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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rune" data-source="post: 5724769" data-attributes="member: 67">There are a few things I would refine if I were to allow it in my game.First, it appears as if you have an enhancement bonus, but I'll assume what you really mean is that this is a large shield (which grants +2 shield bonus to AC and to Reflex)In order for this to do what it seems to be designed to do, it would have to be an immediate interrupt, rather than a reaction.Because it is a shield, I would change the trigger to "When you are hit by an attack that targets your AC or Reflex."Because superior cover is not a shield bonus (and, therefore stacks with the shield bonus) and because the penalty for using this power is severe, I would go with the full -5 penalty to the attacker's roll in addition to the normal shield bonus.  But, then, for flavor's sake, it would be good to see high-Cha characters using this shield, so I'd probably drop the superior cover feature and instead penalize the attack by the wielder's Cha mod.Under no circumstances would I keep the penalty as is.  Currently it penalizes high-Cha characters who try to use it but has no penalty at all for the Cha-dump stat tank who would actually be using this this shield (as currently written).  Okay, I'm really not big on the idea of including a penalty at all (unless it's cursed), but, assuming I keep a penalty for the sake of flavor, it would be a lot flatter in application: "dazed until end of next turn," or something.I'd probably also change the power to a daily.And, for flavor, I'd give it a property: "+2 item bonus to diplomacy and bluff checks while wielding this shield."</blockquote>

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