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

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Blade Ward Level 1 Spell Slot - Baldur's Gate 3

Spell properties

Level
Cantrip
School
Abjuration
Casting resource
Action
Damage type

Range
Self
Duration
2 turns
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