While holding this +1 shield, you can speak its command word as a bonus action to cause it to animate. The shield leaps into the air and hovers in your space to protect you as if you were wielding it, leaving your hands free. The shield remains animated for 1 hour, until you use a bonus action to end this effect, or until you are incapacitated or die, at which point the shield falls to the ground or into your hand if you have one free.
The magic animating this shield is particularly potent, allowing it to travel at excessive speeds and even allowing it to be utilized as a method of transportation given the user has the dexterity (Min. 15) to balance on it.
Shield Other: When an ally within 60ft of you is targeted by an attack, the user can use their reaction to send the shield out to defend them, increasing their AC by +3 until the shield is recalled as a free action. The user's AC is decreased by 3 when the shield is defending someone else.
Shield Surfing: The shield has a flying speed of 80 feet. It can carry up to 400 pounds, but its flying speed becomes 30 feet while carrying over 250 pounds. The shield can be quickly mounted and dismounted with a successful DC10 Acrobatics check.
You can send the board to travel alone to a destination within 1 mile of you if you speak the command word, name the location, and are familiar with that place. The board comes back to you when you speak another command word, provided that the board is still within 1 mile of you.
Shield Launch: The shield can also be launched at an opponent in a manner similar to the catapult spell. The shield instantly flies back to the user after this
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: Speed (Flying), Bonus: Armor Class, Utility, Warding
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