benefit blade diffusing class response

Shield

Equipment

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.

Marilith

Monsters Monster Manual

Blade attacks and uses Constrict. Pact Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Pact Blade"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (1d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d10

+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Pact Blade", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Pact Blade", "rollDamageType

Death Knight Aspirant

Monsters Monster Manual

-foot Emanation originating from it have Advantage on attack rolls and saving throws. It can’t use this trait if it has the Incapacitated condition.Multiattack. The aspirant makes three Dread Blade

attacks. Dread Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Dread Blade"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d8+5", "rollType":"damage

Death Knight

Monsters Monster Manual

three Dread Blade attacks. Dread Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Dread Blade"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d6+5

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Dread Blade", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage plus 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Dread Blade", "rollDamageType

Sahuagin Baron

Monsters Monster Manual

. Response—Constitution Saving Throw: DC 14, each creature of the sahuagin’s choice in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the sahuagin. Failure: 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType

":"damage", "rollAction":"Fiendish Blood", "rollDamageType":"Acid"} Acid damage, and the target is cursed until it finishes a Short or Long Rest. While cursed, the target can’t benefit from the

Mummy Lord

Monsters Monster Manual

":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it is cursed. While cursed, the target can’t regain Hit Points, it gains no benefit from finishing a Long Rest, and its Hit Point

Sand. Trigger: The mummy is hit by an attack roll. Response: The mummy adds 2 to its AC against the attack, possibly causing the attack to miss, and the mummy teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied

Sword of Kas

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Initiative rolls. Blade of Defense. When you take an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor Class instead. The adjusted bonuses remain in

blood. If the sword doesn’t taste blood on its blade within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder makes a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the wielder takes

Ioun Stone

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

. When you take a Magic action to toss an Ioun Stone into the air, the stone orbits your head at a distance of 1d3 feet, conferring its benefit to you while doing so. You can have up to three Ioun

Stone of Protection;Protection (Rare). You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class while this dusty-rose prism orbits your head. Ioun Stone of Regeneration;Regeneration (Legendary). You regain 15 Hit Points at

Boromar Underboss

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Hustle. The underboss can move through the space of any creature that is of a larger size, but it can’t stop there.Multiattack. The underboss makes three attacks, using Poisoned Blade or Arcane

Firearm in any combination. Poisoned Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Poisoned Blade"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4

Tharashk Hunter

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Dodge. Trigger: The hunter is hit by an attack roll. Response: The hunter halves the damage (round down) it takes from that attack.House Tharashk’s heirs include inquisitives, dragonshard

Advantage on attack rolls against the target, and the target gains no benefit from the Invisible condition against the hunter.

Medani Inquisitive

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

has marked. While marked, the target can’t become hidden from the inquisitive, and if it has the Invisible condition, it gains no benefit from that condition against the inquisitive. The mark

":"recharge", "rollAction":"Spontaneous Barrier"}. Trigger: The inquisitive or an ally it can see is hit with an attack roll. Response: The inquisitive adds 2 to its or the ally’s AC against that

Mythal Touched

Feats Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

the ability increased by this feat and your Proficiency Bonus. You can use this benefit a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest

failed save, the creature has the Stunned condition until the end of its next turn. 14-17 You gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class;AC for 1 minute, potentially turning the triggering spell into a miss

Leather Jerkin

magic-items

You have a bonus to Armor Class while you aren’t wearing armor and wearing this garment. This bonus is determined by its rarity. You can use a Shield and still gain the benefit of this magic item.

Quandrix Professor of Substance

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

target can’t benefit from cover less than total cover), reach 5 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spatial Blade

Multiattack. The professor makes two Spatial Blade attacks. Spatial Blade. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spatial Blade"} to hit (the

Leather Jerkin +2

magic-items

You have a +2 bonus to Armor Class while you aren’t wearing armor and wearing this garment. You can use a Shield and still gain the benefit of this magic item.

Leather Jerkin +1

magic-items

You have a +1 bonus to Armor Class while you aren’t wearing armor and wearing this garment. You can use a Shield and still gain the benefit of this magic item.

West Wind

Monsters Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

Unarmored Defense. While the adept is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier. West Wind is armed with a longsword that is a blade of the medusa.Multiattack. The

damage. Blade of the Medusa. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Blade of the Medusa"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8

Leather Jerkin +3

magic-items

You have a +3 bonus to Armor Class while you aren’t wearing armor and wearing this garment. You can use a Shield and still gain the benefit of this magic item.

East Wind

Monsters Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

. Polymorph Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Polymorph Blade"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType

":"damage","rollAction":"Polymorph Blade","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If East Wind rolls a 20 on the attack roll, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or suffer the

Xenk Yendar

Monsters Thieves’ Gallery

. Daggersword Flourish. Choose the option that corresponds to the daggersword’s current form (see Daggersword Shift below): Longsword. Xenk magically detaches the longsword’s blade from its

hilt, launching the blade at a creature he can see within 30 feet of himself. The target must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target is impaled by the blade, taking 14 (3d6 + 4

Valenar Wood Elf

Species Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Caerys held her double blade in the falcon guard, level with her shoulders and spreading out like wings. “I came in search of legends. Ten thousand years ago Daealyth of Taeri stood this

his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerys’ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as

Magic Jar Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

are replaced by the statistics of the creature, though you retain your alignment and your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You retain the benefit of your own class features. If the target

has any class levels, you can't use any of its class features. Meanwhile, the possessed creature's soul can perceive from the container using its own senses, but it can't move or take actions at all

Shapechange Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

hit points, you aren't knocked unconscious. You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them, provided that your new form is physically capable of doing

, and you must have seen the sort of creature at least once. You transform into an average example of that creature, one without any class levels or the Spellcasting trait. Your game statistics are

Kelek

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Defense to bolster his low Armor Class whenever possible, and his challenge rating is a reflection of the likelihood that he will use Fiery Explosion as often as he can. If one or more of his allies

sorcerer Kelek, expects his confederates to work together for their mutual benefit, but he also encourages them to pursue their own evil schemes.

Warduke

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

together for their mutual benefit, but he also encourages them to pursue their own evil schemes.Flaming Blade. Warduke ignites or extinguishes his flame tongue longsword. While aflame, it sheds bright light

Barrier Tattoo

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

the skin. If your attunement to the tattoo ends, the tattoo vanishes, and the needle reappears in your space. Protection. While you aren’t wearing armor, the tattoo grants you an Armor Class

depending on the tattoo’s rarity, as shown below. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit. RARITY AC Barrier Tattoo Uncommon;Uncommon 12 + your Dexterity modifier

Valenar High Elf

Species Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Caerys held her double blade in the falcon guard, level with her shoulders and spreading out like wings. “I came in search of legends. Ten thousand years ago Daealyth of Taeri stood this

his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerys’ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as

Priest of Osybus (Deathly)