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<blockquote data-quote="TaranTheWanderer" data-source="post: 9617147" data-attributes="member: 15882">In 3.5 it mattered more.&nbsp; You could equip a shield as a move action so the penalty was loss of movement or loss of an attack.&nbsp; 5e is more punishing since you are forced to lose an action if you want to don or doff a sheild3.5 also let you hold items in your hands if you had a light shield or buckler but not a heavy shield so you had option. Picking items up off the ground gave enemies attacks of opportunity. Because of all this, you needed to track stuff.&nbsp; Are you wearing a heavy shield and need to grab a spell component? Do you need to move?&nbsp; I’d so, you might now want use you move action to take your shield off.&nbsp; And you might want that AC bonus.&nbsp; And if you want to also attack, you have to move, drop your weapon and grab that thing you want.&nbsp; But it matters if the weapon is on the ground because it provokes an AoO. In 5e, there’s not a lot of need to keep track.&nbsp; Drop an item, pull something out as an item interaction and then pick up your dropped item for free later.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TaranTheWanderer, post: 9617147, member: 15882"] In 3.5 it mattered more. You could equip a shield as a move action so the penalty was loss of movement or loss of an attack. 5e is more punishing since you are forced to lose an action if you want to don or doff a sheild 3.5 also let you hold items in your hands if you had a light shield or buckler but not a heavy shield so you had option. Picking items up off the ground gave enemies attacks of opportunity. Because of all this, you needed to track stuff. Are you wearing a heavy shield and need to grab a spell component? Do you need to move? I’d so, you might now want use you move action to take your shield off. And you might want that AC bonus. And if you want to also attack, you have to move, drop your weapon and grab that thing you want. But it matters if the weapon is on the ground because it provokes an AoO. In 5e, there’s not a lot of need to keep track. Drop an item, pull something out as an item interaction and then pick up your dropped item for free later. [/QUOTE]

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