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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7773879" data-attributes="member: 6795602">I want to talk about the above scenarios.  I'm not analyzing PVP.  It's a very pointless thing to do IMO.  Chances are any enemy you encounter doesn't have the sentinel feat or any other feat so bringing that up is pointless IMO.The more interesting discussion is how the fighter with shield master can actively counter your ready action.  He simply moves just out of your reach and readies his own attack in response.  Now it's essentially a stalemate because whoever moves into the readied attack first is at a significant disadvantage.Now consider if you are a shield master fighter fighting against another equal opponent and due to the nature of dice rolls after 2 turns you are at a significant disadvantage.  As a shield master you have a way to easily force a stalemate and so to prevent that from happening your opponent has to sacrifice some of his advantage which helps make the fight more winnable for you.  If the dice favor you after the first few turns the you just continue fighting it out as you have the advantage at that point.  That's the more nuanced version of what's going to happen and the actual advantages the feat brings against smart enemies.  Of course against dumber enemies you may easily rope them into a nearly endless cycle of almost never getting to actually attack you.</blockquote>