**Warden Domain** characters are **journey-mobile**: where Skirmish dances around a fight, a Warden gets the party *through the wilderness alive*. They read tracks and weather, find the safe ford, and keep watch while others sleep. A Warden might be a ranger of the border woods, a trail guide over mountain passes, or a shepherd who knows every hill and hollow. ## Tier 1 Base Card: Warden Initiate **Warden Aspect:** Choose **Resilience** (patient, weathered, hard to wear down) or **Fortitude** (strong back, long legs). This Aspect powers your Warden Features. ### Core Feature: Pathfinder When you lead the party on a journey, the group **cannot become lost** in terrain you have traveled before, and travel hazards are rolled with **Advantage**. In new terrain, roll your Warden Aspect against the GM's DC once per day; on a success the same benefit applies. Choose **two** Domain Feature Cards from Tier 1. ### Requirements to Advance to Tier 2 (complete 3): - Guide the party through a dangerous journey - Track a creature to its lair or camp - Keep camp safe through a threatening night - Find food and water in a harsh place - Help a lost or stranded traveler home - Any one **Shared Milestone** (see [Domains](/rules/domains/)) ## Tier 1 Feature Cards ### Tracker (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) When you follow tracks, roll your Warden Aspect with **Advantage**. On a success you learn **how many** creatures passed, **how long ago**, **what kind**, and **whether they were hurrying**. ### Forager (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) In any wilderness that has life in it, you find enough food and water for yourself and **two others** each day without a roll (more with a Warden Aspect roll vs. the GM's DC). ### Watchful Camp (Team Action – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) The party **cannot be surprised** while you are on watch, and when danger arrives every ally may act in the first round as if they had been awake. ### Snare Shot (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 1 Make a ranged weapon attack. On a hit, the target is also **Slowed** until the end of its next turn. ### Lay of the Land (Combat – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) At the start of an outdoor combat, you and one ally may each **move 10 feet** before anyone acts, and you know where the nearest cover, high ground, and difficult terrain are. ### Old Ways (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) You learn the hedge-magic of the wild. You gain access to [Nature Spells](/rules/spells/nature/): you know **1 + your Warden Tier** Nature spells of a Tier no higher than your Warden Tier, and you cast them with your **Warden Aspect** (see [Spells](/rules/spells/)). ### Voice of the Wild (Roleplay – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) You roll with **Advantage** when speaking with rural folk, hunters, herders, and wilderness peoples, and they treat you as one of their own unless you give them a reason not to. ### ⚡ Parting Shot (Combat – Reactive) **Action Load:** as a normal weapon attack When a creature within **your reach**, or within **30 feet** if you use a ranged weapon, **moves away from you**, you may make one weapon attack against it. - A ranged Parting Shot has **Disadvantage** if an enemy is within 5 feet of you. ## Tier 2 Base Card: Warden Adept ### Core Feature: Swift Travel When you lead, the party travels **one step faster** (cover half again as much ground in a day) without gaining Exhaustion from the pace. Choose **two** Domain Feature Cards from Tier 2. ### Requirements to Advance to Tier 3 (complete 4): - Survive a storm, blizzard, or flood with your whole party - Track something across rock, water, or a busy town - Make an ally of a wilderness creature or community - Hunt a dangerous beast - Map a region no one in your party knew - Any one **Shared Milestone** ## Tier 2 Feature Cards ### Hunter's Mark (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 1 Mark a creature you can see. Until the end of the scene, your weapon attacks against it deal **+1d4** damage, and you always know which direction it is while it is within a mile. Only one mark at a time. ### Shelter (Exploration – Active) **Action Load:** — (out of combat; takes an hour) Build a shelter from what's at hand. The party's rest there counts as a **safe rest** (as if at an inn): no Exhaustion from weather, and rests can't be interrupted by ordinary weather. ### ⚡ Guide's Warning (Team Action – Reactive) **Action Load:** 1 When a trap or hazard triggers, one ally within 30 feet rolls to avoid it with **Advantage**. ### Weather Eye (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) You know the weather for the next day. When bad weather comes, you can find the party a place to wait it out, and you roll weather-related hazards with **Advantage**. ### Keeper of Trails (Roleplay – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) Travelers you meet on the road share news, trade, or warnings freely. Once per journey, the GM tells you one useful thing about the road ahead (a toll, a bandit camp, a washed-out bridge). ## Tier 3 Base Card: Warden Expert ### Core Feature: At Home Anywhere You and allies suffer no penalties from **difficult terrain** or **harsh weather** while you lead, and you can't be **Slowed** by natural terrain. Choose **three** Domain Feature Cards from Tier 3. ### Requirements to Advance to Tier 4 (complete 4): - Cross a land no one in your party has crossed - Defend a village or camp from a wilderness threat - Teach someone your trailcraft so they can guide without you - Find a lost place, road, or people - Endure the wilds alone for days and return - Any one **Shared Milestone** ## Tier 3 Feature Cards ### Ambush Master (Combat – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) When your party ambushes enemies who are unaware of you, every ally gets **one bonus action** before the first round (move, attack, or ready a Feature). These actions cost **0 Action Load**. Enemies that were surprised are **Distracted** in the first round. ### Volley (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 2 Make **one** ranged weapon attack roll and compare it against **up to three** creatures within 10 feet of each other. Roll your weapon die once and apply the same damage to each one you hit. ### Wilderness Sense (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) In the wilds, you know when a creature hostile to you is within a mile and roughly which direction it is (but not what it is). You can't be surprised outdoors. ### Trail Secrets (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) In any region you have visited, you know a hidden path: the party can move unseen by patrols, or bypass one obstacle (a toll, a ford, a camp) per journey. ### Warden's Word (Roleplay – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) Frontier communities trust you. They offer shelter, a guide, or supplies for a night, and they tell you the truth about local dangers. ## Tier 4 Base Card: Warden Master ### Core Feature: Land's Champion Once per adventure, call on the land. For one scene choose one: a **river rises** to block pursuers, a **storm** gives the party cover (enemies are Sightless beyond 30 feet), the **forest closes** behind you (enemies can't follow for an hour), or **stone and root** give allies +2 Evasion against ranged attacks. Choose **three** Domain Feature Cards from Tier 4. ## Tier 4 Feature Cards ### Unerring Shot (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 2 (once per scene) Make a ranged weapon attack that ignores cover and the **Hidden** condition. On a hit, your weapon damage dice count as **maximum**. ### Hidden Road (Exploration – Active) **Action Load:** — (out of combat; once per adventure) Lead your party along a secret road known to few. A journey of up to a week takes a single day, and no ordinary pursuer can follow. ### Wild Allies (Team Action – Active) **Action Load:** 2 (once per adventure) Wild creatures answer your call and fight beside the party for one scene. Treat them as a **swarm** with HP equal to **3 × your Tier** and Evasion 10, that attacks once per round using your Warden Aspect dice + **2d6** against every enemy you choose within 10 feet of it. ### Guardian of the Wilds (Roleplay – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) Wilderness creatures and spirits treat you as a friend. Non-magical beasts won't attack you unless commanded, and wild spirits will **parley** before acting against you. ### Iron Endurance (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) You never gain Exhaustion from travel, hunger, thirst, or weather, and once per day you may remove **1 level of Exhaustion** from an ally by tending to them during a Quick Rest.