Spellblade/Guardian Technique

Guardian Technique

Specializing in defending their allies, spell blades following this technique make broad use of abjuration and self-enhancing magics, often specializing more toward their physical skills. They place themselves at the front of combat, but are a highly mobile line of defense.

Spellblade Spells

You learn the following spells at the following levels. The following are Spellblade spells for you, but do not count against your spells known.

Level	Spells
3rd	arcane ablation ᴷ
5th	warding bond
9th	haste
13th	resilient sphere
17th	wall of stone

Guardian Proficiency

Starting at 3rd level when you select this archetype, you gain proficiency in heavy armor and shields.

Additionally, you can use a melee weapon as your arcane focus, and when you do so you can perform somatic components with the hand holding your arcane focus (even for spells without a material component).

Projected Barrier

Starting at 3rd level, you gain a new option for your Arcane Surge feature:

• As a reaction to an allied creature within 30 feet being hit by an attack or targeted by the magic missile spell, you expend a use of Arcane Surge to cast shield without expending a spell slot, granting that creature the AC bonus instead of yourself.

Fortifying Surge

At 7th level, when you expend a use of Arcane Surge, you gain temporary hit points equal to 1d8 + your Intelligence modifier.

Swapping Surge

Starting at 15th level, when you use your Arcane Surge to teleport, you can instead swap positions with a willing creature within range, teleporting to their space and teleporting them to your space. When you do so, both you and them gain the temporary hit points from Fortifying Surge.

Resilient Aegis

At 20th level, you can fortify yourself with magic for 1 minute (no action required). For the duration, you have resistance to all damage. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.