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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8104345" data-attributes="member: 6987520">The problem with claims like this is there is really no way to prove (or disprove) it. IMO unless you are a riot police, etc. or stuntman or professionally reenact battles or something, there aren't many places out there where people are have a call for shield proficiency skills anymore. Even in those outlier professions, your ability to use a shield effectively would likely differ (perhaps significantly?) from what a warrior would have done IRL hundreds of years ago. shrugAnyway, there are tons of things in the game the rules don't specifically address (which is intentional of course) so common sense should prevail for your table and you can either:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ignore the SA and make it that magical shields must be donned to add any bonus, even the magical one.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Treat the magic of the shield as an extension (via whatever flavor you want) beyond the shield so merely holding one in your hand "magically" makes you harder to hit.</li> </ol>Personally, I go with route #1. JC is (effectively) ruling in favor of option #2. I don't agree with it, and my table did enjoy a hardy laugh at the ruling. One player even commented on a funny comic to show how... well, strange might be the nicest word... the second interpretation is.To be clear, I'm not arguing that JC's strict reading of the text is inaccurate in any way... just strange IMO and he would have been better served acknowledging the likely initial intent of the text--that the shield must be equipped/donned--instead of just reading the current text literally.While I find the depth to which some of us will go in defending our positions--I must admit I often chuckle at others when they continue debates beyond what I would call rational. Of course, I hope and expect others get a laugh from me sometimes, as well. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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