Probably been asked already...

[Storyteller01]

Does a shield count as a light weapon for TWF (yes, I have shield bash)?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Shield Bash Attacks: You can bash an opponent with a light shield, using it as an off-hand weapon. See Table: Weapons for the damage dealt by a shield bash. Used this way, a light shield is a martial bludgeoning weapon. For the purpose of penalties on attack rolls, treat a light shield as a light weapon.

and

Shield Bash Attacks: You can bash an opponent with a heavy shield, using it as an off-hand weapon. See Table: Weapons for the damage dealt by a shield bash. Used this way, a heavy shield is a martial bludgeoning weapon. For the purpose of penalties on attack rolls, treat a heavy shield as a one-handed weapon.

-Hyp.

 

[Storyteller01]

Thanks!!

 

[Thunderfoot]

Hey smurfy, from whence did you pull your info?
I would have thought no regardless w/o looking it up.

 

[Steve Jung]

I'm not 'Smurf, but it comes from page 125 of the PHB.

 

[Legildur]

There's also a very similar entry under Two-Weapon Fighting.

 

[werk]

I would have thought no regardless w/o looking it up.

Then don't forget that it is also an off-hand attack, and gets half strength bonus to damage.

 

[Slaved]

So if you bash with a shield in each hand they are both offhand weapons?

 

[RigaMortus2]

So if you bash with a shield in each hand they are both offhand weapons?

Yup

 

[starwed]

I think that by RAW yes, but it's probably one of those cases where they didn't think about the implications of the exact phrasing. If a player wants to do something suboptimal like TWF with two shields, why not let them?