Warden

Embarking on a path less traveled, the Astral Guardian Warden transcends the earthly plane and draws from the power of the infinite planes. Touched by the enigmatic forces of space and energy, they embody the mystery of the universe, controlling spatial distortions and manipulating celestial energies.

Starting at 3rd level, the difficult terrain of your Primal Interdiction affects flying creatures within range as well. Additionally, any creature that attempts to teleport into or out of the radius of your Primal Interdiction must succeed a Charisma saving throw with a DC equal to 8 + your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failed save, the teleport is wasted and they are not transported. You can choose to allow a creature to teleport in or out of Primal Interdiction without making a save.

Additionally at 3rd level When you expend an Endurance Die, you can empower your next attack with your Astral Arms before the end of your next turn. The attack gains a reach equal to the range of your Primal Interdiction, and if it hits, deals additional damage equal to one of your Endurance Dice.

Additionally, you can force the target to make a Charisma saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Wisdom modifier + your Proficiency bonus. On a failure, you can teleport them to an empty space within range of your Primal Interdiction.

Starting at 7th level, as a bonus action, you can teleport a willing creature within 60 feet into any empty space within range of your Primal Interdiction. You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses when you complete a long rest.

Additionally, your Primal Interdiction is always considered as in range of allied creature's teleport abilities, even if it would normally be out of range of the teleport, as long as they are within 300 feet of you.

Additionally at 7th level, you gain resistance to force damage, and advantage on any saving throw against being teleported or moved between planes against your will.

Starting at 14th level, as an action, you can open an Astral Rift connecting two places with a tear in reality. One rift appears in an empty space within 5 feet of you of your choice, and the other appears in an empty space at a point you are familiar with within a number of miles equal to your Warden level. The tear takes the shape of a swirling opaque roughly circular portal with a 5 foot radius. A willing creature that passes through it is teleported to an empty space within 5 feet of the other portal

The rift remains open for 1 minute once opened, or until you close it as an action. Once you create an astral rift, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.

Starting at 17th level, you can astrally project your soul out of your body as an action. When you do so, your body becomes stunned and incapacitated, but you can act in your astral form. While in your astral form, you have the following benefits:

Otherwise, your astral form shares all abilities and statistics with your normal form. While you use this ability, your Primal Interdiction projects from your astral form instead of your body. When you use this ability, you can project yourself to any plane or location you are familiar with. If your astral form is reduced to 0 hit points, you are returned to your body and regain 1 hit point. You can end the project at any time as a bonus action, returning to your body.

Tapping into the primal ferocity of beasts, Beasthide Wardens are capable of fighting with a primal ferocity. They specialize in unleashing terrible wrath on any that would attack them or their companions.

Starting at 3rd level, you have advantage on the first attack roll or grapple check you make against a creature that attacked anyone that was inside the range of your Primal Interdiction (including yourself) since the end of your last turn.

Additionally at 3rd level, when you roll an Endurance Die, you can also add the die to the next damage roll or Strength (Athletics) check you make before the end of your next turn.

Starting at 7th level, you gain proficiency in your choice of Constitution or Dexterity saving throws.

Starting at 14th level, your attacks with natural weapons score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. When you score a critical hit with your natural weapons, you regain 1 expended Endurance Die.

Additionally at 14th level, while you are concentrating on an innate spell granted by this subclass, your concentration can't be broken as a result of taking damage.

Starting at 17th level, as a bonus action or when you manifest your bestial claws, you can unleash the bestial power within, swelling to massive size. You become Large or Huge (your choice) for 1 minute. Upon transforming, you gain temporary hit points equal to half of your maximum hit points. For the duration of your transformation, you gain the following benefits:

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

Commanding the dark powers of the fallen, a Bone Warden watches over the endless and final silence of the end of life. Solemn and grim, they recycle the remains of life to one final service, binding the bones of once living creatures to form their armor, weapons, and grim constructs to bind and crush those that stand in their way of their primal decrees.

Starting at 3rd level, your Bone Construct gains its own Primal Interdiction extending to a range of 5 feet around it. When you recklessly defend your allies within range of your Primal Interdiction, your Bone Construct does the same for any creatures within the range of the Primal Interdiction emitting from it.

Additionally at 3rd level, you can use Endurance Dice to reduce damage taken by your Bone Construct. When you do so, you gain temporary hit points equal to the value rolled on the die. When you block damage with an Endurance Die against yourself, your Bone Construct gains temporary hit points equal to value rolled on the die.

Starting at 7th level, your Bone Construct gains the following features:

Additionally at 7th level, you gain resistance to one damage type of your choice from cold, necrotic, or poison damage.

Additionally, you gain advantage on saving throws against poison or disease, and you can go twice as long without breathing, eating, and sleeping without suffering negative consequences.

