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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 4500516" data-attributes="member: 996">The 4e light shield is the sort that allows you to hold, but not use, an item in your shield hand.&nbsp; (In 3e there was also a buckler that let you hold &amp; wield a weapon in the same hand, it's gone in 4e).I don't think switching hands is a big issue.&nbsp; In fact, I think it's more a matter of having a hand available for what you want to do.&nbsp; If you're holding a weapon and wearing a light shield, you have one hand available to hold (but not use) a second weapon.&nbsp; If you're holding a weapon in each hand &amp; wearing a light shield, you have no hands available for other things, but you can wield the weapon in the non-shield hand.&nbsp; If you throw that weapon, you now have a hand available.&nbsp; If you want to wield the other weapon, you can, because it's a one-handed weapon, and you have one hand available for weilding weapons.&nbsp; Since you're now wielding it one-handed, the shield hand is no longer required to 'hold' it, so you now have a hand free for holding-but-not-wielding.&nbsp; That's a long winded way of saying what's I'm guessing is really meant to be very simple: you don't have to worry about which hand you're using to do something, just whether you have a hand available to do it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 4500516, member: 996"] The 4e light shield is the sort that allows you to hold, but not use, an item in your shield hand. (In 3e there was also a buckler that let you hold & wield a weapon in the same hand, it's gone in 4e). I don't think switching hands is a big issue. In fact, I think it's more a matter of having a hand available for what you want to do. If you're holding a weapon and wearing a light shield, you have one hand available to hold (but not use) a second weapon. If you're holding a weapon in each hand & wearing a light shield, you have no hands available for other things, but you can wield the weapon in the non-shield hand. If you throw that weapon, you now have a hand available. If you want to wield the other weapon, you can, because it's a one-handed weapon, and you have one hand available for weilding weapons. Since you're now wielding it one-handed, the shield hand is no longer required to 'hold' it, so you now have a hand free for holding-but-not-wielding. That's a long winded way of saying what's I'm guessing is really meant to be very simple: you don't have to worry about which hand you're using to do something, just whether you have a hand available to do it. [/QUOTE]

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