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BOOK OF EXALTED DEEDS

James Wyatt, Christopher Perkins, Darrin Drader

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Troubadour of Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Vassal of Bahamut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Wonderworker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Appendix: Index of Celestials . . . . . . . 191

Celestial Creatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Celestial-Related Templates . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Celestials by Challenge Rating . . . . . . . . 191

Chapter 1: The Nature of Good . . . . . . . . 5

Exalted Deeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Straight and Narrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Law, Chaos, and Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Playing a Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Exalted Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Sin and Atonement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Exalted Adventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 6: Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Good Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Spell Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Cleric Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Spell Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Magic Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Redeeming Evil Magic Items . . . . . . . . . . 119

Irredeemable Evil Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Sidebars

Exalted Deeds and Vile Darkness . . . . . . . . 6

Exalted Versus Epic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Celestial Monster Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Skylord’s Mounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Sample Skylord’s Mounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Expanded Summoning Tables . . . . . . . . . 190

Chapter 2: Variant Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Channeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Exalted Cohorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Exalted Gods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Exorcism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Heroes of the Heavens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Heroic Sacrifice

and Martyrdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Mercy, Prisoners,

and Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Sainthood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Tithes and Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Voluntary Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Waging Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Words of Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 7: Celestial Paragons . . . . . . . 121

Celestial Paragons

In Your Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Celestial Paragons and Clerics . . . . . . . . . 123

The Upper Planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Law and Chaos

in the Heavens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

The Celestial Hebdomad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Talisid and the

Five Companions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

The Court of Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Celestial Planar Allies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Tables

Table 2–1: Example Special Cohorts . . . . . 25

Table 2–2: Half-Celestial

Level Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Table 2–3: Voluntary Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Table 3–1: Nonlethal Weapons . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 3–2: Ravages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Table 3–3: Afflictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Table 3–4: Good Spell Components . . . . . 37

Table 4–1: Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Table 4–1: Feats (cont) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 4–2: Ancestral Relic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 5–1: The Anointed Knight . . . . . . . . 50

Table 5–2: The Apostle of Peace . . . . . . . . . 51

Table 5–3: The Beloved of Valarian . . . . . . 53

Table 5–4: The Celestial Mystic . . . . . . . . . 55

Table 5–5: The Champion of

Gwynharwyf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Table 5–6: The Defender of Sealtiel . . . . . . 58

Table 5–7: The Emissary of Barachiel . . . . 60

Table 5–8: Emissary of Barachiel

Spells Known . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Table 5–9: The Exalted Arcanist . . . . . . . . . 62

Table 5–10: The Fist of Raziel . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Table 5–11: The Initiate of Pistis Sophia . 64

Table 5–12: The Lion of Talisid . . . . . . . . . . 65

Table 5–13: The Prophet of Erathaol . . . . . 67

Table 5–14: The Risen Martyr . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Table 5–15: The Sentinel of Bharrai . . . . . 70

Table 5–16: The Skylord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Table 5–17: The Slayer of Domiel . . . . . . . 73

Table 5–18: The Stalker of Kharash . . . . . . 75

Table 5–19: The Swanmay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Table 5–20: The Sword of Righteousness . 78

Table 5–21: The Troubadour of Stars . . . . . 79

Table 5–22: The Vassal of Bahamut . . . . . . 80

Table 5–23: The Wonderworker . . . . . . . . . 82

Table 7–1: Channel Celestial Paragon

Conferred Qualities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Table 7–2: Channel Celestial

Paragon Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Chapter 3: Exalted Equipment . . . . . . . 33

Sanctified Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Nonlethal Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Ravages and Afflictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Relics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Optional Material Components . . . . . . . . . 37

Special Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chapter 8: Monsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

The Deathless Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Aleax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Archon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Owl Archon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Sword Archon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Throne Archon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Warden Archon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Asura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Bariaur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Crypt Warden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Eladrin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Coure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Firre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Shiradi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Tulani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Guardinal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Equinal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Musteval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Ursinal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Hollyphant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Leskylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Moon Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Quesar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Rhek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Sacred Watcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Saint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Sanctified Creature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Swarm, Divine Wrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Apocalypse Frog Swarm . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Bronze Locust Swarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Deathraven Swarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Sunfly Swarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Chapter 4: Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Exalted Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Feat Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Chapter 5: Prestige Classes . . . . . . . . . . 49

Anointed Knight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Apostle of Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Beloved of Valarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Celestial Mystic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Champion of Gwynharwyf . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Defender of Sealtiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Emissary of Barachiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Exalted Arcanist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Fist of Raziel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Initiate of Pistis Sophia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Lion of Talisid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Prophet of Erathaol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Risen Martyr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Sentinel of Bharrai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Skylord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Slayer of Domiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Stalker of Kharash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Swanmay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Sword of Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Introduction

Welcome to the Book of Exalted Deeds.

There is an obvious parallel between this book and its prede-

cessor, the Book of Vile Darkness. Both are named after minor

artifacts detailed in the Dungeon Master ’s Guide, artifacts that

define the sharp polarity between the most abhorrent pits of

evil and the highest peaks of righteousness. While the Book of

Vile Darkness concerns itself with all things evil, dealing with

the most reprehensible subjects ever covered in the D UNGEONS

& D RAGONS game, this book tackles the opposite subject. The

two books share a similar outline, and there are several other

parallels in content as well,

but their essential

function is quite

different. The

Book of Vile

Darkness gives

Dungeon Mas-

ters the tools

they need to

bring the villains

and monsters of

their campaigns to new

lows of depravity and evil.

Armed with the Book of Exalted

Deeds, players can now bring their

characters, the heroes of the cam-

paign, to great new heights of valor

and righteousness. In contrast to thor-

oughly vile villains, heroes are called

upon to perform truly exalted deeds.

