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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Larrin" data-source="post: 4816046" data-attributes="member: 55816">PHB1: page 224: "You can benefit from only one magic item that you wear in your arm slot even if, practically speaking, you can wear bracers and cary a shield at the same time.  You benefit from the item you put on first...."This kinda has multiple interpretations, take your pick...1: the word MAGIC is key, bracers and shields only interfer if they are both magic.2: if you put on bracers first, your shield of any type doesn't give you any benefit3:if you put on bracers first, your MAGIC shield doesn't give you any benefits but a mundane shield acts like a shield.4: if you put on bracers first, your MAGIC sheild doesn't give you any magic benefits, but can act like a mundane shield.5: Don't poke the bear at the zoo (translation: just don't mix shields and bracers ever, there's no need to make trouble when it can be avoided)6: you can't wear mundane bracers and mundane shileds at the same time, because they take up item slots, even though only magic items take up item slots, just because..My suggestion: read the section (PHB1: page 224) with your group and fight it out.  I interpret it as saying 1: and 4:, which i think is perfectly fine and balanced, but others will of course disagree.</blockquote>