Homebrew Fallen Angel Species Details

Fallen angels are a race of otherworldly beauty. They have wings but are unable to fly. They usually keep to themselves and practice magic. They are also known for their beautiful voices which are supposed to be the most beautiful and carry magical power in them.

Slender and Graceful

With their unearthly grace and fine features, angels appear hauntingly beautiful to humans and members of many other races. They are more slender than humans, weighing only 100 to 145 pounds. Males and females are about the same height, and males are only marginally heavier than females.

Angels’ coloration encompasses the normal human range and also includes skin in shades of copper, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of black, white, silver, gold, or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. They favor beautiful clothes in simple colors.

A Timeless Perspective

Angels can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They usually don't interfere with the other races except for on occasions. When pursuing a goal, however, whether adventuring on a mission or learning a new skill or art, angels can be focused and relentless. They are slow to make friends and enemies, and even slower to forget them. They reply to petty insults calmly and to serious insults with vengeance.

They usually work on magic in hopes to regain their lost powers or simply for the sake of learning it. They can also be proficient with bows and other weapons after training.

Mountain Peaks

Most angels dwell on mountain peaks in order to live out their lives on their own in secluded places. Their skill and magic allow them to support themselves without the need for much hard work. They are talented artisans, crafting finely worked clothes and art objects. Their contact with outsiders is usually limited, though a few angels make a good living by trading crafted items for other materials.

DISTANT BUT KIND

Although they can be distant, fallen angels are generally kind even to those who fall short of their high expectations—which is most non-angels. Still, they can find good in just about anyone.

Dwarves. “Dwarves are dull, clumsy oafs. But what they lack in humor, sophistication, and manners, they make up in valor. And I must admit, their best smiths produce art that approaches angelic quality.”

Halflings. “Halflings are people of simple pleasures, and that is not a quality to scorn. They’re good folk, they care for each other and tend their gardens, and they have proven themselves tougher than they seem when the need arises.”

Humans. “All that haste, their ambition and drive to accomplish something before their brief lives pass away—human endeavors seem so futile sometimes. But then you look at what they have accomplished, and you have to appreciate their achievements. If only they could slow down and learn some refinement.”

 

Fallen Angel Traits

Your fallen angel character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of thousands of years of angelic refinement.

Wings

Fallen angels are unable to fly, but they still have a pair of wings on their back. Although useless they still prove that despite being "fallen", they are still angels.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.

Alignment

Angels love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others’ freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not. The fallen angels are an exception; their exile has made them different than normal angels and they can be dangerous. Fallen angels are sometimes evil.

Size

Angels range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Trance

Angels don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish. Common is fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar. Elven literature is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires.