Empyreans were the children of deities from the Upper Planes.[1]
Description[]
Empyreans were the universal manifestation of beauty. They had a statuesque appearance and never aged.[1]
Personality[]
Creatures of strong emotions, empyreans were capable of altering their surroundings according to their moods. The environment around an empyrean physically manifested the empyrean's emotions. Wilting flowers, salt-water rains, even dying animals and trees might reflect an empyrean's negative emotions, while radiant sunlight, bird song, and playful small animals would manifest around a happy empyrean.[1]
As children of the Upper Planes, most empyreans were usually benevolent creatures. However, if an empyrean became corrupted by the Lower Planes or suffered a curse from an evil deity and turned to evil, it could no longer live in its home plane and had to retreat to the Prime Material plane.[1]
Combat[]
As un-aging creatures of immense powers, empyreans did not contemplate their own mortality and recklessly charged into battle even if at the brink of being slain. They could do devastating earth-shaking damage with their weapons and bolts of pure energy, and could considerably bolster their allies, amplifying their abilities and resistance to magic effects. Empyreans could also innately cast a number of spells, such as commune, dispel evil and good, earthquake, fire storm, greater restoration, pass without trace, plane shift, water breathing, and water walk.[1]
Society[]
An empyrean who was slain in battle was typically resurrected by one of its parents in its home plane. The only exception was when the empyrean's parents had a reason not to revive their child.[1]
Notable Empyreans[]
Nalkara was the empyrean daughter of Auril and Thrym. She owed a favor to Halaster Blackcloak in the late 15th century DR.[2]
Uldrak was a servant of the god Surtur who quested to the Nine Hells to slay Tiamat for his deity. Instead of killing the goddess however, he was instead transformed into a Spinagon. [3]
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 130. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins (November 2018). Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 301. ISBN 978-0-7869-6626-4.
- ↑ Adam Lee, et al. (September 2019). Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. Edited by Michele Carter, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 109. ISBN 978-0-7869-6687-5.