Keepers are disciplined protectors who meet danger wherever it strikes: with a longbow at range, a longsword up close, or a steady hand shielding an ally. Their defining skill is not a supernatural gift but the practiced judgment to put themselves between danger and someone who needs help. In a party, Keepers are durable weapon-users who bolster allies, blunt incoming harm, and keep a fight from becoming a rout.
Stand where the danger is. Make sure someone else gets home.
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At a glance
Hit die d10
WisdomYou gain proficiency with all simple and martial weapons, light and medium armor, and shields. You can use a longsword or longbow as a Keeper's weapon; when you finish a Long Rest, choose one of those weapons to gain mastery with if you lack its mastery property.
You gain a pool of Keeper Dice, which are d6s equal to your Proficiency Bonus; you regain all expended dice when you finish a Long Rest. As a Bonus Action, expend one die and choose a creature within 30 feet: it gains Temporary Hit Points equal to the die roll + your Wisdom modifier (minimum 1).
When a creature you can see within 30 feet takes damage, you can take a Reaction and expend one Keeper Die to reduce that damage by the number rolled + your Wisdom modifier (minimum reduction 1). You must be wielding a Keeper's weapon or a shield.
Choose a Keeper subclass. Your choice grants features at levels 3, 6, 10, and 14.
Ability Score Improvement
You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
When you use Steady Hand or Stand Between, the chosen creature can also move up to 10 feet without provoking Opportunity Attacks. This movement must end in a space it can occupy.
Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a Keeper's weapon, choose one ally within 30 feet who can see or hear you. That ally gains a bonus to its next attack roll against the target before the start of your next turn equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum +1).
Ability Score Improvement
Your Keeper Dice become d8s. In addition, when you roll Initiative and have no Keeper Dice remaining, you regain one die.
You can use Stand Between when the chosen creature is within 60 feet of you. You can also use it when the creature takes damage from an effect you can see, even if the effect does not have an attacker.
When you use Steady Hand, the target can immediately repeat one saving throw against the Charmed or Frightened condition, ending that condition on itself on a success. A creature can benefit from this once per Short or Long Rest.
Ability Score Improvement
Your Keeper Dice become d10s. When you roll Initiative and have no Keeper Dice remaining, you regain two dice instead of one.
When you use Stand Between, the protected creature has Advantage on the next saving throw it makes before the end of its next turn.
When you use Steady Hand, you can choose up to two eligible creatures instead of one, rolling the Keeper Die separately for each. The die is expended only once, and both creatures gain the same rolled amount of Temporary Hit Points.
Ability Score Improvement
Your Keeper Dice become d12s. When you roll Initiative and have no Keeper Dice remaining, you regain three dice instead of two.
When you use Stand Between, you can protect up to two creatures within range against the same instance of damage, dividing the damage reduction between them as you choose. Each creature's reduction is determined separately, and you expend only one Keeper Die.
You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat for which you qualify. In addition, you gain an Epic Boon feat or another feat for which you qualify.
When you roll Initiative, you regain all expended Keeper Dice. Once per Long Rest, when you or an ally within 60 feet would be reduced to 0 Hit Points but not killed outright, that creature instead drops to 1 Hit Point and can move up to half its Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks.
WisdomHit points per Keeper level; Hit Points at 1st level: 10 + your Constitution modifier; at higher levels: (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per Keeper level.
Saving throwsStrength and Wisdom saving throw proficiencies.
Armorlight armor, medium armor, shields.
Weaponssimple and martial weapons.
Toolsnone. You gain mastery with one chosen Keeper's weapon, either a longsword or longbow, when you finish a Long Rest.
Skill choicesAnimal Handling, Athletics, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Perception, Survival
ResourceKeeper Dice: a pool of d6s equal to your Proficiency Bonus at level 1, improving to d8 at level 9, d10 at level 13, and d12 at level 17. Regain them on a Long Rest; later features restore dice when you roll Initiative.
MulticlassingPrerequisite: Strength 13 or Dexterity 13, and Wisdom 13. On multiclassing into Keeper, you gain proficiency with light armor, medium armor, shields, and simple weapons. Keeper Dice scale with Keeper level only.
A visible source of courage whose presence turns a scattered band into a team.
A steadfast defender who makes the space around them safer.
A mobile protector who finds the safest path through a chaotic fight.
Keepers are disciplined protectors who meet danger wherever it strikes: with a longbow at range, a longsword up close, or a steady hand shielding an ally.
Their defining skill is not a supernatural gift but the practiced judgment to put themselves between danger and someone who needs help. In a party, Keepers are durable weapon-users who bolster allies, blunt incoming harm, and keep a fight from becoming a rout.
Fight where you can reach the people who need you: use your longbow to contribute safely across the field and your longsword when an enemy threatens your allies.
Spend Keeper Dice to soften incoming harm or give a vulnerable ally breathing room, and coordinate your reactions carefully—Stand Between competes with other Reaction options. You are sturdy, but your best turns often make an ally's turn safer or more effective.
There is no universal Keeper order.
Most learn through service beside an experienced protector: guarding a caravan, helping a village militia, or accompanying relief workers. Initiation is practical rather than ceremonial—a mentor trusts the student with another person's safety and watches what they do when the plan fails.
Ordinary people tend to trust Keepers once they see them act, though some mistake their willingness to risk themselves for recklessness.
Soldiers value their steadiness, while rulers who prefer obedience to compassion may find them inconvenient.
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