Starting at 14th level, as an action, you can call for skeletal grasping hands to raise from the ground and bind your foes. All Large or smaller creatures of your choice within range of your Primal Interdiction (or the Primal Interdiction of your Bone Construct) must make a Dexterity saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus.

On failure, the creature becomes Restrained by a skeletal hand rising from the earth. The creature can break free as an action by making a Strength saving throw with the same DC as the original save, or can be freed if the skeletal hand is destroyed. It has an AC of 13 and 13 hit points, with a vulnerability to bludgeoning damage.

If a creature ends its turn while Restrained by a skeletal hand from this ability, it takes 3d6 necrotic damage.

Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Starting at 17th level, as a bonus action you can project your domain around you for 1 minute, with the following effects:

Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

The Dreadwing Warden utilizes and ancient bond that taps into the deeply rooted primal powers that flow within dragonkind. United with the essence of these legendary beings, they embody the draconic virtues of strength, elemental fury, and fear. These Wardens wield the might and majesty of dragons to dominate the battlefield, leaving all that would oppose them in terrified awe of their power.

Starting at 3rd level, your Primal Interdiction sparks the primordial fear which dragons invoke in lesser creatures. As a bonus action, you can unleash a wave of supernatural dread, forcing all creatures of your choice within range of your Primal Interdiction to make a Wisdom saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus.

On failure, a creature becomes Frightened of you until the start of your next turn. On success, a creature does not become Frightened of you, but cannot gain advantage on attack rolls against you until the start of your next turn. Once a creature passes their saving throw against this ability, they automatically pass all saving throws against it for the next minute.

Starting at 3rd level, each time you expend an Endurance Die you build up elemental energy, storing the expended die in a special pool of charged power for 1 minute. You can have a number of stored dice equal to your proficiency bonus. As a bonus action on your turn, you can unleash all of this stored power in a blast of elemental breath. You expend all dice stored with this feature when you do so. When you gain this feature, select the elemental type of power stored from acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison.

All creatures of your choice within a 15-foot cone must make a Dexterity saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus. On a failed save, they take elemental damage of the type selected equal to the amount rolled on the stored dice. On a successful save, they take half as much damage. The size of the cone increases by 15 feet each time your Primal Interdiction range increases by 5 feet.

Starting at 7th level, when you manifest your Draconic Talons, you can further channel your power to manifest a pair of draconic wings. Though they cannot lift you to flight, they provide a host of benefits:

Starting at 14th level, you can use your Dragon Wings to fly, gaining a flying speed of 30 feet.

Starting at 17th level, when you would manifest your Draconic Talons, you can instead completely turn into a dragon. You gain the benefits of your Draconic Talons and Dragon Wings, but with the following properties:

You can maintain this form for up to 10 minutes, after which you must return to your normal form. You return to your original form early if you fall unconscious, or you can end the form early as an action. Once you assume this form, you cannot assume it again until you complete a long rest.

Rooted in the ancient growth of the world, these Wardens are linked to a primordial untamed aspect of the world. Their vines lash and bind, inexorably dragging their enemies to the conclusion of their place in the natural cycle of life and death.

Starting at 3rd level, when you are hit by a melee attack, the attacker takes piercing damage equal to the damage reduction of Mystic Bulwark.

Additionally at 3rd level, the difficult terrain caused by your Primal Interdiction becomes overgrown with spiky thorns. Creatures of your choice take 1d4 piercing damage for each 5 feet of travel within your Primal Interdiction. When you move this effect is suspended until the end of your turn.

This damage increases to 2d4 piercing damage at 11th level.

Starting at 7th level, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC, and any critical hit against you becomes a normal hit.

Starting at 14th level, as a bonus action you can take root, merging with the ground, transforming into a wrathful treant. While rooted, your movement speed is reduced to zero. When you do so, you can choose to grow one size larger (up to a maximum of Large), your reach increases by 5 feet, you are immune to effects that would move you, the prone condition, and have advantage on Strength ability checks and saving throws.

Creatures two sizes larger than you that you are grappling can no longer drag you, meaning they cannot leave your reach without breaking the grapple.

You can end your tree form at any time as an action.

Additionally at 14th level, you no longer need to be in range of an attack to impose disadvantage on it with Primal Interdiction, as long as the target of the attack is within range of Primal Interdiction.

Starting at 17th level, as an action, you can cause a tree to sprout from the ground at a point within 30 feet of you that morphs into a tree-like-clone of you. It copies all of your statistics and abilities, besides any that recharge on long rest (such as this one) which it does not have access to, and is under your control, but has its own actions and acts immediately after you in initiative.

