Angel of Fury

soul in this manner does not cause the angel to lose his protection from Hell’s natives.When the angel ends the punishment ofthe soul,he is immediately transported back to his previous location.

Chain ofGreater Fire (Su): At 5th level,the angel’s chain offire gains power,acting like a +2 adamantine silver flaming light flail.

The angels offury are agents ofHeaven’s wrath.When a mortal has committed a great injustice against her faith or against Heaven itselfor a noteworthy angel falls from grace,the angels offury are sent to punish the transgressor or bring her to a higher power for judgment.Angels offury often double as angels ofdeath,and vice versa,but their strange powers make them uniquely suited for their special duties.Ifanything,angels offury are more dangerous and feared than other punitive angels because they take the transgressions oftheir targets personally.

Martial angels,especially barbarians,are well suited for this class. Spellcaster angels rarely become angels offury because the discipline necessary for most spellcasting runs contrary to the anger prevalent among the ranks ofthese angels.Ophanim are particularly suited for this prestige class,mainly because they automatically meet most of the requirements and enjoy fire and extensive travel.

Angels offury normally operate singly or in pairs.Because their services are needed so rarely,most deities have little use for more than a handful ofthem.Angels offury ofone deity don’t tend to associate with angels offury serving other deities,because as the punishers ofdoctrinal violations they tend to get into conflicts with enforcers ofrival doctrine.When not serving their main purpose, angels offury are usually turned loose to fight demons,fallen angels, and other enemies ofthe faith.

These angels’ leader,Ksoppghiel,bears a Nomina Barbara† and either destroyed or captured dozens offallen angels.The most famous angels offury are Afand Hemah.

Ex-Angels ofFury: An angel offury that becomes a free angel or changes deities loses all abilities ofthis prestige class,becoming an exangel offury.An ex-angel offury with a new patron regains his class abilities ifhe receives an atonement spell from a cleric ofhis new faith whose level equals or exceeds his own.This allows even a fallen angel offury to perform his duties serving an evil deity or a great fiend.

Hit Die: d8

Requirements

To qualify to become an angel offury,a character must fulfill all the following criteria. Race: Bound angel

Base Attack Bonus: +5

Base Save Bonuses: Will +5 Skills: Intimidate 3 ranks Feats: Energy Touch† (fire).(An ophanite meets this requirement automatically.) Patron Deity: Any Special: Instantaneous Movement: The angel must be able to use dimension door, teleport, or a similar effect at least daily.(Spells and spell-like abilities such as those granted by the Transcend Distance† feat satisfy this prerequisite.)

TABLE 8-3: ANGEL OF FURY

Class Base Fortitude Reflex Will Level Attack Bonus Save Save Save Special

1 +1 +2 +0 +2 Large,swallow whole 2 +2 +3 +0 +3 Holy fire,rage 1/day 3 +3 +3 +1 +3 — 4 +4 +4 +1 +4 Rage 2/day 5 +5 +4 +1 +4 Fiery transformation

Class Skills

Class skills for the angel offury are:Climb (Str),Concentration (Con),Intimidate (Cha),Jump (Str),Knowledge (religion) (Int), Listen (Wis),Sense Motive (Wis),and Spot (Wis).For more information on these skills,see Chapter Four in the Player’s Handbook.

Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Intelligence modifier

Class Features

All the following are class features ofthe angel offury prestige class.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Angels offury gain no proficiencies in weapons or armor ofany type.

Large: The angel becomes size Large.The angel gains a –1 size penalty to Armor Class and attacks,but gains reach 10 feet.His space becomes 10 feet.His ability scores and natural armor do not change.Ifthe angel is already Large,this ability has no effect.

Swallow Whole (Ex): An angel offury may swallow whole any creature up to Medium size ifit makes a successful grapple check. Creatures swallowed by the angel are unharmed but are treated as pinned,and the angel can disgorge a creature as a standard action. The angel can hold one Medium,two Small,four Tiny,eight Diminutive,or 16 Fine creatures.A swallowed creature must first escape the pin in order to take any other actions (and is treated as in a hold while still swallowed).The swallowed creature may free itselfifit can break or escape the hold,or it can cut itselffree using natural slashing weapons (such as claws) or a Tiny or smaller slashing weapon to deal 15 or more points ofslashing damage (which the angel suffers as normal) to create an opening. Once a creature passes through,this opening seals closed automatically.(Multiple swallowed creatures must each cut their own way free.) The angel normally uses this ability to transport creatures to a superior for interrogation or punishment,or to transport particularly evil creatures directly to Hell.

Holy Fire (Su): At 2nd level,the angel’s attunement to the power ofHeaven increases.Any time he uses a fire spell or an ability that deals fire damage,halfthat damage is replaced by divine power, which is not subject to fire resistance or immunity (see the flame strike spell).This ability does not affect fire damage from magic items or other equipment the angel uses.

Rage: At 2nd level,the angel gains the ability to rage once per day as ifhe were a barbarian.He gains another rage per day at 4th level.

Fiery Transformation: At the pinnacle ofhis power,an angel of fury permanently transforms into a being made ofchains ofblack and red fire.The angel’s overall shape remains roughly the same. The angel gains the ophanite abilities offire immunity,slam,and burning self.An ophanite that gains this ability earns another slam attack per round and increases his burning selfdamage to 1d10 points.An angel offury with this ability may use burning selfto damage a creature it has swallowed.However,some like to make their interiors hot enough to be uncomfortable but not enough to cause damage.