Celestial, Charger
- Armor Class
- 1 [18]
- Hit Dice
- 8
- Attacks
- Hoof (1d6)
- Special
- celestial banishment, telepathy, rider danger sense, Detect Chaos, diving charge, immunities
- Move
- 24 Fly 36
- HDE/XP
- 9/1,100
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.
Celestial chargers are the swift steeds of the celestial realm, with their muscular, horse-like bodies, shimmering white coats, manes and tails of pure gold, and hooves of silver these celestials exemplify equine perfection. Although they cannot speak, celestial chargers have a limited form of telepathy that allows them to communicate with their riders, and with any other celestial beings within fifty feet.
Celestial chargers are often used by other celestials as mounts, and rarely, by especially holy mortals favored by the gods. Famous for their loyalty they are fiercely protective of their riders, willingly going to great lengths to defend them.
Celestial chargers are also able to fly, even when heavily encumbered despite their lack of wings.
In combat, celestial chargers make one powerful hoof attack per round. If able to swoop down on an enemy, the attack receives a +2 bonus to-hit, and the damage is increased to 1d6+2.
Celestial chargers can Detect Chaos (Law) (Chaos only) and sense when their rider is in danger, no matter how far away they are. As with other celestials, they are immune to Sleep, hold, and charm spells, as well as illusions.
See Also
Other creatures grouped under Celestial: Celestial, Arbiter, Celestial, Ascended, 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.