pathfinder2e-notes/content/mechanics/spells/Spells/Cantrips/Protect Companion.md

name	alias	tags	level	school	type	traditions	time	pf2etime	range	target	source	duration	traits	components
Protect Companion	Protect Companion	pf2e/spell pf2e/spell/cantrip_1 pf2e/school/abjuration pf2e/spelltype/utility pf2e/tradition/arcane pf2e/tradition/divine pf2e/tradition/occult pf2e/tradition/primal	1	abjuration	utility	arcane divine occult primal	1 action	*⬻{ .Pathfinder }*	30 feet	your eidolon, or a creature with the minion trait under your control	Pathfinder Secrets of Magic	until the start of your next turn	common cantrip abjuration	verbal

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You extend your aura, as a magical shield that protects your eidolon or minion. The target gains a +1 circumstance bonus to AC until the start of your next turn. You gain the Life Block reaction; after using the reaction, the spell ends and you can't cast protect companion again for 10 minutes.

Life Block | Reaction | Trigger The spell's target would take damage; Effect Reduce the triggering damage by 10, but you lose 5 Hit Points. Even if this reduces the damage to 0, the target still takes any effects that would come with the damage, such as the poison on a viper's fangs Strike.

Heightened (+2) The reaction reduces the damage by another 10, and you lose 5 more Hit Points. If you want to lose fewer Hit Points, you can choose to lower the damage reduction and HP lost to what any lower-level version of the spell could do without lowering the spell's actual level.