Angelo Species Rewrite

Angelo grew up unaware of the truth, but he's actually half-reaper. His biological father (who was apparently not the man he thought was his father) was a grim reaper, a human looking creature that could collect the souls of the dead to ferry them onward to whatever afterlife might come next. He's never met his father, so he was forced to figure out his powers on his own.

His most obvious power, the one that made him useful, is that he can prevent people from noticing him. It works similarly to invisibility, except he's not actually going invisible. People simply don't notice him. Their eyes simply slide over him, and the part of their brain that would say 'oh, there's a person standing there' simply doesn't work. It works on animals to varying degrees. The smarter an animal is, the more likely it is to work. It almost always works on something like a chimpanzee, while it'll work on something like a police dog only if he stays really still.

His second power, the one he's still trying to figure out, is a passive ability. When he's in the presence of a newly deceased soul, he instinctively knows what to do in order to help it pass on. Generally, he finds spirits are confused shortly after death, and it's easy to nudge them the correct way. Technically any spirit is capable of resisting him, but few do. It's a rare kind of person who wants to stay, lingering in the world. Any time he helps a spirit pass on, he's strengthened by it. Physically, he becomes stronger, faster, and his endurance is increased. It also extends his lifespan out by a year or two, meaning that if he continues to reap souls, he'll get stronger and stronger over time, no longer aging and at no risk of dying. If injured, he can also heal faster than other humans, although doing so burns up his extra lifespan at an enhanced rate.

After helping so many souls pass on, Angelo has begun to take more reaper like qualities. He is, as far as most abilities and powers are concerned, actually dead. The fact that his heart still beats doesn't change things, because as far as most magic is concerned, he's already got a foot in the grave. Magic and abilities that actually have to be aimed work as normal (such as a fireball), but any ability that works directly on someone will simply not work for Angelo. Abilities that require physical contact will still work, albeit at a diminished capacity. In addition, if anyone actually uses the power on him, he's aware that he's being targeted and the nature of the effect that has passed him by.

Angelo is capable of sensing death. At the moment of death it's like a beacon, and he can feel it happen within a hundred feet. After death, when the soul continues to linger, it's harder to feel--Angelo has to be within fifty feet, at which point he can sense them reliably. While sensing a death, he gets a general idea of the location of the spirit, which isn't always the location of the body--often the body has been moved and the soul lingers, although sometimes the spirit will go along.

This also lets Angelo identify the undead and ghosts, who annoyingly set off his mental radar simply by existing.

Despite being born and raised a Catholic, Angelo no longer counts when it comes to most people. Those affected by wielded faith (such as brandishing a cross) will find that Angelo's faith is no more effective than that of a non-believer, his own faith cracked after too many conflicting ideals.