Homebrew Robotic Angel Species Details

 

"Preserve..."

—Unknown

The angels are constructs of light and metal created to fight the demons, creatures created by and feed off of emotion. In contrast to their enemies, angels are much more uniform and lack the same emotional strength their opponents wield. But they instead use a mysterious power, known only to the highest of their kind.

Light, Metal, and Soul

The exact way angels are created is a closely guarded secret in their homeland of Celestia, but it's known that it's through combining souls and the advanced technology the angels wield. All angels radiate light, and the color of light they create denotes their caste.

Although they were manufactured, angels are considered celestial, construct, and humanoid because of their complicated method of creation. Resting, healing magic, and the Medicine skill all provide the same benefits to angels that they do to other humanoids and celestials.

Angelic Personalities

Angels are built to serve their superiors unquestioningly. For most angels, they have a clearly defined function and are encouraged to focus purely on that role. But some who rebel against the establishment find their own path in life away from the control of more powerful angels.

The typical angel shows little emotion. This is because of their culture which raises emotionless to a divine status and decrees feeling anything as a sign of corruption. Many angels struggle to feel anything, but some manage to tap into feeling emotions by invoking the souls inside them. This usually results in a resurgence of memories of their past lives that can change the angel's perspective on the world.

Religion is common in angels because of their highly religious and authoritarian society. Angels in Celestia worship "the holy machines" and believe that metal and logic are divine gifts given to defeat the demonic menace. Rebels sometimes find a different religion to follow, but it's rare for an angel to be atheistic.

Despite their mechanical form, angels are always given a body that fits a certain sex. There isn't any direct correlation between the souls used to create the angels and the body they receive.

The more an angel rebels against their establishment, the more likely it is to modify its body, seeking out an artificer to customize the look of its face, limbs, and wings. Many rebel angels will attempt to color themselves outside the four colors represented by the castes (crimson, gold, cerulean, and gray) to find more individuality.

The Four Castes

Angels are divided into four castes based on the color of the body they're given and the light they emit. Each caste is more inhuman and usually larger than the last.

Crimson angels are at the bottom, serving many menial jobs and filling in any roles that the other three don't fit.

Gold angels are next, usually serving in combat focused roles such as military or guards.

Cerulean angels follow after them, being created for specific roles and fulfilling those exclusively.

Immaculate angels at the top. Details about them are scarce, but all angels won't deny their power.

Quirks

Angels often display an odd personality trait or two, given how they have lived for most of their life. The Angel Quirks table contains example quirks.

Angel Quirks

Angel Names

All angels assigned numerical designations for use in whatever role they provide. But once they go independent, they usually take on simple names based on some of the letters in their designation.

Angel Names: KB, A-9, JZ, 2-B, S-16

Robotic Angel Traits

Your angel character has the following traits. A few of the traits give you a choice; consider how your choice reflects the purpose for which your character was built.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1.

Age

Angels are effectively immortal and show no signs of deterioration over time. Angels are still being produced to this day with some being brand new to the world. Most angels have been created within the last hundred years, but a few angels are thousands or even millions of years old. But as angels age, they often have their old memories deleted and replaced with new ones, making some angels forget how old they truly are.

Alignment

Angels initially have it drilled into them that they must follow the rules and be orderly, making them lawful neutral. But as some angels rebel and reconnected with their past lives through their souls, they can find themselves on different paths instead.

Size

Angels are variable in height based upon their caste. Crimson angels are usually around the same height and weight as humans while the Gold and Cerulean castes are much taller being anywhere from 6 to 9 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Angels are very heavy because of them being entirely made out of metal. Crimson angels are usually anywhere from 240 to 300 pounds and Gold and Cerulean angels are 300 to 410 pounds.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Constructed Resilience

You were created to have remarkable fortitude, represented by the following benefits:

• You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison and radiant damage.
• You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
• You are immune to disease.
• You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Sentry’s Rest

When you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but it doesn’t render you unconscious, and you can see and hear as normal.

Light Emission

You naturally emit bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet. The color of light you emit is based on your caste.

You may activate or deactivate this trait as an action.

Metal Wings

You have a set or two of metal wings which allow you to fly for limited amounts of time.

Starting at 3rd level, you can use your action to activate your wings, giving you access to flight for 10 minutes. During this time, you have a flying speed of 30ft.

When you reach 14th level, this flying speed becomes permanent.

Triple Nature

Because of the complicated method of your creation, you are considered celestial, construct, and humanoid. You can be affected by a game effect if it works on either of your creature types.

Resting, healing magic, and the Medicine skill all provide the same benefits to you that they do to other humanoids and celestials.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Celestial and one other language of your choice.

Celestial is a strange language that can sound like a string of code to outsiders. But to the angels and the other people of Celestia, it's the language of the machines and the divine presence inside them.