Outsider (Archon, Good, Lawful) · SM -4 Lantern Archon [Monster Manual, page 16]
Attributes
ST1
DX10
IQ8
HT10
HP1
Will8
Per10
FP10
Basic Speed5
Basic Move10
Dodge8
DR20
Melee attacks
| Usage | Level | Damage | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light RayLight Ray (10): 1d tight-beam burning. Ranged attack (Acc 3, Range 10). Costs 1 FP per use. Cannot affect holy beings. The beam is easily reflected. Normally it cannot be blocked, but someone may use a mirror or a highly polished shield to do so; this causes the attack to bounce off in a random direction, possibly striking the wrong target (p. B389). The mirror-wielder may even attempt to reflect it back at the archon, but this gives -2 to Block; the archon defends normally. On the upside, the archon may make use of mirrored surfaces to “ricochet” the beam. This inflicts -2 per bounce to the attack roll, but may allow the attacker to bypass cover; in addition, the target is at -1 per bounce to defend. | 10 | 1d tight-beam burning. Ranged attack (Acc 3, Range 10). Costs 1 FP per use. Cannot affect holy beings. The beam is easily reflected. Normally it cannot be blocked, but someone may use a mirror or a highly polished shield to do so; this causes the attack to bounce off in a random direction, possibly striking the wrong target (p. B389). The mirror-wielder may even attempt to reflect it back at the archon, but this gives -2 to Block; the archon defends normally. On the upside, the archon may make use of mirrored surfaces to “ricochet” the beam. This inflicts -2 per bounce to the attack roll, but may allow the attacker to bypass cover; in addition, the target is at -1 per bounce to defend | — |
| Detect EvilDetect Evil (10): By taking a Concentrate maneuver and rolling against Per modified by range penalties, the archon can sense evil auras of unholy creatures (such as fiends and clerics of evil deities) and unholy items. On a success, the archon learns the direction to the nearest significant evil aura. | 10 | By taking a Concentrate maneuver and rolling against Per modified by range penalties, the archon can sense evil auras of unholy creatures (such as fiends and clerics of evil deities) and unholy items. On a success, the archon learns the direction to the nearest significant evil aura | — |
| TeleportTeleport (8): The archon has a magical ability to teleport as per the Warp advantage (p. B97). | 8 | The archon has a magical ability to teleport as per the Warp advantage (p. B97) | — |
| Aura of MenaceAn archon can activate this ability to cause all creatures within 10 yards of him to make a Fright Check. The archon can exclude any beings from the area of effect. If a victim succeeds at his Fright Check, he will be unaffected by the archon’s Aura of Menace for one hour. Use Awe check table from GURPS Powers, page 85, if possible. | — | — | — |
Traits (26)
- 360° Vision (Panoptic I)
- Curious (12)
- Flight (Magical)
- Honesty (9)
- Illumination (Magical)
- Immunity to Electrical Conduction
- Immunity to Metabolic Hazards
- Immunity to Noxious Electrical Effects
- Immunity to Petrification
- Injury Tolerance (Homogenous, No Head, No Blood, No Eyes, No Neck)
- Intolerance (Fiends)
- No Legs (Aerial)
- No Manipulators
- No Mouth
- No Sense of Smell/Taste
- Numb
- Pacifism (Cannot Harm Innocents)
- Pressure Support 3
- Sealed
- Truthfulness (9)
- Unaging
- Unkillable 3 (Achilles’ Heel, Non-Mundane Attacks; Magical)
- Unnatural
- Vacuum Support
- Vulnerability (Anarchic Weapons, x2)
- Vulnerability (Unholy Weapons, x2)
Skills (1)
- 10Innate Attack (Beam)
Notes
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/lantern-archon.gct
- Source template total: 217 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 217 points.
- CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
- Review attacks, special abilities, encounter frequency, treasure, grappling, and GCS modifiers before approval.
- GCS template includes a +15-point reconciliation child requiring decomposition.
Encounter rating
CER26
Offense17
Protection9
Threat tierstandard
Appearing2
Wandering3
Tags
- srd-3-5
- outsider
- archon
- good
- lawful
GCS v5 downloads
Where this one came from
- Source record
- Lantern Archon [Monster Manual, page 16]
- Source system
- gurps_4e_fan_conversion / author_permission
- Released under
- cc_by_4_0
- Conversion
- 0.2.0-reviewed
- Review status
- approved
- Credit
- Original GURPS conversion by Enraged Eggplant, from Monsters (May 11, 2024); adapted and republished with permission.
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/lantern-archon.gct
- Source template total: 217 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 217 points.
- CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
- Issue #5: 1 special ability construction(s) restored (Aura of Menace). 1 save-or-disable construction(s) are scored through the affliction term at the source's stated point cost, or at Binding ST where the source builds the ability as a Binding.
- GCS ancestry reconciliation adjudicated: the published template total is 217 points and the parsed source children sum to 202, a difference of +15. Classified as grouped construction not decomposed — consistent with grouped abilities the prose parser did not split into individual children (alternative abilities, linked constructions, and spell or breath-weapon groups). The points are real and priced in the author's total; only the decomposition is missing. The authorized source total is preserved; the remaining manual step is opening gcs/lantern-archon.gct in GCS to replace the reconciliation child with native constructions where the grouped ability can be decomposed.
- CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 17, PR 9, CER 26, threat tier standard.
- Conversion baseline reported OR 8, PR 9, CER 17 (tier minor). The reviewed values come from the consumer CER implementation, which rounds damage once after the damage-type multiplier and credits ranged accuracy; the conversion baseline ceilinged the damage base first and ignored range.
- Encounter metadata derived (default): average number appearing 2, wandering weight 3. Encounter metadata derived for 0.2.0 from the reviewed threat tier and creature class (appearing: minor 4 / standard 2 / major 1 / severe 1, forced to 1 for solitary classes — including swarms, which are a single multi-body creature — and raised to 6 for gregarious minor creatures; wandering weight: minor 4 / standard 3 / major 2 / severe 1). The fan-conversion source states no appearing-in-numbers or wandering values, so these are derived, not source mechanics.
- Lair, treasure, and grappling remain unpopulated in 0.2.0 by package policy: the authorized fan-conversion source states no lair, treasure, or grappling values, and review declines to invent them. See review/policy/0.2.0-empty-field-policy.md.
- Review approved by automated-mechanical-review on 2026-07-26 (batch ee-2026-07-26-b2-gcs-reconciliation); GCS fidelity check passed, DOA playability check passed.
- The source-total difference is classified and documented in conversionNotes; the authorized published total is preserved and the residual stays visible as a reconciliation child.
- Visual GCS verification of the .gct is not claimed by this decision; checks.gcsVisualPass is false.
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