Warden

W
ardens are powerful, noble warriors dedicated
to the defense of their land and their people.
Striking a balance between defense and Warden
offense, wardens usually wear partial plate Proficiency
armor with chainmail and leather. Wardens Level Bonus Features
wield massive two-handed longswords for
slashing enemies and blocking attacks. 1st +2 Longsword expertise, Knighthood
Trained to be proud, loyal, and brilliant diplomats, the 2nd +2 Shoulder Bash
Wardens are expected to embody the highest values of 3rd +2 Combat Role
Knighthood. Many set out to achieve this, few do.
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement
Creating A Warden 5th +3 Stances
I made this class completely based off of the fighter, not 6th +3 Rushing Slash, Shoulder Bash
thinking I could satisfy what I had visioned as a subclass. I 10ft.
replaced the extra ASI's from Fighter with Feats I thought fit 7th +3 Combat Role feature
well, so you aren't allowed to take those feats to lead to
stacking shenanigans. I'm considering just removing the 8th +3 Ability Score Improvement
Combat Roles, but then there would be a lot of dead levels... 9th +4 Longsword Mastery
10th +4 Combat Role feature
Class Features 11th +4 Improved Stances
As a Warden, you gain the following class features 12th +4 Ability Score Improvement
Hit Points 13th +5 Improved Shoulder Bash
Hit Dice: 1d10 per level 14th +5 Warden's Wrath
Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier 15th +5 Combat Role feature
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution
modifier per level after 1st 16th +5 Ability Score Improvement
Proficiencies 17th +6 Perfected Stances
Armor: All armor 18th +6 Combat Role feature
Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons 19th +6 Ability Score Improvement
Tools: vehicles (land)
20th +6 Dynamic Stance
Saving Throws: Strength, Constitution
Skills: Athletics, Persuasion & choose one from Deception,
History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Perception,
and Religion
Equipment Longsword expertise
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the Due to your extensive and specialised many hours of training
equipment granted by your background: with the longsword, you weild it better than anyone else can,
(a) chain mail or (b) scale mail giving the following benifits:
a longsword you can strike with every part of the sword with equal skill
(a) any two simple melee weapons or (b) any martial melee and force. You can change the damage type from slashing
weapon to bludgeoning or piercing at will, even changing
(a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) any martial ranged inbetween attacks.
weapon you gain a +2 to damage to damage rolls
you can equip it as a free action while not restrained and it
is on your person.
Knighthood
Your teachings went beyond combat, years of chivalry and
interacting with lords has granted you a noble grace and a
strict code of honor.
Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any persuasion
check made with nobles, lords, knights, and any other
members of the higher class.
Any time you would do something directly against your
code of honor due to a failed saving throw against
enchantment magic, like attack an ally or hurt an innocent
due to charm, you may reroll the saving throw against the
affect.
You can pay half what it would normally cost to repair
heavy armor and weapons.
Shoulder Bash
Starting at 2nd level, your proficiency bonus is doubled for
any Athletics check made to shove. Additionally when you
successfully push away a creature by shoving it, you may
follow up with a melee weapon attack against the shoved
target as a free action provided you move to stay in range. At
6th level, your shoves push creatures 10ft. instead of 5ft. and
you can Shoulder Bash as a reaction to a creature attempting
to move you against your will. At 13th level this increases to
15ft. and if you move to stay in range of the shoved target it
costs no movement.
Stances
At 5th level, you finalize your fighting style into 3 distinct
stances, a high stance, a closed stance, and a open stance. At
the beginning of your turn while holding a longsword, you
declare which stance you are using, its benifits last until the
start of your next turn.
High Stance:
Crushing Counterstrike: You can use your reaction to a
melee attack targeting you to try to parry it with a swing of
your weapon. Roll an attack like normal, and if your total
to hit is higher than the triggering attacks, the opponents
attack misses and you make a a single attack with what
you rolled.
Closed Stance:
Extra attack: You can attack twice, instead of once,
whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Open Stance:
Zone attack: As an action, you can make an attack by
swirling your longsword around blindingly fast. You can
attack up to 3 creatures in melee range. Choose who to
strike first, then attack each additional target counter-
clockwise from them.
Rushing Slash (Charger Feat)
At 6th level, when you use your action to Dash, you can use a
bonus action to make one melee weapon attack or to shove a
creature. If you move at least 10 feet in a straight line
immediately before taking this bonus action, you either gain a
+5 bonus to the attack’s damage roll (if you chose to make a
melee attack and hit) or push the target up to your Shoulder
Bash shove distance away from you (if you chose to shove and
you succeed).
Longsword Mastery (Blade Mastery
Feat)
At 9th level, You master the longsword completly, knowing
the weight like an extension of your body and soul. You gain
the following additional benefits when weilding it:
You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls you make with the
weapon.
You gain a +1 bonus to AC
When you make an opportunity attack with the weapon,
you have advantage on the attack roll.
You can add double your proficiency modifier for
Performance or Intimidation checks made to distract or
amaze via twirling and deftly swinging your sword in
unbelievable ways.
Improved Stances
At 11th level, you gain these additive benifits to your stances.
