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<blockquote data-quote="Enkhidu" data-source="post: 1343503" data-attributes="member: 351">I keep seeing this come up over and over, and fail to see why so many people are missing the more obvious answers:Problem - THF are not hampered by AC loss because of Animated sheilds.Solution - No more Animated Shields. If that's too drastic a change for you, then Animated Shields - when in use - act exactly as if the shield was physically wielded. This means that a THF can't have a 2nd hand on his weapon for the all powerful X2 Power Attack and x1.5 Str bonus (note that in this special case, I'd still allow THF to occur, simply without the extra bennies of standard TWF).Problem 2 - TWF is hampered by DR.Solution - New combat manuever called &quot;Coordinated Strike.&quot; You may combine one off-hand attack with one on hand attack: all damage done with the Coordinated Strike counts as if made from the same source for the purposes of DR and massive damage. A Coordinated Strike counts as a Full Attack action, and both attacks are made with your full attack bonus, modified by the penalties for two weapon fighting.Am I missing something here, or is it really just this simple?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Enkhidu, post: 1343503, member: 351"] I keep seeing this come up over and over, and fail to see why so many people are missing the more obvious answers: Problem - THF are not hampered by AC loss because of Animated sheilds. Solution - No more Animated Shields. If that's too drastic a change for you, then Animated Shields - when in use - act exactly as if the shield was physically wielded. This means that a THF can't have a 2nd hand on his weapon for the all powerful X2 Power Attack and x1.5 Str bonus (note that in this special case, I'd still allow THF to occur, simply without the extra bennies of standard TWF). Problem 2 - TWF is hampered by DR. Solution - New combat manuever called "Coordinated Strike." You may combine one off-hand attack with one on hand attack: all damage done with the Coordinated Strike counts as if made from the same source for the purposes of DR and massive damage. A Coordinated Strike counts as a Full Attack action, and both attacks are made with your full attack bonus, modified by the penalties for two weapon fighting. Am I missing something here, or is it really just this simple? [/QUOTE]

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