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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 3165588" data-attributes="member: 9789">As I recall, you can wear a light shield and cast spells with that hand without a penalty.If you're wielding a two-hander, that's even easier:  just let go with one hand while you cast.Also, I agree with Stormborn that it seems implied in the duskblade's description that you don't need a hand free to cast any channeling spells.That aside:I appreciate the comment about "standard adventuring gear," but I was wondering if anyone had ideas about something more special or unique that would fit the flavor of the class.The two-handed weapon comment is also valid, but at the same time keeping up two primary stats - Int and Str - and making sure Con doesn't fall by the wayside at the same time means that a mid-low level duskblade is lucky to have an 18 Str even with enhancement bonuses.  Aren't sword-and-board combos still a valid choice these days, or is it pretty much two-hander or forget it?Edit:The PHBII does have some nice shield-boosting feats, as a matter of fact.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>