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Volume III · Monster ManualBuild 25

The Index Warden

Creatures of the Crooked Mile

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The Index Warden
Implemented development through Build 25Reviewed 28 October 2026

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Library guardian · Physical

The collection has rules. Its keeper is prepared to enforce them with more than a stern glance.

Reference statistics

Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments

HP
62
Armor class
14
Attack
+5
Damage
d6+1
Initiative
9
Strikes
2

Weaknesses Fire, Wind

Resistances Frost

Polymorph immunity Yes

Traits and special behavior

Two ordinary strikes. Gale of Unreturned Pages rounds 2/4/6: independent d4+1 Wind to party plus ceil(tier damage × 0.5). Immune to Polymorph.

See the condition reference for the shared effects, and enemy tuning for difficulty-wide chance adjustments.

Statistics by difficulty

DifficultyHPACAttackDamageStrikes
Basic6214+5d6+12
Advanced11919+8d6+52
Expert17925+11d6+92
Master24327+13d6+112
Master+32429+14d6+152

Includes explicit tier overrides and the final maximum-HP multiplier. Damage is the ordinary die and bonus, before final outgoing multipliers. Rage, growth, buffs, encounter adjustments and special action damage are not baked into this table.

Current appearances

AdventureLocationEncounter roster
The Heart of the ForestThe Endless LibraryThe Index Warden × 1

Detailed reference

These panels retain the exact authored configuration, including unscaled base values. For tier overrides, −1 Attack or damage bonus and zero HP or strikes mean “inherit”; tier indices run from 0 (Basic) to 4 (Master+). Field values and message templates are shown as reference data, not additional rules.

Creature configuration
Stable identifier
indexWarden
Attack Text
{actor} whips a razor-edged page toward {target}.
Name
The Index Warden
Plate Name
Warden
HP
54
Armor class
14
Attack
4
Damage die
6
Damage bonus
1
Initiative
9
Artwork registry index
21
Role
Library guardian
Visual Scale
1.3
Weaknesses
  1. Fire
  2. Wind
Resistances
  1. Frost
Strikes per action
2
Timed Action
Name
Gale of Unreturned Pages
Round
2
Interval
2
Icon
enemy.gale
Effect
Sound
combat.pageGale
Kind
damage
Target
party
Damage die
4
Damage bonus
1
Element
Wind
Tier Damage Multiplier
0.5
Immune to Polymorph
Yes
Tier Adjustments
  1. Tier index (0–4)
    0
    Attack
    5
    Damage bonus
    1
    HP
    62
Attack Sound
combat.razorPage
Encounter configurations (1)

Whole encounter rewards and modifiers are shown here; they are not rewards for defeating this creature alone. Legacy fields remain visible for configuration audits.

  1. Stable identifier
    library-guardian
    Enemies
    1. indexWarden
    Opening
    The Index Warden spreads its paper wings. It considers the Company very overdue.
    Gold
    38
    Xp
    42
Artwork and presentation
Resource
JournalArt/Adventures/HeartOfForest/Creatures/IndexWarden
Registrations
  1. Resource
    JournalArt/Adventures/HeartOfForest/Creatures/IndexWarden
    Height Units
    1.3
    Body Height
    0.9706563706563707
    Ground Y
    0.016216216216216217
    Center X
    0.5008230452674897

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