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Message: <blockquote data-quote="merc" data-source="post: 301144" data-attributes="member: 3495">Sure, it would be easier for a Large creature to wield a medium Tower Shield, but they wouldn't be able to use it to its full benefit.  The concept behind the Tower Shield is that a person can hide behind it for cover, not necesarily because it is interposed between two combatants.The description describes it as basically a portable wall, which I think is a good way to think about it.  It wouldn't make sense that a large creature could fit completely behind a medium Tower Shield, so they would never be able to get full cover.  A small Large creature (about 8ft tall) might be able to get 3/4 or 9/10 cover from a Medium Tower Shield, but a large Large creature (16ft) probably couldn't get more than 1/4 cover if they tried.  Since the cover from a Tower Shield isn't a fixed number, use your best judgement for how much it can cover.Now, if the Tower Shield were big enough, it might be able to block an oppenent who was attacking, even if it didn't provide full cover.  Think of the Tower Shield as a wall - if the opponent wouldn't be able to hit you around a wall of the same size, they shouldn't be able to hit you behind the Tower Shield.  But there is no way that Medium Tower Shields are 5ft wide (the size you'd need to block a medium sized creature's face).Also remember that the scaling the shield, like Vaxalon suggested, doesn't just raise the price - it raises the size of the shield so that it functions for large creatures the same as it does for medium creatures.</blockquote>

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