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<blockquote data-quote="HeavyG" data-source="post: 309952" data-attributes="member: 431">First of all, I think we need to diffenciate between tower shields and normal (ie large, small or buckler shields).Tower shields are not really shields but rather a small portable wall that you can hide behind and move around.&nbsp; They give cover and not armor bonuses to AC.&nbsp; So they are more like a piece of scenery in some ways.Thus, it should be treated the same way for a giant with a giant-sized tower shield.&nbsp; It would enable the giant to put down a temporary wall some strategic place on the battlefield. And it would need to be very big to give as much cover as a normal tower shield gives a human.However, I think a +2 to AC is pretty meaningless for a giant compared to using a two-handed weapon.&nbsp; That's why no giant in the MM uses a shield.&nbsp; It certainly wouldn't be unbalanced to double the armor bonus to AC of giant-sized shields. And there's no logical reason a giant would get less use for a shield than a human does.&nbsp; However, logically, a giant would have trouble maneuvering his shield appropriately to protect against very small (i.e. human-sized) targets.&nbsp; He'd have to squat down or something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeavyG, post: 309952, member: 431"] First of all, I think we need to diffenciate between tower shields and normal (ie large, small or buckler shields). Tower shields are not really shields but rather a small portable wall that you can hide behind and move around. They give cover and not armor bonuses to AC. So they are more like a piece of scenery in some ways. Thus, it should be treated the same way for a giant with a giant-sized tower shield. It would enable the giant to put down a temporary wall some strategic place on the battlefield. And it would need to be very big to give as much cover as a normal tower shield gives a human. However, I think a +2 to AC is pretty meaningless for a giant compared to using a two-handed weapon. That's why no giant in the MM uses a shield. It certainly wouldn't be unbalanced to double the armor bonus to AC of giant-sized shields. And there's no logical reason a giant would get less use for a shield than a human does. However, logically, a giant would have trouble maneuvering his shield appropriately to protect against very small (i.e. human-sized) targets. He'd have to squat down or something. [/QUOTE]

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