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Lantern Archon

Friendly, curious, and eternally optimistic, lantern archons embody the virtue of hope. They are formed of living light given corporeal shape, and they serve as beacons, guiding mortals out of their darkest moments and toward the path of righteousness. Their luminous bodies can  icker with the subtlety of a candle flame or flare up like a torch. Lantern archons can control all aspects of their light as easily as other creatures control their facial expressions, leading them to change color, twinkle, and otherwise dim and brighten in time with their actions and words. While effervescent and chipper in conversation, lantern archons are impressively stoic mobile support troops and guardians in times of con ict, and are capable of uniting to form powerful warriors of light called gestalts.

Lantern ArchonCreature 1

LGSmall
Source Bestiary pg. 26
Perception +6; darkvision
Languages Celestial, Draconic, Infernal
Skills Acrobatics +8, Diplomacy +6, Religion +6
Str -5, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -1, Wis +1, Cha +1
AC 16, Fort +6, Ref +10, Will +4
HP 20; Resistances fire 3; Weaknesses evil 3
Retributive Strike ReactionReaction A lantern archon can also make a Retributive Strike with its light ray.
Speed fly 40 feet

All Monsters in "Archon"

NameLevel
Horned Archon4
Lantern Archon1
Legion Archon7
Shield Archon10

Archon

Source Bestiary pg. 26
Archons are guardians of Heaven and enemies of chaos and evil. They openly fight back the spread of fiends but also quietly nurture the seeds of virtue within mortals, teaching the denizens of the Material Plane how to act with honor and integrity, enact just laws, and cast off sin and temptation.

Archons live in the immense seven-tiered mountain of Heaven. They manifest in the Garden at the mountain’s peak from mortal souls who answer a mysterious voice. There they swear to forever serve the cause of justice and transform into their new archon forms. Intensely orderly in their metamorphosis, new archons begin as lantern archons or other lesser forms, transforming into ever-greater archons as their virtue and achievements grow. Each archon represents a particular virtue, such as hope, charity, justice, or courage, and they gain strength in the presence of mortals who exemplify this virtue. Due to their extremely lawful nature, archons sometimes find themselves at odds with azatas.