Can you have a shield and a arm slot magic item on at the time time.

[Darklurch]

can you have a enchanted shield, and magical arms slot item on at the same time?

 

[Mort_Q]

Yes, but only one will work in terms of its magical properties.

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Magic Item Categories

You can benefit from only one magic item that you wear in your arms slot even if, practically speaking, you can wear bracers and carry a shield at the same time. You benefit from the item you put on first; any other item you put on in the same item slot doesn't function for you until you take off the first item.

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[Doctor Proctor]

You can feel free to use a mundane shield at the same time as any other (non-shield) magic arm slot item you want. Basically, they were just trying to make sure that they weren't making shield any more awesome than they already were by giving you a second arm slot.

 

[Mort_Q]

Also note that no magic shields, or arm slot items for that matter, have a permanent AC boosting property. They saved that for Armor. So +2 for a Heavy Shield, magic or no, is the best you can get.

 

[UltimaGabe]

Also note that no magic shields, or arm slot items for that matter, have a permanent AC boosting property. They saved that for Armor. So +2 for a Heavy Shield, magic or no, is the best you can get.

Although you can take the Shield Specialization feat to increase the bonus.

 

[DracoSuave]

Although you can take the Shield Specialization feat to increase the bonus.

More accurately, you take Shield Specialization to get a specific bonus that does not stack with any other types of Armor Speciailization, but includes a secondary benefit you might find more appealing than a reduction in skill check penalties or an extra square of movement.

The shield itself is actually not affected by it.