# Archon, Sword >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] > >[!debug]+ > >greatclub: 2d6 (×2) > >Melee/Ranged: +17/+13 > >Secondary: +12/+8 > >Multiattack: +15/+11 > >M/R_PA: +14/+10 > >2nd/PA: +9/+5 > >MA_PA: +12/+8 > >Itterative: 3 > > xDmg:: Str: +7; Str2: +10; StrOH: +3; StrPA: +13; StrPA2H: +19; StrPAOH: +6 > > xDCs:: Str: 22; Dex: 18; Con: 17; Int: 16; Wis: 17; Cha: 18 > > xFeat:: 5/6 (1) > > xClasSkil:: Diplomacy, Disguise, Fly, Knowledge (religion), Linguistics, Perception, Sense Motive, Spellcraft > > SaveDiff:: +/- 4 *This creature resembles a ruggedly handsome, oversized human with glorious, feathered wings. Before entering battle, it transforms its forearms into sharp, fiery blades that ripple the air around them.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Sword Archon</div> <div class="CR">CR 11 (12,800 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Book of Exalted Deeds pg. 160</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> LG Large Outsider (archon, good, lawful) **Init** +7 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; **Perception** +2 **Aura** menace (DC 17 Will, 20 ft.), *magic circle against evil* #### defense **AC** 26, 12 touch, 23 flat-footed (+3 Dex, +14 natural, -1 size) **hp** 77 (11d10+22) **Fort** +5, **Refl** +10, **Will** +9; +4 vs. poison **Feint** 26, **Demoralize** 23 **DR** 10/evil; **SR** 22 **Immune** electricity, petrification #### offense **Speed** 40 ft., fly 90 ft. (good) **Melee** 2 armblades +20 (1d8+9/19-20 plus 2d6 holy and 1d6 fire) **Space** 10 ft., **Reach** 10 ft. **Special Attacks** discorporating dive **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 11th; Concentration +14) > **At will**— aid, continual flame, divination, locate creature, locate object, message > **3/day**— commune, dispel chaos (DC 18), mark of justice, wages of sin (DC 19) > **1/day**— touch of adamantine (DC 19) #### statistics **Str** 25, **Dex** 17, **Con** 14, **Int** 12, **Wis** 14, **Cha** 17 **BAB** +11, **CMB** +16, **CMD** 29, **TA** +17, **RTA** +13 **Feats** [[Cleave]], [[Flyby Attack]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Power Attack]], [[Weapon Focus]] (longsword) **Skills** Diplomacy +14, Disguise +14, Fly +19, Knowledge (religion) +12, Linguistics +12, Perception +2, Sense Motive +16, Spellcraft +12 **Languages** Celestial, Infernal, truespeech #### special abilities ### Armblades (Ex) As a free action, a sword archon can mold the flesh of its forearms, hardening and sharpening organic matter into the form of powerful magic blades. The archon wields the blades like longswords, and they gain the properties of +2 holy flaming longswords. Sword archons can shift back to their 'normal' hands as a free action. The armblades cannot be disarmed or sundered, and they automatically assume limb form upon the archon's death. ### Discorporating Dive (Su) Three times per day, a sword archon can attempt to destroy a living enemy with a powerful dive attack, literally flying through its opponent armblades-first, tearing its body and sending its soul apart to imprisonment in the Seven Heavens. Resolve a flying charge as normal. If the attack deals damage, the affected creature must succeed on a DC 17 Fortitude save or be slain. The victim's body is utterly destroyed, as if affected by _destruction_, and their soul is is bound to a great prison in the Seven Heavens of Celestia, where it remains until the archons that manage the celestial donjon see fit to release it. Release generally involves bartering with a throne archon, with some quest for the cause of law and goodness being the most common price. Such agents of Heaven never release the soul of an unredeemed evil creature. A _wish_ or _miracle_ can release the victim's soul from its imprisonment, allowing the spell to be resurrected by _true resurrection_ #### ecology **Terrain** any (Heaven) **Organization** Solitary, pair, or squad (3–5) **Treasure** No coins; double goods; standard items **Advancement** 12–21 HD (Large); 22–33 HD (Huge) The paragons of the Seven Heavens use sword archons as enforcers of the heavenly laws, a pursuit to which the canny sword archons seem perfectly suited. Sword archons dress in simple garments of patterned cloth, covering themselves in great cloaks when attempting to blend in with their surroundings. Most make little effort to conceal themselves, however, believing that the justness of their mission would be compromised by subterfuge. The beauty of a sword archon’s feathered wings rivals that of the most stunning giant eagles. When angered or in combat, the forearms of a sword archon shift form to take on the quality of holy flaming longswords. They stand 10 feet tall and weigh 550 pounds.