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Warden
Armed with a shield and stubborn resolve, Wardens stand in defense of their allies and the innocent wherever they travel.
Guardian’s Call
Every Warden hears a call to defend the helpless. Sometimes, they are directly called, such as when a village selects their mightiest member to defend them. Other times, they are compelled by more subtle means, such as witnessing uncontested injustice or feeling the weight of responsibility when tragedy occurs. The result is the same: Wardens who pick up their Shields and dedicate themselves to a charge.
Strength of Champions
A Warden’s source of strength is their bottomless tolerance for punishment. Once they have adopted a group of creatures as their charge, a Warden might also reflect those particular strengths: a Beastblood Guardian learns to hunt and roar with Beasts, and a Verdant Protector commands plants as a treant does.
Core Warden Traits
| Primary Ability | Strength and Constitution |
| Hit Point Die | D10 per Warden Level |
| Saving Throw Proficiencies | Strength and Constitution |
| Skill Proficiencies | Choose 2: Animal Handling, Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, Perception, or Survival |
| Weapon Proficiencies | Simple and Martial weapons |
| Armor Training | Light, Medium, and Heavy armor and Shields |
| Starting Equipment | Choose A or B: (A) Chain Mail, Shield, Warhammer, 6 Javelins, Dungeoneer’s Pack, and 15 GP; or (B) 130 GP |
Becoming a Warden…
As a Level 1 Character
- Gain all of the traits in the Core Warden Traits table.
- Gain the Warden’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Warden Features table.
As a Multiclass Character
- Gain the following traits from the Core Warden Traits table: Hit Point Die, proficiency with Martial weapons, and training with Light and Medium armor and Shields.
- Gain the Warden’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Warden Features table.
Craftsman Features
| Level | Prof. Bonus |
Features | Interrupt | Weapon Mastery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +2 | Fighting Style, Sentinel’s Stand, Weapon Mastery | — | 2 |
| 2 | +2 | Guardian Tactics, Unyielding Resolve | — | 2 |
| 3 | +2 | Warden Subclass | — | 2 |
| 4 | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | — | 3 |
| 5 | +3 | Extra Attack, Interrupt | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | +3 | Subclass feature | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | +3 | Mettle | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | +4 | Survive | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | +4 | Subclass feature | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | +4 | Sentinel’s Strike | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | +5 | Font of Life | 5 | 4 |
| 14 | +5 | Extended Tactics | 5 | 4 |
| 15 | +5 | Improved Resolve | 5 | 4 |
| 16 | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 4 |
| 17 | +6 | Subclass feature | 6 | 4 |
| 18 | +6 | Sentinel’s Soul | 6 | 4 |
| 19 | +6 | Epic Boon | 6 | 4 |
| 20 | +6 | Legendary Resistance | 6 | 4 |
Warden Class Features
As a Warden, you gain the following class features when you reach the specified Warden levels. These features are listed in the Warden Features table.
Level 1: Fighting Style
You gain a Fighting Style feat of your choice. Defense is recommended.
Whenever you gain a Warden level, you can replace the feat you chose with a different Fighting Style feat.
Level 1: Sentinel’s Stand
You gain one of the following benefits of your choice. Whenever you gain a Warden level, you can replace the chosen benefit with another one.
Stalwart Spirit. You gain proficiency in one saving throw of your choice.
Steadfast Toughness. Your Hit Point maximum is increased by your Constitution modifier plus your Warden level. If you later replace this choice, your Hit
Point maximum no longer receives this increase.
Tower Shield. While you are holding a Shield, you have a +3 bonus to your AC instead of +2. At Warden level 10, this bonus increases to +4.
Level 1: Weapon Mastery
Your training with weapons allows you to use the mastery properties of two kinds of Simple or Martial Melee weapons of your choice, such as Halberds and Longswords. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can practice weapon drills and change one of those weapon choices.
When you reach certain Warden levels, you gain the ability to use the mastery properties of more kinds of weapons, as shown in the Weapon Mastery column of the Warden Features table.
Level 2: Guardian Tactics
Your resolute fortitude allows you to hinder your foes and protect your allies using the following tactics.
Block. As a Bonus Action, you can choose one ally you can see. Until the start of your next turn, the ally’s AC equals your AC if it is lower than that while the ally is within 5 feet of you. This effect ends early if you or the ally have the Incapacitated condition.
