Vestige Unbound

June 2023
DGR Piloting
This month we’re going to cover some DGR-related
content. Along with the emergence of DGRs in Vestige of
Ophiuchus, I’m happy to also reveal our system for piloting
mechs. This system is obviously still being play-tested, but
its rules should be able to cover not only DGR use, but
general mech use. 5th Edition wasn’t necessarily built for
this kind of gameplay, but with some memorization it can be
functional! In the future I hope to make a more general
toolset that is focused on mech-centric games, which
doesn’t grant multiple turns to the pilots.
Warlock Patron: Damocles
I’m including one of the many warlock pacts made for the
setting guide in this month’s releast as well! It is a partner-
based one similar to some done before, meant to evoke the
idea of having a summonable super-robot. The included
style of having various patron premises and a list of
invocations unique to the subclass are something we’ll be
doing for all of our future Warlock Patrons.
Eidomancy Spell Group
Finally, since the Warlock subclass has some spells that are
eidomancy, I’m going to include the current eidomancy burn
system below, which is tied to spells from the Eidomancy
school. Other spell groups have similar limitations and
feedback. As a note, “Force Missile” is Mordenkainen’s
Force Missile and “Supreme Hand” is Bigby’s Hand - we’re
removing trademark-laden caster names from spells for the
setting guide.
Eidomancy
Eidomancy is an ancient, difficult form of magic that
harnesses the eidomantic radiation in the air to conjure
powerful arcane effects. Compared to magic afforded to
mortal beings by the Eidomantic Web, eidomancy often
resulted in powerful but volatile effects. It was originally
developed by Vestias, and passed on to the arcanists of her
time to retake magic in the battle against the Grand
Primaries. After the Eidomantic Web was established and
mortal magic became possible through less dangerous
means, eidomancy fell out of use in favor of spells with
more manageable effects. Though modern magic does
involve ambient eidomantic radiation, the method by which
it is converted is dramatically different, trading control for
explosive power.
Eidolic Energy. All eidomancy spell damage is
considered eidolic.
Eidomancy Burn. Eidomancy spells can damage their
user. When one ends, the caster must attempt an
eidomantic check, which is a Constitution saving throw with
a DC equal to 10 + the level at which it was cast + the
number of turns after the first that it remained in effect while
they were concentrating on it. If it is not a concentration
effect they make the check immediately after casting it,
even if its duration is longer than instantaneous. On a
failure, the caster suffers levels of exhaustion equal to half
the spell’s level (rounded down, minimum 1), and cannot
cast this spell again until seven days have passed. If this
failure would increase a creature’s level of exhaustion to 6,
they are reduced to 5 and are immediately reduced to 0 hit
points instead.
A creature’s spellcasting trait will note if they are excluded
from having to make eidomancy burn checks. These may
also be referred to as eidomantic checks or eidomancy
checks.
Arcane Reinforcement. If a caster fails a concentration
check to maintain an eidomancy spell, they can use their
reaction to roll a d20 and use it in place of their
concentration check’s d20 result.
Operating a DGR
Some individuals are capable of operating a DGR.
Framebilt are able to interface with them, but they are not
the only ones: the DGRs were built to incorporate eidolos
into their reactors, and so an eidolos can willingly reduce
themselves to sepherite to command the unit. As a
consequence, creatures carrying eidolic armaments can
pilot them as well. Some DGR’s also have PMLs that allow
for them to be commanded and controlled. The operate a
DGR, creatures must abide by the following mechanics:

Footprint
A DGR unit is categorized by a scale referred to as their
footprint. This number is used to determine certain
adjustments.
DGR UNIT Footprint Creature Size Footprint
000 - ??? 7 Planetary creatures 14
001 - EXCALIBUR 5 Supermassive creatures 7
002 - ??? 5 Colossal creatures 5
003 - ??? 5 Tremendous creatures 4
005 - ??? 3 Titanic creatures 3
008 - ??? 3 Gargantuan and huge creatures 2
012 - ??? 3 Large and smaller creatures 1
019 - SAGITTA 3
XXX - ??? 7

