# Archon, Warden >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] > >[!debug]+ *Standing as tall as an ogre, this hulking creature has white fur, a bearlike head, and eyes like gleaming black opals. Its broad white paws end in razor-sharp, jet-black claws. The creature is clad in fearsome full plate engraved with faintly glowing symbols of holiness and virtue.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Warden Archon</div> <div class="CR">CR 8 (4,800 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Book of Exalted Deeds pg. 163</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> LE Large Outsider (archon, good, lawful) **Init** +4 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., detect evil, low-light vision; **Perception** +14 #### defense **AC** 30, 9 touch, 30 flat-footed (+9 armor, +12 natural, -1 size) **hp** 72 (8d10+32) **Fort** +5, **Refl** +6, **Will** +7; +4 vs. poison **Feint** 24, **Demoralize** 19 **Defensive Abilities** uncanny dodge **DR** 10/evil; **SR** 19 **Immune** electricity, petrification #### offense **Speed** 40 ft. (30 ft. in armor) **Melee** 2 claws +15 (1d6+8), bite +15 (1d8+8) **Space** 10 ft., **Reach** 10 ft. **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 11th; Concentration +12) > **At Will**— _greater teleport_ (self plus 50 lbs. only) > **3/day**— _shield of the archons_, _true seeing_ #### statistics **Str** 27, **Dex** 11, **Con** 17, **Int** 16, **Wis** 12, **Cha** 12 **BAB** +8, **CMB** +14, **CMD** 24, **TA** +15, **RTA** +7 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Power Attack]], [[Toughness]] **Skills** Acrobatics +8 (+12 when jumping), Climb +16, Diplomacy +12, Knowledge (religion) +14, Perception +14, Sense Motive +14, Spellcraft +14, Survival +12, Swim +16 **Languages** Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal, truespeech; telepathy 100 ft. **SQ** unerring assay #### special abilities ### Uncanny Dodge (Ex) This ability functions as the rogue class feature of the same name. ### Unerring Assay (Su) A warden archon instinctively knows the alignment of any creature within 60 feet. Typical methods of masking alignment, such as _misdirection_ or _nondetection_, have no effect upon a warden archons unerring assay. #### ecology **Terrain** Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia **Organization** Solitary, pair, or squad (3–5) **Treasure** No coins; double goods; half items The solemn warden archons guard the gates of the Seven Heavens, standing ever vigilant should that bastion of law and order fall under siege. Since such attacks seldom occur, the wardens have a secondary task of observing the affairs of the Material Plane through great magical scrying pools located near the gates. A warden archon’s bearlike head and gentle nature sometimes lead its enemies to assume it possesses an ursine disposition to laziness, a conclusion soon proven wrong by powerful jaws and claws once combat has begun. Wardens never sleep, spending all of their time observing their assigned pools or gates. Many mortals hence refer to wardens as “Watchers.” They have more interactions with and a keener understanding of the mortal world than any other archons, a point of pride they bear openly (occasionally too openly, leading to some chafing among the other archons). Perhaps because of the temptations they view daily, more warden archons fall to the vices of evil than any other type of celestial. Warden archons never speak aloud, preferring to communicate via telepathy. They stand 10 feet tall and weigh 650 pounds.