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Volo's 5e vs Tasha's 5e where do you see 5e heading?
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<blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 8297057" data-attributes="member: 63508"><p>My opinion on shields are mostly in the matter of having the opinion of equipping a shield vs doing something else with your hand. The 2 points of AC often does not match up well with the myriad of other options that focus PCs into one style of combat. 5e gives classes with fighting styles a good nudge in one direction. If they take a direction away from shields, equipping one often feels like a downgrade. This is especially true once higher tier armor and magic armor come into play to give PCs enough AC to eschew shield use.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The issue is less the attacks and more that you can only draw one weapon a turn. In 5e, you can only interact with one object as part of your movement.</p><p></p><p>You need the Dual Wielder Feat or Thrown Weapon Fighting style to draw multiple throwable weapons in a single turn. Therefore without them, you can only throw multiple weapons in one turn if you drew one the turn before.</p><p></p><p>This often leaves Str based weapon users with a weak ranged attack and pushed them away from it as HP bloats</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Minigiant, post: 8297057, member: 63508"] My opinion on shields are mostly in the matter of having the opinion of equipping a shield vs doing something else with your hand. The 2 points of AC often does not match up well with the myriad of other options that focus PCs into one style of combat. 5e gives classes with fighting styles a good nudge in one direction. If they take a direction away from shields, equipping one often feels like a downgrade. This is especially true once higher tier armor and magic armor come into play to give PCs enough AC to eschew shield use. The issue is less the attacks and more that you can only draw one weapon a turn. In 5e, you can only interact with one object as part of your movement. You need the Dual Wielder Feat or Thrown Weapon Fighting style to draw multiple throwable weapons in a single turn. Therefore without them, you can only throw multiple weapons in one turn if you drew one the turn before. This often leaves Str based weapon users with a weak ranged attack and pushed them away from it as HP bloats [/QUOTE]
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