Prerequisites: Paladin, Level 3
Because of your unwavering need to protect others, as well as your own blatant disregard for your own life and limb, you are now able to swiftly protect others on the battlefield, reaching them in the nick of time.
Gain Proficiency on Strength saving throws when you take this Feat. If you already have Proficiency in Strength saving throws, add Double Proficiency.
Once per turn, if a creature that is within your available movement speed is about to be hit by a melee attack, as a reaction you may expend your movement, which will be subtracted from your next turn, and suddenly appear before them to take the brunt of the blow. You must roll a Strength saving throw = attacker's attack roll - Strength modifier.
Successful Save: You mitigate all the damage from the attack to yourself, taking only half damage, and the creature you intended to protect is unscathed. Crit Success: Roll 1d4 and subtract the result from the damage you would've taken. If it negates all damage, all ally attacks against the attacker have advantage until it's next turn. At Level 5: Crit Success die becomes 1d6. At Level 8: No longer have to roll a crit to use 1d6 to subtract damage, may use 1d6 to subtract on any level success. At Level 10: Die becomes 1d8 At Level 14: Die becomes 1d10 At Level 16: Die becomes 1d12.
Failed Save: You mitigate all the damage from the attack to yourself, but are overpowered and take full damage from the attack. The force of the blow also knocks you 5 ft. back towards the protected creature and causes them to go prone. Crit Failure: You only mitigate half damage, taking half damage yourself, as well as the intended target. You are still knocked back 5 ft. towards the protected creature, knocking them prone. If the protected creature dies due to your crit failure, you are stricken with immense grief and have disadvantage on all saving throws against madness and it's effects for 1 + your wisdom modifier hour(s).
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