#blade ward

[draculstein]

yo why does this bathroom sink take only half of the damage from bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing attacks??

[justalittlebluetiefling]

It’d be super cute if Jester cast spiritual guardians next episode against Avantika, but instead of hamster unicorns they look like the little unicorn that Fjord gave her!

Aaahhh how did I just see this?! I could absolutely see Jester doing something like this. It would be so flipping cute!!!

[utilitycaster]

Blade Ward

Trace a sigil of warding in air

And voila! Though please do be aware

The damage it lessons

Is only from weapons

It won’t help if you’re mauled by a bear.

[thearcanacheck]

Blade Ward

Like any invention, spells are born from necessity.

Long ago, before the practice of arcane magic was well-known, an Elven Abjurer relocated to a remote community of Dwarves to try and inspire them to be wizards. Although the elf couldn’t heal the countless, injured miners that overburdened their temples, he was determined to help.

The elf purchased a hammer, a knife, and sought out to invent a simple spell that miners could use to protect themselves on the job -- hopefully opening the dwarves’ minds to the usefulness of arcane magic. After many months of trial, error, and self-inflicted wounds, the cantrip was complete!

The cantrip was a failure. 

Because the elf only thought to practice with the hammer and the knife, the cantrip only protected one from weapons, not from any of the environmental dangers the miners faced. Disgraced, the Elf fled the stronghold and vanished from written history.

Centuries passed, then a Drow pillager took notice of a collection of Elvish diaries and discovered a cantrip that would prove essential for the Drow military. As their warlocks spread chaos and discord throughout the underdark, so too did Blade Ward spread. 

[askbittyerror]

M!A Make Ink and Bard feel emotions for 20 asks

Ink picks Error up, kisses him on the mouth, drops him then runs off to find Zo.

Bard wakes up, hold his head, and says-

“Wow, I’m gay.”

And then he shortcuts to Paladin, tackling him to the ground and covering him with kisses.

[somethingdnd]

Should True Strike and Blade Ward require an Action?

So I’ve noticed that True Strike (a staple of D&D spells) and Blade Ward, Cantrips that seem very useful at first glance, are absolutely worthless unless you’re an Eldritch Knight. 

While Cantrips that require an Action are fairly normal, in the case of True Strike it basically requires you to do nothing for a turn to only give you a slightly better chance to land a hit. If a player needs to waste a turn just to have a decent chance of hitting the enemy, they’re either fighting the wrong kind of enemies or they’re vastly underpowered. If it provided a guarantee hit, it might be worth spending an Action.

Blade Ward is a new one that provides Resistance to weapon damage types. This sounds nice and useful but there are many ways to better protect from weapon attacks, not to mention resisting damage from weapons is easier if you just use your Action to Dodge. Avoiding a weapon attack can be done by using Dodge, killing the enemy first or just getting out of the weapon’s range.

The only classes that can really benefit from these Cantrips are the classes that have the War Magic or Battle Magic class features. Not only does it make these spells unusable to most players, but even those classes don’t benefit as much by them until mid levels.

Now, let’s look at Shillelagh for comparison. This is a great Cantrip that lets Druids (and anyone else who grabs it, somehow) have a club or staff deal the damage of a Longsword. Seems straight forward enough, doesn’t it? Here’s the kicker, it’s a Bonus Action to cast and lasts 1 minute. Why would they make a Cantrip like that require a Bonus Action if it lasts a full minute? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have Cantrips like True Strike or Blade Ward either last longer or cast quicker?

To recap, I feel that the Cantrips True Strike and Blade Ward should require a Bonus Action to cast instead of an Action as they limit what characters can use them and get out shined by other abilities by the time they become remotely useful. What do you guys think?

[askbittyerror]

*shoves Bard, Paladin, and Dusty under mistletoe together*

Dusty shrugs and plants a kiss on Bard then dips Paladin and kisses him as well. He winks at the two shocked bitties and slithers away at high speeds before he can be mauled.

[askbittyerror]

Pal quick turn up your aura! Maybe then bard will let you go!

Paladin fires up his aura and Bard stops dead in his tracks, shaking, his eyelights frantically shifting shape and color. Paladin tries to shove himself off Bard’s shoulder only to shriek when Bard suddenly tugs him off, swings him around, pulls him flush to his chest and kisses him right on the teeth.