Yes, as per a Sage Advice column covering this specific question. Can you use a shield with mage armor? Mage armor works with a shield. Shields are grouped with armor in the equipment rules in the Player’s Handbook, but various game features distinguish between the armor you wear and a shield you wield.
What does mage Armor stack with?
Mage Armor stacks with things that give a bonus to AC, like a Ring of Protection. But it doesn’t stack with things that give a set AC like Barkskin or a Monk’s Unarmored Defense.
Does mage Armor use a spell slot?
Shield and mage armor do stack. Both cost 1 spell slot to use. Mage Armor last 8 hours, so a player should only need to use it once to gain its benefits (for the most part).
Can a shield be used with Mage armour?
Yes, Mage Armour and a shield stack. The armour that the Mage Armour spell mentions is body armour, like plate or a breastplate. Mage Armour acts as a suit of armour, so it doesn’t work with body armour.
How are bracers of Defense stack with Mage armor?
For reference, here are the item/spell quotes: While wearing these bracers, you gain a +2 bonus to AC if you are wearing no armor and using no shield. You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier.
Do you get bonus AC with shield spell?
The Shield spell gives you a +5 bonus to AC. If you cast both on yourself, does that give you an effective AC of 18+Dex while both spells are in effect? Yes. Bonuses in 5e are rare, and we don’t know all of the details yet, but there is no reason to think that Mage Armor and Shield do not stack.
Can a magic item be classified as armor?
A magic item has a category, such as armor, weapon, or wondrous item. A druid’s taboo against metal armor would extend to magic items in the armor category only. (In fact, the “wondrous item” classification is specifically applied to magic items that are neither weapons nor armor.
