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<blockquote data-quote="chilibean" data-source="post: 21521" data-attributes="member: 2220">In my game, I am playing a Monk.&nbsp; Our DM has ruled that the Deflect Arrows ability I have will not work against boulders thrown by giants because they are too heavy to deflect.Sounds fair enough to me.&nbsp; However, I have a ring of force shield.&nbsp; What would people think about the use of that to assist me with deflect arrows?I know I need to have my hands free to deflect arrows, so normally you cannot use a shield.&nbsp; But this is a weightless invisible force field.&nbsp; So do you think I could attempt to deflect a thrown boulder with it?I would think yes, since a normal shield still counts towards your armor class.&nbsp; Therefore a normal shield is effective protection, so this should be effective protection too.&nbsp; It's just a melee attack, not a touch attack.Lastly, should I be able to deflect arrows (regular missles now, not giant rocks) more effectively than normal (ie. a +2 bonus to my reflex save, or some such), since I have this weightless shield to assist me?What do you guys think?&nbsp; Am I just being whiny and trying to get an unfair advantage, or do you think it's reasonable?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chilibean, post: 21521, member: 2220"] In my game, I am playing a Monk. Our DM has ruled that the Deflect Arrows ability I have will not work against boulders thrown by giants because they are too heavy to deflect. Sounds fair enough to me. However, I have a ring of force shield. What would people think about the use of that to assist me with deflect arrows? I know I need to have my hands free to deflect arrows, so normally you cannot use a shield. But this is a weightless invisible force field. So do you think I could attempt to deflect a thrown boulder with it? I would think yes, since a normal shield still counts towards your armor class. Therefore a normal shield is effective protection, so this should be effective protection too. It's just a melee attack, not a touch attack. Lastly, should I be able to deflect arrows (regular missles now, not giant rocks) more effectively than normal (ie. a +2 bonus to my reflex save, or some such), since I have this weightless shield to assist me? What do you guys think? Am I just being whiny and trying to get an unfair advantage, or do you think it's reasonable? [/QUOTE]

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