Defensive Attacker (5e Feat)

Defensive Attacker

Prerequisites: Proficiency with shields
Sometimes the best defense is an overwhelming aura of offense. Your study of defensive maneuvers grants you the following benefits:

-When you are struck by a melee weapon attack, you may use your reaction to shove your attacker with your shield. (Following the normal rules of shoving, including the contested Strength (Athletics) check.) If you successfully shove your attacker in this way, they also take bludgeoning damage equal to your Strength modifier.

-When you use your action to disengage, you may make a single melee weapon attack as a bonus action on that turn.

-You may make a special melee attack with your shield. This attack deals 1d6 + Strength modifier bludgeoning damage and you are considered proficient with this attack. If you use all of your attacks provided by your attack action to strike with your shield, you may use your bonus action to take a defensive stance, increasing your AC by 1 until the start of your next turn.

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