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Dungeon Master’s Guide
While holding this Shield, you can take 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 animate for 1 minute, until you take a Bonus Action to end this effect, or until you die or have the Incapacitated condition, at which point the Shield falls to the ground or into your hand if you have one free.
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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class while wielding this shield.
The shield has 4 charges. While holding it, when a Large or smaller creature within 5 feet of you hits you with a melee attack roll
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Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
Lamps are a liability on adventures. Delicate and prone to oil spillage, lamps fill a hand that should otherwise be wielding a weapon or casting a spell. Once you try one of our elegant and practical
20-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 20 feet. As a Bonus Action, you can close the cover, smothering the flame, or open it again.
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When wielding a frying pan, you can use your bonus action to add a +1 bonus to your AC until the end of your next turn. You can’t gain this benefit while wielding a shield.
Dual Wielder
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
You master fighting with two weapons, gaining the following benefits:
You gain a +1 bonus to AC while you are wielding a separate melee weapon in each hand.
You can use two-weapon fighting even
when the one-handed melee weapons you are wielding aren't light.
You can draw or stow two one-handed weapons when you would normally be able to draw or stow only one.
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Whenever you take falling damage while wielding an umbrella, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage by a number equal to twice your proficiency bonus.
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axes, you can add your proficiency bonus on any checks made to climb a vertical surface when wielding it.
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
Flaming Weapon (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the guard can wreath one melee weapon it is wielding in flame. The guard is unharmed by this fire, which lasts until the end
Swashbuckler
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Lightfooted. The swashbuckler can take the Dash or Disengage action as a bonus action on each of its turns.
Suave Defense. While the swashbuckler is wearing light or no armor and wielding no shield
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slashing damage on a hit. They also have the Special: Whirl property.
Special: Whirl. When you are wielding the twinblade in two hands, you can use a bonus action to attempt to whirl the weapon. To
whirl, make a DC 10 Dexterity check, adding your proficiency bonus if you are proficient with twinblades. On a success, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC until the start of your next turn, the whirling
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
wielding the war pick, you can use a bonus action to cast the daylight spell, choosing a point on the war pick. Once you use this bonus action, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
The haft of this war pick is inlaid with crushed pearlescent stones that imbue the weapon with a faint luminescence. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this war pick.
While
Defensive Duelist
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
When you are wielding a finesse weapon with which you are proficient and another creature hits you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to add your proficiency bonus to your AC for that attack, potentially causing the attack to miss you.
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and adventurers as a useful defensive and offensive tool.
While wielding a candlemaker’s club, you can use a bonus action to extinguish a flame within 5 feet of you.
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The Book of Many Things
While you are wielding this shield, you gain a +1 bonus to AC. This bonus is in addition to the shield’s normal bonus to AC.
Curse. This item is cursed. Attuning to it extends the curse to you
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.Champions of Madarua represent the most skilled warriors in the faction. Hardened by battle, they lead the charge into the fray and inspire their
aura is active, the champion and all its allies in the aura have advantage on attack rolls. The aura moves with the champion and lasts for 1 minute, until the champion has the incapacitated condition, or until the champion uses another bonus action to end the aura.
Githyanki Kith'rak
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
/day each: plane shift, telekinesis
Rally the Troops. As a bonus action, the githyanki can magically end the charmed and frightened conditions on itself and each creature of its choice that it can see
":"damage","rollAction":"Greatsword","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage.Parry. The githyanki adds 4 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the githyanki must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
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’s charges. For each charge expended in this way, you gain a +2 bonus to AC for the attack, potentially causing it to miss instead.
The glove’s power can’t be used if you are already wielding a Shield.
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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Reach to the Blaze. Embric can cast produce flame at will. (Constitution is his spellcasting ability, and he has a +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} bonus
hit it. To do so, Embric must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.It takes a strong personality, ruthless cunning, and a silver tongue to keep a gang of bandits in line. The bandit captain
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The Book of Many Things
, the restrained condition ends. Once this bonus action is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Spellcasting. While wielding the shield, you can use an action to cast one of the
This gleaming brass shield bears a relief of the legendary medusa druid Euryale.
While wielding this shield, you gain the following benefits:
Blessing of Euryale. You have resistance to poison
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1d6 bludgeoning damage on a hit.
