Flashing Astral Construct (Basic Lore)

Flashing Astral Construct (CR 16)
Neutral - Medium - Construct
Astral Constructs are a more sophisticated type of created magical device than a Golem. Golems are enormously powerful and extremely dangerous, but over the long centuries, the creators of Golems had noticed one great lack of all Golems, no matter how sophisticated: Golems are not subtle. Golems are massive engines of destruction, plain and simple, and while that can be very comforting when an insane Dragon is howling for your blood, let's be honest, there are many threats that Golems are practically useless to handle. As a first effort to handle this perceived lack in the design of Golems, Animated Objects were conceived and constructed in great numbers. Animated Objects are very popular, even to this day. Animated Objects are much less obtrusive than Golems, so they can be placed around the house and grounds and will draw much less attention, but once the combat begins, Animated Objects were, again, found to be a bit less than stellar at dealing with threats that were similarly subtle and unobtrusive. Once again, the Creators and Makers, the Tinkers and Thinkers and Masterminds, went back to the drawing board, and on the third attempt, ages ago, they finally harnessed the actual material of the Ether itself, or, Ectoplasm. Ectoplasm, Soulstuff, Spiritum, Raw Mana, Astral Materia, or Dark Matter, whatever you call it, it was learned that you can indeed make constructs from the eerie extradimensional material, and so the Astral Constructs were created. This was a much, much more successful endeavor! Astral Constructs are unobtrusive when dormant, incredibly hard to damage in combat, and best of all, since they are made of the same extraplanar material as the very worst of the sneaky, subtle threats out there, they are fully effective against such things as phantoms, shadows, ghosts, fog monsters, and the like. Yes, astral constructs are fairly difficult to build, and so there is plenty of room for good solid Golems and Animated Objects in any Wizard's home-defense plan, but at the same time, no self-respecting Wizard will neglect to have at least a few Astral Constructs around the Tower, just to handle the shadowy and peculiar threats that come from arcane explorations of the Deep Dark. Not to mention that Astral Constructs can be built in forms that are down-right decorative, for a very reasonable fee. Flashing Astral Constructs are much like lesser variations of the devices, but since they are more difficult to make, they are commensurately more effective. With large light-based area of effects, the Flashing Construct is a sure bet for any landlord seeking to stave off extradimensional pests.