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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3961347" data-attributes="member: 1656">Yes.Yes.&quot;A character with an animated shield still takes any penalties associated with shield use, such as armor check penalty, arcane spell failure chance, and nonproficiency.&quot;Given that arcane spell failure is not a penalty in the glossary sense of the term (a negative modifier to a die roll), it is apparent that &quot;any associated penalties&quot; refers to all adverse consequences of shield use (save the single exception of having both hands free).So an animated tower shield still imposes a -2 penalty on attack rolls, a Max Dex of +2, an ACP of -10, and an ASF of 50%; it still precludes monk abilities if the monk uses it; etc.Item creation doesn't use the Permanency spell; it uses the item creation feats (for example, Craft Magic Arms and Armor for a tower shield).&nbsp; And yes, you can add enhancement bonuses to a weapon, as long as it is of masterwork quality; and you can add special abilities to a weapon, as long as it has an enhancement bonus.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 3961347, member: 1656"] Yes. Yes. "A character with an animated shield still takes any penalties associated with shield use, such as armor check penalty, arcane spell failure chance, and nonproficiency." Given that arcane spell failure is not a penalty in the glossary sense of the term (a negative modifier to a die roll), it is apparent that "any associated penalties" refers to all adverse consequences of shield use (save the single exception of having both hands free). So an animated tower shield still imposes a -2 penalty on attack rolls, a Max Dex of +2, an ACP of -10, and an ASF of 50%; it still precludes monk abilities if the monk uses it; etc. Item creation doesn't use the Permanency spell; it uses the item creation feats (for example, Craft Magic Arms and Armor for a tower shield). And yes, you can add enhancement bonuses to a weapon, as long as it is of masterwork quality; and you can add special abilities to a weapon, as long as it has an enhancement bonus. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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