Temporary Respite

You absorb and freeze the damage you take in an attempt to circumvent it, if not temporarily. You may cast this spell as a reaction to taking damage. 

You take no damage from the triggering attack, but all the damage that you would have taken is instead inflicted when the spell ends. You may take damage as normal while the spell is active, or you may choose to add all of the new damage to the effect. If you choose to absorb an attack, you must add the entire amount of damage to the pool.

If you absorb damage into this effect while concentrating on this spell, you do not need to make a save to maintain concentration. 

Once the effect ends, you take all stored damage, in the same type as it would have been originally inflicted. If this reduces you to 0 hit points, you automatically fail one death save.

If you die or become unconscious while the spell is active, you take all damage as soon as you lose consciousness, potentially affecting your death saves. 

At higher levels: If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you gain resistance to one type of damage (you choose) that is being dealt by the triggering attack. You may choose one more damage type to resist per spell slot level above 3rd. This resistance only applies to damage dealt to you by this spell's effect.