Wardens in Fantasy

[Klaus]

I can't believe I forgot to include this dude as an example of the Warden:

Think about it: he's clearly a defender, he's powered by the ancient spirits of his planet, he draws attacks from his foes...

 

[amysrevenge]

Think about it: he's clearly a defender, he's powered by the ancient spirits of his planet, he draws attacks from his foes...

He wears light armor...

 

[Klaus]

He wears light armor...

And how's about some ranger multiclass for a few "beast" powers?

 

[Mistwell]

I would say Tom Bombadil is a Warden. "Master of wood, water and hill," is unaffected by wearing the One Ring, commands the forest-controller Old Man Willow, and Wikipedia sets up a series of quotes to describe Bombadil as "the warden or avatar of the nearly invincible aspects of the planet itself".

Man-Thing also seems like a warden to me:

 

[amysrevenge]

I would say Tom Bombadil is a Warden. "Master of wood, water and hill," is unaffected by wearing the One Ring, commands the forest-controller Old Man Willow, and Wikipedia sets up a series of quotes to describe Bombadil as "the warden or avatar of the nearly invincible aspects of the planet itself".

You know, when someone mentioned Beorn, this thought crossed my mind also. Beorn would be the high-heroic/low-paragon Warden, and Bombadil would be the epic warden.

 

[Klaus]

Bombadil strikes me more as a controller/leader type, which'd make him a Druid or Shaman, whereas Beorn is the down-n-dirty fighting Warden.

 

[Ktulu]

Bombadil strikes me more as a controller/leader type, which'd make him a Druid or Shaman, whereas Beorn is the down-n-dirty fighting Warden.

Who's Tom Bombadil?





Sorry! Couldn't help it

Personally, I don't see He-Man as a Warden; he's too much of an Avenger/Warlord.

For Warden, though, Moss-Man really, really fits.

 

[Lojaan]

i always think of T-Hawk from streetfighter 2. Some guy with tribal roots who's just freaking massive, and who has limited ability to channel totems and nature powers and such. And his ability to mark all adjacent as a free action is due to him being just so damn savage and scary.

Druids seem very celtic, whereas wardens feel very tribal to me.

 

[Lojaan]

 

[Lojaan]