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

[demiurge1138]

I think we're good!

 

[Shade]

Powers
Powers are charged with seeing that the order of the spheres is maintained. In this they are the chief opponents of Demons rather than Devils, because it is Demons who strive for chaos. Powers are more frequent visitors to the Material plane than most types of Angels. They are zealous in their dedication to maintaining the order as it should be.

The powers are divided into six groups: Logic, Creativity, Strength, Mercy, Legislation and Punishment. St. Paul, in his Epistles, denotes that to him the Powers are or could be on occasion Evil, or have the potential to be so. In Excerpts from Theodotus the Powers are said to be the first Angels created. In Paradise Lost they are the Order of the Guards in the celestial army. Chief among the Prices is Camael. The others are Gabriel, Vercheil, and formerly Satan (before the fall).

Frequency: Rare
Number Appearing: 1 or 1-3
Armor Class: -3
Move: 9/24”
Hit Dice: 14
Number of Attacks: 1
Damage: 2-24
Special Attacks: see below
Special Defenses: +2 or better to hit
Magic Resistance: 65%
Intelligence: Exceptional
Alignment: Lawful Good
Size: L (12’ tall)

The Powers have a Strength of 18/00 and regenerate 2 points of damage per round. They add +3 to the morale of any Good creature who can see them. Once each round a Power may use one of the following: Hold Person or Monster, Silence 15’, Continual Light, Sticks to Snakes, Flame Strike, True Seeing, Blade Barrier, Stone Tell. Once per day a Power may use Resurrection, Earthquake, Holy Word.

Christian angelic hierarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[freyar]

So a little better than an astral deva. Fast Healing, or give them Regeneration like greater angels? Some sort of Aura like a bardic music effect of some type. Damage looks intriguingly like 2d12; want to twist the 1 attack into 2 and give them TWF with greataxes?

 

[Leopold]

Do they have to be LG as the description sounds more LN than LG?

 

[freyar]

Do they have to be LG as the description sounds more LN than LG?

Dunno, in some places they sound very LG and some places very LN. We should probably go with LG since they are angels, after all, I guess.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Do they have to be LG as the description sounds more LN than LG?

Would Usually lawful good work? The original text also says it's possible for them to be evil.

 

[freyar]

Would Usually lawful good work? The original text also says it's possible for them to be evil.

I'm starting to wonder if Always LG with a notation that Powers are more often among fallen angels (using whatever rules for fallen celestials the DM likes). Of course, there's the other rumor that no Powers have fallen (see wikipedia).

 

[Shade]

I'm starting to wonder if Always LG with a notation that Powers are more often among fallen angels (using whatever rules for fallen celestials the DM likes). Of course, there's the other rumor that no Powers have fallen (see wikipedia).

Agreed. I absolutely do not want to make an angel non-good, as they are exemplar outsiders for Good.

The rest of the angels are all "always good (any)", so even pigeonholing them into lawful is a stretch.

 

[freyar]

Let's drop lawful also, then, but note their special opposition for demons. After all, you can be CG and still want things to run smoothly if individualistically.

 

[Shade]

Well said.