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'''''Celestial lion''' is homebrew content intended for the [[if:main page|Invisible Fortress]] campaign.''

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|column1=<span style="font-size:170%">Celestial Lion</span>

''<span style="color:black">Large celestial, lawful good</span>''
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'''Armor Class''' 23

'''Hit Points''' 305 (20d12 + 175)

'''Speed''' 50 ft.

'''Roll initiative!''' 11
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'''Saving Throws''' STR +16, DEX +10, CON +14, INT +8, WIS +10, CHA +9

'''Damage Immunities''' Radiant

'''Damage Resistances''' Nonmagical attacks

'''Condition Immunities''' Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Exhaustion, Frightened, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Stunned

'''Skills''' Athletics +22, Perception +10, Investigation +8, Insight +10, Sleight of Hand +10, Arcana +8, History +8, Persuasion +9, Stealth +10, Survival +10

'''Senses''' Truesight 120 ft., Passive Perception 20

'''Languages''' Old Realm, plus five other languages

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<div>'''Challenge''' 20</div>
<div>'''Proficiency Bonus''' +6</div>
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|column2='''Bane Weapon.''' Your attacks ignore immunity and resistance of abberations, fey, fiends, monstrosities, and undead.

'''Immaterial.''' Your default state is immaterial. Outside of Yu-Shan, you cannot be seen, heard, or interacted with except by other immaterial creatures. As an action, you can materialize and interact with the world normally, and you cannot take a bonus action or move on the same turn. Another action can return you to your immaterial state, provided you take no bonus action or move on the same turn. Within Yu-Shan, there is no distinction between immaterial and material.

'''Measure the Wind.''' You have advantage on Wisdom ({{perception}}) checks to detect hidden creatures. You can determine the rank within the [[if:Celestial Bureaucracy|Celestial Bureaucracy]] of a creature you can see without requiring any rolls or actions.

'''Spirit Cutting.''' If you are currently material, you can spend a bonus action to allow any action to affect immaterial celestials, abberations, fey, fiends, monstrosities, and undead on the same turn.

'''Stoke the Flame.''' Add +4 to all Charisma checks made in the furtherance of saving lives which are in imminent danger.

'''Excellenct Form.''' Add 1d10 to Wisdom ({{perception}}) and Wisdom ({{insight}}) checks. Add 1d10+5 to Intelligence ({{investigation}}) checks. When you take the Dodge action, add 1d10+5 to your AC until the beginning of your next turn. You have advantage on melee attacks.

'''Divine Subordination.''' While defending heaven from attack and intrusion, all melee attacks and Intelligence ({{arcana}}) checks are treated as having rolled a 20. Intelligence ({{investigation}}) checks are treated as having rolled a 20.

'''Spirit.''' All of your attacks count as magical for the purposes of damage resistances and vulnerabilities.

'''Damaging Clinch.''' At the beginning of your turn, you deal 2d6 bludgeoning damage to one creature you have grappled. If this damage would reduce the creature to 0 hit points, you may have the damage be nonlethal.

'''Hardness.''' Reduce all nonmagical damage you take by 20. Reduce all magical damage you take by 10.

<span style="font-size:140%;display:block;border-bottom:1px solid #333">Actions</span>
'''Multiattack.''' You make one '''Bite''' attack and two '''Claws''' attacks.

'''Bite.''' ''Melee attack:'' +16 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. ''Hit:'' 2d10 + 10 piercing damage.

'''Claws.''' ''Melee attack:'' +16 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. ''Hit:'' 2d8 + 10 slashing damage.

'''Clinch.''' Make a grapple attack against a creature within 10 ft. of you, with a +5 to your Strength ({{athletics}}) check.

'''Essence Bite.''' ''Reaction (a creature deals damage to you):'' the triggering creature takes 2d10 radiant damage. You can use this action without spending a reaction if you deal 1d10 radiant damage instead. This counts as a 1st level evocation spell.

'''Hurry Home.''' You teleport to a location you are familiar with within 1 mile. The location you teleport to cannot be closer to an enemy you are in combat with than your current distance. You can only use this ability if you have less than 30 hit points. This counts as a 5th level conjuration spell.

'''Touch of Saturn.''' ''Melee attack:'' +16 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. ''Hit:'' 8d8+10 slashing damage, and the target makes a Constitution saving throw DC 20. On failure, they are poisoned for 10 minutes. You can only use this action under orders from a superior.

'''Principle of Motion (Recharge 5&ndash;6).''' ''Bonus action:'' Until your next turn, you can take 6 legendary actions, instead of 3. On your next turn, you can use '''Multiattack''' twice.

'''Sheathing the Material Form (1/day).''' Increase your AC by 5 and increase the effect of your '''Hardness''' by 5, for 10 minutes.

<span style="font-size:140%;display:block;border-bottom:1px solid #333">Legendary Actions</span>
You can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be taken at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. You regain spent legendary actions at the start of your turn.

'''Claw attack.''' Attack with '''Claws'''.

'''Bread of Weak Spirit.''' Deal 7d6 radiant damage to one willing or incapacitated celestial, elemental, fiend, or undead adjacent to you and reduce its maximum hit points by the same amount until it takes a long rest. Increase your maximum hit points by that much and heal for twice that many hit points.

'''Move.''' Move half your speed.

'''Regalia of Authority (Recharge 5&ndash;6).''' Each creature of your choice within 60 ft. who you have observed violating one of Yu-Shan's laws must make a Charisma saving throw DC 18. On failure, they are charmed by you for 1 hour and view you as a superior. Creatures with less than CR 20 or level 15 have disadvantage on the roll. This counts as a 6th level enchantment spell. This effect can be ended early with ''[[spell:remove-curse|remove curse]]''.
|description=Unless a celestial lion forsakes its office, it is incorruptible, and are immune to any effects which would force them to do so (if it is subjected to an effect which can manipulate its actions and then that effect would later force them to take an action it would be immune to, the effect ends instead). It can, however, be tricked or deceived.

Celestial lions serve as heaven's police force. Nine of them are stationed at each of Yu-Shan's 61 gateways (6 inside the gate and 3 outside), they guard various locations in Yu-Shan, and they respond to calls for situations both big and small. Despite being incorruptible, centuries of dealing with petty complaints and doing a thankless job had made them cynical. Yet despite their cynicism, they remain proud and will devour any who do not give them their due respect.}}</div>
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