<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=300270.msg14829621#msg14829621">Quote from: HopeFox on 22-04-2019, 13:43:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">You still know that you've been hit before you cast it, though, right? You don't know whether your AC 15 was hit by a 16 or a 24, but you know it wasn't a 12?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Yeah, and this isn't even a DM ruling, Shield is cast as a reaction in response to being hit with an attack (or targetted by magic missile), so by RAW you can't even cast it if the attack misses you. Personally I would let you cast it if the attack missed, but I'm not sure why you'd want to.