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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 4965345" data-attributes="member: 63763">Shields are special/weird because they can be enchanted as an arm slot item OR they can be enchanted as a weapon (in the case of a spiked shield). The only "slots" for non-magical items are "in hand" which is different than hand or arm, and the body slot for armor. In the case of light shield, you can even hold (but not wield) something while holding he shield. If the shield is enchanted (and not a weapon enchantment on spiked shield) it would not work with other arm slot magic items (bracers being the most common case). The character builder should implement something to resolve this. (Perhaps the enchanted shield put into the off-hand slot would automatically show up in the arm slot. If a different arm slot item is put on, the 'effects' of the shield's enhancement would be supressed.  In the case of non-enchanted shield + non-shield arm slot items ... it isn't much of an issue. It's not just allowable by RAW, it's intended. The reason that you can't have two magic items on the same location isn't just a matter of being unable to wear both simultaneously, but that the magics interfere with each other. The bracer type powers would be the "any armor" type, while the shield prereqs are the ones that only work with a subset of those armors. The bracers enhancements were designed to be used with or without shields (although some obviously wouldn't work with shields because they encourage dual wielding or two handed weapons) but the shield enhancements only come on shields. So having proficiency with a shield is a prerequisite to those enchantments, and to take those, you have the opportunity cost of losing out on dual wielding or two handed weapon wielding. In general: The shield magic stuff should be "better" as it's restricted while the bracer arm slot items are not. The bracer arm slot items work with normal shields, but enchanted shields are arm slot items for the purpose of "one enchantment per slot, two for rings" rule.</blockquote>

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