As most of you should know a draconic bloodline Sorcerer gets the ability to create dragon wings at level 14. They seem magical in nature considering you can freely summon and dismiss them. They should also be physical since they interact with your clothing.
The question is: What hinders you (rule-wise) from using them as cover or straight out shield? A summoned 'item' certainly won't transfer damage to you and even if the wings get damaged it's just 2 bonus actions to dismiss and summon them again. They're obviously large enough to lift you, so covering yourself should definitely be possible.
PS: I know it's ridiculously easy to abuse, but the thought stuck with me and it might find valid use in protecting your group from an explosion or something.
They're neither an item or summoned; the description is that you "sprout" and "create" them so for all intents and purposes they're part of your character, so their being hit would inflict damage as normal. Wings also probably wouldn't be an especially good barrier given that membranous wings are kind of thin so a lot of damage would likely get through anyway, though they're kind of magical (or at least draconic).
It's a fun idea, and if you can build your character to take a shield you could absolutely RP it as the wings doing the work somehow, you could also use the image of them protecting you when you use the shield spell etc., but I don't think they should be given any special treatment mechanically.
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The Dragon Wings only give you a flying speed, they aren't otherwise giving you any protection whatsoever so you can't use them as shield for AC bonus or anything.
The question is: What hinders you (rule-wise) from using them as cover or straight out shield?
The fact that the class feature doesn't say you can use them in that way. Features do exactly what they explicitly say they do, nothing more and nothing less, unless the DM rules otherwise.
As Haravikk mentioned, you could reflavor some sort of other defensive measure as the wings protecting you, but purely mechanically speaking there's no reason the wings would grant you any protection because the feature doesn't say so.
As most of you should know a draconic bloodline Sorcerer gets the ability to create dragon wings at level 14. They seem magical in nature considering you can freely summon and dismiss them. They should also be physical since they interact with your clothing.
The question is: What hinders you (rule-wise) from using them as cover or straight out shield? A summoned 'item' certainly won't transfer damage to you and even if the wings get damaged it's just 2 bonus actions to dismiss and summon them again. They're obviously large enough to lift you, so covering yourself should definitely be possible.
PS: I know it's ridiculously easy to abuse, but the thought stuck with me and it might find valid use in protecting your group from an explosion or something.
Because that is not how that works. Should be answer enough.
They aren't an object, they are part of you. The pain from the injury and energy it takes to heal it still come from you. HP is not just the amount of visible injuries, it is your physical and mental stamina to resist injury too, which blocking with a wing still impacts.
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As most of you should know a draconic bloodline Sorcerer gets the ability to create dragon wings at level 14. They seem magical in nature considering you can freely summon and dismiss them. They should also be physical since they interact with your clothing.
The question is: What hinders you (rule-wise) from using them as cover or straight out shield? A summoned 'item' certainly won't transfer damage to you and even if the wings get damaged it's just 2 bonus actions to dismiss and summon them again. They're obviously large enough to lift you, so covering yourself should definitely be possible.
PS: I know it's ridiculously easy to abuse, but the thought stuck with me and it might find valid use in protecting your group from an explosion or something.
They're neither an item or summoned; the description is that you "sprout" and "create" them so for all intents and purposes they're part of your character, so their being hit would inflict damage as normal. Wings also probably wouldn't be an especially good barrier given that membranous wings are kind of thin so a lot of damage would likely get through anyway, though they're kind of magical (or at least draconic).
It's a fun idea, and if you can build your character to take a shield you could absolutely RP it as the wings doing the work somehow, you could also use the image of them protecting you when you use the shield spell etc., but I don't think they should be given any special treatment mechanically.
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The Dragon Wings only give you a flying speed, they aren't otherwise giving you any protection whatsoever so you can't use them as shield for AC bonus or anything.
The fact that the class feature doesn't say you can use them in that way. Features do exactly what they explicitly say they do, nothing more and nothing less, unless the DM rules otherwise.
As Haravikk mentioned, you could reflavor some sort of other defensive measure as the wings protecting you, but purely mechanically speaking there's no reason the wings would grant you any protection because the feature doesn't say so.
Also using wings that sprouted from your back as cover obstacle for you shouldn't work, as they're part of you and thus hitting them is hitting you.
It could be a nice way to describe the Dodge action though!
Because that is not how that works. Should be answer enough.
They aren't an object, they are part of you. The pain from the injury and energy it takes to heal it still come from you. HP is not just the amount of visible injuries, it is your physical and mental stamina to resist injury too, which blocking with a wing still impacts.