2 Weapon Fighting With a Shield?

[malichai]

Someone in our game wants to use a weapon with a spiked shield for combat. For 2 weapon fighting, is a large spiked shield considered a light weapon for a medium sized character? (We're using 3.0).

 

[malichai]

Someone in our game wants to use a weapon with a spiked shield for combat. For 2 weapon fighting, is a large spiked shield considered a light weapon for a medium sized character? (We're using 3.0).

Um... and he also apparently wants to do this 2 weapon fighting using a shield by being a 3.0 ranger to get the free virtual ambi/2-weapon feats.

 

[Camarath]

Someone in our game wants to use a weapon with a spiked shield for combat. For 2 weapon fighting, is a large spiked shield considered a light weapon for a medium sized character? (We're using 3.0).

Yes it is.
From 3.0 SRD

Shield Bash Attacks: An opponent can be bashed with a shield, using it as an off-hand weapon. A Medium-size character deals 1d4 points of damage (X2 crit) with a large shield or 1d3 (X2 crit) with a small one. (The tower shield cannot be used to perform the bash action.) A Small character deals 1d3 points of damage (X2 crit) with a large shield or 1d2 (X2 crit) with a small one. Used this way, the shield is a martial bludgeoning weapon. For purposes of attack penalties, treat a shield as a light weapon. If the shield is used as a weapon, lose its AC bonus until the character's next action (usually until the next round).

Shield Spikes: These spikes turn a shield into a martial piercing weapon that deals 1d6 points of damage (X2 crit) no matter whether the shield is small or large. Buckler or tower shields cannot have shield spikes.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

Shield Bash Attacks: An opponent can be bashed with a shield, using it as an off-hand weapon. A Medium-size character deals 1d4 points of damage (X2 crit) with a large shield or 1d3 (X2 crit) with a small one. (The tower shield cannot be used to perform the bash action.) A Small character deals 1d3 points of damage (X2 crit) with a large shield or 1d2 (X2 crit) with a small one. Used this way, the shield is a martial bludgeoning weapon. For purposes of attack penalties, treat a shield as a light weapon. If the shield is used as a weapon, lose its AC bonus until the character's next action (usually until the next round).
Shield Spikes: These spikes turn a shield into a martial piercing weapon that deals 1d6 points of damage (X2 crit) no matter whether the shield is small or large. Buckler or tower shields cannot have shield spikes.

So, yes, a spiked shield is a light weapon.

AR

 

[Nightfall]

Work better with two spiked shields IMHO.

 

[AeroDm]

Did the improved shield bash make it over the 3.5? I hated that feat.

 

[Nightfall]

Yes but it works differently now.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Yes but it works differently now.

An alternative answer is "No, it didn't, and they renamed Shield Expert to call it Improved Shield Bash"

-Hyp.

 

[Darklone]

And it's still a nerd fighting style with silly shields of bashing

At least the wet dream of all double shield fighters, Divine Shield, got nerfed.