Having grappled countless poor fools who've found themselves in an unfortunate state after having pissed you off one too many times, you've come to a groundbreaking realization.
If you were to say, move that guy about two feet to the right of you, he'd make a perfect shield against that massive axe that is currently being hurled towards you.
As a reaction, you can attempt to parry an incoming attack with a grappled creature, increasing your AC by +2.
As a part of the reaction, you can reposition the grappled creature to intercept the attack in any direction around you, in order to avoid looking bad in front of your bros.
Attacks that miss as a result of the reaction are absorbed by the "Meatshield", and it takes the full damage of the attack.
Once you use this feature, you may not use it again until you complete a long rest.
In the case of area effects such as the Fireball spell, you may aim the grappled creature towards the center of the blast, providing you a level of cover bonus to your saving throw which corresponds to the creature's size.
Small: Half cover, +2 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws.
Medium: Three-quarters cover, +5 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws.
Large and up: Total cover, you can't be targeted directly by an attack or a spell.
Although some spells or effects can still reach you as part of an area of effect whilst in ordinary total cover, area effects as part of this reaction are negated and absorbed by the grappled creature.
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