The Sleeper’s Options · Fighter
Warden of the Fallen Keep
The party fights from behind low walls this fighter stamps into the field.
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This subclass is sold inside its pack for now.
- 4 pages
- Screen and print editions
- Plain text for VTTs
- US Letter
- The 2024 rules for fifth edition
The cover. The rest is in the PDF.
Fighter Subclass for 5e
The garrison is down to one soldier, and that soldier fights like a building. Every round, some of the damage headed for the party gets shaved off. Low walls stamp up out of the ground. There's even a crenellation, a stretch of battlement, that follows whichever ally the enemy archers keep picking on.
This one won't top the damage charts, and that's on purpose. The Warden of the Fallen Keep wins on where everybody is standing, so it suits a table that likes thinking about the map.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- One full subclass for the 2024 rules, with features at levels 3, 7, 10, 15, and 18.
- Balanced against the strongest published 2024 subclasses.
- A play note and a d6 flavor table.
- A sidebar for converting to the 2014 rules.
- A screen edition and a plain white print edition in US Letter, plus the full text as plain text for VTT import.
- A bookmarked PDF with no password or restrictions.
Compatible with the 2024 rules for fifth edition. Includes material from the SRD 5.2 by Wizards of the Coast LLC under CC-BY-4.0. Full license statement in the PDF. Unaffiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Every ruin subclass is in Ruin & Remnant (Options No. 3, $5.95). The druid who raised the first guardian from this rubble can be found in Options No. 1, Dream & Ruin.
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No. 1
Dream & Ruin
A barbarian who teleports through a Rage and a druid whose wall fights back, both built to keep working through level 20.
No. 2
Lullaby & Larceny
A lullaby bard, a sleepwalking monk, a dream-stealing rogue and a warlock who answers to a court, all four for 5e.
No. 3
Ruin & Remnant
What's left of a fortress, an oath, a spell and a temple, in four subclasses for 5e.
No. 4
Keep the Vigil
The night shift, split four ways between a ranger, a sorcerer, a monk and a paladin, all for 5e.
No. 5
Hearth & Home
Home, and four people who keep it safe: a barbarian in the doorway, a bard in the common room, a cleric at the fire and a druid at the hedge.
No. 6
On the Hunt
The Chase, a one-page pursuit procedure any table can run, plus a ranger, a fighter, a rogue and a warlock to run it with.
