buckler with two handed weapon
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brendan candries
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"Imp Buckler Defense works with a two handed weapon. I remember it being spelled out somewhere, even."
mmm, so you impose a -4 off-hand penalty to hit and a max of 1/2 str bonus when fighting with a 2-hander?
to me it's rather clear that, in 3.5, off-hand weapon is specifically meant for a weapon wielded in the off-hand, and that hand alone.
PHB Buckler: ... You can also use your shield arm to wield a weapon (whether you are using an off-hand weapon or using your off-hand to help wield a two handed weapon), but you take a -1 penalty on attack rolls ... This penalty stacks with those that may apply for fighting with your off hand and for fighting with two weapons. In any case, if you use a weapon in your off-hand, you don't get the buckler's AC bonus for the rest of the round.
using your off-hand to help wield a two handed weapon is not fighting with your off-hand.
using your off-hand to help wield a two handed weapon does mean you use a weapon in your off-hand.
IBD:
Benefit: When you attack with a weapon in your off-hand, you may still apply your buckler's shield bonus to your Armor Class.
Normal: Without this feat, a character wielding a buckler who attacks with an off-hand weapon loses the buckler's shield bonus to AC until his next turn.
The Normal part of the IBD feat is correct, just not complete.
mmm, so you impose a -4 off-hand penalty to hit and a max of 1/2 str bonus when fighting with a 2-hander?
to me it's rather clear that, in 3.5, off-hand weapon is specifically meant for a weapon wielded in the off-hand, and that hand alone.
PHB Buckler: ... You can also use your shield arm to wield a weapon (whether you are using an off-hand weapon or using your off-hand to help wield a two handed weapon), but you take a -1 penalty on attack rolls ... This penalty stacks with those that may apply for fighting with your off hand and for fighting with two weapons. In any case, if you use a weapon in your off-hand, you don't get the buckler's AC bonus for the rest of the round.
using your off-hand to help wield a two handed weapon is not fighting with your off-hand.
using your off-hand to help wield a two handed weapon does mean you use a weapon in your off-hand.
IBD:
Benefit: When you attack with a weapon in your off-hand, you may still apply your buckler's shield bonus to your Armor Class.
Normal: Without this feat, a character wielding a buckler who attacks with an off-hand weapon loses the buckler's shield bonus to AC until his next turn.
The Normal part of the IBD feat is correct, just not complete.
diaglo
Adventurer
IBD is from a noncore book.Legildur said:I don't think it does, but if you want to check the FAQ, that would be the most likely place you may find it. And if it is there, then I will eat my shorts (or, more likely, simply use that as further evidence that the FAQ is less than reliable)
i think that is where the problem lies more than anything.
when constructing feats for the noncore game... some feats are... uh... not thought all the way thru...
Craven... Vow of Poverty...and on and on and on
