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<blockquote data-quote="Jondor_Battlehammer" data-source="post: 267285" data-attributes="member: 5335">1) Shield isn't &quot;broken&quot;. It gives a spellcaster a decent AC for a short time. However, everytime he casts it he loses out on helping the party in other ways, especially at lower levels. Anytime he casts it on someone else, thats one less for himself AND he loses his use to the party.2) Potions of shield are not &quot;broken&quot;.If you want them to last a fight, they have to at least be a second level potion. This means either someone is making them losing gold, time, and XP, or they are being bought, which means more gold and you are choosing to sell them. It also means fewer healing potions. Why not just call sponateous casting &quot;broken&quot;? After all clerics are over powered anyway.Then there are the AoO from drinking potions, the fact that it only protects them in front, and that any fall or AoE spell is going to nuke those potions.Also, this won't stack with other cover modifiers, wich anyone in their right mind would take if available, including the bad guys. Not to mention that right in the PHB it states that certain spells wrap around cover, like fireball, lessening the effectiveness of cover modifiers.If the fight lasts for a couple of rounds, have their opponents run, forcing them to use more potions. Most creatures are not so stupid as to stay the fight if they need 20's to hit. Use tactics.And the ultimate rule 0, if YOU can have them...Shield is an advantage, and a powerful one, but not a perfect one. Besides, if a ring of shield is so insane, what about a bow of true arrows?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jondor_Battlehammer, post: 267285, member: 5335"] 1) Shield isn't "broken". It gives a spellcaster a decent AC for a short time. However, everytime he casts it he loses out on helping the party in other ways, especially at lower levels. Anytime he casts it on someone else, thats one less for himself AND he loses his use to the party. 2) Potions of shield are not "broken". If you want them to last a fight, they have to at least be a second level potion. This means either someone is making them losing gold, time, and XP, or they are being bought, which means more gold and you are choosing to sell them. It also means fewer healing potions. Why not just call sponateous casting "broken"? After all clerics are over powered anyway. Then there are the AoO from drinking potions, the fact that it only protects them in front, and that any fall or AoE spell is going to nuke those potions. Also, this won't stack with other cover modifiers, wich anyone in their right mind would take if available, including the bad guys. Not to mention that right in the PHB it states that certain spells wrap around cover, like fireball, lessening the effectiveness of cover modifiers. If the fight lasts for a couple of rounds, have their opponents run, forcing them to use more potions. Most creatures are not so stupid as to stay the fight if they need 20's to hit. Use tactics. And the ultimate rule 0, if YOU can have them... Shield is an advantage, and a powerful one, but not a perfect one. Besides, if a ring of shield is so insane, what about a bow of true arrows? [/QUOTE]

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