Question regarding angels

[Question]

Are there female angels?

 

[Sejs]

Sure, why not?

 

[Hammerhead]

Any particular reason why there wouldn't be?

 

[EP]

Any particular reason why there wouldn't be?

If fiends can have seductive "female" succubus, tempting weak-willed mortal men without access to a viagra spell, then why couldn't angels also have "female" celestials. If you're going to appear before mortal man with a magnificent holy aura behind you to persuade them to do the good thing, wouldn't it make sense to send a form that is pleasing to the eye? Ever seen a guy turn down a good-looking MORTAL woman?

 

[Question]

I dont know, the MM makes it seem like angels are only male. Succubuses are an actual race though. Incubuses......hmm......i wonder if they are an actual race or just the male variant of succubuses(with all same mechanic abilities).

Its also fairly moot as the astral deva can change shape into any small or medium humanoid anyway. This would be more for RP/flavor.

 

[FrostedMini1337]

throne archon(complete divine?) and trumpet archon are both female

edit: a male succubus is called an incubus in traditional mythos. most likely one in the fiend folio although I actually have no idea.

 

[Question]

I meant specifically astral devas, planetars and solars.

 

[pawsplay]

I don't see anything in their description that states they are male, and I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture of a male solar standing next to a female planetar, somewhere.

 

[Fieari]

The only gender mentioned for angels in the bible was described as decidedly male (fathering children on human women in genesis), which would probably be why D&D always describes angels as males. But if you're the GM, the cosmology is yours to tinker with however you like. D&D is mostly gender nuetral except in very specific circumstances: Succubi are all female (although inccubi are all male and are basically identical anyway), night hags are female, and unicorns like girls. Other than that... d20 seems to actually go out of the way to be gender neutral.

So do what you like.

 

[Question]

Angels are created from the souls of good mortals who died, went to the good planes, then slowly transformed into angels right? I think the progression is something like lantern archon - hound archon - trumpet......