You summon a spectral hand that remains with you as you move, floating in the air or resting upon a shoulder. For as long as the spell lasts, whenever an enemy attacks you, you may use your reaction to do one of the following:

• Block: The spectral hand attempts to block the attack. Make a melee spell attack roll – if the result equals or beats the triggering attack roll, then the attack hits the spectral hand instead of you.
• Grapple: If the attacker is within 30 feet and of Medium size or smaller, you may direct the spectral hand to grapple the creature, using a melee spell attack roll instead of any athletics check(s). So long as the attacker remains grappled by the spectral hand the hand may not be used to make reactions.

The spectral hand has 15 hit points and is resistantant to all non-magical damage, immune to all conditions, and may not be chosen as a target except by Dispel Magic. If the hand is reduced to 0 hitpoints the spell ends.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the hitpoints of the hand increase by 5 for each slot level above 3rd.