While the Ruby Rose in attached to the Ruby Fortress, can use a bonus action to cause it to turn into a magical ruby shield that 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 minute, until you use a bonus action to end this effect, or until you are unconscious or die, at which point the shield falls to the ground or into your hand if you have one free.

If an enemy misses an attack against you, it gets blocked by The Ruby Rose, causing the weapon to slowly turn into ruby. After missing 5 times, the enemies weapon completely turns into ruby. While a weapon is made of ruby this way, its damage type becomes bludgeoning and it gains the Heavy and Two-Handed properties. If a weapon already has the heavy property, it becomes unwieldy, giving them disadvantage on attack rolls. If a weapon is a regular weapon, Dispel Magic at 5th Level(DC 15)  will end the effect. If a weapon is natural, a Greater Restoration will remove the effect.

While in both forms, it is a blooming rose made of Ruby with intricate Gold inlays.

This is part of a set: The Ruby River, The Ruby Fortress and The Ruby Rose. For every piece of equipment in the set, increase DC by 1. 

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: Utility, Warding