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<blockquote data-quote="Myth and Legend" data-source="post: 5692096" data-attributes="member: 82679"><p>Zerith while IRL some fighting manuals show shield basing as a viable combat move, the mechanics in 3.5 are very different. This example I gave because:</p><p></p><p>1. Fighters are very low-powered PCs, the worst choice in Core you can have after Monk.</p><p>2. Shields simply suck in 3.5, as AC is a "take it or leave it" kind of deal, where "taking it" would require one to be a spellcaster, not a guy in plate and with a shield.</p><p>3. Shileds directly cut into your damage. It's always better to use a two-handed weapon because of the Power Attack and Str bonuses to damage they get.</p><p>4. For an Epic game all of these are multiplied by a factor of 100. In a game where you'd be slaying (or attempting to slay) a god, a figher, who is not only a sub-par class, but who is also "gimped' much further by being not only "sword&board" but actually "two boards" is just absurd.</p><p></p><p>One guy focusing on defense while the other one minces the enemy to bits works great if you're fighting zombies. If you're fighting intelligent enemies such as higher tier demons, enemies with character levels or monsters with genereally high Wis and Int that will work about as well as it would IRL.</p><p></p><p>In fact, without any way to actually compell the enemy notice your BSF with the shield, they will just go for the actual threat on the battlefield (the guy with the sword or better yet - the one with the spellbook)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Myth and Legend, post: 5692096, member: 82679"] Zerith while IRL some fighting manuals show shield basing as a viable combat move, the mechanics in 3.5 are very different. This example I gave because: 1. Fighters are very low-powered PCs, the worst choice in Core you can have after Monk. 2. Shields simply suck in 3.5, as AC is a "take it or leave it" kind of deal, where "taking it" would require one to be a spellcaster, not a guy in plate and with a shield. 3. Shileds directly cut into your damage. It's always better to use a two-handed weapon because of the Power Attack and Str bonuses to damage they get. 4. For an Epic game all of these are multiplied by a factor of 100. In a game where you'd be slaying (or attempting to slay) a god, a figher, who is not only a sub-par class, but who is also "gimped' much further by being not only "sword&board" but actually "two boards" is just absurd. One guy focusing on defense while the other one minces the enemy to bits works great if you're fighting zombies. If you're fighting intelligent enemies such as higher tier demons, enemies with character levels or monsters with genereally high Wis and Int that will work about as well as it would IRL. In fact, without any way to actually compell the enemy notice your BSF with the shield, they will just go for the actual threat on the battlefield (the guy with the sword or better yet - the one with the spellbook) [/QUOTE]
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