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| '''Angels''' are a type of [[Celestial (Dungeons & Dragons)|celestial]] in the ''[[:Category:Dungeons and Dragons|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''.
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| Angels are all extraplanar [[Outsider (Dungeons & Dragons)|outsiders]] and share a number of magical powers:
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| *They possess ''Darkvision'', the ability to see in the dark.
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| *They are immune to acid, cold and petrification.
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| *They are resistant to electricity, fire, and poison.
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| *They have a protective field that wards them against evil creatures and effects.
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| *They can speak with any creature that has a language.
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| ==Types of Angels==
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| *'''Agathion''' - Warrior angels sometimes sent on missions to the Material Plane.
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| *'''Deva, Astral''' - Patrons of planar travelers and powerful creatures undertaking good causes.
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| *'''Deva, Monadic''' - Stoic watchers of the Ethereal Plane and the Elemental Planes.
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| *'''Deva, Movanic''' - Celestial infantry serving the Positive Energy Plane, the Negative Energy Plane, and the Material Plane.
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| *'''Deva, Stellar, Emprix''' - An Emprix looks like most starkin, though slightly more attractive (if possible) and radiating dignity and power.
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| *'''Deva, Stellar, Starkin''' - Luminescent humanlike celestials that can shift to a bright, twinkling point of light like a star in the night sky.
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| *'''Light''' - Misty rainbows of light that serve high-level worshipers of good deities and provide good beings aid on quests.
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| *'''[[Planetar (Dungeons & Dragons)|Planetar]]''' - Mightly generals of celestial armies that also help powerful mortals on missions of good, particularly those that involve battles with fiends.
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| *'''[[Solar (Dungeons & Dragons)|Solar]]''' - The greatest of the angels, usually close attendants to a deity or champions of some cosmically beneficent task.
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| ==References==
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| *Bonny, Ed, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winter. ''Monster Manual II'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2002).
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| *Gygax, E. Gary. "Featured Creatures." ''Dragon'' #63 (TSR, 1982).
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| *Gygax, E. Gary. "Featured Creatures." Dragon #64 (TSR, 1982).
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| *Perkins, Christopher. ''Warriors of Heaven'' (TSR, 1999).
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| *Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. ''Monster Manual'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
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| *Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/angel.htm Angel d20 SRD entry]
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| * [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mm/20001101a Monster Mayhem: Stellar Deva Celestials]
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