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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 1697951" data-attributes="member: 5890">If you ask me, they only have any utility at all at low levels. The only benefit to shield is the invulnerability to magic missile (which is rarely useful).If a mage is in melee combat, it should be to deliver a touch spell.If the mage feels it necessary to deliver a touch spell, then the opponent is quite dangerous.Any dangerous opponent who is a serious threat in melee will be able to hit an ac of up to 20 with ease.Therefore spells which bump your ac up by 4 points - are just not useful unless combined with an awful lot of other stuff.That stuff is expensive.That stuff could doubtless be put to far better use enhancing the wizard's strengths instead of weaknesses.You're in a party for a reason.</blockquote>