Original Text: “Until the end of your next turn, you have resistance against bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage dealt by weapon attacks.”
Issues: At the cost of an action, and a choice of cantrip, it is very situational, does remarkably little and scales poorly.
Solution: Let it grant cover and use cover rules, spend to gain resistances to increase versatility.
Comments: I wanted it to function more like a cantrip version of shield and reward the investment of action allowing it to actually be utilized as a defensive spell especially by EKs.
I altered the duration from “until end of next turn” to “until start of next turn” to avoid stacking issues and other funky issues, might not be necessary./DB
rules:homebrew:d_d5e:blade_ward
Blade Ward
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Abjuration |
cantrip |
You extend your hand and trace a sigil of warding in the air.
Until the start of your next turn, you have half cover1) that doesn't stack with other cover.
When you are hit by an attack you can end this spell early to gain Resistance against Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage dealt by that attack.
Design Notes
1)
A target with half cover has a +2 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws.
rules/homebrew/d_d5e/blade_ward.txt · Last modified: 2019/05/14 17:48 (external edit)
