Special Conversion Thread: Angels (and possibly other heavenly creatures)

[demiurge1138]

I think we should keep all of them except for resurrection. I like the raise dead thing. Note that they cure disease and insanity, not inflict them. Didn't we do some sort of touch akin to the non-core panacea spell? We should recycle that ability.

 

[Shade]

Here's what we gave the angel of healing...

Healing Touch (Su): At will, with a mere touch, an angel of healing may channel positive energy into a creature to wipe away its afflictions. This immediately ends any of the following conditions affecting the subject: blinded, confused, dazed, dazzled, deafened, diseased, exhausted, fatigued, frightened, nauseated, panicked, paralyzed, shaken, sickened, and stunned. It negates sleep effects and the effect of the feeblemind spell, and ends any additional effects from poison, as the neutralize poison spell. It also cures 1d8 points of damage + 1 point per HD of the angel (1d8+7 for a typical angel of healing, maximum +20).

Healing touch does not remove ability damage, negative levels, or permanently drained levels.

Used against an undead creature, healing touch deals damage instead of curing the creature (Will DC 16 half), but it has no other effect. The save DC is Charisma-based.

 

[demiurge1138]

That seems appropriate here. Could be used to pare down the list of SLAs.

 

[freyar]

I'll agree with the Healing Touch replacing a number of those SLAs. And agreed to keeping the rest except Resurrection.

 

[Leopold]

After looking through old D20 books. The following are from Atlas' The Penumbra Fantasy Bestiary":

Virtue
Ophanim
Seraphim
Cherub

I don't have the book in front of me at the moment. I can get that when i get home today. It does appear that many of these angels have been converted already by that above product.

 

[Shade]

That's OK. We've gone this far, I plan on finishing our take on 'em all.

 

[Shade]

So, in addition to the healing touch ability...

Spell-Like Abilities: At will—command, create food and water, hold person, insect plague, speak with dead, true seeing; 1/day—raise dead; 1/year—miracle. Caster level 10th. The save DCs are Charisma-based.

Do we want to borrow any of the other common angel SLAs?

 

[demiurge1138]

Not really. Let's let them have a compact list.

 

[Shade]

In that case, Updated.

Let's revisit this...

They are also said to be the chief bestowers of grace and valor. As such, there is a possibility that they can reward an especially deserving human with an increase in charisma.

And they have the ability to bestow a sacred bonus to Cha to particularly worthy mortals? Should this Cha be temporary (albeit a long time, like a year) or permanent (in which case, it should be an inherent bonus, like that granted by wishes and tomes)?

I'd say an inherent bonus seems right (might mesh well with some templates in the AB, actually, but I'm out of town and away from my books).

I'll agree with the permanent, inherent bonus. Should we note that they rarely gift a single individual twice? Otherwise, they'll have a flock of fools repeatedly asking for an inappropriate touch.

 

[demiurge1138]

Something like...

Touch of Beneficence (Su): Once per week, a virtue can bestow upon a deserving mortal a fraction of their god's own radiance, conveying a permanent +2 bonus to the mortal's Charisma score. This is an inherent bonus and does not stack with bonuses granted from wish spells or similar effects, including another touch of beneficence.