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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cernor" data-source="post: 6522277" data-attributes="member: 6780066">I know how the spell works, but the turn order matters. Say you have two PCs at init 20, then the shielding wizard at init 10, then two more PCs at init 5. On round 1, the first shield would only be present for 2 attacks before dissipating; if the wizard had init 1 instead of 10 it would be there for 4. If there are 5 shields possible over the course of the fight, the init 10 wizard would get 18 attacks to go against his shield (assuming shield on the first attack and all 4 PCs attacking once each): 2 before his first turn, then 4 between each of his next 4 turns. On the other hand, the wizard at init 1 would get 20 attacks against his shield in the fight at the cost of going last in the initiative order. Having those 2 attacks hitting the shielded AC makes a difference when he only has ~30HP to lose.</blockquote>