SYSTEM NOTE: SHIELDMAIDEN
You carry a shield, a grudge, and your teammates’ survival. When someone hits your friend, you hit back harder. The audience calls you heroic. The healers call you a relief.
Parent class: Barbarian
Feature levels: 3, 6, 10, 14
Features
Level 3 — Shield Sister
While Raging and wielding a shield, when an ally within 5 feet takes damage, use your Reaction to reduce it by 1d6 + Constitution modifier, minimum 1.
Level 6 — Hold the Line
While Raging and wielding a shield, you have Advantage on saves against being moved against your will or knocked Prone.
Level 10 — Shared Defiance
Shield Sister’s reduction becomes 2d6 + Constitution modifier. While Raging, allies within 5 feet have Advantage on saves against being Frightened.
Level 14 — Answer the Blow
After using Shield Sister against damage from an attacker within your melee reach, make one melee weapon attack against that attacker as part of the same Reaction. PB uses.