Homebrew Angel Species Details

Angels are spiritual beings created by a lawful good deity to act as servants, messengers and warriors.

Angels are benevolent and dreadful, but not infallible; for they strive with each other, and their deity has to make peace between them. Most of them serve either as intermediaries between the outer plane and the material realm, or as guardian spirits. Some are here to protect, some are here to destroy life to open way for new life. Innocence is their nature to a certain degree. It is rare that they bring themselves to tell a falsehood, as dishonor such an alien concept to them.

Angels are referred to in connection with their spiritual missions; as for instance, the "angel which has redeemed", "an interpreter", "the angel that destroyed", "the messenger of the covenant", "angel of his presence", and "a band of angels of evil".

Exquisite Form

Angels have the shape of humanoids of extraordinary beauty, halos, and light. They stand taller than the average human. Some have fair hair ranging from white to light brown, whilst others are bald. They have blue and gold eyes of many shades from light to dark. They are slim and muscular. Angels have large feathery wings that span equal to their height and can be white, brown, silver or black, the average angel has one pair of wings but rare angels can even sometimes have two or three.

Some ranks of angels take the form of immaculate male or female humans or other humanoid race. Other angels have androgynous bodies of transcendental beauty.

Adventuring Angels

Angels do not interact with mortals unless instructed to do so by their deity, as they are such fragile and innocent souls, but few in the past have chosen to wander the material realm learning how the beings live. However, there are times when the world below requires the presence of an angel to deal with a problem. An adventuring angel is weighed down by the material realm, unable to maintain their full divine power. Over time, they can learn to tap into their true form.

Angel Traits

Angels are spiritual beings created by a lawful good deity to act as servants, messengers and warriors.

Perfect Mind

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.

Ability Score Increase

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

Age

You were created fully formed, and do not age.

Alignment

Angels are just, truthful, selfless and value the lives and souls of mortals. They tend towards lawful good.

Darkvision

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.

Radiant Resistance

You have resistance to radiant damage.

Celestial

Your type is celestial. As such, you are immune to the effect of some spells such as charm person or hold person as they target specifically humanoids.

Healing Touch

As an action you can touch a creature. The target magically regains 1d8 hit points, and is freed from any poison, blindness, or deafness. You must finish a long rest before you can use this again.

Immortal

Your body and soul are one and the same. When you die, you return to the Outer Plane of your deity, leaving no body behind. You can still be subject to the raise dead, resurrection or wish spells, representing the caster appealing to your deity for your return. Also, Angels don't require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Languages

You can speak, read and write Common and Celestial.

Rally the Righteous

You are an inspiration upon the battlefield. Choose up to three creatures you can see within 30 feet of you. Until the end of the your next turn, each target can add a d4 to its attack roll or saving throw. Your Rally the Righteous die changes when you reach certain levels. The die becomes a d6 at 5th level, a d8 at 10th level, and a d10 at 15th level. After you use this ability, you can’t use it again until you complete long rest.