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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wyvernhand" data-source="post: 5725797" data-attributes="member: 97681">Agile Shield Fighter (PHBII) lets you TWF (kinda) with a 1handed weapon and ANY sized shield.  This is kinda cool.  The "kinda" is there because ASF only gives you 1 offhand attack with the shield, while TWFing lets you take 1-2 other feats to get more attacks (ITWF, GTWF).  The cool thing is that you can use a large shield in your offhand with ASF.  A small shield is a light weapon, but a large shield is a 1-handed weapon.  Normally, you'd be at a -4 with both weapons for TWFing with 2x 1handed weapons.  ASF specifically maneuvers around this.  That means that you can PA 1:1 with BOTH hands in conjunction with ASF, which is pretty nice. Other than that, with Imp Shield Bash, you can use your shield to deliver martial strikes ala Tome of Battle.  When you are adding +8d8 damage to your attack, the difference between a 1d6 shield and a 1d8 longsword becomes negligable. If you take ASF, you should also take either Shield Ward (PHBII?) or Parrying Shield (Lords of Madness) to add your shield bonus to your touch AC.  This is really nice if you have the Holy Shield feat (CWarrior) which adds a significant sacred bonus to your shield. Also, check this out.  <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123630" target="_blank">Person_Man's Guide to Shields</a>.  Lots of useful stuff in there.</blockquote>