Piloting
A creature piloting a DGR must be an eidolos, or a creature
that is half the size of the DGR or smaller. They must be
recognized by the DGR as an operator or pilot. Framebilt
built in old ages for this purpose qualify, as do creatures
carrying eidolic armaments or a PML for the DGR unit.
Beings resplendent with eidomantic radiation such as
Eidolons, gods, etc may engage with them the same way
an eidolos would.
Attack Rolls. The DGR’s ability scores are used to
Magic Items. If the operator has a magic weapon they are
attuned to that matches the description of a weapon carried
by the DGR (DM’s discretion), the DGR’s weapon can act
as a conduit for the effects of the magic weapon. If the
operator has armor they are attuned to, the DGR gains the
effects of the armor as well (including its enhancement
bonus). Only attuned items are considered for these
purposes.
Proficiency Bonus. The difference between the DGR’s

determine attack and damage bonuses.
Boarding. Entering a DGR takes an action if it is adjacent
to the operator, or an action by the DGR if the operator is
within their reach. Exiting the DGR takes the same amount
of time as boarding unless the DGR is incapacitated, in
which case it also requires an amount of manual operation
by the operator, represented in movement speed: it takes
20 feet of movement for each point of footprint difference,
which may require several turns to accomplish.
Damage. The pilot has total cover in reference to
anything outside the DGR, and while piloting it they are in
an air-tight chamber with no openings for effects to enter
through. Damage received is dealt to the DGR unit unless
otherwise stated. If anything manages to damage the pilot
despite their protection, the damage is reduced to half, and
the DGR takes that reduced damage as well.
Healing. As the DGR is a construct, any feature that
proficiency bonus and the operator’s proficiency bonus are
added to the attack rolls, saving throws and skill checks the
DGR makes. If the pilot has a lower proficiency bonus, this
is applied as a penalty.
Protected Pilot. The cockpit of a DGR is a sphere with a
radius equal to 5 x its footprint. An operator remains within,
suspended, controlling the DGR through a visual simulation.
Creatures cannot teleport into or form a gate of any kind
inside a DGR’s cockpit without the operator’s permission
unless the DGR is incapacitated.
Saving Throws. Any Strength, Dexterity or Constitution
save targeting the DGR uses its saving throws, while any
Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma saving throws use the
pilot’s saving throws. If an ongoing effect is on either, it is
made on the turn of the one who would make the save
(regardless of who it is affecting).

