- Who or what is it you would gladly give your life to protect?
- Are you, or have you ever been, the servant of a Lady or Lord? What were they like?
- What is it you were unable to protect? What have you lost?
- Using what as your armor and/or shield?

## GUARDIAN FREE BENEFITS

- Permanently increase your maximum Hit Points by 5.
- Gain the ability to equip martial armor and martial shields.

## GUARDIAN SKILLS

### BODYGUARD

If you perform the Guard action and choose to provide cover to another creature, that creature gains Resistance to all damage types until the start of your next turn.

### DEFENSIVE MASTERY (✦5)

As long as you have a shield or a martial armor equipped, all damage you suffer is reduced by 【SL】 (applied before damage Affinities).

### DUAL SHIELDBEARER

You may now equip a shield in your main hand slot. As long as you have two shields equipped, you gain the benefits of both items and may treat them as the following combined two-handed melee brawling weapon:

WEAPON | ACCURACY | DAMAGE
--- | --- | ---
Two Shields | 【MIG + MIG】 | 【HR + 5】 physical
Deals extra damage equal to your 【SL】 in defensive mastery (above).

### FORTRESS (✦5)

Permanently increase your maximum Hit Points by 【SL × 3】.

### PROTECT

When another creature is threatened by an attack, spell or other danger, you may take their place (any Checks that are part of the danger will be performed against you; you may declare the use of this Skill before or after the Checks have been made). If the danger already affected you, it affects you twice (resolve both instances separately); you also cannot protect multiple creatures from the same danger. If you use this Skill during a conflict, you cannot use it again until the start of your next turn.