SRD:Archon Subtype

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Archon Subtype

Archons are a race of celestials, or good outsiders, native to lawful good-aligned Outer Planes.

Traits

An archon possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature’s entry).

• Darkvision out to 60 feet and low-light vision.
• Aura of Menace (Su): A righteous aura surrounds archons that fight or get angry. Any hostile creature within a 20-foot radius of an archon must succeed on a Will save to resist its effects. The save DC varies with the type of archon, is Charisma-based, and includes a +2 racial bonus. Those who fail take a –2 penalty on attacks, AC, and saves for 24 hours or until they successfully hit the archon that generated the aura. A creature that has resisted or broken the effect cannot be affected again by the same archon’s aura for 24 hours.
• Immunity to electricity and petrification.
• +4 racial bonus on saves against poison.
• Magic Circle against Evil (Su): A magic circle against evil effect always surrounds an archon (caster level equals the archon’s Hit Dice). (The defensive benefits from the circle are not included in an archon’s statistics block.)
• Teleport (Su): Archons can use greater teleport at will, as the spell (caster level 14th), except that the creature can transport only itself and up to 50 pounds of objects.
• Tongues (Su): All archons can speak with any creature that has a language, as though using a tongues spell (caster level 14th). This ability is always active.

 

SRD Monsters with the Archon Subtype

Creature Entry	CR	Type and Subtypes	Size
Hound Archon	4	Outsider [Archon, Extraplanar, Good, Lawful]	Medium
Hound Archon Hero	16	Outsider [Archon, Extraplanar, Good, Lawful]	Medium
Lantern Archon	2	Outsider [Archon, Extraplanar, Good, Lawful]	Small
Trumpet Archon	14	Outsider [Archon, Extraplanar, Good, Lawful]	Medium

 

SRD Races with the Archon Subtype

Race Name	Summary	Favored Class	Ability Adjustments	LA	ECL
Archons, Hound		Paladin	+4 Strength, +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom, +2 Charisma	5	11

 

Homebrew Monsters with the Archon Subtype

Homebrew monsters using this type appear below. These are not part of the SRD, and are presented for ease of reference only.

Creature Entry	CR	Type and Subtypes	Size
Corgi Archon	5	Outsider [Archon, Extraplanar, Lawful, Good]	Small
Sarap	24	Outsider [Archon, Extraplanar, Good, Lawful]	Large

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