The Book of Exalted Deeds is for players who

aren’t satisfied by slapping a good alignment

label on their character and then acting no

different from the neutral characters in the

party. This book is all about how to make a

good alignment mean something, and how

to live up to the ideals implied in that alignment.

This is not a book about what good characters

can’t do—it’s not a list of ways to avoid being evil.

Rather, it’s about what they can do, the power that

they gain as a direct result of adhering to a

higher standard of righteousness than most

of the world can hope to achieve. It’s about

being an agent of good, whether a character serves a good deity

or simply adheres to more abstract ideas of goodness. It’s about

following a higher call than the lure of gold and experience

points, wrestling with tougher choices than which monster to

kill first or what magic item to buy with newfound loot, and

doing the kinds of heroic deeds that make a difference in the

game world.

Like the Book of Vile Darkness, the Book of Exalted Deeds is

intended for mature players. That’s not because it’s filled with

lurid depictions of depravity and torture. The material isn’t

meant to shock or offend (though some topics may). Rather,

this book deals with tough questions of ethics and morality in

a serious manner. It’s intended to help players and Dungeon

Masters wrestle with hard in-game issues: Is it okay to slaugh-

ter every drow I see and sell their goods on the open market?

How do I wrest information from enemy prisoners without

compromising my alignment? Is there any hope for the orc

whelps in the stronghold, or should we slaughter them, too?

Many players would just as soon overlook these questions,

believing they detract from the fun of the game. There’s nothing

wrong with that. For groups that want to address these issues,

however, the Book of Exalted Deeds opens the way. At the same

time, it presents a whole host of new opportunities for player

characters of good alignment and righteous conviction: new

feats, spells, prestige classes, magic and mundane items, and

rules to help address the situations they face. These goodies aren’t

just for the cleric and paladin, either—characters who some-

times are the sole voices of morality in an adventuring party.

While paladins and good clerics will certainly find much of

use, characters of all classes can benefit from the new mate-

rial in the Book of Exalted Deeds— if they are willing and able

to walk the straight and narrow path of the exalted.

There is one other reason this book is intended

for mature audiences: it deals with certain

aspects of real-world religion that might

make some people uncomfortable.

In the Book of Exalted Deeds,

you’ll find archons with

names drawn from

Jewish, Christian, and

Gnostic angelology,

paladins with stig-

mata, and monks

who have sworn

not to touch dead

flesh or drink alco-

hol. Among the holy

relics discussed here

are items of torture and

execution that were used upon saints and still

carry the touch of sanctified blood. To many

people, these things are hardly in the same cate-

gory as the appalling abominations found in the

Book of Vile Darkness. To many of us with deeply

held convictions about such matters, the

subject is touchy at best. This book

carries a warning because we’re

relying on you to deal with your

own reactions to this material in a mature manner: use what you

like, adapt what doesn’t fit, and simply ignore what you don’t

like. We’ve tried to present the material with sensitivity and

appropriate gravity, and we trust you to use it in the same way.

Author’s Note: I didn’t expect this book to require a dis-

claimer like the one Monte put in front of the Book of Vile Dark-

ness. I like to think I am a good person, and I strongly

encourage others to be good people as well. Nevertheless, I feel

the need to point out that this book attempts to define the

morality of goodness in the context of the D&D® world, not the

real world. While I’ve tried to explore some shades of gray in

this book, the D&D universe is still much more black-and-

white than the real world. I don’t advocate anyone killing some-

one they think is evil, to give just one example.

—James Wyatt

An exalted

arcanistand his

celestial familiar

hat is good?

Many characters are happy to rattle off long

lists of sins they haven’t committed as evidence

that they are good. The utter avoidance of evil,

however, doesn’t make a character good—solidly neutral, per-

haps, but not good.

Being good requires a certain quality of temperament, the

presence of virtues that spur a character, not just to avoid evil

or its appearance, but to actively promote good. As expressed

in the Player ’s Handbook, “‘Good’ implies altruism, respect for

life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings. Good

characters make personal sacrifices to help others.”

Good is not nice, polite, well mannered, prudish, self-right-

eous, or naïve, though good-aligned characters might be some

of those things. Good is the awesome holy energy that radiates

from the celestial planes and crushes evil. Good is selfless, just,

hopeful, benevolent, and righteous.

HELPING OTHERS

When a village elder comes to a good character and says,

“Please help us, a dragon is threatening our village,” the

good character’s response is not, “What can you pay?”

Neutral characters might be that mercenary, and evil

characters would certainly consider how to collect the

most benefit from the situation. For a good character,

however, helping others is a higher priority than per-

sonal gain.

A good character might ask a number of other ques-

tions before leaping up from her seat and charging to

the village’s aid: good characters aren’t necessarily

stupid. A good character can be cautious, determin-

ing how powerful the dragon is and whether addi-

tional reinforcements are required, but she should

never say, “Sorry, I’m out of my league. Go find

another hero.” It’s just good sense to learn as much

as possible about a foe before plunging into battle.

Even more, a good character need not be naïvely

trusting. Some might go to great lengths to verify

that the elder’s story is true and not some villain’s

attempt to lure them into a trap.

All her caution or suspicion still doesn’t under-

mine a good character’s responsibility to offer help to

those in need. Altruism is the first word in the

Player ’s Handbook ’s definition of good, and helping

EXALTED DEEDS

These acts of goodness are concrete, positive means by which

the heroes of the world fight against the darkness of evil. They

are the meat and drink of the exalted hero, and should serve as

an inspiration for how to play a character of good alignment,

suggesting not only common actions but also motivations and

personality traits.

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