Would a character with unarmoured defense benefit from a shield?

April 30, 2016Zoltar

@JeremyECrawford would a player with unarmoured defence benefit from a shield?

— Anthony Keen (@Antyface) April 1, 2016

Barbarian's Unarmored Defense: a shield works (PH, 48). Monk's Unarmored Defense: no shield (PH, 78). #DnD https://t.co/aclmULxVuG

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) April 4, 2016

2 thoughts on “Would a character with unarmoured defense benefit from a shield?”

john says:

Can a dragon 20ft. above us, swoop down, breath weapon us, and fly back up 70 ft.(his allowed movement speed), without triggering an opp. attack?

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April 30, 2016 at 23:05
- Zoltar says:
  
  Epic John
  
  PHB p.195 “You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.” If dragon breath out of your reach, you can’t make OA
  
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  May 1, 2016 at 07:20

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