cannot heal one cannot heal it. However, any healing spell
that targets the pilot also restores hit points to the DGR
equal to half the hit points the pilot regains.
Operation
The DGR and pilot have separate turns, determined by their
individual initiatives. On the DGR’s turn it takes whatever
actions are available to it as normal, acting generally in the
operator’s interest or based on their commands.
Actions & Features. On the operator’s turn, as long as
they and the DGR aren’t incapacitated, the operator can
use their own actions through the DGR, using the DGR’s
weapons to facilitate this. For example, a rogue operating
the DGR can use their Sneak Attack through it, or a Paladin
can enhance its damage with a Divine Smite. If the operator
takes the Attack action, they can have the DGR make as
many attacks as the operator is capable of. The operator
cannot use the DGR’s Multiattack feature using their own
action unless otherwise stated.
Concentration. If a DGR and/or their operator are
concentrating on one or more effects, they make all of their
concentration checks together whenever either takes
damage (unless an effect specifically states one of them
makes the check). When they do they make one check,
using the relevant Ability score that is higher between the
DGR and the operator.
Legendary Actions. If the DGR has Legendary Actions
and is being commanded by a player character, the
operator can have it take one of its Legendary Actions on
the operator’s turn. If it for some reason has multiple
operators, they can each command it to take a Legendary
Action on their turn but it still only has as many as is
described in its stat block. If the DGR is being piloted by an
NPC it takes its Legendary Actions as a monster regularly
would.
Footprint Difference Melee Reach Ranged Attack/Effect Range/Cones
1 -
2 +5 feet
3 +5 feet
4 +10 feet
5 +10 feet
6 +15 feet
7+ +20 feet
For medium/large creatures piloting a DGR, the most common footprint difference will be 2. For ones piloting a protoDGR, 4
will be the most common difference.
Movement. The operator can use the DGR’s movement as
if it was their own, but using the DGR’s movement
consumes theirs as well. If the operator takes the Dash
action this affects the DGR’s speed as well. The DGR’s
speed on the operator’s turn is reduced by any movement
the DGR took on its previous turn, but when the operator’s
turn starts the DGR always has movement at least equal to
the operator’s base movement speed (unless an effect is
reducing it).
Any effect that would reduce the DGR’s movement speed
below the operator’s base movement speed reduces the
operator’s speed to the same amount for the purposes of
piloting.
Reactions. The operator can have the DGR use its
reaction as described in its stat block (if it has reactions),
and can use their own reaction to take actions (such as
Uncanny Dodge) through the DGR. The DGR regains its
reaction at the start of its turn, as it normally would.
Senses. The operator can see through the DGR’s senses
while operating it. Their own senses - unless they penetrate
its hull - are not accounted for.
Targeting and Range. Any effect with a range of “self”
can target either the operator or the DGR. The range of
spells, features and effects used by the operator through
the DGR increases based on their difference in footprints.
Most creatures have a footprint size of 1. A creature’s spell
range increases based on the difference between their
footprint and the DGR’s. When a ranged weapon’s short
and long range are both being adjusted, the short range
increases by the range increase column, and the long range
increases by double that column.
Sphere Radius Cube Face Size
+15 feet +10 feet +5 feet
+30 feet +15 feet +10 feet
+50 feet +20 feet +15 feet
+60 feet +30 feet +20 feet
+80 feet +40 feet +30 feet
+120 feet +60 feet +40 feet
+240 feet +100 feet +60 feet
Junctioning
When an eidolos or a creature with an eidolic armament
operates a DGR, its functions change somewhat - its body
changes to aesthetically represent the new eidolic
component, and the DGR can adjust to match the best
qualities of both. This process is called Junctioning, and has
the following effects when piloting.
Actions. The operator can choose to use the DGR’s
Multiattack feature if they wish to. If it involves making
melee or ranged weapon attacks, they can substitute copies
of their own for those as described under Weaponry and
Equipment. For the purposes of their own features, this
counts as the operator taking the Attack action.
Attacks and Saves. The DGR and its operator’s attack
bonuses and saving throws are determined using the
highest relevant ability score between both of them.
Initiative. The DGR does not roll initiative - the pilot rolls
