Rules Question about attacks and quickdraw

[squee]

nope quick draw is weapon only...

 

[Jdvn1]

A shield can be used as a weapon.

 

[Hypersmurf]

A shield can be used as a weapon.

Yeah - my ruling on this is that you can quickdraw a shield, but you can only bash with it, not gain the shield bonus, until you take a move action (or a regular move) to ready it.

-Hyp.

 

[squee]

Yeah - my ruling on this is that you can quickdraw a shield, but you can only bash with it, not gain the shield bonus, until you take a move action (or a regular move) to ready it.

-Hyp.

that's cool i like it

 

[Infiniti2000]

Yeah - my ruling on this is that you can quickdraw a shield, but you can only bash with it, not gain the shield bonus, until you take a move action (or a regular move) to ready it.

Just because it's a weapon, or more appropriately, a weapon-like object, does not mean it is not "out of easy reach", which is the significant caveat. Unfortunately, there's no rule on how a shield is transported when "loosed". You could just say carried, which would obviously be in easy reach, but most descriptions I've seen / read have such shields carried on the back.

 

[Dross]

A shield can be used as a weapon.

So you would be happy with a disarm attempt to remove a sheild because the shield could be used as a weapon?

 

[Hypersmurf]

... but most descriptions I've seen / read have such shields carried on the back.

Like bows, greatswords, shortspears, and the like?

-Hyp.

 

[Jdvn1]

So you would be happy with a disarm attempt to remove a sheild because the shield could be used as a weapon?

Is there rules justification to do otherwise?

I might rule that a Shield can only be disarmed if it's being used as a weapon.

 

[squee]

you can use a gauntlet as a weapon too would you argue that a character can be dissarmed of their gauntlets of ogre power with just a dissarm check? or that they can take gauntlets off and put on another pair during a full attack action?

EDIT the above makes locked gauntlets pretty funny:
Person A:"i'm safe from your disarm attempts, my sword is locked into my gauntlet haha"
Person B:"well i'll just take your gauntlet off you then"
Person A:"damn"

 

[Infiniti2000]

Like bows, greatswords, shortspears, and the like?

Bows and shortspears, yes. Greatswords are in a scabbard, aren't they? Being located on your back isn't the hindrance, it's being strapped to it. Now, if you can keep that bow or shortspear in your quiver, then you're good to go.