In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy tabletop role-playing game, aasimar are a fictional race of humanoid creatures who are descended from celestials, angels and other creatures of good alignment. In the 4th Edition of the game, the equivalent race are referred to as devas.
In the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game, dragons are an iconic type of monstrous creature used as adversaries or, less commonly, allies of player characters. As a group, D&D dragons are loosely based upon dragons from a wide range of fictional and mythological sources.
In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, devils are a powerful group of monsters used as a high-level challenge for players of the game. Devils are Lawful Evil in alignment and originate from the Nine Hells of Baator. True to their Lawful Evil alignment, devils are locked in a strict and brutal hierarchy. At the top of the hierarchy are the supreme Archdevils or Lords of the Nine, who are the rulers of the different regions of Baator. Devils often see the various worlds in the D&D metacosmos as tools to use for their own ends, including prosecuting the Blood War, a millennia-long war between the devils and their arch-enemies, demons.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the planetouched are mortal creatures whose ancestors were extraplanar creatures such as celestials, fiends, or elementals.
In the standard cosmology of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and the 3rd and 3.5 editions of Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, there are seventeen Outer Planes of existence. Nine of these correspond to a specific alignment, or ethical outlook; the remaining eight fall somewhere in between the former.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the planetar is a type of angel.
In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, archons are a type of creature. In 1st and 2nd edition, they are powerful lawful good creatures from the upper planes, and in 3rd edition they are celestials. These creatures are sent by higher powers striving for good to aid in battle against the forces of evil. In 4th edition, the term archon instead refers to elemental soldiers of chaos and destruction.
Guardinals are a type of celestial from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game.
Eladrin are a fictional race of creatures appearing in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game. Introduced in the Planescape setting of AD&D 2nd edition and D&D 3rd edition, Eladrin were described as a type of celestial of chaotic good alignment and hailed from the plane of Arborea. In D&D 4th edition, Eladrin was introduced as a player race and are instead a race of fey beings, closely akin to elves, and associated with the Feywild.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, creature types are rough categories of creatures which determine the way game mechanics affect the creature. In the 3rd edition and related games, there are between thirteen and seventeen creature types. Creature type is determined by the designer of a monster, based upon its nature or physical attributes. The choice of type is important, as all creatures which have a given type will share certain characteristics. In 3rd and 3.5 editions, type determines features such as hit dice, base attack bonus, saving throws, and skill points.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, an elemental is a type of creature. Elemental creatures are composed of one of the four classical elementals of air, earth, fire, or water.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, an outsider is a type of creature, or "creature type". Outsiders are at least partially composed of the essence of a plane other than the Prime Material Plane.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, archomentals are powerful exemplary beings of the Elemental Planes and rulers over the elementals. Although they are not truly rulers of their planes, archomentals like to consider themselves as such and often grant themselves regal titles like Prince or Princess. They are compared in the source material to the archfiends or celestial paragons, and are considered to be the elemental equivalent of such beings.
In the Dungeons & Dragons game, a template can be applied to a creature to enhance its abilities or to even create a new type of creature.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the lillend is a benevolent half-snake outsider; a being from another plane.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the solar is a type of angel.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the deva is a type of angel.
