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| '''Guardinals''' are a type of [[Celestial (Dungeons & Dragons)|celestial]] from the [[:Category:Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]] role playing game. These creatures are sent by higher powers striving for good to aid in battle against the forces of evil. Guardinals live on the Outer Plane of Elysium.
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| Guardinals are all extraplanar [[Outsider (Dungeons & Dragons)|outsiders]].
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| As such, guardinals 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 electricity energy and petrification effects.
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| *They are resistant to cold and sonic energy.
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| *They are resistant to poison.
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| *They can speak with any animal.
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| *They can 'lay on hands' to provide healing like a paladin.
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| ==Types of Guardinals==
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| *'''Avoral''' - Winged guardinal with unmatched visual acuity.
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| *'''Cervidal''' - Satyrlike guardinals that form the bulk of any guardinal army.
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| *'''Equinal''' - Horselike guardinal; strong, boisterous, and generally good-natured champions of good.
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| *'''Leonal''' - Lion-headed guardinal with martial prowess.
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| *'''Lupinal''' - Half-human, half-wolf guardinals constantly on the prowl for evil intrusions.
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| *'''Musteval''' - Ferretlike guardinal that serve greater celestials as spies, and messengers to humanoid heroes.
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| *'''Ursinal''' - Bearlike guardinal; the scholars and philsophers, advisors to the leonals and record-keepers of Elysium.
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| ==Talisid and the Five Companions==
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| The [[celestial paragon]]s of the guardanals are collectively known as Talisid and the Five Companions. The members include:
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| *'''Bharrai, the Great Bear''' - The matriarch of the ursinals, resides on Eronia, the second layer of Elysium.
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| *'''Kharash, the Stalker''' - The paragon of lupinals.
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| *'''Manath, the Horned Duke''' - The duke of the cervidals.
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| *'''Sathia, the Sky Duchess''' - The voice of the avorals, and patron and muse for painters and sculptors.
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| *'''Talisid, the Celestial Lion''' - The most powerful of leonals. Spends most of his time on Amoria, the topmost layer of Elysium.
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| *'''Vhara, Duchess of the Fields''' - The duchess of the equinals, resides on Amoria.
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| Former Members:
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| *'''Duke Rhanok'''
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| From the ''Planescape'' setting, Talisid's five original Companions were as follows:
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| *Duke Lucan (lupinal)
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| *Duchess Callisto (ursinal)
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| *Duke Windheir (avoral)
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| *Lord Hwhyn (equinal)
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| *Lord Rhanok (cervidal)
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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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| *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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