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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5956270" data-attributes="member: 54877">That's a reasonable way of showing greater accuracy due to the two weapons. Can't XP you yet.&nbsp;Would be interesting to see if a similar mechanic for defense could be applied reasonably to a second weapons or shield. If you have a shield or off-hand weapon and get hit, you can force a second roll. Limit it to one so-called &quot;block&quot; per round, not unlock the Guardian power. Then obviously off-hand weapons only get this versus melee attacks, while shields get it versus everything. &nbsp;If on your round, you miss with your attack, and elect to use the option to reroll (whether for a weapon attack or shield bash), that counts as your one second roll, and thus you have no extra defensive options that round.&nbsp;Then allow any magic bonus on the shield (or off-hand weapon, too, I guess) to work here, instead of on AC all the time. This means that a +3 heavy shield gives you some general protectiion (+2 AC all the time), and then once per round gives you a shot at blocking some nasty attack with an AC +3 over normal (including the already embedded +2 from having a shield.) That would make a Sword &amp; Board character feel very different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5956270, member: 54877"] That's a reasonable way of showing greater accuracy due to the two weapons. Can't XP you yet. Would be interesting to see if a similar mechanic for defense could be applied reasonably to a second weapons or shield. If you have a shield or off-hand weapon and get hit, you can force a second roll. Limit it to one so-called "block" per round, not unlock the Guardian power. Then obviously off-hand weapons only get this versus melee attacks, while shields get it versus everything. If on your round, you miss with your attack, and elect to use the option to reroll (whether for a weapon attack or shield bash), that counts as your one second roll, and thus you have no extra defensive options that round. [B]Then[/B] allow any magic bonus on the shield (or off-hand weapon, too, I guess) to work here, instead of on AC all the time. This means that a +3 heavy shield gives you some general protectiion (+2 AC all the time), and then once per round gives you a shot at blocking some nasty attack with an AC +3 over normal (including the already embedded +2 from having a shield.) That would make a Sword & Board character feel very different. [/QUOTE]

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