Angels are a type of celestial in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, of any good alignment and hail from the any of the Upper Planes]. Angels are also known as aasimon.
Angels are all extraplanar outsiders and share a number of magical powers:
- They possess Darkvision, the ability to see in the dark.
- They are immune to acid, cold and petrification.
- They are resistant to electricity, fire, and poison.
- They have a protective field that wards them against evil creatures and effects.
- They can speak with any creature that has a language.
Types of Angels
- Agathion - Warrior angels sometimes sent on missions to the Material Plane.
- Deva, Astral - Patrons of planar travelers and powerful creatures undertaking good causes.
- Deva, Monadic - Stoic watchers of the Ethereal Plane and the Elemental Planes.
- Deva, Movanic - Celestial infantry serving the Positive Energy Plane, the Negative Energy Plane, and the Material Plane.
- Deva, Stellar, Emprix - An Emprix looks like most starkin, though slightly more attractive (if possible) and radiating dignity and power.
- Deva, Stellar, Starkin - Luminescent humanlike celestials that can shift to a bright, twinkling point of light like a star in the night sky.
- Light - Misty rainbows of light that serve high-level worshipers of good deities and provide good beings aid on quests.
- Planetar - Mightly generals of celestial armies that also help powerful mortals on missions of good, particularly those that involve battles with fiends.
- Solar - The greatest of the angels, usually close attendants to a deity or champions of some cosmically beneficent task.
References
- Bonny, Ed, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winter. Monster Manual II (Wizards of the Coast, 2002).
- Gygax, E. Gary. "Featured Creatures." Dragon #63 (TSR, 1982).
- Gygax, E. Gary. "Featured Creatures." Dragon #64 (TSR, 1982).
- Perkins, Christopher. Warriors of Heaven (TSR, 1999).
- Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
- Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. Book of Exalted Deeds (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).