Spell: Patron's Protector

You channel your magic into your familiar, filling its body with dreadful energy, turning them into a powerful protective force. You can use Command an Animal on the target as part of Casting or Sustaining this spell. Your familiar's AC becomes 28; they become large, and they gain 20 temporary Hit Points. If your familiar is reduced to 0 Hit Points while under the effect of this spell, the spell immediately ends, and your familiar is instead reduced to 1 Hit Point. Once per turn your familiar can use the Body Check or Protector's Shove action.

Body Check1 Your familiar uses its new size and presence to press against an adjacent creature, dealing, 4d10 bludgeoning damage (basic Fortitude save). On a failed save, the target is also knocked back 10 feet (20 feet on a critical failure).

Protector's Shove 1 Your familiar shoves an ally out of danger. Your familiar pushes an adjacent, willing ally, pushing them up to 20 feet away and granting them a +2 status bonus to AC for 1 round. This is forced movement.

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Heightened (9th) The familiar's AC become 36, they gain 30 temporary Hit Points, and the damage increases by 2d10.