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| colspan="2" |Blast Shape - [[Level::Warlock Least]], [[Level::Occultist Savant Least]]; 1st

{{#set:Summary=Your blast's energy can instead for form a glowing shield around your body.}}

When you use this blast shape on an Eldritch Blast, it forms a shifting shield [[Shield (3.5e Creature Ability) | Shield]] of energy around your body. Doing so grants you a +1 Deflection Bonus to armor class, +1 This Shield has 2 HP per dice of damage your Eldritch Blast would ordinarily normally deal. It also grants you Damage Reduction , and does not grant immunity to critical hits, but does grant a +1/Cold IronDeflection bonus to AC, +1 per 3 EB dice of damage your Eldritch Blast would normally dealyou possess (Max +5). All bonuses granted by this Blast Shape The Shield and all associated benefits last for 1 round2 rounds, unless otherwise notedor until the Shield is destroyed.

The invocation has additional abilities based on what Eldritch Essence you use with it, as follows. HoweverEach effect grants defenses against the essence's normal offensive capability, those effects with a duration of longer than one round prevent you subtracting from using a blast with that Essence again until the duration Shield's health when the Warlock is subjected to such an effect. While the Shield is upactive, so choose wiselyyou cannot utilize the same Blast Essence that was used to create the shield.

'''{{Anchor|No Essence}}:''' Spell Resistance While the Shield is active, creatures that successfully attack you in melee with non-reach or natural weapons take damage equal to 10 + 1 per dice the damage they dealt to the Shield; The damage type is based on, and carries the normal effects of Eldritch Blast you possess, the Essence used to create the Shield.

'''{{Anchor|Frightful Blast}}:''' A Sacred When the Shield is destroyed by damage (If goodBut not merely from expiring or being dispelled) or Profane , it explodes, dealing your normal Eldritch Blast damage (If EvilWith a Reflex save for half damage) bonus on Will saves equal to all creatures within 10ft of you. You are automatically excluded from this damage, and may exclude up to 1 + 1 per additional creature from the damage for every EB dice you possess. However, when the Shield is broken in this way, you can instead expend an attack of opportunity as an immediate action, in order to focus the damage at a single target, in the form of a ray that is identical to your default Eldritch Blast you possess(With no Essence or Shape applied).

'''{{Anchor|Beshadowed BlastNo Essence}}:''' Immunity to Blindness and Deafness for a number of rounds Spell Resistance equal to 1 10 + 1 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possess. Spells absorbed by this SR deal 2 points of damage to the shield, +2 per spell level (Max 20 damage for a 9th-level spell; This SR has no effect against Epic spells).

'''{{Anchor|Brimstone Frightful Blast/[[Blast of Defeat (3.5e Invocation) |Blast of Defeat]]}}:''' Resistance Immunity to Fear while the Shield persists. Fear effects absorbed deal damage to Fire the Shield equal to 5 + 5 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possessthe effect's save DC.

'''{{Anchor|Hellrime Sickening Blast}}:''' Resistance Immunity to Cold Sickening and Nausea while the Shield persists. Such effects absorbed deal damage to the Shield equal to 5 + 5 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possessthe effect's save DC.

'''{{Anchor|Bewitching Beshadowed Blast}}:''' Immunity to Mind-Affecting Blindness, Deafness, Dazzling, and Gaze Attacks while the Shield persists. Such sensory effects for a number of rounds absorbed deal damage to the Shield equal to 1 + 1 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possessthe effect's save DC.

'''{{Anchor|Noxious Brimstone Blast/[[Pyroclastic Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Pyroclastic Blast]]}}:''' Immunity The Shield gains Resistance to Poison effects for a number of rounds Fire equal to 1 + 1 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possess.

'''{{Anchor|Repelling Hellrime Blast/[[Dagon's Icy Grip (3.5e Invocation) |Dagon's Icy Grip]]/[[Breath of Levistus (3.5e Invocation) |Breath of Levistus]]/[[Stygian Frost Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Stygian Frost Blast]]}}:''' Immunity The Shield gains Resistance to Knockback, Trip and any other similar effects for a number of rounds Cold equal to 1 + 1 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possess.

'''{{Anchor|Vitrolic Bewitching Blast/[[Mindrending Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Mindrending Blast]]/[[Malcanthet's Chains (3.5e Invocation) |Malcanthet's Chains]]}}:''' Resistance Immunity to Acid Mind-Affecting effects while the Shield persists. Mind-Affecting effects absorbed deal damage to the Shield equal to 5 + 5 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possessthe effect's save DC.

