PARAGON PATHS

Bloodwrath Guardian

“We are all animals. Only our arrogance separates us from our more wild kin.”

Prerequisite: Warden

The primal power you wield has formed a bond between you and the natural creatures of the world. In their myriad forms, you see fractured reflections of a greater being: the Primal Beast, who was the world’s first predator. All the hunting animals of the world—mighty lions and howling wolves, lowly ferrets and soaring eagles—hold a distant echo of the Primal Beast in their hearts.

In your commitment to protect the world from demons, aberrations, and other beings that would corrupt the balance of nature, you find yourself growing closer to the Primal Beast’s perfection. That growth is reflected in your bloodwrath—the heightened speed you gain when you adopt a guardian form, and the fury that punishes the enemies you mark. At the pinnacle of your path, you at last gain the ability to take on the form of the Primal Beast.

Bloodwrath Guardian Path Features

Furious Action (11th level): You can spend an action point to gain a bonus to attack rolls equal to your Wisdom modifier until the end of your turn, instead of taking an extra action.

Bloodwrath Stride (11th level): While you are in a guardian form, you gain a +2 bonus to speed.

Bloodwrath Fury (16th level): When you hit an enemy with a melee attack and the enemy is marked by you, you gain a +2 bonus to the damage roll.

Bloodwrath Guardian

Evocations

Bloodwrath Strike Bloodwrath Guardian Attack 11

Primal fury wells within you as you slam your weapon into

your foe.

Encounter Primal, Weapon Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude

Hit: 3[W] + Strength modifier damage.

Warding Frenzy Bloodwrath Guardian Utility 12

Your senses heightened by the primal spirits around you, you present a constant threat to enemies nearby and are ready to strike if they ignore you.

Daily Primal, Stance

Minor Action Personal

Effect: Until the stance ends, any enemy that starts or ends its turn adjacent to you is marked until the end of its next turn.

Form of the	Bloodwrath Guardian Attack 20
Primal Beast

Your body becomes a hunched thing of fur and shadow, an echo of the archetypal predator, the Primal Beast. When you muster

your strength for a great attack, you deal a grievous wound to your foe.

Daily Polymorph, Primal

Minor Action Personal

Effect: You assume the guardian form of the Primal Beast until the end of the encounter. While you are in this form, your melee reach increases by 1, and you gain

threatening reach.

Once during this encounter, you can make the following weapon attack while you are in this form.

Standard Action Melee weapon

Target: One creature Attack: Strength vs. AC

Hit: 3[W] + Strength modifier damage, and ongoing 10 damage (save ends).

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