Homebrew Angel Species Details

"We had fought for ages in defense of the town. Day by day passed as our enemies withered down our defenses.  Friends died left and right. After breaching our walls, our enemies attacked a temple. It was their first mistake, and their last. As they entered the cathedral, they laid eyes upon the treasures gathered upon the altar with greed, and suddenly the sound heralding their defeat came through the air as clear as a bugle, and five legions of angels descended from the heavens. By the end not a single one had fallen, and yet, only a single soldier lived, to tell the tale of the vengeance of the heavens. For us, it was a sign of our God's favor."

Created to Serve

Angels, inevitably, are the servants of gods, created by the god in question. They typically take after their gods in personality, enabling a wide range of an angel's personality. Their interests will always be in line with those of their gods, and it would be dangerous to question otherwise.

The Perfection of Man

In many legends, humans think of perfect people, with immaculate bodies, deified strength performing gargantuan feats, who stand at near 7 feet in height, some even taller. These feats are not performed by the normal man, but by the servants of the gods themselves, carrying out their masters' wills.

Angel Traits

As champions of their gods, Angels share certain traits.

Movement Speed

Your base walking speed is 30.

Celestial Wings

You have a pair of White-feathered wings that grant you a flying speed of 60 feet. These wings are a mere representation of the magic you possess and may be made incorporeal at will. Your wings are a spectacle to the eyes for all who behold them.

Divine Spellcasting

As the divine servant of the Gods, Angels pack a range of powerful abilities. As a result, you know the light cantrip. At level 3, you know Guiding bolt, and may cast it at 2nd level once per long rest. At level 9, you may cast mass cure wounds as a 6th level spell 3 times per long rest for its maximum value, and at level 20, you may cast mass heal 3 times per long rest

Divine Recovery

Because of their nature, Angels don't need to sleep, instead entering a meditative trance for 4 hours.

Angelic Spirit

Starting at 3rd level, you can use your action to unleash the divine energy within yourself, causing your eyes and form to glimmer. Your transformation lasts for 10 minutes or until you end it as a bonus action. Once on each of your turns, you can deal extra radiant damage to one target when you deal damage to it with an attack or a spell. The extra radiant damage is equal to your level. Must not be transformed.

Change Form

As an action, the Angel may take on the form of any humanoid creature. It does not gain its traits.

Languages

As a servant of the Gods, you know several languages. You may speak, read, and write in Common, Celestial, and four other languages of your choice

Ability Score Increase

Your strength, constitution, wisdom and charisma scores all increase by 1.

Darkvision

While you may not be strong enough to have truesight your divine senses grant you, 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 grey.

Angelic Resistance

As a divine being, you have resistance against radiant and necrotic damage.