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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7854284" data-attributes="member: 2525">You can't. I mean I suppose you can say whatever you want, but neither effect can be used prior to rolling the dice so you're talking a house rule there.  You literally are not allowed to use either feature at the point you're insisting you must declare your use of the feature.When a creature leaves your threatened space you do not have to declare intent prior to the DM saying they're leaving your threatened space. You declare when the trigger happens (they're leaving) and not before.  That is an example he gave. You never declare intent prior to a trigger. I think you might be confusing this with a Readied Action - the only time you do declare prior to a trigger.Ah, you're confused about the trigger. The trigger is not the rolling of the dice - that's the action (reaction)you're taking, not the thing which triggered that action. The trigger IS the DM saying "they are moving away from you" because the movement is the trigger, not the dice roll.In the instance of absorb elements and shield master, the triggers both come after the dice are rolled, not before. The trigger in this instance IS the dice being rolled, unlike the opportunity attack which is the movement and not the dice.You can't. Or rather, that's not how the rule is stated.  You're not supposed to declare intent on a reaction until after a triggering opportunity, other than with a readied action.But the shield spell is only tiggered by a roll. You specifically CAN'T declare/cast prior to the roll. It's right there in the spell description. Why are you using a different standard for Absorb Elements and Shield Master than the one you're using for the Shield spell? It makes no sense - you JUST proved the point you're arguing against, that you declare after a roll!</blockquote>

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