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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6884351" data-attributes="member: 6787650">Good point.It's also applicable when you can't Dodge (e.g. while Restrained by a giant constrictor snake), when are worried you might get grappled before your next turn, when Dodging wouldn't benefit you due to disadvantage not stacking (e.g. at long range, when prone against missile fire, when Blurred, or when in the dark/heavily obscured), when you're trying to keep the DC down on concentration saves, when you're wearing a Fire Shield or Armor of Agathys and are trying to eke out the effect, and when your AC is low or you're fighting a monster with a high attack bonus and you can't afford to Shield (e.g. you're saving your reaction for Counterspell).</blockquote>