Blade Ward

Category: Baldur’s Gate Spells

Gain Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage from weapon attacks.

Spell description: Take only half damage from Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing attacks.

Properties

Range: Self
Duration: 2 turns
Save: —
Attack type: —
Conditions applied: —
Cost: Action

Spell upcasting

Upcasting Blade Ward provides no additional benefits.

How to obtain

Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard at Class level 1
Eldritch Knight (Fighter) and Arcane Trickster (Rogue) at Class level 3
High Elf and High Half-Elf at Character level 1.
Granted by Features: Magic Initiate: Bard, Magic Initiate: Cleric, Magic Initiate: Sorcerer, Magic Initiate: Warlock, Magic Initiate: Wizard

Source item: —

Related spells: Expeditious Retreat, Find Familiar, Faerie Fire

Spell properties

Level

Cantrip

School

Abjuration

Casting resource

Action

Damage type

Range

Self

Duration

2 turns

Notes & sources

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