Celestial

A typical celestial creature called a Deva.

Celestials are a type of creature that come from or are descended from creatures in the Upper Planes. They are good-natured creatures, and are the counterpart of Fiends.

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Good-aligned creatures native to the Upper Planes. Many of them are servants of deities, employed in the mortal realm.

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— In-game racial description

Characteristics

Celestials come in a variety of forms and sizes and are united in their common cause to do good. Celestials are usually angelic in appearance and derive their power from the gods.

Types of celestials

Hollyphant

Main articles: Hollyphant and Hollyphant on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

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Bobbing like corks in the earnest, busy muddle-puddle of their lives, hollyphants are sweet-natured little pachyderms who often serve as helpers to good-aligned deities.

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— In-game racial description

Hollyphant are winged miniature elephant-like creatures with golden fur.

Hollyphants in Baldur's Gate 3

• Valeria

Other

• Deva
• Moonlight Sliver

Related spells and abilities

•  Divine Sense - grants advantage on attack rolls against celestials
•  Planar Binding - if successful, takes control of enemy celestial
•  Protection from Evil and Good - celestials have disadvantage against the target