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Mithril bucker, or light shield
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That is a ridiculous conclusion from my argument, and you know itFelix said:
You know what, I don't know! I just reviewed the SRD at it sure ain't there... Maybe I made it up.... Unless there is an additional entry in the PHB that is not in the SRD, then I'm sincerely sorry for throwing that into the argument. But I was sure I had read it somewhere.....Felix said:
Possibly so.Felix said:
Legildur said:
p.124 phb
Buckler
You can also use your shield arm to wield a weapon (whether you are using an off-hand weapon or using your offhand to help wield a two-handed weapon), but you take a -1 penalty on attack rolls while doing so because of the extra weight on your arm.
Im assuming thats what you read, it also states that penalty stacks with other penalties and if you use the off hand for fighting you dont get the ac bonus for the buckler
FWIW and not to beat a dead equine...but this just in from the latest DnD FAQ dated 1/26/2007
The duskblade’s armored mage class feature (Player’s Handbook II, 20) allows you to cast spells while wearing a shield with no arcane spell failure. If the duskblade has a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, can they still cast spells? If not, why carry a shield?
You need a free hand to cast a spell with a somatic component, and to cast a spell with a material or focus component, you need that component at hand (which usually means you need a free hand to manipulate it). The buckler and light shield both allow you to use your shield hand for such activities.
A duskblade using a heavy shield and holding a weapon or other object in his other hand can only cast spells that don’t include the components listed above, despite the fact that he ignores the arcane spell failure chance for the heavy shield.
The duskblade’s armored mage class feature (Player’s Handbook II, 20) allows you to cast spells while wearing a shield with no arcane spell failure. If the duskblade has a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, can they still cast spells? If not, why carry a shield?
You need a free hand to cast a spell with a somatic component, and to cast a spell with a material or focus component, you need that component at hand (which usually means you need a free hand to manipulate it). The buckler and light shield both allow you to use your shield hand for such activities.
A duskblade using a heavy shield and holding a weapon or other object in his other hand can only cast spells that don’t include the components listed above, despite the fact that he ignores the arcane spell failure chance for the heavy shield.
Moon-Lancer
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while the sage is not the best source to fix an argument, I see nothing wrong with assuming that because the buckler and light shield don’t expressly forbid the use of the hand while the heavy shield does, one can assume casting with a buckler or shield (baring any asf chance) is fair game. Keep your sudo authentic seeming rules based on reality out of my peanut butter. 
mmmm magic peanut butter.
mmmm magic peanut butter.
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Moon-Lancer
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i think we are talking about the same thing... maybe. 
Well, before you get too carried away, I'd recommend reading this thread starting not long ago by Hypersmurf:BobbyMac said:
Light Shield.... Free Hand?
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