Defensive Flourish (Ranged)

See also: Defensive Flourish (Melee)

Defensive Flourish (Ranged) is a College of Swords bard weapon action. This flourish manoeuvre allows the bard to spend  Bardic Inspiration to enter a defensive stance after making a ranged weapon attack which increases Armour Class by 4.

Description

Attack defensively, increasing your  Armour Class by 4 if you hit.

You must be wielding a ranged weapon.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Cost on hit

 Bardic Inspiration

Damage: 1~6

Normal weapon damage

+ 1d6Weapon

Details

Ranged weapon attack roll

 Range: Normal weapon range

At higher levels

• At level 5 with  Improved Bardic Inspiration (passive feature) the bonus damage increases to 1d8.
• At level 10 with  Improved Bardic Inspiration (passive feature) the bonus damage increases to 1d10.

Technical details

UID

Projectile_BladeFlourish_Defensive

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, IsHarmful, RangeIgnoreVerticalThreshold

Variants

•  Defensive Flourish (Melee)

Condition: Defensive Flourish

 Defensive Flourish

Duration: 1 turn

•  Armour Class increased by 4

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: College of Swords