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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7467941" data-attributes="member: 996">If the game had multiple shield types like 3e (Tower, Large, small, & buckler), or even just Heavy & Light like 4e, you could limit it to the lightest type of shield to match the lightest-weapons vibe. Feels more like it hurts the shield (sadly under-appreciated throughout D&D history) than the style.  Requires a free hand instead of using a bonus action would keep it from combining with both shields and TWF, but I'm not sure I see why you'd need a free hand?  ... actually, just a few months ago I saw a martial arts demo of techniques used with mismatched weapons - dagger vs spear, that kinda thing.  A lot of the dagger tricks involved grabbing the haft of the opponent's weapon or grappling, to keep the engagement close enough to favor the shorter weapon.</blockquote>