Challenge. As a Bonus Action, you can goad an enemy that can see or hear you into attacking you. Until the start of your next turn, the enemy has Disadvantage on attack rolls against creatures other than you while it is within 5 feet of you. This effect ends early if you have the Incapacitated condition.
Grasp. As a Bonus Action, you can block the retreat of foes within a 5-foot Emanation originating from you until the start of your next turn. A creature within the
Emanation can’t willingly move further away from you unless it first takes the Disengage action. The Emanation ends early if you have the Incapacitated condition.
Level 2: Unyielding Resolve
While you are Bloodied, you have Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage.
Level 3: Warden Subclass
You gain a Warden subclass of your choice. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Warden levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Warden level or lower.
Level 4: Ability Score Improvement
You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. You gain this feature again at Captain levels 8, 12, and 16.
Level 5: Extra Attack
You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Level 5: Interrupt
When an enemy within 5 feet of you takes an action—such as Multiattack—that allows it to make multiple attacks or use additional abilities as a part of the same action, you can take a Reaction to prevent one of its attacks or abilities. You take this Reaction before any D20 Test is rolled for the action.
The enemy makes one fewer attack or uses one fewer ability than normal. You learn what attacks and abilities the enemy uses and choose which one to interrupt.
Number of Uses. You can use this Reaction three times. You regain one expended use when you finish a Short Rest, and you regain all expended uses when you
finish a Long Rest.
At Higher Levels. When you reach certain Warden levels, you gain more uses of this Reaction, as shown in the Interrupt column of the Warden Features table.
Level 7: Mettle
Your determination allows you to shrug off effects that would otherwise harm you. When you’re subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Constitution saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw and only half damage if you fail. You can’t use this feature if you have the Incapacitated condition.
Level 9: Survive
When you are reduced to 0 Hit Points and not killed outright, you can drop to 1 Hit Point instead, and you regain a number of Hit Points equal to twice your
Warden level.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.
Level 11: Sentinel’s Strike
You gain one of the following benefits of your choice. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can replace the chosen benefit with another one.
Interdict. When you use Interrupt, you can make a melee attack against the enemy as a part of the same Reaction. Additionally, you regain a use of Interrupt when you roll Initiative.
Shield Slam. Once per turn when you attack a creature within 5 feet of you as part of the Attack action and hit with a Melee weapon, you can immediately bash
the target with your Shield if it’s equipped. The target takes Bludgeoning damage equal to 1d8 plus the Shield’s AC bonus.
Sweep. When you take the Attack action on your turn using a Melee weapon, you can make an attack against each creature you choose within 5 feet of you, with a separate attack roll for each target, instead of attacking twice.
Level 13: Font of Life
At the start of your turn, you can end one of the following conditions on yourself (no action required): Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Frightened, Paralyzed, Poisoned, Stunned, or Restrained.
You can use this feature twice. You regain one expended use when you finish a Short Rest, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.
Level 14: Extended Tactics
The range of your Guardian Tactics increases to 10 feet: your Block affects an ally within 10 feet of yourself, your Challenge affects an enemy within 10 feet of yourself, and your Grasp is a 10-foot Emanation.
Level 15: Improved Resolve
While you are Bloodied, you have Resistance to every damage type except Force, Necrotic, Psychic, and Radiant.
Level 18: Sentinel’s Soul
You gain one of the following benefits of your choice. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can replace the chosen benefit with another one.
All-Seeing. You have Blindsight with a range of 30 feet. If you already have Blindsight, its range increases by 30 feet.
Fortified. No attack roll can have Advantage against you unless you have the Incapacitated condition.
Unstoppable. You can move through the space of any creature. Moving through its space doesn’t cost you extra movement, but you can’t stop in the same space. If the creature is your size or smaller, it has the Prone condition when you enter its space.
Level 19: Epic Boon
You gain an Epic Boon feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify.
Level 20: Legendary Resistance
If you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead. You can use this feature three times, and regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.
Warden Subclasses
A Warden subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Warden levels, as specified in the subclass.
| Name | Description |
| Beastblood Guardian | Protects Beasts through a primal ferocity |
| Grey Watchman | A maneuver-trained guard that repels invaders |
| Verdant Protector | Imbued with the power of the forests and pledged to defend them |
