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<blockquote data-quote="WaterRabbit" data-source="post: 7512637" data-attributes="member: 2445"><p>There are two parts to the rule that are under discussion: can a shield benefit from proficiency and what damage does it do.</p><p></p><p>Both of these fall under the GM's interpretation and are not house rules per se, since the rule above clearly puts it on the GM to determine this. This was the heart of the disagreement.</p><p></p><p>It is reasonable for the GM to assign a d6 to a shield as an analog to many of the other weapons that do 1d6 damage.</p><p></p><p>It is reasonable for a GM to allow a shield attack as part of a two-weapon fighting attack action, but only if the player had the Dual Wielder Feat.</p><p></p><p>[house rules]</p><p>However, unless the GM rules that a shield qualifies as a Light weapon, one would need the feat to pull this off. If ruled as qualifying, then the shield would not get the strength bonus unless negative.</p><p>[/house rules]</p><p></p><p>Previous rulings by Sage advice have stated using a shield as a weapon does not negate its AC bonus.</p><p></p><p>If the character is using the Dueling fighting style, it would be reasonable to disallow it on the same attack that a shield was used as well.</p><p></p><p>-----</p><p>I believe this summarizes everything in this discussion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WaterRabbit, post: 7512637, member: 2445"] There are two parts to the rule that are under discussion: can a shield benefit from proficiency and what damage does it do. Both of these fall under the GM's interpretation and are not house rules per se, since the rule above clearly puts it on the GM to determine this. This was the heart of the disagreement. It is reasonable for the GM to assign a d6 to a shield as an analog to many of the other weapons that do 1d6 damage. It is reasonable for a GM to allow a shield attack as part of a two-weapon fighting attack action, but only if the player had the Dual Wielder Feat. [house rules] However, unless the GM rules that a shield qualifies as a Light weapon, one would need the feat to pull this off. If ruled as qualifying, then the shield would not get the strength bonus unless negative. [/house rules] Previous rulings by Sage advice have stated using a shield as a weapon does not negate its AC bonus. If the character is using the Dueling fighting style, it would be reasonable to disallow it on the same attack that a shield was used as well. ----- I believe this summarizes everything in this discussion. [/QUOTE]
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