It has hit points equal to half your maximum hit points. It is in your Primeval Guardian form, and cannot end the effect of that ability. It lasts for 1 minute, or until it is reduced to 0 hit points. If you die while it exists, you become the clone, after which you can end the Primeval Guardian as normal.

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

Tapping into the endless power of the elemental planes, these Wardens shroud themselves in harsh primal forces, destroying their foes with their very presence.

Starting at 3rd level, your Primal Interdiction becomes a buffeting maelstrom of elemental power when you manifest an Elemental Armament. The difficult terrain of your Primal Interdiction affects flying creatures within range, and you can select one of the following effects (selecting each time you manifest an Elemental Armament).

The damage of the Blazing Pyre and Charged Field effects increases by one additional die of damage at 11th level (2d6 for Blazing Pyre, 2d8 for Static Field).

Additionally at 3rd level, when you expend an Endurance Die to block the damage against a melee attack, the attacker takes cold, fire or lightning damage (your choice) equal to the amount of damage blocked.

Starting at 7th level, you gain resistance to your choice of cold, fire, or lightning damage. When you complete a long rest, you can change which damage type you resist.

Additionally at 7th level, you can expend one Endurance Die to cast become fire, become water, or become wind.

Starting at 14th level, you can cast form of fire, form of ice, or form of wind without expending a spell slot. When you cast the spell this way, you can cast the spell as a bonus action, and it does not require concentration. Once per turn during the transformation, you can use the action it grants in place of an attack made as part of the Attack action.

Once you cast the spell in this way, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest. You can use it again before completing a long rest by expending 6 Endurance Dice.

Additionally at 14th level, when you activate your Elemental Interdiction, you can select two options, activating both effects.

Starting at 17th level, when you use your Elemental Form ability, you can instead cast form of the elements, and are no longer limited to using the action they grant in place of an attack once per turn, as long as you use two different actions granted by the different forms. When you cast form of the elements this way, you can choose to become a Large sized creature for the duration of the spell.

While in this form, the damage dice of your Elemental Armament and Elemental Interdiction effects are doubled.

Once you do this, you cannot do so until you complete a long rest.

Ironbound Wardens assert that all that comes of earth is born of primal power, embracing forged metal. Often drawn from mining communities, blacksmiths, or otherwise those with deep understanding and appreciation of the fusion of nature and civilization that forged metal represents, they take full advantage of its power to become invincible edifices of iron.

At 3rd level, when you use an Endurance Die to block damage, if it does not completely block the damage taken, you gain resistance to the remaining damage.

Additionally at 3rd level, you gain the ability to manifest chains within the range of your Primal Interdiction.

As a reaction to a creature attempting to leave your Primal Interdiction or as an attack as part of the Attack action, you can manifest a chain and attempt to bind a Large or smaller creature with it, making a grapple check against the target. On a success, they are grappled by the chain until they escape (contesting your grapple check), the chain is destroyed, or they are no longer within your primal interdiction.

The chain can be destroyed. It has an AC of 18 and number of hit points equal to your Warden level, but you take no damage when the chain is destroyed. If a target escapes the chains, the chains fall to the ground and turn to dust.

You can manifest one chain at a time. If you manifest an additional chain while you already have your maximum number of chains manifested, the first created one vanishes, releasing the target. The number of chains you can manifest this way increases by one each time you gain an effect that would increase the damage die of your Warden natural weapons (such as Evolving Power or Savage Weapons). Once you can manifest more than one chain, you can target the same creature with multiple chains. A creature is restrained while grappled by more than one chain.

Starting at 7th level, you can use your power to morph and adapt heavy armor you are wearing. As an action, you can reconfigure your armor, selecting one of the following options.

The effect lasts until you select another effect, or end the effect as a bonus action.

Starting at 14th level, as a bonus action, you can force all Large or smaller creatures of your choice within range of your Primal Interdiction to make a Dexterity saving throw against 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your Proficiency bonus. On failure, they are grappled by chains as per your Binding Interdiction feature. Chains created by this feature do not count against your maximum number of chains. You can choose to pull creatures that fail their saving throw to the closest available space to you when they fail their save.

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Starting at 17th level, as an action you can empower yourself for 1 minute. You gain the following benefits:

Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

The enduring blood of the world flows through you, empowering you with inhuman durability, and mastery over the powers of stone and earth. Empowered with unbreakable resilience and steps that cause the very ground to tremble.

Starting at 3rd level, each time you expend an Endurance Die, you store the die in a special pool of charged power for 1 minute. You can have a number of charges stored equal to your proficiency bonus. As a bonus action on your turn, you can unleash all of this stored power in an explosive tremor, rolling all the stored dice and expending them from the pool.

All creatures of your choice within the radius of your Primal Interdiction feature must make a Strength saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your Proficiency bonus. On a failed save, they take damage equal to the amount rolled and fall prone. On a successful save, they take half as much damage and do not fall prone.

