Naiyara - Forest Sentinel


forest warden with spirit-sense and rootcraft — boss defender, elite ranger-druid, quest-giver or strict ally


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Who it’s for

DMs who need a nature guardian with instant hooks — players who want a principled guide from the wilds.


Closest D&D analogs

  • druid guardian of the wild — nature magic, beasts and elements — fits “ancient orders that call on the forces of nature”
  • ranger on the frontier — tracker, ambusher, protector of borders and roads through the wilds
  • shadow-tainted threats — blights and Shadowfell bleed fit corrupted woods and fading light themes

Where to use

  • black-water ford where roots drink the warmth from the river
  • fallen shrine in a thinning forest — spirits whisper and paths shift
  • logging camp stand-off — she enforces old pacts and sacred boundaries
  • shadow border — thin places where daylight fails and the forest turns strange

How to run

  • boss — defender who shapes terrain, raises difficult ground, calls roots and brambles, dictates where the fight happens
  • elite — silent tracker with snares and alarms, appears when vows are broken
  • neutral — negotiates safe passage or tasks to cleanse the grove
  • pairing — add vine or twig-blight minions to show the forest turning on intruders

Quick hooks

  • the river goes black — something upstream is feeding the roots
  • ghost of the great tree — Elorin’s echo warns of a second felling
  • price of passage — return what was taken or the path closes
  • hunger under stone — an old boundary stone is cracked and bleeding shadow

What you get

  • clean STL and pre-supported 
  • default 32 mm heroic
  • scaling table included
  • Read Before Print inside
  • member discount for subscribers — DM-Core up to 30% and DM-Deluxe up to 50% via monthly code — enter the code at checkout — codes posted on Patreon, MyMiniFactory and on our site

Words from the Author

we built Naiyara as a principled warden — she can be fierce or fair — tell us if you want a totem staff or “spirit-owl” add-on next and how supports behaved on your printer