Special: Flourish. When you are wielding the nunchaku in two hands and take the Attack action on your turn, you can attempt to flourish with the weapon immediately
before you make your first attack. To flourish, make a DC 13 Dexterity check, adding your proficiency bonus if you are proficient with nunchaku. On a success, you gain a +2 bonus to the first attack
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Scimitar of Speed. Viln wields a scimitar of speed and can make one attack with it as a bonus action on her turn. All of
","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Parry. Viln adds 2 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit him. To do so, Viln must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
Polearm Master
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
You gain the following benefits:
When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive, halberd, quarterstaff, or spear, you can use a bonus action to make a melee attack with the opposite
end of the weapon. This attack uses the same ability modifier as the primary attack. The weapon’s damage die for this attack is a d4, and it deals bludgeoning damage.
While you are wielding a
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You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. While wielding this brass Pike, you radiate health and vitality. When you or an ally within 10 feet of you makes a
saving throw to avoid or end the Poisoned condition, the creature can add its Proficiency Bonus to the save if it wouldn’t already. In addition, when an affected ally regains Hit Points from a
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You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. While wielding this decorated Glaive, you radiate righteousness. When you or an ally within 10 feet of you makes a
saving throw to avoid or end the Charmed condition, the creature can add its Proficiency Bonus to the save if it wouldn’t already. In addition, when an ally you can see within 10 feet of you takes
Summer Eladrin
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
it, the creature is immune to any eladrin’s Fearsome Presence for the next 24 hours.
Fey Step (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Fey Step"}. As a bonus
AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the eladrin must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Shield Master
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
You use shields not just for protection but also for offense. You gain the following benefits while you are wielding a shield:
If you take the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus
action to try to shove a creature within 5 feet of you with your shield.
If you aren't incapacitated, you can add your shield's AC bonus to any Dexterity saving throw you make against a spell or other
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
as much damage on a successful one.
Warp Reality. As a bonus action on her turn, Dezmyr can warp reality, undoing damage dealt to herself or another creature that she can see within 20 feet of her
. The beneficiary of this warped reality instantly regains 10 hit points.Parry. The death knight adds 6 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the death knight must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.Necrotic, Poison
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The Book of Many Things
with it. The ammunition created by the bow vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.
While wielding this magic bow, you can use a bonus action to enter a semi-incorporeal state until the
This silver-and-black bow is engraved with the phases of the moon. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
When you hit with a ranged attack roll using this magic
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wielding the guarded Maul, taking the Dodge action also gives you a +2 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn. In addition, when a creature within 5 feet of you misses you with an attack roll
This Maul has a narrow Shield covering its handle that can be rotated to protect the wielder’s grip. You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
While
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You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. While wielding this Halberd, you radiate fervor and valor. When you or an ally within 10 feet of you makes a saving
throw to avoid or end the Frightened condition, the creature can add its Proficiency Bonus to the save if it wouldn’t already. In addition, when an ally starts their turn within 10 feet of you
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Misdirecting Defense. The AC of the recruiter includes its Charisma modifier while it isn’t wearing armor or wielding a shield.
Oriq Mask. The recruiter wears an Oriq mask. While wearing the
mask, the recruiter can’t be targeted by any divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors, and it adds double its proficiency bonus to Charisma (Deception) checks (included above
Drow House Captain
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Battle Command. As a bonus action, the drow targets one ally he can see within 30 feet of him. If the target can see or hear the drow, the target can use its reaction to make one melee attack or to
against one melee attack that would hit him. To do so, the drow must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
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Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Battle Command. As a bonus action, Zress Orlezziir targets one ally she can see within 30 feet of her. If the target can see or hear the drow, the target can use its reaction to make one melee attack
if another creature takes an action to shake it.Parry. Zress Orlezziir adds 3 to her AC against one melee attack that would hit her. To do so, the drow must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
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Handaxe and Quarterstaff, the bonus is a +1 with each weapon instead.
Handaxe and Quarterstaff. If you’re wielding the Handaxe and Quarterstaff in different hands, you gain a +1 bonus to Armor
the Halberd with two hands, you can use a command word as a Bonus Action to magically split the weapon into its more basic components. When you do, the Halberd deconstructs in your hands, leaving you
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, you can take a Bonus Action and use a command word to cause it to magically shatter into countless fragments of pure light. The pieces of light protect you as if you were wielding the Shield, leaving
chosen deity, allowing you to use the Shield as a Holy Symbol. You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class while holding this Shield, in addition to the Shield’s normal bonus to AC.
While holding the Shield