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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9378919" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Well... you sort of need a different mechanic. IF you had the choice between a one-handed item that gives +1, +2 or +3 to AC and the only difference was about 50 gp of cost... then everyone is going to go for the +3. It is the same reason essentially no one picks sickles as their go to melee weapon, there are just objectively, mathematically better options regardless of your situation. The bigger problem is, for me, that if you have a Buckler that is +1 AC and the only limitation it presents is it doesn't stack with other shields... you are better off just increasing the AC of all armor by +1 when not equipping a shield, because you will achieve the same end result. Everyone will buy and equip a buckler to increase their AC, there is literally no reason not to. I think this is why we haven't seen a lot of movement on shield rules, the design space is just incredibly narrow, and hard to balance between making it worthwhile or useless.</blockquote>