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<blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 278429" data-attributes="member: 4303">Sorry, omit 'Lantern' from previous disclaimer. There are plenty of glowing balls in heaven - I was writing in haste. They are simply not part of the classical typology of angels, if one is to extend the metaphor.&nbsp;In this case, the intention was Trumpet Archons and (Astral) Devas. Maybe a dozen Trumpet-Blowers and a hundred or so Devas.Devas represent celestial 'muscle.' They bash fiends. I'm not dogmatic about the kinds of weapons they (celestials) bear either: not all Astral Devas have maces, not all Ghaele have +4 Greatswords etc. Some variation is nice.Same goes for Demons e.g. Ainhorr's sword is a +4 Unholy Celestial Bane Flaming Burst Greatsword . If all Balors bore +1 vorpal blades, they'd make mincemeat of lesser celestials, be subject to continual efforts to Sunder their weapons, and would be completely unable to touch Solars in combat - which strikes me as a little cranky. Ainhorr is big (30HD), so his weapon is a little on the heavy side.Rurunoth was a textbook Balor, except for his weapon (+3 Unholy Flaming). In the case of a 'typical Balor', I'd try to ensure that the total equivalence - i.e. +6 remained in line with that listed. More or less.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sepulchrave II, post: 278429, member: 4303"] Sorry, omit 'Lantern' from previous disclaimer. There are plenty of glowing balls in heaven - I was writing in haste. They are simply not part of the classical typology of angels, if one is to extend the metaphor. In this case, the intention [I]was[/I] Trumpet Archons and (Astral) Devas. Maybe a dozen Trumpet-Blowers and a hundred or so Devas. Devas represent celestial 'muscle.' They bash fiends. I'm not dogmatic about the kinds of weapons they (celestials) bear either: not all Astral Devas have maces, not all Ghaele have [I]+4 Greatswords[/I] etc. Some variation is nice. Same goes for Demons e.g. Ainhorr's sword is a [I]+4 Unholy Celestial Bane Flaming Burst Greatsword [/I]. If all Balors bore [I]+1 vorpal[/I] blades, they'd make mincemeat of lesser celestials, be subject to continual efforts to Sunder their weapons, and would be completely unable to touch Solars in combat - which strikes me as a little cranky. Ainhorr is big (30HD), so his weapon is a little on the heavy side. Rurunoth was a textbook Balor, except for his weapon ([I]+3 Unholy Flaming[/I]). In the case of a 'typical Balor', I'd try to ensure that the total equivalence - i.e. [I]+6[/I] remained in line with that listed. More or less. [/QUOTE]

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