Campaign Design - Prestige Class: Warden Scout

Warden Scout (adapted from Relics & Rituals)

The Wardens of the High Council form an elite force trained and put into service by the Alliance of Freeholds. Recruits who survive the rigorous training and harsh initiation tests required to become a warden part reconnaissance experts, part border guards, part spies, and part warriors.

Formed shortly after the formation of the Alliance of Freeholds, the ranks of the Wardens were originally drawn from human rogues, scouts, and rangers, but now it has become a prestigious appointment and many members of other races and professions pursue the honor. Not only do the warden scouts become hardier from the life they endure, the danger draws many who are enticed by such adventurous notions.

While the Wardens of the Council are organized into a military hierarchy, warden scouts are often granted great autonomy, especially once they are in the field. The High Council may call upon them at any time, but wardens regularly receive permission to pursue their own missions, especially when the objective benefits the Alliance itself.

Warden scouts pursue many different tasks - they may serve as diplomats or spies to infiltrate enemy nations, as scouts the gather information on the threats that border the Freeholds, or lead larger forces in a military campaign, as agents of the law to hunt down brigands, as guerilla warriors to lead rebel militias in hostile lands, or even as advisors loaned to foreign allies.

Hit Die: d12.
Luck Die: d3.

Requirements
To become a warden scout, one must meet the following criteria:

• Alignment: Any non-evil.
• Base Attack Bonus: +5.
• Skills: Diplomacy 5+ ranks, Gather Information 5+ ranks, Handle Animal 5+ ranks, Survival 7+ ranks.
• Feats: Endurance, Track.
• Special: Must pass an initiation test and swear an oath of allegiance to the High Council, an oath that is enforced by their fellow wardens.

Class Skills

• The warden scout's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather Information (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Hide (Dex), Jump (Str), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Profession: Any (Wis), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str), and Use Rope (Dex).
• Note: Because the Three Worlds campaign uses the Skills by Character house rule, the list of class skills given here is only included for the sake of completeness, and is not used by characters in the campaign setting.
• Skill Points at each level: 4 + Intelligence modifier.

Class Features
All of the following are class features of the warden scout prestige class.

• Base Attack Bonus: Good. A warden scout gains +1 base attack bonus per class level.


• Base Fortitude Save Bonus: Good. A warden scout gains a +½ base Fortitude save bonus per class level.


• Base Reflex Save Bonus: Poor. A warden scout gains +¹⁄₃ base Reflex save bonus per class level.


• Base Will Save Bonus: Poor. A warden scout gains +¹⁄₃ base Will save bonus per class level.


• Weapon and Armor Proficiencies: A warden scout gains proficiency with all simple and martial weapons, light armor, medium armor (except chainmail), and shields (except tower shields).


• Spells: Beginning at 2^nd level, a warden scout gains the ability to cast a small number of divine spells. To cast a spell, he must have a Wisdom score of at least 10 + the spell's level, so a warden scout with a Wisdom score of 10 or lower cannot cast these spells. This prestige class' bonus spell are based on Wisdom, and saving throws against these spells have a DC of 10 + spell level + the scout's Wisdom modifier. Warden scouts cast spells from the Warden Spell List. The character has access to any spell on this list and may freely choose which spell to prepare as in the case of a druid.


• Sprint (Ex): At 1^st level, a warden scout may take the charge action to move three times his normal speed.


• Tireless (Ex): At 2^nd level, a warden scout learns to endure the hardships and constant travel associated with their training and lifestyle. The DC for their Constitution checks doesn't suffer the normal circumstance penalty when warden scouts run for a number of rounds greater than the Constitution score.


• Favored Enemy (Ex): At 2^nd level, a warden scout has served the Council long enough to learn the ways of the Council's most prominent enemies. The warden scout may select a favored enemy from among those given on the Warden Favored Enemies table, or another type of favored enemy approved by the DM. The warden scout gains a +2 bonus on Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, and Survival checks when using these skills against creatures of this type. Likewise, he gets a +2 bonus on weapon damage rolls against such creatures. At 6^th level and again at 10^th level, the warden scout may select an additional favored enemy from those given on the table. In addition, at such time, the bonus against any one favored enemy (including the one just selected, if so desired) increases by 2. If the warden scout chooses humanoids or outsiders as a favored enemy, he must also choose an associated subtype, as indicated on the table. If a specific creature falls into more than one category of favored enemy, the warden scout’s bonuses do not stack; he simply uses whichever bonus is higher. This bonus stacks with any similar bonus a warden scout may have if he has ranger levels.
  
  
  
  Warden Favored Enemies
  

  Aberration	Magical beast
  Animal	Monstrous Humanoid
  Construct	Ooze
  Dragon	Outsider (air)
  Elemental	Outsider (chaotic)
  Fey	Outsider (earth)
  Giant	Outsider (evil)
  Humanoid (alvari)	Outsider (fire)
  Humanoid (aquatic)	Outsider (good)
  Humanoid (dwarf)	Outsider (lawful)
  Humanoid (goblinoid)	Outsider (native)
  Humanoid (gnome)	Outsider (water)
  Humanoid (halfling)	Plant
  Humanoid (human)	Undead
  Humanoid (orc)	Vermin
  Humanoid (reptilian)



• Ferocity (Ex): A warden scout is so strong and healthy at 3^rd level that he can continue to fight or take full actions even while disabled or dying (see the Player's Handbook, page 145). The character still takes a point of damage for taking actions while disabled, and still suffers one point of damage every round they are dying unless stabilized by healing magic or a Heal check. If a dying warden scout takes any actions after becoming stable, they immediately begin losing one hit point per round until stabilized again.


• Bonus Feat: At 3^rd level, a warden scout may select a bonus feat from the following list: Brawny, Charming, Clever, Learned, Quick, and Sturdy. The character must meet all prerequisites for the chosen feat.


• Great Fortitude: At 4^th level, a warden scout gains the Great Fortitude feat as a bonus feat.


• Iron Will: At 5^th level, a warden scout gains the Iron Will feat as a bonus feat.


• Lightning Reflexes: At 6^th level, a warden scout gains the Lightning Reflexes feat as a bonus feat.


• Toughness: At 7^th level, a warden scout gains the Toughness feat as a bonus feat.


• Resist Massive Damage (Ex): The rules for sustaining massive damage (see the Player's Handbook, page 145) do not apply to warden scouts of 8^th level and above.


• Natural Armor (Su): At 9^th level, the preturnatual resilience of a warden scout grants him a natural bonus to his Armor Class of +2. This bonus stacks with any other natural armor bonus the character may have.


• Natural Healing (Su): A 10^th level warden scout has an exceptionally quick recovery time. He recovers twice his character level in hit points each night, and temporary ability damage is also recovered at twice the normal rate (i.e. 4 points per day of complete bed rest). In addition, one point of temporary ability damage is recovered each day even if the warden scout is active.

Warden Scout

		Spells
Level	Special	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1st	Sprint	0	-	-	-
2nd	Favored Enemy, Tireless	0	-	-	-
3rd	Bonus Feat, Ferocity	1	-	-	-
4th	Great Fortitude	1	0	-	-
5th	Iron Will	1	1	-	-
6th	Favored Enemy, Lightning Reflexes	1	1	0	-
7th	Toughness	1	1	1	-
8th	Resist Massive Damage	1	1	1	0
9th	Natural Armor	2	1	1	1
10th	Favored Enemy, Natural Healing	2	2	1	1

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