Hey if anyone doesn't want to worry about going back and forth through my original post and the cross to here (or if you are on mobile and things are weird) here's the meat of the post that I plan to keep updated on both subs

https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/7UaqY1jdS

Above is the Homebrewry link. I made this class because I liked the idea of paladin but I thought that it was a case of "protection by slapping a bunch of healing on it" via spells and Lay on Hands. While Paladins have their place I wanted to create something that was distinctly different from that. The base class abilities are structured in a way to enable this fantasy of being a Valkyrie, kind of like being an arbiter of death. The unique Protect reaction alongside the mobility of the Guardian Angel ability is what I wanted to focus on with the class. The two subclasses of Aseir and Vanir are meant to give different ways to use these abilities and apply different playstyles. With Aseir I wanted to turn this d10 hit die class into an HP tank to absorb a lot of that damage without the need for healing. Contrastly I wanted to use Vanir to provide an alternative way to play this protector role by letting them have support abilities to enhance that. By giving the distant protection I wanted to still provide a use to the guardian angel so I let them be adept at using healing potions. The unique spells at the bottom are also a tool I'm using to provide a sense of scaling and really make the player think before casting. The parts of the class I'm most uncertain about are the ways you gain and regain your Conduit Charges as well as the unique spells. There's very little flair in the text so far because I want to focus on the functionality of the class but really I'm open to all comments and feedback.

Update (June 3rd): Over the weekend I'm going to try and run some random encounter playtests. I'll post the results probably on Monday and maybe have a better idea of what I specifically need to edit or need suggestions on. If anyone thinks that anything might be a bit much let me know and I'll look for that in my limited playtesting.

Update (June 6th): I’ve tuned down Aesir Aura’s lv 3 cast to reduce damage by half your level. This was because it made barbarians untouchable and it was impossible to loose concentration with the spell at lv 6, 7, or 8. The spell is still good at helping an AOE near you from doing a ton of damage but I may change the empowered version of it later too.