Thorny Defense

You create an ethereal barrier of thorns, surrounding yourself or a willing creature you can see within range. Until your next turn, when your target is hit by a melee attack, the barrier reduces the damage dealt by 2d4, and deals the same amount of piercing damage to the attacker. The shield is ineffective against ranged attackers, but still provides a +2 bonus to AC against ranged attacks for the duration.


At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 1st level or higher, the number of targets increases by 1 for each slot level above 1st