Additionally at 3rd level, when you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with a surge of gravitational force. A Large or smaller creature of your choice within 60 feet of you must make a Strength saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus. On a failure, they are pulled up to 15 feet toward you or knocked prone (your choice). The distance they are pulled toward is doubled if the target creature is flying.

Starting at 7th level, the damage reduction of your Mystic Bulwark is increased by 1.

Additionally, you have resistance to damage from effects that cause you to bleed.

Starting at 14th level, you can cast fissure without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.

You can use it again early by expending 5 or more charges of Seismic Backlash, casting fissure in place of unleashing the normal effect. Spending additional charges increases the level it is cast at by 1 level per additional charge spent.

Additionally at 14th level, you gain tremorsense with a range equal to your Primal Interdiction.

Starting at 17th level, as an action you can draw on the strength of the world beneath your feet to become an embodiment of its power for 1 minute. If you start your turn in contact with the ground you gain the following benefits:

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

Drawing power from the highest primal authority, you embody the radiance of the sun. The sun burns away all that lurks in the darkness, while bringing the relief of morning light to those that seek it. Ever vigilant, these Wardens weave fire and radiance to destroy their enemies and empower their allies.

At 3rd level, when you expend an Endurance Die to block damage, you can cause a brilliant flare of blinding light. The attacker must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 8 + your Constitution modifier + your proficiency bonus, or become blinded until the start of their next turn. Pass or fail, if the target is invisible, it is revealed until the start of their next turn.

Additionally at 3rd level, your Primal Interdiction is filled with bright light, and it casts dim light for an additional radius equal to the radius of your Primal Interdiction. This light is difficult to quench, and counts as a spell equal to half your Warden level (rounded down) for the purposes of countering magical darkness. You can dim, extinguish, or relight this light at any time, no action required.

Creatures inside your Primal Interdiction remain comfortably warm, ignoring the effects of cold weather, or heat caused by the sun (though other sources of heat may still cause discomfort, such as lava). You and all friendly creatures within range of Primal Interdiction can apply the damage reduction of your Mystic Bulwark to cold and necrotic damage.

Starting at 7th level, when you expend an Endurance Die to boost a saving throw against a spell, all allies within your Primal Interdiction that make a saving throw against the same spell before the start of your next turn can add the same Endurance Die to their saving throw.

Starting at 14th level, as a bonus action, you can transform into a swirling burst of radiant sunlight, traveling up to 60 feet in a straight line. You can pass through creatures and objects, but are blocked by obstructions that completely block light (such as solid opaque walls). This movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity.

Hostile creatures of your choice in your path must make a Dexterity saving throw against 8 + your Strength or Wisdom modifier (your choice) + your proficiency bonus. On failure, they take 2d6 fire damage, 2d6 radiant damage, and are blinded until the start of your next turn. On a success, they take half as much damage and are not blinded. Allied creatures of your choice in your path gain 4d6 temporary hit points. Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a short or long rest.

Starting at 17th level, as a bonus action you can call upon the power of the sun to embody its power for 1 minute. For the duration, you gain the following benefits:

Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

The Timetwister draws upon the enigmatic forces of time, its unstoppable march, and the ebb and flow of the past, present, and future. These Wardens manipulate the battlefield, expedite their allies' actions to a blur while slow their enemies to a crawl. They witness flickers of the past, glimpses of the future, and the ever branching pathways of the present. In battle, a fleeting moment is the only gap between life and death, and these Wardens are the masters of moments.

Starting at 3rd level, your Primal Interdiction begins to distort time. The difficult terrain created by your Primal Interdiction affects the movement of flying creatures as well, and when you recklessly defend your allies with your Primal Interdiction you can grant them advantage on Dexterity saving throws as well.

Additionally at 3rd level, you can expend Endurance Dice to further bend time within your Primal Interdiction, gaining the following new options for using them:

Starting at 7th level, as a bonus action you can project your Primal Interdiction to be centered on a point within 60 feet instead of you. When you do so, the effects of difficult terrain and your abilities that take place inside your Primal Interdiction cover the area within range of the point rather than you. The aura returns to surrounding you if you move more than 60 feet from the point, or if you return it to you as a bonus action. You cannot recklessly defend your allies with your Primal Interdiction while it is projected at a point that does not also contain you within its radius.

Starting at 14th level, your mastery of time becomes more extensive and intuitive. You can no longer lose concentration on spells granted by your 1 feature from this subclass by taking damage, and when you cast them, you can cast them as if they were cast with a spell slot one level higher than their default spell level when they have an applicable effect.

Starting at 17th level, you can cast time stop without expending a spell slot. When you cast time stop, you always stop time for maximum amount of time rather than rolling.

Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.