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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matita" data-source="post: 6906847" data-attributes="member: 6826003">So in a recent game I played, I was fighting against a Frost Giant as my newly rolled Abjuration Wizard, and I cast the Shield to raise my AC from 17 to 22, so the attack would then miss, directly after the giants turn was my own turn, so feeling comfortable in my AC I decided to move without disengaging risking an attack of opportunity. ( I was at about 20 HP at this point. ) The DM informed me that my shield spell would no longer be active since my turn had come around, I didn't argue but me and my DM are close so he let me rework my action so I cast shocking grasp through my familiar and ran off taking away his reaction, retreating safely.  So this situation resolved without any real problems but I was wondering shouldn't the Shield spell have been active longer? It doesn't state that it ends on the start of my next turn instead it lasts for 1 Round and a round is described as: "A round represents about 6 seconds in the game world. During a round, each participant in a battle takes a turn."  (D&D 5e Player's Handbook Page 189 Chapter 9 Combat (The Order of Combat)) So would that mean Shield should be active until the start of the turn order comes around? Or when the turn I cast shield rolls up again? (In this case the Frost Giants turn.)   Or was my friend right and am I just crazy <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />.--Shield1st level AbjurationCasting Time: Special (Reaction to being targeted by an attack or magic missile.)Range: SelfComponents: V,SDuration: 1 roundAn invisible barrier of magical force appears and protects you. Until the start of your next turn, you have a +5 bonus to AC, including against the triggering attack, and you take no damage from magic missile.Page 275 Players Handbook.</blockquote>

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