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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ellinor" data-source="post: 5402349" data-attributes="member: 14561">Thanks for the question, Rughat.  This is one of those questions for which different PCs might give different answers, so I'll ramble on about it for a moment.  As a matter of Halmae theology, angels are very different from gods.  Gods are incorporeal divinities.  As a result, angels are more like servants/agents/aspects of a concept than they are manifestations of a god.  They’re holy, in a way...but clerics are holy too, in the same way, and that wouldn't stop us from killing a cleric.  In the words of Fajitas, "A divine servant summoned by an enemy cleric is… well, it’s not really something to lose too much sleep over."  The upshot is that Kawazu's ability to summon an angel doesn't make him any holier -- but it sure made him a much more formidable, better-connected enemy than even we knew.On the other hand, recall that the *last* angel these guys saw -- and for at least some (maybe all), the *only* one they've ever seen -- was the lady of the Spring, who uttered the prophecy and perished tragically as the Spring was despoiled in battle.  We're still wrestling with the emotional consequences of doing that.  So...the party isn't likely to worry much about the theological consequences of killing an angel -- but some of them are, no doubt, awed and maybe even conflicted about the concept of killing something so powerful.</blockquote>