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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lichmaster" data-source="post: 9712680" data-attributes="member: 6683330">Remember that once in a while enemies could have a flail, which ignores the shield, so that your effective AC against the attack would be 2 or 3 points lower (if the shield was enchanted).Also, if you got critted, you'd have to decide between taking the hit or sacrificing the shield, which again would bring the AC down until you find a replacement. The two reaction spells you mentioned are very useful in this sense.One important point I need to understand is how your vegepygmy shapeshift can constantly have a shield, given any equipment you're wearing or wielding is fused into your shape. Is some of your companions lending you a shield every time, or are you dropping it before shapeshifting?In either case, shapeshifting takes an action, so if you drop the shield and shapeshift, you're done for the turn. Enemies could just kick that shield away, so it's a good tactic but needs preparation.As for the creatures you can shapeshift into, I personally wouldn't allow anything not directly coming from A5E, simply because over time I came to deeply mistrust 5E's monsters math. A5E's monsters seem to be more reasonable and balanced, overall.</blockquote>