Fellas,
I'm at work now without my books, but received a request from one of my players regarding a potential new character. I was wondering if any of you have played with or DM'd a character like the one below. If you have any comments or know of any applicable rules, I'd appreciate any and all help. I'm fairly new to 3E (at least when it comes to rules somewhat outside the main books), so please give me tips if you've seen things that don't work or are 'broken' and what-not. Again, thanks for your help!
My friend's email below:
I'm at work now without my books, but received a request from one of my players regarding a potential new character. I was wondering if any of you have played with or DM'd a character like the one below. If you have any comments or know of any applicable rules, I'd appreciate any and all help. I'm fairly new to 3E (at least when it comes to rules somewhat outside the main books), so please give me tips if you've seen things that don't work or are 'broken' and what-not. Again, thanks for your help!
My friend's email below:
I want to make a guy who uses the shield bash as his primary mode of attack. However, the description in the equipment section of the PHB describes shield bash as such:
"You can bash an opponent with a shield, using it as an off-hand weapon."
My question, of course, is can it be used as your primary
weapon? Additionally, can you carry another shield in your off-hand which can be used like a traditional shield? Finally, can you carry a large shield in one hand, and a small shield in the other and follow the two-weapon fighting progression? I agree it would look awkward. He would carry traditional weapons on his person, but he'd rarely use them.
Another question: If the answers to any of the above questions are 'yes', would a +2 shield be considered a +2 enchanted weapon to damage and/or to defeat DR. I'm guessing not. If I attach spikes to the shield and have the spikes enchanted, would that be okay (spiked shield by PHB does 1d6 versus 1d4 for regular large, wooden shield)?
This idea came to me from some of the feats in DotF as well as S&F. Check them out, and you'll see where I'm going with this.
I think a shield bash is only logical using your main hand. Especially since if I took the feat ambidexterity, I'd have no 'off-hand' with which to do a shield bash.