Through extensive military training with a spear while carrying a shield, you have greatly improved your combat effectiveness when using a shield in one hand, and a spear or javelin in the other. When utilizing a spear or javelin in one hand and shield in the other:
- your shield provides an additional +1 AC bonus.
- you may utilize the spear's two-handed damage die instead of the one-handed die.
- you may add the AC bonus provided by your shield to any dexterity saving throw as a result of an area of effect spell.
- on a successful dexterity saving throw, you may use your reaction to reduce the damage from an area of effect spell by half.