You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. However, your duty is that of containment. You act as a bulwark between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites to control or restrain your charge, and you stand sentinel against those who would interfere with these aims. You are not necessarily a cleric—all manner of skills may be employed to protect the realms of mortals.

Choose a god, a pantheon of gods, or some other quasi-divine being as your Ward, and work with your DM to detail the nature of your religious service. The Gods of the Multiverse section contains a sample pantheon, from the Forgotten Realms setting. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in the sacred rites? Or were you an acclaimed warrior, tasked to stand guard should the horrors of the abyss escape? Perhaps you were an assassin deployed to eliminate those who seek to pierce the veil you protect, or even a vigilante who hunts the religious you believe tread too close to the divine. 

Skill Proficiencies: Choose one of Insight or Perception, and one of Religion or Arcana.

Tool Proficiencies: Choose one of any Artisan's Tools and one musical instrument.

Languages: Abyssal,Celestial

Equipment: A holy symbol (a gift to you when you swore your Caretaker's Oath), a Ward Talisman against fiendish and celestial influence, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, choose one of set of stealth or religious garb, and a pouch containing 15 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Astral Caretakers are shaped by their experience in temples or other religious communities. Their study of the history and tenets of their faith and their relationships to temples, shrines, or hierarchies affect their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws might be some hidden hypocrisy or heretical idea, or an ideal or bond taken to an extreme. They may become skeptical or distrusting of those connected to the supernatural. 

d8	Personality Trait
1	I idolize a particular hero of my faith, and constantly refer to that person’s deeds and example.
2	I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace.
3	I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen.
4	Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude.
5	I quote (or misquote) sacred texts and proverbs in almost every situation.
6	I am tolerant (or intolerant) of other faiths and respect (or condemn) the worship of other gods.
7	I’ve enjoyed fine food, drink, and high society among my temple’s elite. Rough living grates on me.
8	I’ve spent so long in the temple that I have little practical experience dealing with people in the outside world.

d6	Ideal
1	Tradition. The ancient traditions of worship and sacrifice must be preserved and upheld. (Lawful)
2	Charity. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3	Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4	Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my faith’s religious hierarchy. (Lawful)
5	I am wary of the supernatural. I have seen the influences of these beings on mortals, and will take action against them if necessary.
6	Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my god’s favor by matching my actions against his or her teachings. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
2	I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic.
3	I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my parents died.
4	Everything I do is for the common people.
5	I will do anything to protect the temple where I served.
6	I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy.

d6	Flaw
1	I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2	I put too much trust in those who wield power within my temple’s hierarchy.
3	My piety sometimes leads me to blindly trust those that profess faith in my god.
4	I am inflexible in my thinking.
5	I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them.
6	Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life.