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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lurker59" data-source="post: 4104358" data-attributes="member: 61925">After seeing the +1 Heavy Shield of Protection had an enhancement bonus to AC and Reflex I decided to look again at the Dragon article on Magic Items. Obviously the developers thoughts on shield properties could have changed but the article stated:"Arms: These are bulky items that fit over your arms, such as bracers, vambraces, and shields. You'll notice that shields no longer have an enhancement bonus. Instead, shields have special defensive effects and items you wear instead of shields, like bracers, are more offensive. 3.5 Equivalents: Arms, shields.Then consider the one of the shields we have see:+1 Heavy Shield of Protection Level 3 This shield is good for a fighter or paladin to use. Body Slot: Arms Enhancement: Armor Class and Reflex defense. Power (Encounter): Standard Action. You and your adjacent ally gain resist all 5 until the end of your next turn.I'm a little curious at how the system will handle this considering their goal of keeping numbers relatively balanced against each other. With an AC and reflex bonus on shields the sword and boarder will gain AC at an accelerated rate compared to other characters and possibly break the math at higher levels. Any thoughts on this? Perhaps the +1 isn't included in AC and Reflex defense calculations?</blockquote>