for them, and both share a turn in initiative. When their turn
comes, the pilot may choose which of the two takes their
turn before the other.
Last Stand. If the DGR is reduced to 0 hit points, the pilot
can choose to have it continue to operate without dying. In
this case, all damage dealt to the DGR is instead dealt to its
operator. Once both have been reduced to 0 hit points, both
the DGR and the operator fall unconscious and begin dying
as usual. If the DGR has multiple operators, the damage is
dealt to all of them. While fighting while in this state, the
DGR cannot take actions or movement on its own turn.
Movement. The DGR gains any movement type the
operator has, equal to its base movement speed or the
operator’s (whichever is higher). If its operator and the DGR
share any movement speeds already, the DGR has the
higher movement speed of the two.
Resistances. The DGR gains the operator’s immunities,
resistances and vulnerabilities.
Senses. The DGR gains the operator’s senses. Their
range is increased based on the range increase column of
the footprint difference table.
Weaponry and Equipment. The DGR can create copies
of the operator’s magic items, weapons and armor, which
reflect and synchronize with remaining uses, quantity,
charges, etc of the original. Its armor class is only adjusted
by enhancement bonuses and magical effects, not by
regular armor bonuses (except for shields). When used, the
original reflects how it was used: consumable items are
used up, item charges are reduced, thrown weapons vanish
and reappear where thrown, etc. When attacking with a
copied weapon it deals extra damage dice of the weapon’s
type, of a number equal to half their footprint difference
(rounded down) + 1.
The DGR benefits from the magical effects of any armor
or items the operator is attuned to.
Piloting Checklist
When piloting a DGR, check for the following to have that
information on hand:
Determine footprint difference - keep that column of the
different table on hand.
Determine proficiency bonus difference.
Determine what effect attuned items have.
(If Eidolic) Determine which ability scores are highest
and will be used for attacks and saving throws.
(If Eidolic) Determine the number of extra weapon dice
added to attacks originating from pilot.
(If Eidolic) Keep what movement types, senses and
resistances are shared in mind.
Macro-Grid Combat
When operating using DGRs in combat, if you are using
miniatures you may already be encountering issues
regarding the scale of DGR units. It may be prudent to use
two battle maps that each represent a different scale: one
regular sized one to keep track of regular combat, and a
second grid where every 1-inch square represents a 15 foot
x 15 foot square/cube (referred to as a macro space), which
is used to keep track of the size of DGRs and other massive
creatures. The smaller/regular grid can be used to
represent what is happening in the cubes on the larger grid
- it is recommended to put a marker on the regular scale
grid and the macro scale grid to indicate where the middle
of both is, for reference.
Creatures operating at a macro scale should be treated
as having a range measured in macro squares: their range
begins at the edge of their own space, and their range is
equal in macro squares to their range in feet divided by 15
(rounded up). This determines the number of squares away
those attacks/effects can reach into. If a macro scale
creature can reach into a macro square it can target any
creature inside it as if they were within range. Similarly, their
movement speed should be measured in macro squares,
determined by dividing their movement speed by 15
(rounded up).
In absurd scenarios where creature size increases to
even greater scales, you can operate using supermacro
spaces that represent a 30 foot x 30 foot space, with all
divisions of range and movement being adjusted to match
(divided by 30).
(In the future we’ll have visual aids to imagine this style of
grid combat) }}
Warlock Patron: Damocles
The inspiration for DGR units such as the Sword of
Damocles came from a world beyond the knowledge of its
creators - just as the One with Chaos dreamed of a foreign
world from which they found inspiration to summon the first
Cosmic Teardrop, so too did the DGR’s original inventors
follow eldritch, otherworldly designs. Warlocks can make a
pact with that source of knowledge and inspiration under
rare circumstances, following its will to breathe mechanical
life into the world. They inherit an agent that appears as a
small DGR-like unit, which gains size and capabilities as
they do.
These units are called D.G.ANCHORs, named because
they are the embodiment of a DGR or similar lifeform that
manifests in a less technical sense than their independent
counterparts.

