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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7466051" data-attributes="member: 6799649">It's a totally useless spell.......and then I found a use for it.My current PC is built around armour of agathys while taking half damage while Raging. He started out Bar 1, then took War 5 (fiendish bladepact), is now taking it up to Bar 3/War 5, and then warlock all the way.The usual tactic is to cast a pre-asskicking fireball and then Rage and move through mooks hoping to get attacked. But what if the baddies are sniping from across a chasm or something? Sure, I've got a bow, but I really want to get up close and personal. So I misty step to them.The trouble is that I can't cast spells while Raging, so I cannot Rage first and then misty step. Nor can I misty step and then Rage on the same turn because they are both bonus actions.Solution? Cast blade ward as my action and then misty step as a bonus action. I'll take half damage while they take 15 cold every time they hit me. If there are enough survivors, then on my next turn I can Rage and attack twice with my soul-sucking magical greatsword.Good times. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />So, finally (and unexpectedly), a use for blade ward. I took both it and misty step at War 4.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 7466051, member: 6799649"] It's a [i]totally[/i] useless spell... ....and then I found a use for it. My current PC is built around [i]armour of agathys[/i] while taking half damage while Raging. He started out Bar 1, then took War 5 (fiendish bladepact), is now taking it up to Bar 3/War 5, and then warlock all the way. The usual tactic is to cast a pre-asskicking fireball and then Rage and move through mooks hoping to get attacked. But what if the baddies are sniping from across a chasm or something? Sure, I've got a bow, but I really want to get up close and personal. So I [i]misty step[/i] to them. The trouble is that I can't cast spells while Raging, so I cannot Rage first and [b]then[/b] [i]misty step[/i]. Nor can I [i]misty step[/i] and then Rage on the same turn because they are both bonus actions. Solution? Cast [i]blade ward[/i] as my action and then [i]misty step[/i] as a bonus action. I'll take half damage while they take 15 cold every time they hit me. If there are enough survivors, then on my next turn I can Rage and attack twice with my soul-sucking magical greatsword. Good times. :D So, finally (and unexpectedly), a use for [i]blade ward[/i]. I took both it and [i]misty step[/i] at War 4. [/QUOTE]

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