Celestial, Ascended
- Armor Class
- 2 [17] (m)
- Hit Dice
- 10
- Attacks
- Weapon (1d6)
- Special
- magic weapons to hit, 11th-level Cleric spellcasting, immune to sleep/hold/charm/illusions, banished at 0 hp unless on home plane
- Move
- 12 Fly 24 (6)
- HDE/XP
- 11/1,700
Description
Celestials are a powerful and ancient group of lesser divine beings with otherworldly or extra-dimensional origins. They are tasked with maintaining balance and order between the mortal and celestial worlds.
If reduced to 0 Hit Points in the mortal world, a celestial is not destroyed but disappears in a blinding white light, banished back to its home dimension or plane. Once banished, it cannot return to the mortal world for an entire year. To truly destroy one it must be reduced to 0 Hit Points while in its home dimension.
Ascended are once mortal beings that through divine intervention or exceptional deeds have been elevated to the ranks of the celestials.
Ascended appear much as they did in life, though they have shimmering alabaster skin, hair of gold or silver, and large white wings growing from their backs.
As former mortals, ascended possess a deep understanding of the mortal realm, and are tasked with guiding and inspiring mortals to reach their full potential. They can communicate telepathically with creatures within 100 feet without the need for verbal communication.
In combat, ascended are skilled fighters their physical attacks with a weapon deal an additional 2 points of damage. They can cast spells as if they were an 11th- level Cleric, and they possess immunity to Sleep, hold, and charm spells, as well as illusions. Ascended are also able heal bot themselves, and others of injuries once per turn, as per the spell of the same name.
See Also
Other creatures grouped under Celestial: Celestial, Arbiter, Celestial, Charger, Celestial, Descendant, Celestial, Egregor, Celestial, Guardian, Celestial, Messenger, Celestial, Oracle, Celestial, Solar, Celestial, Warden, Celestial, Watcher.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.