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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BacchusNL" data-source="post: 7545424" data-attributes="member: 6982024">There are plenty of ways for a wizard to get shield proffeciency with RAW, and I'm fine with all of them. I'm also fine with house-ruling, if you feel like it. But I still really don't understand what any of that has to do with a cantrip that either shields the caster to increase ac, or as I suggested; blinds an enemy to reduce his attack valueFirst of all I don't see any reason for that cantrip when Shield already exists. It's already a super good spell that fills it role. When thinking up new stuff for house-ruling I prefer to either think of something new that is lacking in the current game, or something that needs to be improved upon. Doubeling up on the same idea is just unnecesary bloat, so I'd rather see a different interpatation for a defensive spell then shield. Second, though I agree there could be more choices when it comes to cantrips that use reactions or bonus actions I also think they should be relativly limited in their power, so there is still a choice that has to be made and not push other options out the window. They are also going to be pretty much free at lower levels, as far as action-economy is concerned, so you can almost always expect a wizard to pop this cantrip every round below lvl 5. That's just to much, I think, unless you are also going to think up a a whole bunch of special martial techniques that give the poor fighters\ monks and barbs some more options.</blockquote>

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