D&D 5E Bladesinger tank!? Madness, or crazy like a fox?

[jadrax]

So Duelist fighting style can work with a shield, which was highly questioned when the game first came out, but bladesong that only prohibits using a weapon in two hand can't. This is really shoddy writing.

Bladesong specifically prohibits lots of things; one of those things is specifically using a Shield. The 'only attacking with one hand' prohibition is completely separate to this.

 

[Blue]

Bladesong specifically prohibits lots of things; one of those things is specifically using a Shield. The 'only attacking with one hand' prohibition is completely separate to this.

That is absolutely true and absolutely irrelevant. In no way was that reply about using the shield with bladesong. It was talking about how there has already been a "stealth errata" via twitter to bladesong about something clear (no weapon used in two hands) is now "one handed weapon and other hand free", which is a change in intention and not just a clarification like for Duelist style that had some people unsure if you could get the benefit if you were holding a shield.

Oh, actually it wasn't absolutely true, because until the stealth errata there was was not anything about "only attacking with one hand". There was just not using a weapon two handed.

 

[Edwin Suijkerbuijk]

maybe you could tank with a bladesinger at lvl 10 ?

light armor 12 + upto 5 dex and upto 5 int for potential ac of 22., with the shield spell you have a potential ac of 27
And of something does manage to hit you you can use the song of defence feature to reduce damage.