Questions tagged [shield]
For questions about shields, defensive armor carried or worn on the arm for the protection of the body.
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Could a Thri-Kreen use its secondary arms to operate two-handed ranged weapons?
Secondary Arms.
You have two slightly smaller secondary arms below your primary pair of arms. The secondary arms can manipulate an object, open or close a door or container, pick up or set down a Tiny ...
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Can I smuggle a shield on me when I'm infiltrating a place?
I'm working on a zealot vigilante whose primary role is to be a face/infiltrator with combat being a secondary focus, just enough to be a viable threat. I settled on a simple sword and boarder, but ...
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What is the base of a Broadleaf Shield?
The Broadleaf Shield does not say what its base shield is. Based on the Wood trait I guess it is a Wooden Shield. Is that right?
The AC is the most important aspect, but it would be nice to know if ...
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Is a holy symbol borne on a shield a discrete object for the purposes of being the target of a spell?
Is the holy symbol that a cleric or paladin can use as a spellcasting focus a discrete object? Does it stop being a discrete object when the player decides to bear it on a shield by inlaying it?
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Can a Champion use a polearm and shield?
I'm building a Champion of Shelyn and like the glaive, but I planned on being the group tank. Is there a way in 2E for someone to use something heavier than a buckler while wielding a polearm?
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Homebrew retractable shield
An idea that I had for a deployable shield as I didn't find anything satisfactory online. It's simple, but I would like to know if it's balanced or if you see any weird interaction with it.
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Does Shielded Arm require a free hand to raise/block?
The description of Shielded Arm reads (emphasis mine):
Reinforcing veins of ore run through the target's arm, letting it ward off blows with its bare skin. It can use the Raise a Shield action to ...
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When you receive a physical attack and Shield Block it, if it deals multiple types of damage, how is damage reduced?
Shield Block states that:
Trigger While you have your shield raised, you would take damage from a physical attack.
You snap your shield in place to ward off a blow. Your shield prevents you from ...
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How is Raise a Shield/Shield Block affected by the Paralyzed condition
The scenario that arose last night at the table was as follows:
On the Fighters turn as one of his actions he Raises a Shield (+2 to his AC)
Monster attacks the Fighter and successfully beats this ...
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How should the price, hit point and hardness (and aura) be calculated for a magical weapon & armor shield?
The core rule mentioned that each enhancement bonus granted to a weapon/armor would also grant it additional hardness and hit points.
It also mentioned that while shields can be enchanted as armors, ...
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What are all of the armors and shields that are legal in 3.5e?
I want a complete list of every 3.5e-legal type of armor and shield published by Wizards of the Coast, or in Dragon or Dungeon magazine. (To be clear, I mean base type of armor or shield, not every ...
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Does the buckler make other shield options irrelevant?
Years ago in our group we came to the conclusion that the buckler is a shield that leads itself to help player optimization as it allows most character to have shield empowered with magical armour ...
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How does Shield of missile attraction work with friendly fire?
Let's say the tank is attuned to the shield of missile attraction and a fellow team member fires a bow/crossbow at an enemy within 10ft of said tank. Does the team member's projectile hit the tank ...
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What is an attack for Shield Block?
The Shield Block reaction has this trigger:
While you have your shield raised, you would take damage from a physical attack.
Is it something with the "attack" trait, or is it just plain ...
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Can a Path of the Beast Barbarian make claw attacks while using a shield?
I'm playing a 3rd level Path of the Beast Barbarian. If my claws are out can a shield be used and still get 2 claw attacks in?
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