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Planetar

Challenge16

Rules source: Monster Manual (2025) · CR: 16 · Type: Celestial (Angel)

Combat statistics

  • Armor Class: 19
  • Hit Points: 262 (21d10 + 147)
  • Speed: Walk 40 ft., Fly 120 ft., Hover True
  • Initiative: +10 (20)
  • Challenge: 16 (15,000 XP)
  • Skills: Perception +11
  • Senses: Truesight 120 ft., Passive perception 21
  • Languages: All; telepathy 120 ft.
  • Damage resistances: radiant
  • Immunities: Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened
  • Proficiency Bonus: +5
  • Damage vulnerabilities: None listed
  • Damage immunities: None listed
  • Condition immunities: Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened
Ability Score (modifier) Saving throw
STR 24 (+7) +12
DEX 20 (+5) +5
CON 24 (+7) +12
INT 19 (+4) +4
WIS 22 (+6) +11
CHA 25 (+7) +12

Revised rules text

Traits

Divine Awareness. The planetar knows if it hears a lie.

Exalted Restoration. If the planetar dies outside Mount Celestia, its body disappears, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in Mount Celestia.

Magic Resistance. The planetar has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Multiattack. The planetar makes three Radiant Sword attacks or uses Holy Burst twice.

Radiant Sword. Melee Attack Roll: +12, reach 10 ft.

Hit: 14 (2d6 + 7) Slashing damage plus 18 (4d8) Radiant damage.

Holy Burst. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 20, each enemy in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point the planetar can see within 120 feet.

Failure: 24 (7d6) Radiant damage.

Success: Half damage.

Spellcasting. The planetar casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):

Bonus actions

Divine Aid (2/day). The planetar casts Cure Wounds, Invisibility, Lesser Restoration, or Remove Curse, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.

Reference from your core rulebook

The links below open the original rulebook pages for the complete printed stat block, including traits, actions, spellcasting, reactions, and usage limits. The printed block is authoritative if searchable text elsewhere on this page differs.

Monster Manual (2025) — PDF page 248

Open the original rulebook — PDF page 248 — source PDF is not included in this player reference.

Printed book page: 245.

Referenced in the wiki

Items: Iron Flask

Sources

  • Your supplied Monster Manual (2025) — source PDF is not included in this player reference. — verified local reference
  • Monster Manual — original reference dataset (legacy source)
  • SRD 5.2.1 (external reference) — complete revised rules block
  • Structured SRD transcription (external reference) — searchable text; printed block remains authoritative

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