Aegis of the Everwarden

While attuned to this item, your AC increases by 1.

As an action, you can activate the shield, causing a beam of divine fury to blast outward from the face of the shield. The beam shoots out in a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide, and you choose the direction the shield faces when you activate the beam. Each creature in the area of the beam must make a DEX saving throw (DC = 8 + prof. bonus + 1/2 your level), taking 6d6 radiant damage on a fail. On a success, the damage is halved.

Alternatively, as a reaction to being hit by a melee attack, you can activate the shield. Radiant light bursts out from the face of shield, temporarily blinding the attacking creature, and causing them to miss their attack instead. Using the shield in either manner can only be done once per long rest, and you cannot use both abilities of the shield in the same day.

This shield is part of a set of armor once used by an Everwarden, an eternal guardian of the Cosmic Realm. The Everwardens stood as the sole protectors of the Prime Spheres, but have since faded into ancient myth.

Shields require the Utilize action to Don or Doff. You gain the Armor Class benefit of a Shield only if you have training with it.

Notes: Bonus: Armor Class, Damage, Combat