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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8263866" data-attributes="member: 15700">As soon as you start factoring in magical shields (which was a pretty good assumption in 1e since they were common), the AC bonus (and other bonuses) from having a shield far outweighed the benefits of TWF and the aforementioned penalties.  Unless  you were playing Monty Haul or something, where you had vorpal swords in each hand lol. Speaking of, in published 5e campaigns, there aren't a whole lot of magical shields listed.  There's the big on in DiA, but other than that?  How many magic shields are there compared to weapons?</blockquote>