In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the solar is a type of angel.
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Publication history
The solar first appeared in first edition in Dragon #64 (August 1982), and was reprinted in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983).
The solar appeared in second edition under the "aasimon" heading in the Monstrous Compendium Volume Outer Planes Appendix (1991), and appeared for the Planescape setting in the first Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994).
The solar appeared in the third edition under the "celestial" heading in the third edition Monster Manual (2000), and appeared under the "angel" heading in the revised 3.5 edition Monster Manual (2003).
Description
The solar is one of the greatest of the angels, usually a close attendant to a deity or a champion of some cosmically beneficent task.
Other publishers
The solar appeared under the "angel" heading in Paizo Publishing's book Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary (2009), on page 12-13.