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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8673653" data-attributes="member: 6801845">When I first saw Shield Master I thought it was awesome.&nbsp; Finally a way to improve my poor strength based fighter's dex save and push people around in combat or knock them prone to get advantage.&nbsp; Then I read it again.&nbsp; Dex save?&nbsp; Only if you're the sole target*, so ... two spells in the book.&nbsp; But I can still push people around as a bonus action, right?&nbsp; Well, then Crawford came out against that as well.&nbsp; The feat is now practically pointless - in the few cases where it would be useful I can just use one of my attacks to get the same result.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />In my home game I can make it happen, I think shields should be better.&nbsp; Maybe someday we'll have official rules to support that iconic imagery in fantasy of having a shield blocking a breath weapon.&nbsp; I'm not going to hold my breath.*which also adds confusion.&nbsp; If a hell hound breaths fire on my fighter and they're the only one in the AOE, do I get the bonus?&nbsp; If I do, why do I lose it if someone else happens to also be included?&nbsp; Why can I block that disintegrate with my shield if I'm the only target but not if the sorcerer targeting me used twin spell? </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8673653, member: 6801845"] When I first saw Shield Master I thought it was awesome. Finally a way to improve my poor strength based fighter's dex save and push people around in combat or knock them prone to get advantage. Then I read it again. Dex save? Only if you're the sole target*, so ... two spells in the book. But I can still push people around as a bonus action, right? Well, then Crawford came out against that as well. The feat is now practically pointless - in the few cases where it would be useful I can just use one of my attacks to get the same result. :( In my home game I can make it happen, I think shields should be better. Maybe someday we'll have official rules to support that iconic imagery in fantasy of having a shield blocking a breath weapon. I'm not going to hold my breath. *[I]which also adds confusion. If a hell hound breaths fire on my fighter and they're the only one in the AOE, do I get the bonus? If I do, why do I lose it if someone else happens to also be included? Why can I block that disintegrate with my shield if I'm the only target but not if the sorcerer targeting me used twin spell? [/I] [/QUOTE]

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