Damocles Features
Level Features
1st D.G.ANCHOR
6th Greater D.G.ANCHOR
10th Advanced D.G.ANCHOR
14th Major D.G.ANCHOR

Expanded Spell List

When you learn a new Warlock spell, you may treat the
following spells as being on the Warlock spell list for you.

Level Spell
1st Magic Missile, Shield of Summer
2nd See Invisibility, Skywrite
3rd Eidomantic Weapon, Vortex Quiver
4th Force Missile, Greater Invisibility
5th Destructive Wave, Supreme Hand

Patron Premises
A broken-down DGR unit grants its last spark of life to
someone who could use their power for a greater goal,
so it can continue to exist.
After dreaming about a mechanical world filled with
similar life forms, the Warlock attempts to construct
what they dreamed of and it mysteriously gains life.
A survivor of a terrible tragedy finds they awaken
power within themselves, and manifests an extension
of themselves as their D.G.ANCHOR.
A ProtoDGR or other powerful unit wishes to be found
or repaired, and through malfunctioning warp
transmission technology makes contact with a
Warlock.
The Warlock comes to find that a family heirloom is an
activation device (such as a PML), and through it
manifests the power of a DGR.
D.G.ANCHOR
1st-level Damocles feature
As an action you can summon your personal
D.G.ANCHOR, which appears as a robotic miniature
version of a D.G.R. of your choice (or your patron’s choice).
It appears in an unoccupied space that can fit it within 30
feet of you, and shares your initiative in combat (taking its
actions and movement on your turn as you see fit). Your
D.G.ANCHOR uses the D.G.ANCHOR creature template
included with this subclass, adjusted based on your
features and Warlock level.
You can use your action on your turn to command your
D.G.ANCHOR to move and to take any action included on
its sheet, otherwise it takes the Dodge, Dash or Disengage
action as it sees fit, and if it has bonus actions you can
command them to use those as part of the same action.
You can also verbally command it to move, requiring no
action. As an action, you can also command it to teleport to
an unoccupied space within 30 feet of you.
The D.G.ANCHOR’s proficiency bonus is equal to yours.
Any time PB or Prof Bonus is mentioned in its stat block,
use yours in its place.
After 10 minutes (or if it is reduced to 0 hit points) the
D.G.ANCHOR vanishes entirely, and cannot be
resummoned until you complete a Short or Long Rest.
Greater D.G.ANCHOR
6th-levelDamocles feature
Your D.G.ANCHOR is improved in the following ways:
You can increase one of the D.G.ANCHOR’s ability
scores by 2, and another by 1.
It gains one saving throw proficiency of your choice.
It can be summoned as a Large creature if you wish it to
be.
Its slam damage increases by 1d8.
It gains access to its DGR Armament and DGR Blaster
attack options.
Its attacks become magical.
The D.G.ANCHOR also gains one of the following
optional improvements of your choice:
Its base movement speed increases by 10 feet, and its
0-G Acceleration speed increases by 30 feet.
It gains a fly (hover) speed equal to its base movement
speed.
Its blindsight range is increased to 60 feet and it gains a
+5 bonus to its passive Perception.
It gains access to its Excel Reactor bonus action.
Advanced D.G.ANCHOR
10th-level Damocles feature
Your D.G.ANCHOR is improved in the following ways:
You can increase one of the D.G.ANCHOR’s ability
scores by 2, and another by 1.
It gains access to its Missile Pod action.
It gains another saving throw proficiency of your choice.
It becomes resistant to piercing, slashing and
bludgeoning damage.
Its DGR Armament and DGR Blaster deal an additional
1d12 and 1d10 damage respectively, and the +1 bonus
to their attack and damage rolls becomes +2.
You can now use your bonus action to command your
D.G.ANCHOR’s actions, but if you do you cannot use
your action to do so on the same turn. When you use
your bonus action to do so you cannot have it use its
Multiattack option, but it can use one of its individual
weapons once.
The D.G.ANCHOR also gains another of the optional
improvements from the Greater D.G.ANCHOR feature, or
one of the following; you cannot take one you previously
picked:
The D.G.ANCHOR becomes immune to your choice or
piercing, slashing or bludgeoning damage.
All of the D.G.ANCHOR’s movement speeds increase by
10 feet (0-G Acceleration increases by 30 feet instead).
The D.G.ANCHOR’s armor class becomes 15 + its
Dexterity modifier + its proficiency bonus.
Major D.G.ANCHOR
14th-level Damocles feature
Your D.G.ANCHOR is improved in the following ways:
You can increase one of the D.G.ANCHOR’s ability
scores by 2, and another by 1.
It gains another saving throw proficiency of your choice.
It can be summoned as a Huge creature if you wish it to
be. If it is, its DGR Armament reach increases to 10 feet.
Its +2 bonus to the DGR Armament and DGR Blaster
attacks increases to a +3.
Piloting
As of this level, if you summon the D.G.ANCHOR as at
least one size larger than you, you can choose to summon
it overlapping with your space and exist inside it, piloting it.
If you are not piloting it, you can spend 5 feet and your
bonus action to move into its space and enter it, or do the
same while piloting it to exit into an adjacent space. While
piloting it you gain the following benefits:
You have total cover and any effect that targets you
targets the D.G.ANCHOR instead.
You can attack creatures with weapons you are carrying
through the D.G.ANCHOR, which produces copies to
attack. These attacks consume the weapon’s charges,
ammunition, etc.
If you only use your bonus action to command the
D.G.ANCHOR, you can use your action to make three
weapon attacks through it with your own weapons, as
though using its Multiattack.
You can see and hear through the D.G.ANCHOR’s
senses, as well as use your own through it.
You can cast Warlock spells through the D.G.ANCHOR
as if it was you, including affecting it with spells with a
range of self.
If the D.G.ANCHOR dies you are shunted into the
nearest unoccupied space, and the D.G.ANCHOR
absorbs all overflowing damage from the source that
killed it.
Damocles Eldritch Invocations
When you are considering which Eldritch Invocations to
take, you may choose from the following list as well as long
