Sentinel Guard

The Sentinel Guard is a Fighter subclass embodying the stalwart protector and watchful guardian. These elite warriors specialize in patrolling perimeters, maintaining a vigilant watch over their allies, and detecting potential dangers that lurk in the shadows. With heightened senses and honed combat skills, they excel at thwarting threats and ensuring the safety of their companions.

Sentinel Guards are masters of perception and vigilance. They possess an unparalleled awareness of their surroundings, capable of detecting hidden or camouflaged creatures with uncanny accuracy. Their passive Wisdom (Perception) score is greatly enhanced while on guard duty, allowing them to uncover even the most subtle clues and threats that others might miss.

Through rigorous training, Sentinel Guards have developed exceptional combat techniques to swiftly respond to provocation. Their Watchful Strike ability enables them to punish those who dare to provoke their watchful eye, delivering a powerful blow and temporarily halting the movements of their foes. As they grow in experience, the damage inflicted by their strikes increases, making them even more fearsome adversaries on the battlefield.

The Sentinel Guards' patrolling expertise grants them the ability to move at a normal pace while remaining alert. They possess an innate sense for detecting traps and secret doors within their vicinity, ensuring the safety of their party while exploring treacherous areas. Additionally, their heightened perception allows them to have an advantage in initiative rolls when combat is initiated during their watchful patrols.

Guardian's Shield is a testament to the Sentinel Guard's commitment to protecting their allies. They excel in shielding their companions from harm, imposing disadvantages on attacks made against them through the Help action. With a watchful eye and quick reflexes, they can intercept attacks and strike back against those who target them, dealing significant damage based on their Fighter level.

At higher levels, the Sentinel Guard's resilience and resolve become legendary. Their Sentinel's Resilience ability grants them advantage on saving throws against being charmed, frightened, or stunned. Moreover, they can retaliate against effects that would incapacitate or paralyze them, immediately launching a powerful counterattack against the instigator.

Finally, the Shielded Protector ability solidifies the Sentinel Guard's impenetrable defense. Wearing a shield enhances their armor class and provides advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Furthermore, when they employ the Dodge action, they can make an opportunistic melee weapon attack against a creature that misses them in combat, inflicting additional damage based on their Fighter level.

The Sentinel Guard stands as the epitome of vigilance, protection, and swift response. With their heightened senses, combat prowess, and unwavering resolve, they act as the ever-watchful shields of their party, safeguarding their allies from harm and preemptively striking down any threats that dare to approach.

Bonus Proficiencies

At 3rd level, you gain expertise in Perception, reflecting your heightened senses and keen observation skills. You add double your proficiency bonus to Wisdom (Perception) checks. Additionally, you gain proficiency in the Survival skill, reflecting your ability to navigate the wilderness effectively.

Sentinel's Vigilance

Starting at 3rd level, you have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made to detect hidden or camouflaged creatures. In addition, your passive Wisdom (Perception) score increases by 5.

Watchful Strike

At 3rd level, you've honed your combat skills to react swiftly against potential threats. When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, you can use your reaction to make a Watchful Strike. The target must make a Constitution saving throw against a DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength or Dexterity modifier (your choice). On a failed save it is stunned until the end of its next turn. Additionaly when you hit with a opportunity attack the creature takes an extra 1d8 damage. This damage increases to 2d8 at 7th level and 3d8 at 15th level.

Dexterity

You use your Dexterity modifier for the DC.

Strength

You use your Strength modifier for the DC.

Patrol Tactics

At 7th level, you become skilled in patrolling and detecting dangers. You and your party can move at a fast pace while remaining alert, and you automatically detect any traps or secret doors within 10 feet of you. The range is 30 feet at 15th level. Additionally even if you roll a result lower than 10 on a Wisdom (Perception) check, it is treated as a 10.

Guardian's Shield

At 10th level, you excel in protecting your allies from harm. Whenever you take the Help action to aid an ally within 5 feet of you, you can impose disadvantage on the next attack roll made against that ally until the start of your next turn.

Additionally, your passive Wisdom (Perception) score increases by 10 further enhancing your ability to detect hidden dangers and protect your allies.

Sentinel's Resilience

At 15th level, your unwavering vigilance and resolve make you incredibly resilient against harmful effects. You gain advantage on saving throws against being charmed, frightened, and stunned.

In addition, when you succeed on a saving throw against an effect that would normally stunned or paralyze you, you can immediately make a melee weapon attack against the creature that caused the effect. This attack is made with advantage and deals additional damage equal to your Fighter level.

Shielded Protector

At 18th level, your mastery of defensive tactics makes you an impenetrable wall against threats. While you're holding a shield, you gain a +2 bonus to your AC, and you have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Additionally, when you take the Dodge action, you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against a creature that targets you with an attack and misses. This attack deals additional damage equal to your Fighter level.