It's more based off the hand, IMO, not the arm, but you can decide that it that it takes up the shield position on that arm, and for balance reasons, it's better to do so. Besides, there's always the other arm.Goolpsy said:According to the description the Shield *can be wielded* meaning it will fill the shield slot.. no?
This, especially as James McMurray points out with the shadow in the antimagic field, gets broken for an arcane caster.