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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 9025368" data-attributes="member: 463">War CasterSource: Player's HandbookPrerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spellYou have practiced casting spells in the midst of combat, learning techniques that grant you the following benefits:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">You have advantage on Constitution saving throws that you make to maintain your concentration on a spell when you take damage.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can perform the somatic components of spells even when you have weapons or a shield in one or both hands.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">When a hostile creature's movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature.</li>
</ul>My son's level 15 EK uses a two-handed weapon plus Warcaster feat. His Base AC is 19, soon to be 20. He usually has Blur up, so with Shield I'm needing a 24 &gt; 25 with disadvantage to actually hit him. He likes to point out that per RAW he could legally use a shield (probably a +2 shield at his level) for base AC 23&gt;24, going to 28&gt;29 with Shield. If he really wanted he could get his AC to 30 (I cap AC at 30) with Shield, with disad to be hit.If he does get hit, he normally has a 1 in 400 chance to fail the CON save to lose Concentration on Blur.Currently he &amp; another PC are farming a tribe of mutant mine trolls in Stonehell for practically free XP.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :LOL:"&nbsp; data-smilie="17"data-shortname=":LOL:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 9025368, member: 463"] War Caster Source: Player's Handbook [I]Prerequisite: The ability to cast at least one spell[/I] You have practiced casting spells in the midst of combat, learning techniques that grant you the following benefits: [LIST] [*]You have [B]advantage on Constitution saving throws[/B] that you make to maintain your concentration on a spell when you take damage. [*]You can perform the somatic components of spells even when you[B] have weapons or a shield[/B] in one or both hands. [*]When a hostile creature's movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature. [/LIST] My son's level 15 EK uses a two-handed weapon plus Warcaster feat. His Base AC is 19, soon to be 20. He usually has [I]Blur[/I] up, so with [I]Shield[/I] I'm needing a 24 > 25 with disadvantage to actually hit him. He likes to point out that per RAW he could legally use a shield (probably a +2 shield at his level) for base AC 23>24, going to 28>29 with Shield. If he really wanted he could get his AC to 30 (I cap AC at 30) with [I]Shield[/I], with disad to be hit. If he does get hit, he normally has a 1 in 400 chance to fail the CON save to lose Concentration on [I]Blur[/I]. Currently he & another PC are farming a tribe of mutant mine trolls in Stonehell for practically free XP. :LOL: [/QUOTE]

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