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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1454410" data-attributes="member: 1656">That one was top of my list <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Of course, at our current level with the minor ring, I'm thinking about spells like Shield, Mirror Image, and True Strike.We have a half-orc paladin with 20 Str, who fights with longsword and shield.  We've tried to convince him to capitalise on his strengths, and use a greatsword... especially since we're fighting a lot of creatures with DR 5/X at the moment.  But he's a wuss, and insists on his shield.The player wasn't there last session, and after the paladin got taken down by a hobgoblin with a greatsword, we decided he'd seen the light, and he experimented with the greatsword himself.The crowning moment of the session was when he dealt the 18-damage death blow to the Bearded Devil... from prone... while staggered.  He dropped unconscious, but with a smile on his face.We're hoping that the player will take this lesson to heart next time we play, and stick with the greatsword.  I'm wondering, if he is really reticent, if he'll consider a +4 shield bonus from a Shield spell sufficient compensation for losing the +2 shield bonus from his sword and board style...-Hyp.</blockquote>