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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7542257" data-attributes="member: 6779196">According to the rules for donning and doffing armor, you are correct that it takes an action to equip a shield by RAW, and therefore the character could not attack and equip their shield in the same turn (unless he’s a fighter and uses his action surge to do it). As for dropping the bow, drawing the rapier, and attacking, it depends how you interpret the rules about interacting with the environment as part of your action/move, which are not entirely clear. What is clear is that, once per turn, you can do one thing that constitutes such an interaction. What’s not clear is what does or does not constitute such an interaction. It is equally valid to say that dropping the bow is an interaction with the environment as it is to say that it is not. Personally, I would rule that merely dropping the bow is not an intraction, but actually putting it away on one’s person is. So, at my table, the fastest the character could make the switvh would be:- Turn 1: drop bow for free, draw rapier as an part of the Attack action, attack with rapier or Attack with bow, put bow away as part of movement- Turn 2: draw shield as part of the action to don it, don shield or draw rapier as part of Attack action, attack with rapier- Turn 3: pick up bow as part of movement, attack with rapier or draw shield as part of the action to don it, don shield</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7542257, member: 6779196"] According to the rules for donning and doffing armor, you are correct that it takes an action to equip a shield by RAW, and therefore the character could not attack and equip their shield in the same turn (unless he’s a fighter and uses his action surge to do it). As for dropping the bow, drawing the rapier, and attacking, it depends how you interpret the rules about interacting with the environment as part of your action/move, which are not entirely clear. What is clear is that, once per turn, you can do one thing that constitutes such an interaction. What’s not clear is what does or does not constitute such an interaction. It is equally valid to say that dropping the bow is an interaction with the environment as it is to say that it is not. Personally, I would rule that merely dropping the bow is not an intraction, but actually putting it away on one’s person is. So, at my table, the fastest the character could make the switvh would be: - Turn 1: drop bow for free, draw rapier as an part of the Attack action, attack with rapier [I]or[/I] Attack with bow, put bow away as part of movement - Turn 2: draw shield as part of the action to don it, don shield [I]or[/I] draw rapier as part of Attack action, attack with rapier - Turn 3: pick up bow as part of movement, attack with rapier [I]or[/I] draw shield as part of the action to don it, don shield [/QUOTE]

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