You’ve spent your life tending to the health of creatures great and small, blending herbal knowledge with heartfelt care. Whether in bustling towns or wild frontiers, your reputation as a healer and vitality coach earns you trust, shelter, and stories from those you aid.
- Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Medicine
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A staff, a leatherbound journal filled with dietary notes and animal sketches, a pouch of dried herbs and nutritional supplements, a small carved token of a creature you once saved, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Origin
The path to becoming a Wellness Warden is as varied as the creatures you’ve cared for. Whether shaped by tragedy, mentorship, or mystical calling, your origin reflects a deep commitment to vitality and balance. Choose—or roll—on the table below to discover how your journey began.
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Origin |
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You were raised in a reclusive druidic enclave where harmony with nature—and its creatures—was sacred. You learned to heal with leaf, root, and ritual.
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2
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As a child, you nursed a wounded beast back to health. That bond sparked a lifelong calling to protect and nurture all living things.
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3
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You apprenticed under a traveling herbalist who taught you that a well-fed creature is a happy one—and that food is the first medicine.
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4
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After witnessing the devastation of a plague that swept through a village and its livestock, you vowed to never let such suffering go unanswered again.
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5
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You were once a battlefield medic, but found more peace in tending to animals and teaching others how to prevent harm before it begins.
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6
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A mystical creature entrusted you with ancient knowledge of vitality and balance, charging you to share its wisdom with those who would listen.
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Feature: Guardian of Vitality
You’ve earned the trust of communities: rural villages, nomadic tribes, or even beast-folk enclaves, by improving the health of their animals and people. Wherever you go, locals may offer shelter, food, or information in exchange for your guidance. You can also identify signs of malnutrition, poisoning, or imbalance in creatures with uncanny precision
Suggested Characteristics
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Personality Trait |
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I believe every creature deserves a chance to thrive, no matter how small or strange.
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2
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I watch over my friends as if they were a litter of newborn pups.
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3
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I speak in analogies… nutrients, balance, and ecosystems are my metaphors for life.
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4
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I have a lesson for every situation, drawn from observing nature.
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5
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I place no stock in wealthy or well-mannered folk. Money and manners won’t save you from a hungry owlbear.
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6
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I’m always picking things up, absently fiddling with them, and sometimes accidentally breaking them.
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7
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I feel far more comfortable around animals than people.
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8
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I was, in fact, raised by wolves.
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Ideal |
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Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic)
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2
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Compassion. Healing isn’t just physical… it’s emotional, communal, and spiritual. (Good)
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3
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Honor. If I dishonor myself, I dishonor my whole clan. (Lawful)
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4
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Might. The strongest are meant to rule. (Evil)
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5
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Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization. (Neutral)
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6
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Glory. I must earn glory in battle, for myself and my clan. (Any)
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Bond |
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1
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My family, clan, or tribe is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me.
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2
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An injury to the unspoiled wilderness of my home is an injury to me.
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3
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I once failed to save a creature dear to me. I carry its memory as a promise to do better.
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4
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I am the last of my tribe, and it is up to me to ensure their names enter legend.
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5
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I suffer awful visions of a coming disaster and will do anything to prevent it.
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6
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It is my duty to provide children to sustain my tribe.
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Flaw |
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I am too enamored of ale, wine, and other intoxicants.
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2
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There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.
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3
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I remember every insult I’ve received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who’s ever wronged me.
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4
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I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and societies.
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5
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I sometimes obsess over details and forget to see the bigger picture.
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6
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Don’t expect me to save those who can’t save themselves. It is nature’s way that the strong thrive and the weak perish.
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