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• Blade Ward
  created: 2026-03-09T12:15:34.047-04:00
  modified: 2026-03-09T12:15:34.047-04:00
  published: 2026-03-09T12:15:34.047-04:00
  tags:
• ttrpg-cli/compendium/src/5e/xphb
• ttrpg-cli/spell/class/bard
• ttrpg-cli/spell/class/sorcerer
• ttrpg-cli/spell/class/warlock
• ttrpg-cli/spell/class/wizard
• ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/aberrant-dragonmark
• ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/magic-initiate/wizard-spells
• ttrpg-cli/spell/level/cantrip
• ttrpg-cli/spell/optfeature/pact-of-the-tome
• ttrpg-cli/spell/race/elf/high-elf
• ttrpg-cli/spell/race/khoravar
• ttrpg-cli/spell/race/kobold
• ttrpg-cli/spell/school/abjuration
• ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/abjurer
• ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/arcane-trickster
• ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/college-of-lore
• ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/drake-blooded
• ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/eldritch-knight
• ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/house-of-bishops
• ttrpg-cli/spell/subrace/genasi-earth
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  classes:
• Bard
• Bard (College of Lore)
• Fighter (Eldritch Knight)
• Rogue (Arcane Trickster)
• Sorcerer
• Warden (Drake-Blooded)
• Warlock
• Warmage (House of Bishops)
• Wizard
• Wizard (Abjurer)

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Blade Ward

cantrip, Abjuration

• Casting time: 1 Action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Whenever a creature makes an attack roll against you before the spell ends, the attacker subtracts 1d4 from the attack roll.

Classes: Bard (College of Lore); Bard; Fighter (Eldritch Knight); Rogue (Arcane Trickster); Sorcerer; Warden (Drake-Blooded); Warlock; Warmage (House of Bishops); Wizard (Abjurer); Wizard

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 247