Planar Bestiary
When divine hosts assemble, frontline warriors are called to form fire teams, troops, and companies. War angels—celestials who have trained to work together to combat evil at the behest of a greater angel, avatar, or god—often make up a portion of these armies. Charged with a shard of divinity themselves, war angels fight with the vigor of true believers, though most are benevolent and give quarter if an enemy is routed or surrenders.
It is commonly held that greater angels take shape in the divine afterimage of gods. Thus, it is believed, these beings possess a hint of the individual gods that shaped them. War angels, however, are usually chosen to be trained and raised up as a reward, blessing, or requirement of penitence to wash away some past indiscretion. Their former lives are not forgotten entirely, but recalled only as a dream. For a war angel, training and battle are the most important things.
Motive: Good works, fight for divine good
Environment: Anywhere in the multiverse, scouting alone, in a squad of two to four, or in a host of hundreds led by greater angels
Health: 9
Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (6 points)
Armor: 2
Movement: Short; short when flying
Modifications: Perception and detecting deceit as level 5
Combat: A war angel attacks with their longsword, inflicting 3 points of damage plus 3 points of damage from pure divine energy.
When at least two war angels focus their actions on a single target, they can attack once as a level 5 creature, inflicting a moderate wound (5 points) plus 5 points of damage from pure divine energy.
Whether in combat or not, once per day a war angel's touch can restore 10 Pool points to a creature. The recipient is also freed from any curse, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness up to the angel's level.
A war angel can sense the presence of an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or undead within short range. Similarly, the war angel knows if there is a place or object within short range that has been magically consecrated or desecrated, unless blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
Interaction: Sometimes a war angel is sent to aid mortals, though unlike the greater angels, the war angel arrives as an ally, not a commander. While some mortals might prefer an ally who takes charge, others appreciate a war angel's willingness to work alongside them. War angels prefer to speak Celestial when interacting with allies but can understand other languages.
Use: A squad of four war angels is protecting a "known" malefactor in the bad part of town. Why?
Loot: A defeated war angel wears fine chainmail (medium armor) and wields a longsword (medium weapon).
GM Intrusion: The war angel tells a character they've been "marked for divine retribution." Is it true, or just a ruse? Either way, the character is hindered on their next turn as they absorb the information.