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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rkanodia" data-source="post: 857995" data-attributes="member: 11681">Hey guys, a side-track on another thread about Unseen Servants carrying tower shields has given me some ideas.However, the problem is that an Unseen Servant can only carry 20 pounds, or push/drag 100 pounds.  Thus, a regular tower shield (45 pounds) would require THREE Unseen Servants to haul it around, and a darkwood tower shield (22.5 pounds) would still need TWO, and would represent an implausible about of expenditure for the villains: 630 gp per shield.  So, rate the following items I'm thinking about introducing:Half-tower shield.  As a tower shield, but narrower.  A half-tower shield weighs 20 pounds and provides up to 50% cover, depending on how far out from behind it you are willing to go.  Two half-tower shields can be held side-by-side to provide full cover."Pop-up" tower shield:  This tower shield has a large, hemispherical iron weight attached to the bottom (curved side down), increasing its weight to 75 pounds, but making it automatically stand up when no other forces are exerted upon it.How does the half-tower sound?  I know it is less than half the weight of the tower, but not by much, and I think the fact that two of them provide the same benefit as a full tower for less weight is easily counterbalanced by the fact that they would need two hands instead of one.  Anyway, the plan would be to have a couple of Unseen Servants running around with these things, blocking hits for the low-level BBEGs.  The pop-up tower would be pushed by the Servant, and then, once in place, the Servant would just let go, allowing it to orient itself upright.However I end up doing it, I just hope I can con the PCs into thinking that the shields themselves are animated, and thus get them to waste attacks on breaking down their 20 HP with 5 Hardness (probably a good 2-4 attacks per shield!)Please comment (with rationale) if you think I should change either of these items, or if you have any other sneaky ideas!</blockquote>

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