Blightwisp -- Fallen Lantern Archon

[Nifft]

I originally posted this on the House Rules forum -- silly me, forgetting that we have a Homebrew Monster forum! Anyway, please let me know what you think:


Blightwisp Small Outsider [Evil, Lawful], 5' reach, 60' fly (perfect)
Fallen Lantern Archon -- looks like a floating orb of darkness.

HD: 2d8
Init: +4 (Feat)
AC 15 (+1 Size, +4 Natural), Touch 11, Flat 14 -- +2/All vs. Good
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +3 -- +2/All vs. Good
Abilities: Str 1, Dex 10, Con 11, Int 6, Wis 8, Cha 13

Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., Electricity & Petrification immunity, DR 20/+1, Tongues, Magic Circle vs. Good

Feats: Improved Initiative
Skills: Hide +5 (+4/+12 in darkness), Move Silently +5, Spot +5 (-1), Listen +5 (-1), Bluff 5 (+5), Sense Motive 5 (+3), Intimidate 5 (+1), Diplomacy (+1)
(Note: Blightwisps receive a +4 Size bonus to Hide, +4 Racial bonus to Bluff and Sense Motive, and +8 Circumstance bonus to Hide checks made in darkness)

Su & Sp Abilities (DC = 10 + 1/2 HD + Cha bonus):
Teleport (at will, self + 50 lb. of goods only)
Detect Good (at will)
Aura of Menace (Su) [20 ft., Will DC 12] (at will)
1/day Command [DC 12]
2/day Prot. from Good (Duration: 2 min)
3/day Doom [DC 12]
3/day Darkness (Duration: 20 min)

Attack: ranged touch +3/+3 (Unholy ray, range 30 ft., 1d6 Unholy damage)

CR: 4

-- Nifft

 

[Krishnath]

So basically it's an inverted Lantern Archon? Not bad though, and you get bonus points for the very original name.

Two Claws up, very nice.

 

[Nifft]

So basically it's an inverted Lantern Archon?

Thanks! It's meant to be precisely a Fallen Lantern Archon, so yeah, pretty much exactly inverted.

IMHO it fills one of the needs of the current Devil family: it's Evil, fairly weak, and not a Baatezu. Good spy, guard, and "air support".

It's really giving my PCs some troubles right now... they're 4th/5th level, have no magic weapons, and haven't yet thought to use the Cleric's Magic Weapon spell... and the Wizard isn't in the area at the moment.

-- Nifft

 

[Krishnath]

I thought that was the imps job?

 

[Nifft]

Imps don't get ranged touch attacks that do 1d6 Unholy damage. That really freaks my players out, especially since they are unfamiliar with the critter in question, and can't say "oh, it's a Imp, chuck a silver dagger at its lame butt".

In my experience, novel monsters (including monsters with unknown class levels) put the players more into the heads of their characters, since they have less meta-game knowlege.

Also, I like makin' stuff up.

-- Nifft

 

[Ferret]

Nice layout...

 

[Nifft]

Nice layout...

Uh, thanks? (seriously: is this a complaint?)

-- Nifft

 

[Krishnath]

I usually punish metagamers voraciously myself. But yeah, making new critters up is fun. And, in regards to las, he does have a point. Your creatures stats would be easier to read if they followed the layout used in the monster books. Anyways, it's just a suggestion.

 

[las]

I think ferret said that. Even if I did it will make it easer to read thus giving you a faster time in using it (yes its a pain at first) plus if other people want to use em they have an easer time.

Hold on I just said it .