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Message: <blockquote data-quote="whatisitgoodfor" data-source="post: 54168" data-attributes="member: 932">Shields and armor scale just like weapons do.The shield that a medium sized character uses as a small shield is not the same as a small character's large shield. The fittings of the shield are designed for a user of a certain approximate size.A large shield that an Ogre uses, wouldn't be the same thing as a tower shield for a medium creature. (It doesn't have wheels or a bracing stand on the bottom for one thing.) It would simply be a scaled up version of a human's large shield.Regardless of the actual size of the shield, though, you are supposed to use the AC bonuses listed in the PHB. Yes, that's right. If the Tarrasque used a large shield, it would only give it a +2 to AC, despite the fact that a decent sized army could hide behind it.</blockquote>