Defensive Duellist

Defensive Duellist is a passive feature/reaction obtainable by a feat of the same name. If you are attacked while wielding a Finesse Weapon weapon, you can temporarily increases your  Armour Class. You must have at least a 13 in Dexterity in order to take this Feat.

Description

When attacked while wielding a Finesse Weapon you're Proficient with, you can use a  Reaction to add your Proficiency Bonus to your  Armour Class, possibly causing the attack to miss.

Details

Cost:

 Reaction

UID

DefensiveDuelist

Reaction: Defensive Duellist

 Defensive Duellist ()

When attacked with a melee attack, add your Proficiency Bonus to your  Armour Class, possibly causing attacks to miss.

Requires a Finesse Weapon you are Proficient in.

 Targets: Self

How to learn

Granted by the feats: Defensive Duellist (Feat)

Notes

• Though not explicitly stated, the weapon equipped in the main hand is required to have the Finesse property.
• Defensive Duellist only triggers when it is capable of turning a melee attack hit into a miss.
• Defensive Duelist does not change the user's Armour Class. Instead, it subtracts the user's Proficiency Bonus from the enemy's attack roll.

Bugs

• Unlike similar reactions (Shield Master: Block), the icon for Defensive Duellist in the reactions tab does not "gray out" when the reaction is unavailable due to an incompatible equipped weapon.