Angel

Angels are a type of celestial that hail from any of the Upper Planes. Angels are also known as aasimon. Angels are always good-aligned. They are the messengers and diplomats between the upper planes.

Crusaders for good in all its forms, angels are planar Knights Errant, promoting any and all forms of wonder and compassion.

Angels are a group of altruistic celestials native to all three Upper Planes. They represent all the multiple interpretations of goodness, and can be anything from lawful to chaotic. They include such noble beings as planetars, solars, and astral devas, and the majority serve one of the benign deities of the Great Beyond.

Servants of the gods. Mortal Souls cannot Ascend into the form of angels. They can only be created by gods

The eldest angels were one of the first creations of the primordial deities of good, making them one of the oldest races in the Great Beyond, and were trained as celestial guardians and servants from birth; most serve their creators to this day.

Though most angels are impeccable bastions of goodness and honesty, those that serve trickster gods may lie and deceive to further a good cause.

Angels conform to a stringent hierarchy consisting of three choirs:
the first consisting of the solars who command lesser angels;
the second consisting of planetars;
and the third composed of the movanic, monadic and astral devas.

They frequently cooperate with fellow celestials and good-aligned deities to promote goodness across the Great Beyond.

Gender Bender: As angels are spiritual creatures given a physical form rather than creatures of flesh born of other creatures, their gender is mutable.
Genuine Human Hide: They're sometimes the victim of this — angelskin is a special material which continues to radiate good and can be worn by the exceptionally evil to hide their true alignment.
The Heart: The forces of good would be a lot less capable of keeping those evils sealed in their cans and actually helping mortals if it weren't for the Angels.
No Biological Sex: No outsiders have gender by default and angels in particular rarely adopt one.
Winged Humanoid: Except for the non-anthropomorphic cassisian and iophanite, angels tend to look like humans with a number of wings depending on their rank: devas have two, planetars have four and solars have six.

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Traits


  • 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


  • Cassisian: The least of the angels, these simple beings serve as messengers for other angels, or serve as moral guides to good mortals on Golarion.
  • Kuribu: These small, statue-like angels protect holy and sacred places.
  • Choral angel: Singers of unsurpassed talent, these angels serve as heralds of great events.
  • Erelim: These angels are the mounted cavalry of the celestial armies.
  • Iophanite: These messengers and divine servitors of the goddess Iomedae also serve her in battle.
  • Balisse angel: These angels help mortals make good moral decisions.
  • Light Angel - Misty rainbows of light that serve high-level worshipers of good deities and provide good beings aid on quests.
  • Movanic deva: Least of the Deva. The infantry of good gods, these devas are commonly found on the Positive, Negative, and Material Planes.
  • Monadic deva: These are the guardians of good on the Ethereal and Elemental planes.
  • Astral deva: The gods' messengers, who also help protect good planar travelers.
  • Planetar: These beings are the commanders of the celestial armies.
  • Solar: The solars are the most powerful of the angelic races, outranked by only a god's herald among the non-divine servants of good.

Fallen angels


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