel and the Orzhov Syndicate as indentured spirits.

Deathpact Angel Traits

While their opposite, Battleforce Angels, are meant to fight in the front lines for honor, the Deathpact Angel prefers to bring debtors into their thrall to buff themselves.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma increases by 2. Your intelligence or wisdom increases by 1.

Superior Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 120 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.

Halo

Your body is celestial in nature and projects divine light. You have a nimbus of golden light surrounding your body, which sheds bright light to a distance of 30 feet and dim light 30 feet beyond that. You can suppress or resume this effect with an action.

Deathpact Magic

You know the Toll the Dead cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Command spell once per day; you must finish a long rest in order to cast the spell again using this trait. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the Enthrall spell once per day; you must finish a long rest in order to cast the spell again using this trait. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Exploitation of Debtors

As an action, you can target a creature charmed by you or a willing creature that you can see within 30 feet. You deal 1d10 necrotic damage to the target, and you gain temporary hit points equal to the damage dealt. If you target a willing creature, you gain double the temporary hit points you would normally gain.

This ability’s damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).

Celestial Resistance

You have resistance to necrotic and radiant damage.

Languages

You know Common and Celestial.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 ft. and your flying speed is 30 ft. You cannot use your flying speed while wearing medium or heavy armor. (If your campaign uses the alternate rules for encumbrance, you cannot use your fly speed while encumbered).

Age

Angels are born into existence fully mature and can live for thousands of years, with many claiming to possess true immortality. However, because of their lifestyles, most angels die within their first thousand years. Angels are born with all the knowledge they need to fulfill their purposes, including speech, language, and, more often than not, proficiency with weapons. While angels themselves value accomplishment more than the passage of time, the young age of man deathpact angels can lead to surprise and even distrust with mortal allies. Angels do not die of old age.

Alignment

Angels on Ravnica are always good-aligned when created, and nearly always lawful as well. Because of their intense zeal and idealism, the majority of angels retain this alignment for their entire life. A very rare few angels have a crisis of faith and become chaotic or evil-aligned; such individuals are much maligned and often the subject of zealous hunts by other angels and their allies.

Size

While some angels are significantly larger, the vast majority are roughly the same size of humans, though typically on the taller end, with few standing under 6 feet, and most reaching 7 feet tall. Angels typically have 8- to 10-foot wingspans, which can make them appear larger. Your size is Medium.

Angel Names

Angels are born with names bound to their very being by some cosmic force. Each angel knows their own name, as well as the names of other angels created on the same plane. While they share this trait with some powerful beings such as dragons, they hold little respect for the power of names and more respect for the purpose they are born.

Male Names: Aziel, Da’na’al, Menithos, Porame, Rastiel, Zo’an.
Female Names: Bethia, Estith, Questia, Thurma, Yuxia

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