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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 4967513" data-attributes="member: 12731">My player (with a Greatweapon build Fighter PC) wants to know if I allow the following scenario:Picking up an item / Wielding a weapon is free with Quickdraw.Can he draw forth a small/light shield, use a power like Stalwart Guard (PHB81) and benefit from the extra bonus you get when &quot;using a shield&quot;, then drop the shield as a free action, and make his attack using his greatweapon (using the now freed shield hand)?(He would leave a number of these shields behind during any given combat; but they can be non-magical, so assuming he can collect them after most fights, this seems to be a non-issue)Obviously I can allow or disallow this based purely on grounds of &quot;not being in the spirit of the rules&quot; or similar. Here and now I am asking the rules lawyers of ENWorld if you can do this from a pure Rules As Written POV. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In other words, do you believe WotC have managed to sufficiently protect the sword'n'board fighter's powers from being used by other fighter builds?Do the rules prevent this scenario or do I have to make a judgment call myself?&nbsp; /a DM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 4967513, member: 12731"] My player (with a Greatweapon build Fighter PC) wants to know if I allow the following scenario: Picking up an item / Wielding a weapon is free with Quickdraw. [B]Can he draw forth a small/light shield, use a power like Stalwart Guard (PHB81) and benefit from the extra bonus you get when "using a shield", then drop the shield as a free action, and make his attack using his greatweapon (using the now freed shield hand)?[/B] (He would leave a number of these shields behind during any given combat; but they can be non-magical, so assuming he can collect them after most fights, this seems to be a non-issue) Obviously I can allow or disallow this based purely on grounds of "not being in the spirit of the rules" or similar. Here and now I am asking the rules lawyers of ENWorld if you can do this from a pure Rules As Written POV. :) In other words, do you believe WotC have managed to sufficiently protect the sword'n'board fighter's powers from being used by other fighter builds? Do the rules prevent this scenario or do I have to make a judgment call myself? /a DM [/QUOTE]

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