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<blockquote data-quote="W'rkncacnter" data-source="post: 8875976" data-attributes="member: 7033455"><p>i guess you could say it's sort of both, in a weird way?</p><p></p><p>i mean, getting +2 AC from both the shield being a shield and the shield being cover makes no sense. it'd be like making the off-hand attacks for two-weapon fighting by having one dagger in one hand and then tossing it to the off-hand when you're done your regular attacks. like...huh?</p><p></p><p>if anything i'd say the benefit of holding the shield instead of letting go would be a) <em>not </em>having the enemy steal or knock it down and b) action economy (taking an entire action to don/doff a shield in combat is rough!). although, if we're being realistic, planting the shield and not letting go of it would kind of just screw you over since the enemy could just...go around the shield. and now unless you let go of the shield it's useless and your back is exposed and really you can't do a whole lot to them because you'd have to turn your torso around while your arm is still attached to the shield and...yeah you know if i ever get a chance to run a5e i'm just gonna say tower shields detach from you when planted so that i don't have a breakdown or something in the middle of a session.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="W'rkncacnter, post: 8875976, member: 7033455"] i guess you could say it's sort of both, in a weird way? i mean, getting +2 AC from both the shield being a shield and the shield being cover makes no sense. it'd be like making the off-hand attacks for two-weapon fighting by having one dagger in one hand and then tossing it to the off-hand when you're done your regular attacks. like...huh? if anything i'd say the benefit of holding the shield instead of letting go would be a) [I]not [/I]having the enemy steal or knock it down and b) action economy (taking an entire action to don/doff a shield in combat is rough!). although, if we're being realistic, planting the shield and not letting go of it would kind of just screw you over since the enemy could just...go around the shield. and now unless you let go of the shield it's useless and your back is exposed and really you can't do a whole lot to them because you'd have to turn your torso around while your arm is still attached to the shield and...yeah you know if i ever get a chance to run a5e i'm just gonna say tower shields detach from you when planted so that i don't have a breakdown or something in the middle of a session. [/QUOTE]
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