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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quidam" data-source="post: 274876" data-attributes="member: 3391">So I'm going over Monte's bard from S&SOP, converting an NPC from the old bard to this one and I'm digging the proficiencies- glad he can still use his whip, when I get to the bit I hadn't noticed before.  The bit where it says that as long as the armor check penalty did not exceed three, there was no chance of arcane spell failure for the bard.  My eyebrows shot up and a crafty grin spread across my face.So I've now got him decked out in mithril full plate- +8AC, +3Dex, -3ACk Penalty, 0% Arcane failure!  Of course I want to add a shield- masterwork, of course so as not to add to the armor check penalty, and I'm thinking, but how can he play with his hands full like that?Sure he can be reciting or something he doesn't need his hands for, but then it hit me- what about a shield that had strings in the back of it, allowing it to serve as both instrument and shield?Now you're not adding a magical armor bonus, but using the item itself as a shield, but there's got to be some extra cost in creating such an item.  If you want to go magical, though, you could add a +10 to perform checks for 2k, masterwork for 300, then an extra hundred or so for the unusual nature?Banjo Buckler+10 to perform, acts as masterwork buckler in addition to being an instrument.2,400gpThat gets his AC up to 22.  Of course, being a bard he's got a high charisma and I've maxed out his ranks in use magic device, so he'll be getting a wand of shield sometime soon.q</blockquote>

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