Protectar
Image © Wizards of the Coast, by Adrian Smith. Accessed at the D&D Miniatures Handbook Art Gallery here
[Commissioned by @crazytrain48. Be not afraid! This creature combines a very stereotypical angelic appearance with a very low CR--the better to use in building warbands and making a figure of lower rarity in the D&D Miniatures game. Like a number of the monsters in the Miniatures Handbook, they have no unique abilities to speak of, just a small handful of SLAs. So I gave them some, emphasizing their protective nature.]
Protectar CR 2 NG Outsider (extraplanar) This being looks to be the very ideal of an angel, being a winged humanoid clad in armor and carrying sword and shield. Their face is stern, but not unkind.
Protectars are lesser celestial beings that spring forth from the fabric of the good aligned planes. They are more concerned for protecting mortals than in combating evil. A protectar often patrols their planes looking for lost mortals, helping petitioners settle into existence as a spirit, and doing miscellaneous good deeds. They are faultlessly moral, and never lie, cheat or steal. They also will happily lay down their life in sacrifice to aid another.
In combat, protectars close ranks and defend their allies. They are more concerned with support than dealing damage, and often act as battlefield healers. Their auras shine brightly to creatures that can detect good, and may pull the attention of fiends to target them over their allies. Some protectars lean into this, and act as decoys for more powerful celestials to thwart assassination attempts or confuse enemy spies.












