Let’s Play D&D With Crowley & Aziraphale From ‘Good Omens’
Grab the Bentley keys, we’re going to cause (or prevent) some mild mischief… Or stop the end of the world. One of those.
Season Two of Good Omens comes out this week, and it’s probably the TV show I’ve been most excited about in a long time. Good Omens is one of those books that I own multiple copies of. My first copy is destroyed from being read too many times, so I had to buy another copy that was suitable for reading and lending out (ie, no pages are falling out)… And then I bought it again in Japanese (a language I cannot read) because the cover was so pretty. Plus there’s the first’s season’s visual guide and script book–it’s one of my favorites.
So obviously this week we have to play D&D with Good Omens‘ own…
Aziraphale
A lot of things about Aziraphale just make sense very quickly. He’s an angel, so Aasamir was the obvious choice, and I defended my opinion that he’s an Oath of Devotion Paladin a long time ago. But really, the list of Paladin Oaths is like a checklist all of the various angels who show up throughout the first season/book.
The thing is Aziraphale isn’t very good at being a Paladin, and probably wouldn’t be very good at being an adventurer, either. He’d need to be forced into adventuring through circumstance, and even then everyone would know he’s pretty far outside of his wheelhouse. This is pretty well exemplified by his very, very low Charisma score. Paladins shouldn’t have Wisdom that low–it stops them from ever being able to duel-class into something more fun. This is probably why Aziraphale is still somehow stuck in this job he hates.
Still, once he finds what exactly he did with the flaming sword (a weapon that I replaced with a regular shortsword, but you should talk to your DM about the celestial properties it may have), he wouldn’t be half bad in a pinch.
Crowley
Crowley on the other hand was a little different. I was tempted to make him a Tiefling… but he and Aziraphale are by and large the same. Plus Fallen Aasamir exists so it wouldn’t make sense to make him anything else. For class, I wanted to make the obvious joke that he’s a terrible gardener or druid. Y’know, because of all of the houseplants he torments into submission, so he has the single level in Druid. But what is he really outside of his hobbies?
I decided to go with Arcane Trickster. Slinking around and causing mischief is Crowley’s entire thing. He creates minor but very annoying inconveniences for work. And outside of that, he still makes himself a nuisance (mostly to his higher-ups) when possible for fun. But none of it is really evil like a Demon should be, so I couldn’t give him an evil alignment. Instead, he’s just sort of chaotic.
But the lack of malicious intent means that Crowley isn’t exactly built for adventure or combat. While Aziraphale could be forced into it and do an okay job, Crowley’s skills lie elsewhere. Like in lying.
Are you excited for Good Omens season two? Do you identify more with Aziraphale or Crowley? How many times have you read the book and is your copy in similar condition to mine? Let us know in the comments!
Happy adventuring!