High Stance:
Parry Focus: When you successfully use your Parry, you
can gain 1 additional reaction.
Closed Stance:
Light Attack Combo: When one of your attacks hits, you
may make an additional attack with advantage against the
same target as a free action. You can only do this once and
on your turn.
Open Stance:
Your Zone attack can hit any number of targets instead of
3 as long as they are in range.
Warden's Wrath (Great Weapon
Master Feat)
At 14th level, you have masters how to put every ounce of
weight in your sword to use with slower, but mightier swings.
You can choose to take a -5 penalty to any attack by making it
a Heavy Attack. If the Heavy Attack hits, you add +10 to the
attack’s damage.
Additionally, if you reduce a creature to 0 HP with a Heavy
attack, you heal 10 HP.
Perfected Stances
At 17th level, you gain these additive benifits to your stances.
High Stance:
Swing Capitalizer: You may attempt to parry attacks that
misse you as well, as long as it's not a critical miss.
Closed Stance:
Light Attack Vortex: You can make a Light Attack Combo
on any attack (besides a Light Attack Combo or things that
say specifically a single melee attack).
Open Stance:
Lunging strikes: Your attacks have +5ft. reach.
Dynamic Stance
At 20th level, your fighting stances have been so practiced
they are etched into your very soul, being able to switch
between them in an instant. You gain the benifit of all your
stances at once.

Combat Role
Different Wardens solidify in differnent staples in battlefields,
and the more experianced ones specialize to heighten their
usefulness and skill in their strengths. The Combat Role you
choose reflects your approach.
Leader
You are the one leading the charge, inspiring your allies and
breaking your enemies will.
Inspiring Aura
Beginning when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, allies
within 60ft. of you and that can see and understand you are
bolstered by your confidence and words.
For Glory
At 3rd level allies add your Charisma modifier to damage on
weapon attacks while in your Inspiring Aura.
Leading the Charge
At 7th level, when you use your Rushing Slash feature, all
allies who were in your Inspiring Aura before you moved can
move up to their speed in the direction you charged as a
reaction. In addition, Allies in your Inspiring Aura have
advantage on Constitution saving throws due to forced
marching.
Rallying Speech (Inspiring Leader Feat)
At 10th level, you can spend 10 minutes inspiring your
companions, shoring up their resolve to fight. When you do
so, choose up to six friendly creatures (which can include
yourself) within 30 feet of you who can see or hear you and
who can understand you. Each creature can gain temporary
hit points equal to your Warden level + your Charisma
modifier. A creature can’t gain temporary hit points from this
feat again until it has finished a short or long rest.
Intimidating Presence
Beginning at 15th level, you can use your action to frighten
someone with your menacing presence or battlecry. When
you do so, choose one creature that you can see within 30
feet of you. If the creature can see or hear you, it must
succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your
proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier) or be
Frightened of you until the end of your next turn. On
subsequent turns, you can use your action to extend the
Duration of this effect on the Frightened creature until the
end of your next turn. This effect ends if the creature ends its
turn out of your Inspiring Aura.
If the creature succeeds on its saving throw, you can’t use
this feature on that creature again for 24 hours.
Unbreakable Legion
The range of your Inspiring Aura increases to 120ft., and
allies in range are immune to Fear and Charm.
Roamer
You are the one flitting from skirmish to skirmish, dealing
with what needs to be dealt with with speed, and efficiency.
Dexterous Blade
Starting at 3rd level, longswords are finesse weapons for you.
Coming to Aid
Starting at 7th level, as a reaction to you seeing an ally within
a range equal to your speed getting damaged by an creature
you can see and can imply was the attacker , you may move
your up to your speed towards the attacker.
Mobile (Mobile Feat)
At 10th level;
Your speed increases by 10 feet
When you use the Dash action, difficult terrain doesn’t
cost you extra movement on that turn
When you make a melee attack against a creature, you
don’t provoke opportunity attacks from that creature for
the rest of the turn, whether you hit or not.
Body Count
Starting at 15th level, when you reduce a creature with >0 CR
to 0 HP, you gain 5 Temp HP.
Chain Killing
Starting at 18th level, When you reduce a creature to 0 HP,
you can use your reaction to move up to your speed and make
a single melee attack with advantage against another
creature.
Anchor
You are the holder of the front line. The immovable object.
The dependable and durable. The wall.
Second Wind
Starting at 3rd level, on your turn you can use a bonus action
to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your Warden level. You
can use this feature a number of times equal to your
Constitution modifier. You all uses of this when you finish a
long rest.
Immovable
Starting at 7th level You can not be moved against your will
as long as your feet are firn=mly planted.
Thick Blood (Tough Feat)
At 10th level, you gain 20 max HP, and you get an additive 2
more HP each time you level up again.
Revenge Mode
At 15th Level, if you have taken 1/4 your max health in
damage since your last turn, you can enter Revenge Mode as
a bonus action. If you do, you gain your Warden level x2 Temp
HP, and all your melee attacks do double damage. These
effects last untill your next turn starts. Once you use this
feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can
use it again.
Stand your Ground
Starting at 18th level, if you have not moved since the start of
your last turn and don't move this turn, you can take the
Dodge action as a bonus action.