'''{{Anchor|Utterdark Noxious Blast/[[Sloughskin Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Sloughskin Blast]]/[[Pathosis Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Pathosis Blast]]/[[Venomous Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Venomous Blast]]}}:''' While under Immunity to Poison, Disease, Ability Damage, Ability Drain, and effects that reduce Natural Armor, while the Shield persists. Such effects absorbed deal damage to the Shield equal to the effect's save DC. '''{{Anchor|Repelling Blast/[[Delirium of Demogorgon (3.5e Invocation) |Delirium of Demogorgon]]/[[Banishing Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Banishing Blast]]/[[Fist of Baphomet (3.5e Invocation) |Fist of an Baphomet]]}}:''' Immunity to Knockback, Trip, ''Reverse Gravity'', ''Banishment'' and other forms of nonconsensual movement resulting from something other than teleportation, while the Shield persists. Such effects absorbed deal damage to the Shield equal to the effect's save DC. '''{{Anchor|Vitrolic Blast/[[Bonemelting Blast (3.5e Invocation)|Bonemelting Blast]]}}:''' The Shield gains Resistance to Acid equal to 1 + 1 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possess. '''{{Anchor|Utterdark Blast/[[Touch of Orcus (3.5e Invocation) |Touch of Orcus]]/[[Essence Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Essence Blast]]}}:''' Immunity to Negative Levels while the Shieldpersists. Energy Drain effects absorbed deal damage to the Shield equal to the effect's save DC. Additionally, you subtract a number the Shield gains Resistance to Essence damage equal to 1 2 + 1 2 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possess from . '''{{Anchor|[[Blastbind (3.5e Invocation) |Blastbind]]}}:''' Immunity to the spell attached to the Blastbind for as long as the Blastbind lasts. When the number spell is absorbed, it deals 1 point of negative damage to the Shield, plus 1 for every 2 levels the spell is above 1st (Min damage 1, Max 5). '''{{Anchor|[[Dark Spiral Aura (3.5e Invocation) |Dark Spiral Aura]]/[[Lifedrain Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Lifedrain Blast]]/[[Draining of Orcus (3.5e Invocation) |Draining of Orcus]]}}:''' Immunity to attempts to steal your health; These are effects that deal damage to a target and heal the caster or grant the caster temporary hit points , such as [[SRD:Vampiric Touch | Vampiric Touch]]. Such effects backfire, affecting the caster as if you had cast it on them instead. Life-stealing effects so reflected deal damage to the Shield equal to the effect's save DC. '''{{Anchor| [[Prismatic Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Prismatic Blast]]/[[Prismatic Energy (3.5e Invocation) |Prismatic Energy]]}}:''' Immunity to the first 7 instances of ability damage from any Prismatic sources; If struck by multiple colors, the corresponding number of "charges" is consumed. Each instance of damage absorbed also destroys 1 color layer of any layered Prismatic effect, such as ''[[SRD:Prismatic Wall | Prismatic Wall]]''. Absorbing a Prismatic effect deals damage to the Shield equal to the effect's save DC. Being subjected to an effect that would destroy a layer of ''[[SRD:Prismatic Wall | Prismatic Wall]]'' (Such as ''Cone of Cold'') also consumes one of the seven charges in addition to the normal effects.  '''{{Anchor|[[Force Blast (3.5e Invocation) | Force Blast]]}}:''' The Shield gains Resistance to Force equal to 1 + 1 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possess. Additionally, the Shield negates ''Magic Missiles'' andanything that counts as a ''Magic Missile'', without dealing damage to the Shield at all. '''{{Anchor|[[Hexing Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Hexing Blast]]}}:''' Immunity to Curses while the Shield persists. Such effects absorbed deal damage to the Shield equal to the effect's save DC. '''{{Anchor|[[Physical Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Physical Blast]]/[[Vulnerable Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Vulnerable Blast]]}}:''' The Shield gains DR/Magic equal to 1, + 1 per 3 dice of Eldritch Blast you possess. Additionally, this Physical Shield confers immunity to critical hits while active, provided the critical damage multiplier is equal to or drain any lower than the Shield's DR/Magic value. If the multiplier is higher than the DR, the critical hit bypasses the immunity. '''{{Anchor|[[Entropic Blast (3.5e Invocation) |Entropic Blast]]}}:''' Immunity to aging, Slowing and [Time] effects while the Shield persists. Such effects absorbed deal damage to the Shield equal to the effect's save DC. Additionally, the Shield gains Resistance to Entropy equal to 1 + 1 per dice of Eldritch Blast you possess. '''{{Anchor|[[Essence Blast (s3.5e Invocation) would inflict upon you | Essence Blast]]}}:''' Immunity to Curses while it laststhe Shield persists. Such effects absorbed deal damage to the Shield equal to the effect's save DC.

Effects can be created for any other Eldritch Essence invocationnot already found on this list; The shield protects against what the blast would normally inflict. By default, Essences that change damage type give the Shield resistance to that damage type equal to 1 + 1 per EB dice; And Essences that add a "Save vs. X" effect grant immunity to said effect, causing the effect to deal damage to the Shield equal to the DC.