as you meet the listed prerequisites. The Eldritch
Invocations listed here are only available to the Pact of
Damocles Warlock.
Armor of the Avatar
Prerequisites: 6th-level Warlock
While you are wearing no armor you can calculate your
armor class the same way your D.G.ANCHOR does.
Dynamic Save
Prerequisites: 14th-level Warlock
If you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can use your
reaction to summon your D.G.ANCHOR into your space
instead (if it can fit) and immediately begin piloting it. If you
do so, the D.G.ANCHOR gains 40 temporary hit points and
becomes the new target of the effect or damage that
reduced you to 0. If it was destroyed previously and you
couldn’t summon it, the D.G.ANCHOR gains 1 hit point
when resummoned in addition to the temporary hit points.
You can use this feature once per Long Rest, and only if
there is enough space to summon your D.G.ANCHOR in a
large enough form to be piloted.
Extra Ability Boost
Prerequisites: 10th-level Warlock
Two of the D.G.ANCHOR’s ability scores increase by 2
points.
Evasive Maneuvers
Prerequisites: 6th-level Warlock
Your D.G.ANCHOR gains the Evasion feature: if it makes
a Dexterity saving throw to take half damage, it takes no
damage on a successful save and half damage on a failure.
If you are within 5 feet of your D.G.ANCHOR you share the
Evasion feature with it.
Guardian Sentry
If you are within your D.G.ANCHOR’s movement range and
are targeted by a weapon attack, you can use your reaction
to have it move into a space adjacent to you (or switch
spaces with you) and become the new target of that attack,
and any others made against you until the end of this turn.
Macro Scale Unit
Your D.G.ANCHOR can be summoned as one size
category larger than the largest you are capable of
summoning it normally. When you do, its Slam and DGR
Armament attack range increases by 5 feet, as does the
range of any melee attack you make through it while piloting
it.
Micro Manifest
If your D.G.ANCHOR is not currently summoned, you can
use your bonus action to conjure part of its body to make
any weapon attack it has access to, originating from you,
against a target within range. If you take the Weapon Tech
Advancement invocation it applies to your use of the
weapons as well.
Optional Augmentation
Prerequisites: 6th-level Warlock
You gain another of the optional improvements listed in
any of your D.G.ANCHOR subclass features, but cannot
pick one you have selected previously.
Shield Unit
When your D.G.ANCHOR is targeted by a weapon attack
that you or it can see, you can have it use its reaction to
increase its armor class by 5 until the end of the turn, as
though by the shield spell.
Signature Move
Prerequisites: 10th-level Warlock
If your D.G.ANCHOR is reduced to 0 hit points you can
have it use its reaction to use its Missile Pod feature,
targeting only one creature in range with it, before it
vanishes. It can do so even if it has used it already.
Weapon Tech Advancement
Prerequisites: 6th-level Warlock
When your D.G.ANCHOR attacks with its DGR
Armament or DGR Blaster, it scores a critical hit on a d20
result of 19 or 20. Additionally, it can choose to deal
piercing, slashing or bludgeoning damage with the DGR
Armament (its choice when attacking), or radiant, force or
lightning damage with the DGR Blaster (its choice when
attacking).
Eidomantic Weapon
3rd-level Transmutation spell (Eidomancy)
Casting Time 1 bonus action
Range Touch
Components V, S
Duration Concentration, up to 10 minutes
You touch a nonmagical weapon and fill it with eidomantic
energy, turning it into a magic weapon with a +2 bonus to
attack and damage rolls. For the spell’s duration the
weapon deals one additional damage die, its damage (and
damage done by its ammunition) is considered eidolic and
magical, and if you are wielding the weapon you can make
one attack with it as a bonus action.
You can also cast this spell on a magic weapon, but when
you do the bonus to attack and damage rolls is reduced by
2.
At higher levels. When you cast this spell at 5th level or
higher, you can choose one of the following effects for every
two slot levels above 3rd:
Vortex Quiver
3rd-level Transmutation spell (Epic of Duality)
Casting Time 1 bonus action
Range Touch
Components V, S
Duration Concentration, up to 1 minute
You imbue a weapon with a swirling whirlwind. When you
make a ranged attack with that weapon, its hits deal an
extra 1d8 force damage, and if the target is no more than
one size category larger than the size of creature the
weapon is intended for, they must make a Strength saving
throw. On a failure, one of the following two effects occurs
(your choice):
The target is shoved back 10 feet, stopping if they collide
with a solid surface. For every 10 feet they are stopped
short, they take 1d6 bludgeoning damage.
The target is knocked prone.
At higher levels. When you cast this spell using a spell

slot of 4th level or higher, choose one of the following

The bonus to attack and damage rolls increases by 1
(maximum +4)
You can target one additional weapon you can touch.
The weapon deals an additional damage die on a
successful hit.
Shield of Summer
1st-level Abjuration spell (Whisperwood Tome)
effects for each slot level above 3rd:
The size of creatures that the Strength save can target
increases by one category.
The target is pushed back 10 additional feet.
For every two slot levels above 3rd, the extra force
damage also increases by 1d8.

Casting Time 1 reaction, which you take when you are hit by
an attack
Range Self
Components V, S
Duration 1 round
A multi-layered near-invisible shield of force appears and
protects you. Until the start of your next turn you have a +5
bonus to your armor class, including against the triggering
attack. If you are hit by an attack while this spell is in effect
you can choose to end it early to reduce the damage that
attack deals to you by 5 points.
At higher levels. When you cast this spell at 2nd level or

higher, you can choose one of the following effects for each
spell level above 1st:

The bonus to your armor class increases by 1.

The amount of damage this spell reduces increases by
10.
This spell can reduce the damage from one extra source
of damage before the spell ends.