Parrying Dagger Question

[Beckett]

You can enchant a Spiked Shield as a weapon or as a shield, not both. So technically, you can have a +2 Flaming Spiked Shield.

Well, yeah. My point was, a spiked shield could get a weapon enchant, so would be a weapon. A regular shield is not eligible, so doesn't count as a weapon.

The more I think about it, the more I want to get inside the player's head. He's a paladin with a shield, he should have the highest AC in the party already.

 

[DracoSuave]

Hard to say, but he can take defensive options that aren't straight up AC.

The problem with going Parrying Dagger/Spiked Shield is that you'd sacrifice 1 AC to gain 1 AC. It doesn't 'math' well. He's better off going for a heavy shield, charisma based build around enfeebling strike. Possibly even a gnome-based build so he can go invisible every so often for maximum defensives. Or human. Or tiefling.

 

[hong]

I can do 1D4 with a feather?!

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[corwyn77]

I can do 1D4 with a feather?! Sign me up I know what my next Rogue is using.

Feel free. Unfortunately, a feather may be light, but it is certainly not a blade. Or a mace.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Well, yeah. My point was, a spiked shield could get a weapon enchant, so would be a weapon. A regular shield is not eligible, so doesn't count as a weapon.

The more I think about it, the more I want to get inside the player's head. He's a paladin with a shield, he should have the highest AC in the party already.

He does have the highest AC by about 3 points. He is an obsessive compulsive however and wants to be the highest by 4 points.

Even if that means he will have no meaningful impact on any future combats.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Actually, you cant. An improvised one handed weapon weighs 1-5 lb. An improvised two handed weapon weighs 6-12 lb. Interesting enough, a spiked shield weighs 7 lb, a light shield weighs 6, and a heavy shield weighs 10. Therefor no shield qualifies as an improvised one handed weapon and you cannot use a shield and a parrying dagger and benefit from the defensive property.

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[UltimaGabe]

He does have the highest AC by about 3 points. He is an obsessive compulsive however and wants to be the highest by 4 points.

Even if that means he will have no meaningful impact on any future combats.

You could suggest that he spend his standard action every round to go full defensive. He'd have the highest AC by 5 points, and he'd contribute to the battle just as much.

 

[CubeKnight]

You could suggest that he spend his standard action every round to go full defensive. He'd have the highest AC by 5 points, and he'd contribute to the battle just as much.

Or go Dwarf so he can at least Second Wind as a Minor and still get the +2 to Defenses, 1/Encounter at least.