This also leaves room for more specific subclasses to be used with the style of defender-role combat, which helps open up themes that could be reached in 4th edition but otherwise not in 5th edition, such as the Swordmage or the Warden. The guardian answers the question many tough PCs find themselves asking - “but why should the enemies try to attack me and not the healer?” The intent is to enable a PC to specialize in the role of defending their allies from harm in a unique way that fits their class (or multiclasses) and feels like an extension of their existing character concept without requiring a new subclass for each possible class. It’s heavily based thematically on the design of many of the Defender-role classes in 4th edition D&D, but mechanically premised mostly on the Cavalier fighter subclass (from Xanathar’s Guide) in 5th edition. The Guardian prestige class is designed to transform a warrior of any stripe into a sentinel of defense, ready to take hits for their allies, weather the blows, and punish enemies who choose a different target.
Whether they’re a knight, a superhero, a mercenary, a parent, or something else, these characters - despite their diverse base classes - are also all Guardians. Whether using a blade, a shield, a spell, or a prayer, many warriors in fiction strive to protect those they care deeply about, those that are useful to them, or those who just don’t deserve to be hurt.
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