Ward

You throw up a ward that absorbs a single attack or impact.  The damage you take is reduced by 5.

You can also cast this spell as an action on your turn.  If you do, you create a magical ward on yourself that lasts until you finish a long rest.  The ward has 5 hit points.  Whenever you take damage, the ward takes the damage instead.  If this damage reduces the ward to 0 hit points, you take any remaining damage.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd Level or higher, the damage reduction or the number of hit points the ward has increases by 5 for each slot level above 1st.