Aev, Glory

Glory aev are the footsoldiers of the aev armies. They form great companies under the command of the grace aev to do battle with the fiends of the lower planes. They are occasionally summoned in small numbers to the Prime Material Plane to reinforce the forces of weal in battle against evil.

Glory Aev CR 3

LG Medium Outsider (Extraplanar, Good, Law)

Init +2 (+2 dexterity); Senses Listen +6, Spot +6

Aura Moderate good

Languages Celestial, Common, Telepathy

Environment Any

Advancement 5-8 (Large)

AC 18 (+2 Dex, +6 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 15

hp 30 (4d8+12 HD)

Resist Fire 10; SR 8

Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +3

Spd 30 ft. (6 squares), fly 40 ft. (average) (8 squares)

Melee Greatsword +9 melee (2d6+4)

Base Atk +4; Grp +8

Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.

Atk Options Smite evil

Abilities Str 18, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 8, Wis 8, Chr 15

SQ Fire resistance 10, SR 8, outsider traits, telepathy

Feats Power Attack, Weapon Focus (greatsword)

Skills Intimidate +10, Listen +6, Sense Motive +6, Spot +6

Organization Solitary, patrol (3-10)

Treasure Standard

Level Adjustment +2

Glories are tall, masculine humanoids with bronze skin, silver eyes, and large, white, feathered wings. They wear golden loincloths and carry greatswords. Their manner is blunt, without guile or subterfuge, and they dislike those traits in others.

Glories prefer straightfoward melee battle, eschewing ranged combat and stealth. Their lack of guile is their weakness; fiends have learned that glories without a grace can be easily misled, since glories do not indulge in deception and do not expect it in others. A glory that proves exceptionally skillful and intelligent in battle sometimes transforms into a grace.

Glories speak Celestial and Common.

COMBAT

Glories attack the first evil they see. Their attacks are direct and powerful – an aev does not hold back from an opponent.

Smite Evil (Su): Once per day a glory can make a smite evil attack, doing +4 damage to an evil foe.

Telepathy (Su): A glory can communicate telepathically with any creature within 90 feet that has an Intelligence score of at least 1. The creature can respond to the glory if it wishes - no common language is needed. A glory can communicate with any other glory it can see.

Outsider: A glory has darkvision (60-foot range). It cannot be raised or resurrected.

GLORY CHARACTERS

A glory’s favored class is fighter. A few exceptional glories are monks or rangers. Glories are almost never barbarians, bards, druids, rogues, sorcerers, or wizards.