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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 478055" data-attributes="member: 96">Re: Re: Dancing Shields, a Shield and Shield spelldancing is actually a shield property from Sword &amp; Fist, separate from animated.&nbsp; A dancing shield provides a cover bonus to AC vs. one opponent/round.Assuming that it was indeed a +2 dancing shield and not a +2 animated one, the answer would be:+9 from the side of the battlefield protected by the shield spell (+7 from the spell, +2 from the weilded shield)+6 vs. one opponent on the side not protected by the shield spell (+4 from the dancing shield, +2 from the weilded shield.+2 vs. everyone else.Note that since the shield spell and the dancing shield both provide cover bonuses, they do not stack.EDIT: Of course, dancing from S&amp;F is a +3 bonus, not +2, so the poster probably does mean animated - in which case it's the +11/+4 that has been mentioned before: both the animated shield and the normal one provide the same sort of bonus to AC, so they cannot stack.J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 478055, member: 96"] [b]Re: Re: Dancing Shields, a Shield and Shield spell[/b] [i]dancing[/i] is actually a shield property from [B][I]Sword & Fist[/I][/B], separate from [I]animated[/I]. A [I]dancing[/I] shield provides a cover bonus to AC vs. one opponent/round. Assuming that it was indeed a [i]+2 dancing[/i] shield and not a [i]+2 animated[/i] one, the answer would be: +9 from the side of the battlefield protected by the [i]shield[/i] spell (+7 from the spell, +2 from the weilded shield) +6 vs. one opponent on the side not protected by the [i]shield[/i] spell (+4 from the [i]dancing[/i] shield, +2 from the weilded shield. +2 vs. everyone else. Note that since the [i]shield[/i] spell and the [i]dancing shield[/i] both provide cover bonuses, they do not stack. EDIT: Of course, [i]dancing[/i] from S&F is a +3 bonus, not +2, so the poster probably does mean [i]animated[/i] - in which case it's the +11/+4 that has been mentioned before: both the [i]animated[/i] shield and the normal one provide the same sort of bonus to AC, so they cannot stack. J [/QUOTE]

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