Talk:Planetar/@comment-2.10.128.52-20181022185036

Here's some background information on celestials, from lowest to highest, the Deva, the Planetar and the Solar.

Solars are basically gods without followers, they chose to serve as right hand to a god of good. They are as strong as demon lords that don't have a cult. In Baldur's Gate 2, a lesser demon lord can be invoked in the drow city. This guy rules over an infinite layer of the Abyss by cheer force, but a Solar is supposed to be stronger. It isn't quite obvious in BG2 because even though the Solar we interact with clearly isn't just anybody, the final boss can gate in fallen Solars which is highly dubious. There shouldn't be that many Solars in the multiverse, let alone corrupt, fallen ones, and they aren't weak enough to act as cannon fodder for inferior demigod wannabees. Should have been fallen Planetars instead.

The difference between the three tiers is not very clear in Baldur's Gate 2.